Posted by Billy NY on October 13, 2008 at 11:25:05 from (205.188.117.74):
In Reply to: rotary cutter posted by brian whitesell on October 13, 2008 at 06:46:39:
Looks like they covered the cooling system, clean radiator, inside and out, check the thermostat to make sure it's opening when it gets hot enough, also make sure the radiator fins are not mashed, that will reduce cooling performance. Once you know that coolant system is good, then I'd be looking at what you are cutting and at what speed.
With these tractors, in heavy grass, brush or weeds, at 7 foot rotary cutter will definitely bog an 800 series down, make the motor work hard, and heat up, especially in higher gears, my 6 foot Rhino SE-6 is all this tractor wants in chest high grass, going up hill, 1st gear is best(mine is an 850 with the 5 speed) but I can get away with 2nd gear, the hills are short enough, that I can turn and it will cool off going back down the hill. It works real hard on the hills to keep up with a 6'-0" cutter in high grasses. Thick, moisture laden grasses, say early, mid summer, makes the tractor work hard, when things dry a bit, say like golden rod, mid summer, full height, 1st gear vs. now, (Oct.) it's dried down, can cut same in 3rd gear. Stuff is nasty this time of year, seed will clog the radiator in no time, but mine is open, missing the sheet metal/screen etc.,
Hopefully you have the book on that cutter, because I think with this set up, 800 series ford and that size cutter, you want to make sure it is properly adjusted and that your blades are new, (balanced at least) and sharp. Both good blades and proper adjustment, in my opinion, when stretching the HP/and torque range of one of these tractors, does make a significant difference in thick grasses, weeds, brush etc. One page out of the book for my cutter, really made a difference, that and new blades. It calls for the cutter to have the back higher than the front, I make sure to measure each side from the ground and adjust the level box so it's as close to level, side to side, all this just seems to make it perform better and less work for the tractor, might be more so with that 7'-0" Woods you have. I think and 800 will handle a 7'-0" cutter, depending on what you are cutting, but anything larger, you'll need lower gears than that 4 spd, to provide the torque and keep the RPMS up, and it would be better to have a thousand series with a 3 cyl., or similar type tractor with some more power and torque.
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