I recently purchased a 53" drum mower from Titan. I'm still working with them, but my conclusion is that they've been making non-PTO gear for a while and they're pretty good at that, but that they're new to making PTO gear? The reason I say this is that for the last 3 months all I've been hearing from them is that they don't have any parts for the mower they sent me. That seems really bad to me. Sigh.
So I got about 4 hours of cutting done and then the gearbox broke. They told me that "maybe" they will have replacement gearboxes available in 5-6 weeks, yikes!!
So a couple of questions:
1 - I've been looking for a 3rd party gearbox. Two PTO spindles, set at a 90 degree angle, rated for 40 hp. I've found a few 90 degree gear boxes, but they aren't PTO spindles. Does anyone know of 3rd party gearboxes?
2 - Our fields are just two bumpy for the drum mower the way it's set up. I've thought about adding a hack where I suspend it a few inches above the ground. But it seems more common to add a spacer kit or lift kit so that when the bottom of the mower is on the ground, the blades are a few inches higher off the ground. Any thoughts or experience on this?
So I got about 4 hours of cutting done and then the gearbox broke. They told me that "maybe" they will have replacement gearboxes available in 5-6 weeks, yikes!!
So a couple of questions:
1 - I've been looking for a 3rd party gearbox. Two PTO spindles, set at a 90 degree angle, rated for 40 hp. I've found a few 90 degree gear boxes, but they aren't PTO spindles. Does anyone know of 3rd party gearboxes?
2 - Our fields are just two bumpy for the drum mower the way it's set up. I've thought about adding a hack where I suspend it a few inches above the ground. But it seems more common to add a spacer kit or lift kit so that when the bottom of the mower is on the ground, the blades are a few inches higher off the ground. Any thoughts or experience on this?