What's the biggest rotary mower in the
world?
Canadian firm
Schulte,
sold in the UK through Twose,
reckons it's their new 12.8m (42ft) wide FX742 rotary cutter with
its seven rotors, nine drivelines and 10 gearboxes.
It's road-legal, too, with a 3m (10ft) transport width achieved
by folding the wings in to give a 4.2m (13ft 9in) transport height.
You'll need 250hp or more of tractor power to run it, but at a
typical 7-10mph forward speed you'll certainly cover the
ground.
Such big mowers are routinely used by North American and
Australian farmers to cut down stubbles ahead of direct drilling
and could find a home on bigger UK arable farms.
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