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Have We Been MOWING Wrong? You Don't Need a Tractor!

Tractor Time with Tim

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Have we been mowing pastures and overgrown fields all wrong for years? Tractor Time with Tim ditches the tractor entirely and puts a game-changing setup to the test: the Kunz Pull-Behind Rough Cut Mower hooked up to our John Deere Gator! The Kunz Rough Cut Mower is powered by a beastly 27 HP independent engine, it delivers an excellent cut quality that rivals standard tractor-mounted rotary cutters. We review its performance, durability, and whether this UTV setup is the ultimate solution for your acreage. ‪@KunzEngineering‬ #JohnDeereGator #KunzMower #TractorTimeWithTim #PastureMowing #UTV #RoughCutMower #propertymanagement

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20 Comments

@ChristopherJambor 1 month ago Pinned

I have had a 48 inch rough cut from this manufacturer for 10 years. It is an absolute beast and worth every penny. Other brands may be less expensive, but they’re also considerably less wear resistant. Also the people at Kuntz have been excellent in terms of customer support and parts over the years. I highly recommend this product.

@SurvivalFrontiervlog 1 month ago

Honestly, I never thought about mowing this way before. Definitely learned something new from this one! 🌱

@77CRNBNDR 1 month ago

Good video! I purchased one of these Kunz mowers (MR55KEI) 4 years ago to handle an overgrown 4 acre price of property. It has a fuel injected Kohler engine. Didn’t want to spend $30,000 on a tractor so this fit the bill nicely. I tow it behind an ATV and it works perfectly. Now that the property has been mowed these past few years, it’s just like a lawn. I drop the adjusters down and it does a fantastic job. Almost as good as a finish mower. I did modify the hitch. The clevis allowed it to slam around too much and actually graze the aluminum gear case on the ATV (it’s a Honda Foreman with solid rear axle). I cut the hoop off the tongue and bolted on a 2” ball hitch in its place. I don’t have any deep ditches or sudden steep transitions so the ball works great. I mow around 60 trees on that 4 acre piece as well. Once you get used to it you can whip it around pretty good. Nowhere near as maneuverable as a zero turn but it works fine with a little practice.

@timtrapp1120 1 month ago

Ventrac with either the Tough cut or flail mower would take care of the corn stalks also. The attachment is out front so nothing to pack the stalks down before the mower.

@M8Stealth 1 month ago

Instead of pulling it with a vehicle, one could even simplify further by pulling the mower by hand. Wait, that's just a push mower going backwards. Revolutionary!

@chrisb9925 1 month ago

I’ve had the Kunz 60” finish mowers in a three wide configuration for 6-7 years and I use it with my Toolcat and it’s been great. Kunz Engineering is such a great company you can order every single part on these things and you can modify the daylights out of them. I put a remote on it so I could stop the blades from in the cab in case I had to go out in the field to maneuver around things.

With three of them it’s hard to hear when one cuts out if I’m going too fast on heavier stuff so I put a siren on it that goes off if the motor cuts out or I run out of gas. I even bought more of the cross braces and put a skid steer plate on them and I can run them in front of the Toolcat (I put them on hydraulics so that I could scope them in for road travel and out for full 15’ wide cutting. I love them, they’re amazing and cut as nice as my zero turn. One of my fields is 8 acres and I can easily do it in about 40 minutes with nice clean cuts. Regrettably I have to sell them as I now need a lawn crew to do the work but they were perfect the whole time and never gave a lick of trouble.

Matt Kunz answers every email immediately, no matter how hare-brained my questions were. I cannot recommend these machines highly enough.

@themulesheriff3009 1 month ago

I have the swisher rough cut mower it’s a beast behind my Honda pioneer 700. Have not used my tractor all year!

@snymat_68 1 month ago

When I was a kid, before my dad bought a garden tractor, we would mow his 1 acre lot with an electric golfcart towing 3 gang (reel) mowers in a V pattern. It was quiet, efficient, fast, and required no gasoline. Only downside was the cart's limit was about that 1 acre on a charge.

@rodbagley1686 1 month ago

After watching your videos back in 2020 i bought my 1025R. I dont have much land but i have found a bunch of tasks around my neighborhood to help other people. Kind of wish i had a use and a place for more attachments. I didnt even need a tractor but always wanted one. Thanks for getting me interested in more stuff i dont need.

@markziegler3551 1 month ago

An electric linear actuator on the hitch to change the offset would really make trimming a lot easier. Like a hydro swing hay conditioner.

@MustangsTrainsMowers 1 month ago

10 years ago I had a competitor’s pull type mower, a Swisher 60” finish cut. The deck was shallow and it didn’t cut well, especially taller thicker grass. The hitch system left a lot to be desired. I tried it on two different lawns, one with around 3/4 acre of it mostly open. I pulled it with a Toro 52” commercial ZTR and I didn’t really cut the mowing time because it was taking more time to turn around at the end of a pass. The other lawn had less open lawn and I tried using it in the lawn closer to the house with plenty of big trees and I didn’t cut my mowing time down. I found them to be big and clumsy to use. The only gain I would see is if you have lots of big trees to go around to cut under the branches, or if you have at least an acre with no obstructions to go around.

In the 90’s I was going to start a manufacturing business making my own. I had several designs for steering systems so it would more closely follow the cut/uncut line left by the tractor or ZTR pulling it. I never felt good enough to pursue the manufacturing business and was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease in 2013.

@cliftonchilders3318 1 month ago

Tim and Christy I've been watching some of your older videos and wooooow Tim and Christy very wonderful videos and the people you all have met and helped over the year's and with your daughter too aswell quite the year's of happiness of family's working together with many tractors working together thank you all for your hard work you gave me so many ideas too i just wanted to let you know how impressive you all come over the year's and I still come across your videos I haven't seen yet so keep them coming i injoy watching the videos a few every day is good injoy your day tim Christy and Dave and family

@knowntalker135 1 month ago

Now that you talk about the hitch there's probably away to make a u-joint somehow for the hitch to free move but be secure

@TrackGeeks 1 month ago

Christy is going to get a new 4x4 sparky! :D

@Prairietrucker 1 month ago

I used a quad with a tow behind mower for years, it was great for ditches but not so much for going around trees and boulders. Traded it in for a 1025r this year and would never go back

@backyardpotentialllc5763 1 month ago

That is cool. I've seen those before and they have usually been gutless. This one has enough power for 1st pass quality.

@boooshes 1 month ago

My JD GT 235 plus a 60" Swisher works for me doing finish cutting. The 8' swath saved time.

@randysavage8963 1 month ago

Great video straight to the point . Keep up the great work

@jasontaylor9871 1 month ago

Iv'e been mowing a 3 acre horse pasture with a 44 inch Swisher pull behind rough cut mower for 15 years Iv'e pulled it with an atv, side x side, riding lawn mower They work good