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Homesteading in Southern Lousiana
Quick Attach brush thrasher - 2 year review
I’ve used this rotary cutter now for two years and hundreds of hours, figured it was time for updated review for those of y’all that may be looking into one. I am not affiliated with Quick Attach in any way, just wanted to help out those of you who may be in the market for a quality brush cutter.
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MX5400 400hr Service and review
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For as many MX series tractors as there are out there, there aren’t many videos on servicing them. With the rising costs of just about everything these days, I thought I’d make a video showing just how easy it can be to do the scheduled maintenance on these tractors yourself. I don’t show every maintenance item required in the 400hr service because many of them are very self explanatory, I do s...
Quick Attach Brush Thrasher mowing the lawn
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This video won’t be for everyone but if you’re in the market for a heavy duty brush cutter, this is the one you want. I have over 175 hours on this cutter, cutting this type of material, and have had zero problems with it. Kubota MX5400HSTC with Quick Attach 66’ Brush Thrasher
Six Week Transformation
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6 week progress update. It’s amazing what we’ve been able to accomplish in the first six weeks of tractor ownership. Had to take a break from cutting this weekend to complete the 100hr service on the Kubota already.
Week 4 Progress Report
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A month in and we’re making some pretty incredible progress working on just the weekends. Finally got Anna some reps on the Kubota and Brush Cutter.
The Hollow Plot
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Reclaiming an old favorite deer stand of mine. Kubota MX5400 HSTC Quick Attach 66” Brush Thrasher
Quick Attach Brush Thrasher not sweating the big stuff
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Every now and then I need to cut something a little larger than the recommended size for this cutter so that I can access the rest of what needs cutting. I figured that I would film one such occasion for those of you who’s curiosity makes you wonder just how large of brush you can cut with this beast. After cutting, I measured the stump at 7”x5”. Again, this is well beyond the recommended size ...
Two week progress report!
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Before and after of our first two weeks of clearing our future homesite!
Quick Attach Brush Thrasher
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25hr Review of our 66” Quick Attach Brush Thrasher
First Pass
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First morning with the new Kubota MX5400 HSTC and Quick Attach 66’ Brush Thrasher.
Welcome to the Channel
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Quick Introduction to the Channel, more content to follow soon!
Hey. Great videos on the brush thrasher. How much torque are you using on the blade bolts and what tool is sufficient for that?
Ok, judging from the dates of comments, we're 3 years in, how is she holding up? A sales rep sent me this video since I'm considering replacing my 7ft Land Pride with QA's largest brush cutter. I do a lot of property management for hunting clubs and land owners, I'll put 25 hours on it in just a few days. My Land Pride has served me well, but she either needs a break or a day spa trip to the welding shop. I'm thinking about getting the LP welded up and saving it for grass jobs and relying on the QA to shoulder the load of the trips to the woods.
@@rickygatlin1291 I have a more recent review of it on my channel but it has held up extremely well. Functionally it is as good as the day I bought it and structurally it is still extremely solid with a few spots of surface rust but besides that it is still in extremely great shape. I actually sold it earlier this summer because I’m done clearing land and went to a 96” cutter more suited for clipping the pastures now. I sold it for $10 more than I paid for it new because they have gone up so much in price since I bought it and it was still in such great shape.
Thanks for sharing your video. I am comparing different brands of 3-point tree cutters and being able to see them pushed to the limit like this is helpful. In case you haven't considered it, prescribed fire is the cheapest and most effective method for opening up your understory. It won't immediately create an open park like setting like you are doing with the tractor, but repeated fires over time will. It is also an easy way to maintain the openings once you have created them. You could burn your whole property in a fraction of the time and expense it will take to mow it. Federal grant funding may also be available to help you with it. Check with your local NRCS or agricultural extension office for local guidance and expertise.
Great video. Very helpful!
25:58 after tightening the air purging plug of the fuel filter, "Operate the feed pump knob 4 or 5 times to pressurize the circuit."
25:12 make sure to "put a film of clean fuel on the rubber seal of the new filter."
Great video! One quick note from the manual after changing the transmission fluid. IMPORTANT: "Do not operate the tractor immediately after changing the transmission fluid. Run the engine at medium speed for a few minutes to prevent damage to the transmission." -p142,143
Great point I forgot to mention in the video! Pinned your comment.
Can you tell me what size pvc pipe you used on the loader tube? They have the red end caps on them.They are used to store tools/chains.
What’s the link to the top hydraulic link?
Category 2 Hydraulic Top Link 21 5/8" - 32 11/16" a.co/d/9MrlvM9
I purchased a Kioti DK6010SE Cab last year and have had a problem with it from day one that they aren’t able to fix. I just learned they are buying it back but asked what the hours are. I told them that after a year the hours have nothing to do with the buyback price. I want what I paid for it as I wouldn’t be needing to buy another tractor if this one wasn’t having so much trouble. We will see. I owned a Kubota B2650Cab before the Kioti but it ended up being way too small. I have a deposit in an MX5400 Cab and as soon as I get my check I’m going to purchase 0:01 it. I’m looking so forward to it. Thanks for this service video, pretty straight forward but always nice to see something done first. Nice job.
I’m buying one. This was a nice explanation so thanks.
Min Hp Required?
My 3 point arm to raise up and down gave way and I think I'm low on oil do you think.that could be the problem? Thanks
Great video 👍🏻🇺🇸thanks for walking us through oil an filter and hydraulic oil and filter change .
Was thinking about getting the baumalight mulcher. But after seeing this I'm impressed with what it can do and 1/3 of the price. Thanks for the video
I too looked at the baumalight but I didn’t like how much debris it through underneath the tractor so I went this route instead, happy that I did.
I have a similar brush hog setup, and I wouldn't recommend it if you have anything over 1". When those blades swing out of the way on heavy stuff, it makes a huge racket, and shakes everything real bad constantly. It's ok occasionally, but when you're going through a pasture with a stand of small "trees", like autumn olives, it will pound the living sh*t out of your equipment. For multiflora rose, and heavy bramble, they're excellent, but they're just not designed for small trees. The cutters that look like this one, but are made for greater than 1" saplings have a larger flywheel with small swing away blades that don't cause a large off balance condition when they swing away. I'd tend to go more for an actual mulcher. I'm looking at a Baumalight MP348 for my TC30 now.
Kudo's, sir. I work at a local Kubota dealership in the shop. I do PDIs (Pre Delivery Inspections) I admire how well you take care of your equipment. I wish more customers would do this practice. You save time and serious money simply by doing the regularly scheduled maintenance. I understand people are busy and some aren't mechanically inclined and simply ignore it. That is the worse case. Take care of your stuff and it will take care of you.
Here is a suggestion for those of you that are as tight a$$ed as I am. I will save my hydraulic oils, or some of it anyway, and use it for "cutting oil" at my drill press and metal cutting band saw. And for those of you that do controlled burns I will take any old diesel fuel that is dirty and such, I will save that and use it in my drip torch, as I mix it at a ratio of 3 parts diesel to 1 part gasoline. I mean, why waste these fluids if you can use them for other things. Especially considering how expensive they are!
Good video and you did a great job of explaining what you was doing. Do you have ballast in the rear tires?
I do, just water though.
Awesome - Just saw your link, to the Hydraulic Top Link… Already have one ordered from my Kubota dealer, for ~ $600 - but, it’s been a Long while since they emailed me that it had come in… Looked at the one you are using on Amazon, and Saved it to my Cart - if they no longer have the one at the dealer, I get This one… (Greatly appreciate the link sent, even though I wasn’t the one that requested it - Hope your clearing project, is still going Well - Maybe, with this more inhospitable and rainy weather we’ve been having, you might have time to post some more videos :))
That, sure does a lot better job than I would have thought it Possibly could - Especially with the hydraulic top line No added…! Considering modifying my HD Mower, to where the back is convertible from closed to open, and back - as needed… But, ideally, would like to have a front mounted mower, with a rear Power Pack - Biggest holdup to making that happen, is the $$$$ costs… But, sure would save wear and tear, on the Neck - and, would be sooner able to see, uncuttable obstacles - Before, hitting them…!!!
Now, I’m Wishing I had bought a Brush Cutter, instead of a regular mower…,
Looking better and better…
A good landscape rake would come in Really handy, clearing all the left over cuttings - to promote native grasses to grow, and reduce erosion on slopes…
Nice piece of land…
Looks LOTS better…!
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Hard to tell, in the video, whether the blades protrude past the back of the mower - but to be most efficient, they would Need to by at least an inch or two - so that the blades are cutting bigger brush, Before the body of the mower starts trying to push it over…
Interesting, to see how it All started… (similar to you, am using my 2020 MX5400, to clear a few acres in the Texas Hill Country - planning to retire/build in a few years) ((started watching, with the 400 hour service video - your videos, come out Really good - impressive, for someone that just started out making videos - If, there were More, they would be watched - and appreciated by everyone :))
Great job, very clear as to what all, was done - Where/when/how - Great idea, using auto ramps to level up the tractor on the sloping driveway… The MX5400, is a Sweet tractor - just hit 25 hours, on mine - Set up, the same way, Cab/Hydrostatic/Front loader… (first New tractor, after a previous occupation of 10 years, where being on the tractor 7 days a week was the norm - and, a good day, was one without a breakdown - due to the tractors being older, and having LOTS of hours)
I gave you a thumbs up for waxing your tractor.
This attachment seems to work well but I’m wondering how uncomfortable it would be to be turning half way around to work this backing in to all the brush you’re cutting and mulching?
Everything is a trade off. Would operating this on a skid steer be more comfortable? Absolutely but I can’t afford to own both machines and I need a tractor for a lot of other tasks. Is it so uncomfortable that it subtracts from the utility of it? Absolutely not. Is my neck a little stiff after running it for two-three hours? Sure but not nearly as sore as my back would be if I were trying to do it by hand. For me it’s fit the bill perfectly, if you have $85k to drop on a lightly used skid steer and cutter and have a lot of ground to clear, that would probably be the better route but I already had the tractor and $4k for the cutter and I can do everything I want to 👍🏻.
Very helpful video. I got 10 hrs to go then doing my 400 hr service on my mx5200👍love it
Glad I could help.
That’s awesome. I don’t usually see people doing real work when I click on a Kubota video. It’s usually electric chainsaws, fairy dust, and trying to find the perfect cup holder or best steering wheel spinning knob…
That’s funny, this tractor has put in a lot of hard hours running this cutter, grapple and pulling a disk set. Glad to say with 500 hrs I haven’t had any issues with any of the equipment. I take care of my stuff but I definitely use it for what I need it to do, I didn’t buy a $50k tractor to be a lawn or ornament.
Greetings Fantastic video 🇺🇸🎉🍾🇺🇸 How many HP is your tractor? Thanks for assisting me, keep producing more videos
57 hp, thanks for the kind words.
I am on the fence with a Lane Shark and this brush crusher. I do have a QA box blade and it's quality for sure.
Good video! With the vertical fuel filter you can pre fill it with fuel. Might save a lot of pumping.
Richard Bought my 5400 about year and half ago your video was awesome so good that I enough subscribed. Just did my 400 hr and with your video I completed the service easily. Postscript: I hope to see future videos of your tractor in action. This tractor as been used to help me clear a 105 acres ( still working it doing it by my self) and have used it for stuff it shouldn’t have been ask to do lol, I’ve tried to kill it it just won’t break , I really like my 5400!!
I appreciate the comment and sub. We’re hoping to someday put some actual effort into making videos, unfortunately time just doesn’t permit now. I do absolutely love my 5400, in just over 500 hrs I have zero complaints. Thanks again!
Your channel just came up in my feed. I just watched all your videos. Great job! Isn’t fun to discover what you have behind all that brush? I’m in Eliot, me doing the same thing with 8 acres and lots of invasive species. Thanks for the video on 400 hour service. That was very helpful to me. Loved them all though. Thanks. I’m looking forward to more progress down there!
Thanks for the comment! … small world, I’m originally from Presque Isle, ME.
Yeah I'm sold. Looking for something that can double as a regular brush hog for mowing and a tree eater for my 11 acres of forest. This seems to do the job of both in one implement.
Great video sir!
This video was great work man! Awesome. Next month I am buying an mx5400 2022 model, God willing of course. So I do not anticipate hitting 400 hours for a year or two however this gives me a good idea of where everyhing is that needs to be serviced ahead of time. My question is why are you using Taxable Diesel in your tractor? Why not save some cash and use red dyed farm fuel? I noticed when you were cleaning the water fuel separator that you had regular taxed non dyed fuel in the tub.
Thanks for the kind words. The reason for non dyed diesel is that the closest location I’ve found that offers it is about 30 miles from me and the 20 cents a gallon just isn’t worth the drive to me. Someday I’ll get a 200 gallon tank out here and just order it but i haven’t gotten that far yet.
that is some nice work
I've been hoping for an updated vid. on this cutter. You may not be affiliated with quick attach but you're their best salesman for this mower. I ordered the 72" in May and still don't have it yet. 12-week lead time when I ordered mine so hopefully arriving soon. I guess after watching this video, a hydraulic top link is getting moved to the top of my wish list. I have one question for you. I have an mx5400 open station, do you get much debris coming back toward the tractor? It doesn't seem like that is a problem from the videos.
You’ll be fine, it’s not often anything hits the cab, if it does, it’s usually a piece that bounced off a tree or something and doesn’t have any energy behind it. Every now and then a tree or something will lay over towards the tractor but they’re not big enough to hurt anything. I will say, the cab has saved me from several hornets nests while I was mowing though 🤣. The hydraulic top link is worth every Penny and can be had for a couple hundred bucks, just make sure you check your PTO shaft length when you get your cutter though to make sure it didn’t bind anywhere through the cycle range.
Thanks for the update. I got a quote on one and they've gone up a bit since you bought yours. I'm trying to justify more-than-double the money of an Everything Attachments Wicked 60 (75hp box).
EA makes great stuff but show me a video of someone who’s put hundreds of hours on one cutting this type of material. If you’re just cutting occasional brush it may hold up, if the majority of its use will be land clearing, I don’t see it lasting the way this has.
@@blackstonefarmsouth596 If that video is out there, I haven't seen it. Good point. I might have to make that video if I go that route. Land clearing is certainly the mission. 21 acres of I would say (on average) more dense but lesser diameter material than what your videos show you've had to take on. I'm inspired by your progress there.
@@blackstonefarmsouth596hey im interested in getting one of these brush Thrashers, could I get you're email and ask you a couple questions?
I've got a call with Chris shortly and I'm about to order mine! Planning to go with the 66". Thanks for the update and it just reaffirms my decision to order one. What top link cylinder are you running? Have a link to it?
I got mine off Amazon, Category 2 Hydraulic Top Link 21... www.amazon.com/dp/B005EMI2DG?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share - I’ve been happy with it but depending on your tractor you may need a different size.
@@blackstonefarmsouth596 Thank you!
I see you pulled the trigger on a grapple too ! The toplink looks like a handy addition.
Yeah, I got the grapple over a year ago, also from quick attach and I’ve been super happy with it. You won’t catch me without a hydraulic top link now, that thing is probably the single most useful upgrade to my tractor so far.
When you were draining the real axle I noticed the tractors frame is just two small bars ??
If you’re talking about the the two Orange bars, they’re part of the loader sub frame. The tractor itself doesn’t have a traditional frame like a truck would.
@@blackstonefarmsouth596 what is the tractors frame like? Does it hold up? Heavy duty?
@@RiverRidge27 well, for the majority of tractors ever made, the engine, transmission, and rear axle housing are cast and made to be weight bearing. Sometimes you’ll hear this referred to as the “tunnel” but picture it as the core of the tractor. Basically every other part of the tractor is built off this rigid core. There is a pivot where the front axle is mounted but the rear axle does not pivot and there is normally no suspension on tractors. Interestingly there were a few older tractors I know of that were built off a frame like the old Allis Chambers WD. I can’t think of a single modern tractor that is built that way though. Tractors built like mine are very heavy duty and robust, the issue is when it comes to maintenance or repairs, you can’t just pull out the transmission as it is an integral part of the tractor and normally requires splitting the tractor in half to repair.
As I said in another of your videos, I'm looking hard at this Brush Thrasher. I'm making an observation in this video that the open back that makes it a killer in the brush also prevents it from mulching grass, eh?
That’s correct, it works well enough cutting grass for my needs, its not like any single spindle rotary cutter does an amazing job cutting grass but your standard bush hog may mulch a little finer.
@@blackstonefarmsouth596 So then I guess I'll plan to not sell off my standard duty cutter if I go this route. Thanks. Your property is coming along great. Save all the old Live Oaks!
I need to post an updated video… all that woods in the video is green pasture now. If you do get the brush thrasher, get you a hydraulic top link, it nearly doubled the utility of that thing being able to raise it higher to get brush underneath it.
How does it cut going forward and pushing stuff over?
I’m assuming you mean driving the tractor forward and running over stuff? The cutter does just fine but it’s something I try to avoid just because of the way the hydraulic lines, electrical lines and linkages are run on the tractor. The front of the cutter is open though with chain guards so material can get underneath just fine.
@@blackstonefarmsouth596 Well, it would help with your frustrations with the vines. Running forward with the bucket low will also help find stumps, concrete, and junk before your cutter does. Thanks for the videos. I've been looking at heavy duty cutters. My front runners were the Rhino TW35 and the Woods BrushBull. You might have just saved me $2k and a better-for-me product.