Quad X 4 foot topper 13.5hp electric start~ any experiences?references?

Bodacious

Hi,

I just purchased the above machine today and wondered if anyone has one or what do they think of them? Good or bad experiences of either the model or indeed the company Quad X as never had any of their equipment before but have heard mixed reviews

Thanks.

reilig

Bodacious wrote: »

Hi,

I just purchased the above machine today and wondered if anyone has one or what do they think of them? Good or bad experiences of either the model or indeed the company Quad X as never had any of their equipment before but have heard mixed reviews

Thanks.

Medium / Heavy or extreme duty?

I was at a demo of them. They were excessively expensive. For the price of the heavy duty one (€4500), you could buy a good 60 hp tractor and a semi or even fully offset topper. I thought that it would be an awful lot of money to put into 1 machine.

Beyond that, at the demo, they showed a light duty mower from their range. It was made from very light stuff and when they mowed with it, it seemed to ride over big clumps of rushes without even cutting them - just bending them over.

I didn't have the quad at the time, but now that I have it, I don't think I'd part that kind of money - unless you have a lot of land that is inaccessible with a tractor??

Bodacious

reilig wrote: »

Medium / Heavy or extreme duty?

I was at a demo of them. They were excessively expensive. For the price of the heavy duty one (€4500), you could buy a good 60 hp tractor and a semi or even fully offset topper. I thought that it would be an awful lot of money to put into 1 machine.

Beyond that, at the demo, they showed a light duty mower from their range. It was made from very light stuff and when they mowed with it, it seemed to ride over big clumps of rushes without even cutting them - just bending them over.

I didn't have the quad at the time, but now that I have it, I don't think I'd part that kind of money - unless you have a lot of land that is inaccessible with a tractor??

+1,

Couldnt agree with you more Reilig that they are overpriced for what they are. Could buy small tractor and topper for the money they asking for them.

That being said a topper for me is the final piece of the jig saw as i use the quad for absolutely everything else, spraying, fertiliser, chain harrowing, rolling etc and get silage contractor to position round bales in chosen locations at baling time.

Model i got is the 13.5hp Medium duty wild cut €2788 plus VAT (€3373 )new but i got it privately for 1500 practically unused so took it as it was the max i was going to go on such a machine. I priced them up and down the UK and Ireland, Wessex, Logic, Portagric, swisher, chinese import flail mowers on donedeal etc and even the uk ones although better made im told are still big money when you take shipping and the sterling into it:mad:

Can get several lads round here to do topping for reasonable rates but its nice to be able to run round yourself after you've let them into a fresh piece:) Ya kinda let couple of fields build up too to justify asking a guy in.

reilig

When you got it at that price Bodacious, it was definitely worth your while.

I saw the medium duty in action at the demo and it was doing a good job.

There's nothing like being able to do the topping yourself. You can choose when to do it and how low to cut rather than waiting for someone to come to do it for you!!

Bodacious wrote: »

+1,

Couldnt agree with you more Reilig that they are overpriced for what they are. Could buy small tractor and topper for the money they asking for them.

That being said a topper for me is the final piece of the jig saw as i use the quad for absolutely everything else, spraying, fertiliser, chain harrowing, rolling etc and get silage contractor to position round bales in chosen locations at baling time.

Model i got is the 13.5hp Medium duty wild cut €2788 plus VAT (€3373 )new but i got it privately for 1500 practically unused so took it as it was the max i was going to go on such a machine. I priced them up and down the UK and Ireland, Wessex, Logic, Portagric, swisher, chinese import flail mowers on donedeal etc and even the uk ones although better made im told are still big money when you take shipping and the sterling into it:mad:

Can get several lads round here to do topping for reasonable rates but its nice to be able to run round yourself after you've let them into a fresh piece:) Ya kinda let couple of fields build up too to justify asking a guy in.

Bodacious

reilig wrote: »

When you got it at that price Bodacious, it was definitely worth your while.

I saw the medium duty in action at the demo and it was doing a good job.

There's nothing like being able to do the topping yourself. You can choose when to do it and how low to cut rather than waiting for someone to come to do it for you!!

yeah i'm looking forward to being able do it as soon as i move them rather than letting a few build up for lad to come in. I now they wont be as economical as a tractor/topper as burning petrol in both quad and mower but i've no interest in doing any topping for anyone else but my own and i have no strong rushes left so it will be all flat land:) Bring on the Summer evenings!!

Bodacious

Someone must have used or own a medium duty quad x mower? Come on they any good?:D

Dazzler88

Bodacious wrote: »

Someone must have used or own a medium duty quad x mower? Come on they any good?:D

hope mods don't mind me resurrecting this thread.Just wondering how the medium duty mower is going for you? Im thinking of buying one,I have about 20+ acres under rushes,extreme rushes,some of them are 4ft tall in places,would this mower cut through them?Any advice on where to buy and general tips.

johngalway

Dazzler88 wrote: »

hope mods don't mind me resurrecting this thread.Just wondering how the medium duty mower is going for you? Im thinking of buying one,I have about 20+ acres under rushes,extreme rushes,some of them are 4ft tall in places,would this mower cut through them?Any advice on where to buy and general tips.

I don't own one, never seen one in the flesh. But, I did see the video of it working online and I really would doubt that machine could handle a rush infestation as you describe.

Dazzler88

johngalway wrote: »

I don't own one, never seen one in the flesh. But, I did see the video of it working online and I really would doubt that machine could handle a rush infestation as you describe.

what about this baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR2-J9o1cEo&feature=related

it seems to be well fit for them reeds....

Bodacious

Dazzler88 wrote: »

hope mods don't mind me resurrecting this thread.Just wondering how the medium duty mower is going for you? Im thinking of buying one,I have about 20+ acres under rushes,extreme rushes,some of them are 4ft tall in places,would this mower cut through them?Any advice on where to buy and general tips.

Hi Dazzler,

The machine is doing the finest for me and i love it, great yoke altogether.

And i have done heavy rushes with it but you do have to raise her up a bit or she'll die on you... however its not designed to deal with heavy rushes on a regular basis and my advice would be this machine is grand and wont let you down, has same principle as a tractor topper (They struggle with heavy rushes also) but if it rush grinding you are at on a regular basis get a flail mower. Or a lad in on a tractor to hit heavy rushes - 4 weeks regrowth- spray and above machine will devour them!:D:D