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    Posted: 02 May 2011 at 8:29pm
Does a WD45 with a D17 kit have the power to run a 7 foot finish mower? the electric PTO on the POS LT1050 cub fried and I'm tired of the trouble. I have five acred to mow, thinking of puting a finish mower on the 45 and found a nice Caroni 7 footer for  $750.
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Well according to the Caroni website, a new 93" finish mower takes 45-60 PTO HP, since your's is probably mechanically identical or very near it, I would say you should be ok, since you could knock off a couple HP for shorter blades.  You may not be able to mow tall stuff in road gear, but I would bet it would be a decent match.  That is a rear mount, not sure if you were thinking front or rear, but it shouldn't change much.  HTH 
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Id say it would for sure, depending on how often your mowing. We use a 6ft bushhog on a WD45 it works great unless the stuff is taller than the radiator. A 7ft finish mower should pull easier than a 6ft bushhog.
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Ihave a 5ft Caroni that i pull with my B  and it does ok in stuff up to about a foot high .You have twice the h p  so it should be fine  keeping it cut regular.
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My little B runs a 5 ft finish mower, and you have more than twice the HP, seems like it ought to do it.
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I am sure it will work,just how fast is the question.With no hi lo you will be using the hand clutch in the heavy stuff.I use a 6 foot woods finish mower with my D-17's.Seems to do real well unless it gets tall.I have had to use 1st low when it gets out of hand.
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If you're really finish mowing grass and not mowing tall grass or weeds, you'll be fine.  I mow my grass with a 72" front deck mower that only has a 20 hp air-cooled Kohler on it.   Of course the grass never gets over 4-5" tall.
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I have mowed with a 6 ft Farm King on my CA unless the grass is over about 10" it works fine.  I put the same mower on a WD45 and it still only mows about 10" grass befor it can't discharge fast enough and just clumps it up.
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Biggest thing with finish mowers is getting rid of the grass. The Woods finish mower with a rear discharge seems to work the best for getting rid of excess grass and not taking a lot of hp to run. Guy at work is running a 90" woods with his Ford 2000 and he runs the whole rig hard, and it takes it. Your 45 shouldn't have any issues.
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I have a 7 foot Landpride finishing mower that I run behind a D17IV. The tractor has all it wants to pull mowing a lawn. Mowing anything over 6 inches tall is out of the question unless you want to be inching ahead with the power director. Mowing weeds or brush should not be considered with a finishing mower.
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 Weeds and brush are out of the question, yes, but that's not what a finish mower is designed for anyway. I mow my 5 acres with a 7' Kingkutter on my WD, and have for years. Works perfectly.
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I run a 6' finishing mower with a D-12 III with lots to spare. I also run a 6' brush cutter with a D-15 II with no problem.
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I pull a 6 ft. finish mower with my D14 and have power to spare. If you are really "finish mowing" you should have no problem regarding horse power.
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I dont know what kind of finish mowers you guys are running, but dad has a 7ft Woods behind a 1720 Ford Jap diesel and I can mow in 9th (out of 12 gears) with it.



Edited by DonDittmar - 03 May 2011 at 2:53pm
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Originally posted by DonDittmar DonDittmar wrote:

I dont know what kind of finish mowers you guys are running, but dad has a 7ft Woods behind a 1720 Ford Jap diesel and I can mow in 9th (out of 12 gears) with it.

The differemce is the diesel. When I got my first diesel tractor I couldn't believe the difference it made.
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