TOPPING A FOREST OF RUSHES | IH 674 TOPPING 

For 3 years i topped over 110 acres with a 674, this was on new land we bought, so we where short of money so all we can do is send the cattle out on it and mow the rushes up, i used a 674 and 6ft humac topper. It was the oerfect match, the ground, topper and 674, love that tractor so much, doors off, luckiky the front window frame was too rusted so i had plenty air con, just out in the many small fields topping away, regular servicing and keeping good oil and water in her. Such a great tractor for its time, love the neat tucked away gear selection, far better than the ford 5000 / 5600 equivalent. I used it on a link box in the winter. Its being restored at the minuet and getting the love she desrves, will still do jobs for many years, luckiky the ground was tidied and re seeded so no more weeks of topping. (No the ground want suitable for anything bigger, it was that rough)

Used to have q 674,great tractor,apart from shite handbrake.Back window very easily broke too! 574 with perkins engine good tractor as well.

Topping in reverse is best won’t be leaving uncut rushes in the wheel tracks. Slow but you’ll have a nice clean job.

If there was a market for rushes, this time next year we'd be millionaires......😂😂

Could you mole plough, plough and reseed this field next year after spraying with roundup. Apply lime, rectify the p and k indices as per soil samples that you can take now. Such a shame having the land just growing rushes and all the people crying out for extra grass

There's a lot of heat off the transmission of them models of IH when they're working hard, can You take the doors of the cab to help air flow? A few years ago the BiL had some land like that with a forest of rushes, It was a dry September like this Year, We cut them with a disc mower left them on the ground to wilt for a few days and round baled them, then weed wiped the regrowth the following spring made a great job of the land.

To be honest my MF 135 has cut lower than that . Those 674s are Great when at work .

Lengthen the top link -prevents front digging in

Use a Flail Topper that would make the tractor growl

Any update on the cats eating

Who is the old man that you're constantly referring to?

15000 rpm? should be on a race track!!

Your going to fast and you need to keep the pto speed as high as possible and it will make a much better job but it will take longer than you think

Your cutting too fast .2nd Low

You could've made bales for bedding.get a few Highlands and use them to keep em down,❤️‍🩹your spot on about tractors, i get 90% of jobs done with ih 674 and db 990.