Video: Blue Diamond’s Breakthrough Heavy Duty Cutter Slashes Entry Price to Open Front Design
In this episode of Machine Heads, host Wayne Grayson sits down with Blue Diamond Attachments’ Kevin Murphy to discuss the company’s breakthrough Heavy Duty Open Front Brush Cutter. For years, brush cutter customers have been stuck between choosing expensive, high-end open front design cutters designed for extreme, production-level environments or more budget-friendly, but less capable closed front designs. Blue Diamond’s new heavy duty cutter is here to fill the gap with an open front design that comes in at half the cost of their other open front designs. Wayne and Kevin talk about the capability of this new attachment, how Blue Diamond was able to engineer the cost savings and the productivity gains you can expect from this brush cutter.
Filling a Need
While there are plenty of options for brush cutters in the market, Blue Diamond took customer feedback into account and designed the new model to fit a more economical price point. The Heavy Duty Open Front Brush Cutter offers a durable, open front style at a lower cost. It runs on standard-flow hydraulics with a flow range of 15 to 22 gpm and a maximum operating pressure of 4,000 PSI. This cutter delivers a cut width of 72 in. and is designed for host machines up to 75 hp.
So, who’s was this made for? Murphy explains the cutter is a great solution for people performing land clearing on their personal property. It’s ideal for the weekend warrior or a smaller contractor tackling a variety of tasks.
Notable Features
Throughout the video, Wayne and Kevin discuss a bunch of exciting features on the new cutter. Here’s a snippet of those:
- Direct drive: Blue Diamond’s direct drive system uses pressure relief valves to protect the motor instead of sacrificial components. This means less maintenance, fewer failure points and more consistent power delivery to the blades.
- A 130 CC 2000 Series Eaton hydraulic motor: It’s a respected unit with an integrated pressure relief system. It lives inside a fully enclosed motor compartment, and that enclosure is doing double duty: it keeps debris away from the motor and hoses to reduce overheating and it physically protects all of those components from branch strikes and material fallback.
- Robust blade design: The Heavy Duty Open Front runs three 1/2-in. blades mounted on a 3/4-in. blade carrier designed to keep the blades moving at higher speeds. The blades themselves are hardened, heat-treated steel for wear resistance. Plus, they’re double-sided.
- Bi-directional cutting: From the cab, the operator can reverse the hydraulic flow and switch the blade rotation from clockwise to counterclockwise, instantly.
More on the Heavy Duty Open Front Brush Cutter
Check out our previous Machine Heads video highlighting the cutter. Wayne takes a detailed look at this exciting attachment.
And another article highlighting the cutter.
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