A04__1_SPECIFICATIONS_-_Mower_Purchase_Request.docx

ROTARY MOWER SPECIFICATION

Need: Elko and Ely District BLM Fire / Fuels Program needs to purchase two 20-foot-wide Flex Wing Rotary Cutters to support both fire and fuels management projects. The new Flex Wing Rotary Cutters would expand the program’s ability to add more miles of new fuel brakes and the maintenance of current ones each year. This would help reduces the risk of catastrophic wildfires, by reducing more miles of vegetation each year. Giving firefighters much needed time to suppress fires. The added Flex Wing Rotary Cutter would help ensure future projects are done safely and efficiently. Delivery is required for the Flex Wing Rotary Cutter.

Two Delivery Addresses:

Specific Requirements:

· Cutting width - 20 ft.

· Cutting capacity (diameter) - 5 in.

· Cutting height – 1 to 16 in. or higher

· Stump jumper style blade holders

· Deck thickness – double deck 7 gauge or thicker, easy clean design

· Skirt thickness – 3 gauge or thicker

· Hinges – Maintenance-free

· Wing lift – Independent

· Wing flex – Transport 90-degree (angle), working angles: upward 45-degree (angle) downward 22-degree (angle) minimum

· Driveline – Size – Main – 1000 rpm CV ASAE Category 6 or higher, splined telescoping profiles with shielding, No-seize slip-clutch on drivelines

· Gear cases – HP rating Transfer Peak 300 HP or grater, 1000 rpm rating

· Hitch – self-level hitch, swivel hitch

· Wheels – Eight severe-duty agricultural foam filled wheels

· Shielding – Front and Rear Double-row chain guard