Open Front Brush Cutter for Skid Steers

When the material is bigger than a standard brush cutter can swallow, you need an open front. Dense brush, saplings, and trees up to 6 inches thick feed straight into the deck instead of bogging the machine down. The Open Front Brush Cutter is built for heavy clearing: trails, construction sites, fence lines, and overgrown acreage where the job is too much for a trimming-grade cutter. If land clearing is what you do, this is the attachment that keeps moving when the brush gets serious.

The open front is what makes the difference. There is no front lip slowing the feed, so thick material enters the cut cleanly, and the direct drive system puts the machine's hydraulic power straight to the blade with no belt loss.

Specs and hydraulic requirements

This cutter is built for high-demand clearing and comes in standard and high flow:

• Hydraulic flow: 26 to 45 GPM
• Max pressure: 4,000 PSI
• Drive: direct drive for maximum power transfer
• Blades: 4 blades with counter-clockwise rotation for a clean, precise cut
• Cutting capacity: trees and brush up to 6" in diameter
• Steel: A-50 grade for strength and long service life
• Widths: 72", 78", and 84"
• Made in the USA

The high-flow versions carry a higher price because they are matched to high-flow machines and move more material faster. Confirm your machine's flow before ordering: this cutter needs 26 GPM at minimum, so it is built for larger and high-flow skid steers and track loaders, not entry-level machines.

Does it fit your machine?

The Open Front Brush Cutter uses universal quick attach and fits standard skid steers and compact track loaders, including Bobcat, John Deere, Kubota, Cat, Takeuchi, New Holland, Case, and Gehl. The real requirement is hydraulic flow. This is a high-demand cutter that needs 26 to 45 GPM, so it pairs with larger standard-flow and high-flow machines. If your machine runs under 26 GPM, the HD Closed Front Brush Cutter is the better match.

Open front vs closed front brush cutter

The open front trades debris control for raw cutting capacity. With no front lip, it feeds and cuts larger material, up to 6" diameter, and the direct drive handles heavy, continuous work. The tradeoff is that an open deck throws debris, so it is meant for open clearing away from structures and people, not finish work near a house or road. A closed front cutter contains debris and runs on lower flow, but it will not take the same size material. Choose the open front for heavy land clearing and forestry-style work on high-flow machines. Choose the closed front for trails and fields where debris control matters and your machine runs lower flow.