Brush Hog mods

[2manyrocks]

The odds of your round flywheel assembly throwing the chain out of the mower deck are significantly lower than in a design where there are rotating arms that could sling a broken chain outwards.

Did you fabricate yours or did you buy this assembly somewhere?

 

[ptsg]

The odds of your round flywheel assembly throwing the chain out of the mower deck are significantly lower than in a design where there are rotating arms that could sling a broken chain outwards.

Did you fabricate yours or did you buy this assembly somewhere?

I bought mine. €650 in 2017. Just couldn't beat that price if I were to buy the materials, gearbox, PTO shaft, etc.

I've made one before for the Kubota B7000 I had. That one I used blades because of the low HP available.

 

[two_bit_score]

Gives good context to the term shredding.

 

[scootr]

The model 12 BH is closer to functioning.
We spent time restoring the drive shaft.
It was so rusted there was no telescopic action. Don't know how anybody used it?
We chained the mower to one post of the lift and pulled from the other using an old chain come along from the 1950s and pulled - hard.
Applied heat, a cheater bar on the come along, and a 6 pound hammer to the situation. and lol - it eventually came apart.
Once we got the shaft apart. We cleaned, greased, and reassembled.
Phew - progress

 

[K5lwq]

Looking forward to see how well this works.

 

[scootr]

Looking forward to see how well this works.

We are getting close.
My concern now circles around having no front chain guard

 

[K5lwq]

I have a 4‘ BushHog squealer 450 I could sacrifice for such a mower. I have thought about this before but being closed in the back I am not sure if it is a good candidate.

 

[Cougsfan]

Once I hit a rock buried in some grass with a bush hog with no front guard. The bush hog launched it forward under the tractor and somehow managed to hit one of my cows in the leg causing some pretty severe damage on the old gal. You are wise to not under-estimate the danger of not having a front guard.

 

[scootr]

Noticed yesterday
The rear wheel does not turn 360 degrees. The mower was designed for forward movement only.
Today we will extend the wheel mount 10-14" so the wheel can turn 360º for backing up.
We may do some more skirt repair too.
We have way too much time into this 'experiment'

 

[ptsg]

Ditch the wheel. It's not doing anything anyways and it will just get bent beyond repair on any decent sized brush. All these cutters need is the side skates and let it ride on the ground.

 

[scootr]

Ditch the wheel. It's not doing anything anyways and it will just get bent beyond repair on any decent sized brush. All these cutters need is the side skates and let it ride on the ground.

Hmmm. Thats a thought

 

[ptsg]

Hmmm. Thats a thought

After a closer look at your pictures, it may be a bit tricky to get the side skates with that deck design.

 

[scootr]

Here she is again. Big round area in the rear. That is typical for the tow behind brush mowers here.

 

[K5lwq]

After a closer look at your pictures, it may be a bit tricky to get the side skates with that deck design.

Could you just let the tractor carry the mower? On mine the skids are adjusted off the ground anyway. Just uses the wheel instead of the top link to support the mower.

 

[scootr]

I think I'll keep the wheel. Extending the mount won't be difficult and it will enhance its usefulness as a mower which is how we will use it.
The wheel bolts onto the mower so it could be removed without any damage.

 

[ptsg]

Could you just let the tractor carry the mower? On mine the skids are adjusted off the ground anyway. Just uses the wheel instead of the top link to support the mower.

Skids!! That was the word I was looking for for the last hour.

Over here we just let it ride on the skids. On my proprieties, I go as low as possible with is about 1" from the ground but I already know what's there and what I will hit. The chains do hit the ground every once in a while on uneven ground but not a big deal. When I mow for someone else, I raise the cutting height to about 2", sometimes 3".

Since all the cutters here have chains from the A frame to the rear of the mower, we often just extend the top link to get play in the chains and let the cutter contour the ground.

I think I'll keep the wheel. Extending the mount won't be difficult and it will enhance its usefulness as a mower which is how we will use it.
The wheel bolts onto the mower so it could be removed without any damage.

For an experiment, it's probably not worth the extra time and materials to change to skids. It's a lot easier to just move the wheel back to get more room to pivot.

 

[5030]

Both my Landpride slashers (Bat wing and rear mount 84") have replaceable skids on them that I hard rodded prior to first use. Last much longer that way.

 

[Gord Baker]

Here is the victim. lol
We cut the blades off (they were welded on!)
Drilled a 1/2 inch hole in each end and attached some chain.

 

[Gord Baker]

The Blades should NOT have been welded on. They are designed to pivot on the bolt that isn't there if they hit something. Personally I would have kept it as found.

 

[scootr]

The Blades should NOT have been welded on. They are designed to pivot on the bolt that isn't there if they hit something. Personally I would have kept it as found.

WE DID NOT weld the blades on. We FOUND the nuts welded on so we could not remove the blades without cutting the pivot bolts which we found unnecessary for our immediate needs. The Blades still rotate.
I hope this helps