Mowing Brush hog use

[Ken45101]

That's the truth and I have the bills to prove it. I got tired of replacing gearboxes when my sons kept taking on more than my Woods 121 10' was rated and bought a Woods DS1260 last year. I am not sure this will help or just encourage them to take on even bigger stuff

Hmmm. I think we are on to something here! :thumbsup:

I have a Woods MD172 (medium duty) that's 10+ years old and never had a problem beyond replacing the slip clutch disks one time, a normal wear item. That's even though I've sometimes backed over saplings that were too big to drive the tractor over. BUT it's a rare thing to cut something like that. Most of it's life has been spent mowing pasture and brush.

TripleR, maybe your boys need a Fecon mulcher for their work, LOL.

Ken

 

[TripleR]

Hmmm. I think we are on to something here! :thumbsup:

I have a Woods MD172 (medium duty) that's 10+ years old and never had a problem beyond replacing the slip clutch disks one time, a normal wear item. That's even though I've sometimes backed over saplings that were too big to drive the tractor over. BUT it's a rare thing to cut something like that. Most of it's life has been spent mowing pasture and brush.

TripleR, maybe your boys need a Fecon mulcher for their work, LOL.

Ken

You may be onto something there.:thumbsup:

We finished up our last overgrown "field" last week, so maybe I am in the clear.

 

[Denwa]

Oh, yeah. One more question,(for now).. do you run the brush hog level, or can you tip it up at the front side to help scoop heavy brush under the unit?

R,
Not going with experience here, just logic. Running higher in front you would be more likely to over run a stump or rock and then jam it into cutter with potentially bad results.

Currently involved in dealing with my "new" tractors PTO problems related to a rock that the previous owner whacked. Transmission R&R can be fun, I hope...

I would run level or low in front unless I was sure there was nothing but brush to mow.

FWIW,
Dennis

 

[TripleR]

R,
Not going with experience here, just logic. Running higher in front you would be more likely to over run a stump or rock and then jam it into cutter with potentially bad results.

Currently involved in dealing with my "new" tractors PTO problems related to a rock that the previous owner whacked. Transmission R&R can be fun, I hope...

I would run level or low in front unless I was sure there was nothing but brush to mow.

FWIW,
Dennis

Many come with a "stump jumper" for this very reason.

 

[Denwa]

Many come with a "stump jumper" for this very reason.

RRR,
Well, I have yet to go pick up the JD cutter from the PO that killed my PTO.
I've read of these "stump jumpers" but not actually looked at the bottom side of a brush cutter. Would you please to 'splain me what this mechanism is and how it *should* work? Apparently, if the JD cutter has one it did not work to well.

Thanks,
Dennis

 

[Bird]

Dennis, the blades on a brush hog are not attached directly to the gearbox output shaft. Instead they are attached to a round or oval "pan" by a single bolt that allows the blades to swing freely. That "pan" is known as a stump jumper or some manufacturers, such as Bush Hog, may simply call it a blade holder. Since the edges of that pan are curved upward, that allows it ride up and over stumps instead of just hitting them.

 

[TripleR]

Dennis, the blades on a brush hog are not attached directly to the gearbox output shaft. Instead they are attached to a round or oval "pan" by a single bolt that allows the blades to swing freely. That "pan" is known as a stump jumper or some manufacturers, such as Bush Hog, may simply call it a blade holder. Since the edges of that pan are curved upward, that allows it ride up and over stumps instead of just hitting them.

What Bird said, can't find a picture..

Some have the blades attached to a type of "T", hard to describe, that is then bolted onto the output shaft, one of our Woods mowers is like this; haven't been under the new one.

 

[Denwa]

What Bird said, can't find a picture..

Some have the blades attached to a type of "T", hard to describe, that is then bolted onto the output shaft, one of our Woods mowers is like this; haven't been under the new one.

Thanks Guys, it's much clearer now.
Have yet to go get the one that came w/ my tractor.

Dennis

 

[TripleR]

Thanks Guys, it's much clearer now.
Have yet to go get the one that came w/ my tractor.

Dennis

Better go get it, just finished my second cutting of the season and have some more in our woods when it dries up; don't like to let it get too tall.

 

[Denwa]

Better go get it, just finished my second cutting of the season and have some more in our woods when it dries up; don't like to let it get too tall.

Got to fix the PTO gear train first. Cleared shop space, rigged an overhead light, built a new air compressor system (mostly), and now I'm ready to start
finding out what's inside of a B20 tranny.... THEN I'll be able to go get the mower.

Dennis