gabby
Gold Member
(This is the second time I have posted this. The first time it got one response and then the thread disappeared! Did a Bush Hog guy hack it???)
I have a Bush Hog 3210 pull type mower, 10' cut, weight 2900 pounds, cost $5900, 3 years old, 3 big gearboxes, still looks like new.
I recently stripped out one of the rubber shock absorbing couplings on one of the two side shafts. I was cutting a nice flat clear pasture and the blade tips suddenly got out of time and started hitting each other in the middle where they overlap. Made a terrible noise and ruined $100 worth of like new blades.
The dealer had never seen this before and a week was wasted trying to figure out what happened and then decide to order a $500 replacement coupling that was backordered at the factory.
After a week of this I learned that Bush Hog has had numerous failures of this coupling and had upgraded the shafts to include bigger couplings.
They quoted me a "very special price" of nearly $1000 for new upgraded shafts and couplings, but the dealer wouldn't even quote me a labor charge for replacing them because the gearboxes have to come off and he had no idea how long it would take.
When the new shafts came in, I was not impressed with them and told the dealer I didn't want them. He was not happy, but by then I was definitely not happy with the situation either and we had words and I took my mower home.
This wasn't even the first major design problem I have had with this mower. As soon as I bought it, I had to spend $150 to modify the remote cylinder lift linkage. The factory had made it so it would only raise about 6 inches off the ground with the cylinder fully extended, and fully retracted the skids were on the ground and the wheels were up in the air as if it was a harrow that needed the extra wheel weight for penetration.
I also have a model 287 Bush Hog, 7' cut, heavy duty 3 point hitch mower that cost me $2500. As soon as I bought it I had to drill 4 new 7/8" lift arm holes lower on the frame to make it pick up high enough.
What is it with Bush Hog heavy duty mowers that the engineers don't want them to raise more than a few inches off the ground??
A big "John Deere Green" mower would look good in my shed. I'm sick of Bush Hog red!
Gabby in Georgia
I have a Bush Hog 3210 pull type mower, 10' cut, weight 2900 pounds, cost $5900, 3 years old, 3 big gearboxes, still looks like new.
I recently stripped out one of the rubber shock absorbing couplings on one of the two side shafts. I was cutting a nice flat clear pasture and the blade tips suddenly got out of time and started hitting each other in the middle where they overlap. Made a terrible noise and ruined $100 worth of like new blades.
The dealer had never seen this before and a week was wasted trying to figure out what happened and then decide to order a $500 replacement coupling that was backordered at the factory.
After a week of this I learned that Bush Hog has had numerous failures of this coupling and had upgraded the shafts to include bigger couplings.
They quoted me a "very special price" of nearly $1000 for new upgraded shafts and couplings, but the dealer wouldn't even quote me a labor charge for replacing them because the gearboxes have to come off and he had no idea how long it would take.
When the new shafts came in, I was not impressed with them and told the dealer I didn't want them. He was not happy, but by then I was definitely not happy with the situation either and we had words and I took my mower home.
This wasn't even the first major design problem I have had with this mower. As soon as I bought it, I had to spend $150 to modify the remote cylinder lift linkage. The factory had made it so it would only raise about 6 inches off the ground with the cylinder fully extended, and fully retracted the skids were on the ground and the wheels were up in the air as if it was a harrow that needed the extra wheel weight for penetration.
I also have a model 287 Bush Hog, 7' cut, heavy duty 3 point hitch mower that cost me $2500. As soon as I bought it I had to drill 4 new 7/8" lift arm holes lower on the frame to make it pick up high enough.
What is it with Bush Hog heavy duty mowers that the engineers don't want them to raise more than a few inches off the ground??
A big "John Deere Green" mower would look good in my shed. I'm sick of Bush Hog red!
Gabby in Georgia
