ford brush hog help

[RyanL]

Hi, I have a ford 5' brush hog and i was brush hogging the other day, and run into a sapling, and the slip clutch must have been froze up and it sheared the input shaft off the gearbox. A new shaft is over $300, and i can't find a used mower or gearbox anywhere around my area everybody has gethered them up. So i was wanting to know if anybody on here had one that they would be willing to part with.

Thanks Ryan

 

[sandman2234]

Any chance for a picture of the gearbox in question, and maybe a bolt hole pattern and dimension?
David from jax

 

[Soundguy]

Check with a tractor dealer.. many times a trade comes in with a beat up mower.. sometimes the tractor sells and the mower stays. my local NH dealer usually has 3-4 used mowers setting around.. ranging from beat up 5' 150$ mowers, to stuff near new in the 7-8' range.

Soundguy

 

[sandman2234]

I have a couple of beat up, rusted out mowers out back. I take them from time to time and put some sheet metal over the holes and sell them to people around here. A couple of them are blue, but no clue if they are Fords. I just do it for a hobby, so most people don't expect "new" mowers.
Plus, I don't paint, as you might can tell by my trencher/poorboys stumpgrinder and all the paint that got wasted on it.
As I mentioned, a picture and measurement would be nice.
David from jax

 

[RyanL]

I will take a picture and measurement and get them posted. It is an older square looking mower

 

[BOTAMAN]

By your description of the mower it sounds like one that BMB built for Ford back in the eighties. I don't know if BMB is still around, but if they are a box might be less expensive from them.

 

[RyanL]

I finally had time to get a pics so here it is.

 

[RyanL]

try again

 

[sandman2234]

Pictures don't seem to be coming thru, but it may be on my end. Can you just email me them, and I will post them for you?

Anyone else see them?

David from jax

 

[cwarrix]

Nope, I can't see them either...