Oops

[STx]

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[Jeff F.]

I see you are busy planting

 

[4570Man]

It looks like the last pass didn't even rut, then this happened.

 

[STx]

Yeah, the tall grass completely hid it, I was just happily mowing along and then I was stopped. Had to disconnect the cutter and drag it out with a truck and then pull the tractor out. Usually, it's the tractor pulling the truck out. Oh well, at least it was a Ford truck pulling my Ford (New Holland) tractor out. If it'd been a Chevy or a Dodge, I'd have just had to hide in shame.

 

[Thomas]

Like they say.."If you don't get stuck every now and than your not tractoring"

 

[Baby Grand]

I see you found the spring.

 

[NC419N]

First time mowing there??

 

[STx]

Yeah, first time mowing there. It wasn't a spring, we really don't have them around her, just a still wet spot from the major rains we had last month. I guess the tall grass kept it from drying out.

 

[EddieWalker]

It's that time of the year again. I've had to pull myself out three times this year and I can't count how many close calls I've had that I was able to get out of while destroying the area with ruts. If you're not getting stuck once in awhile, you aren't trying hard enough!!!

Eddie

 

[SPYDERLK]

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,,,,,,R4s

 

[4570Man]

A set of r1's wouldn't have done any better.

 

[SPYDERLK]

They would have done better, but maybe not better enuf. :confused3:

 

[Coyote machine]

Trying out the new Lojack immobilizer:laughing:?!

 

[Sodo]

Yeah there's mud everywhere but that Texan grass looks TOUGH! Is that sprig of grass the top link is sitting on the one that broke the fender?

:laughing: (sorry about the fender)

 

[gwstang]

That sure didn't look like any fun. Never got the 'bota stuck...but have got the old Ford 8N stuck several times. Usually involved quite a bit of "Blue Blazes" cuss words and lots of boards/sticks/maybe a jack, to get out. Of course the boys, when they were little, would run straight back to the house and tell the red head exactly what I would say. Ugh, then she would be mad at me for "educating" the youngins on what not to say! :ashamed: Having been in the Navy, I knew lots of what not to say words. Dang youngins just loved to get me in trouble! :thumbdown: Now they are grown and have their own....payback is gonna be ****! LOL

 

[gwstang]

Whoops, forgot to ask the question that I have. I've never seen the floating type of top link hook up that is on the bush hog you are using. I have that type on my finishing mower, but not the bush hog that I use. Just curious, is that a newer style they are using? How on earth does the thing adjust up or down without a "fixed" top link to do that? I mean, the finishing mower that I have has four wheels on the ground to ride on and doesn't need a "fixed adjustable" top link connected. Hope I've explained myself well enough to ask this question.

 

[STx]

That's about a 15 year old Rhino TW72 cutter, so it's an old style. The front is supported by the lift arms and the top link has that swivel to allow the deck to "float" better on uneven terrain. For example, I can leave the top link a little longer and when I back over the side of a ditch, it'll follow the contour to some extent.

Whoops, forgot to ask the question that I have. I've never seen the floating type of top link hook up that is on the bush hog you are using. I have that type on my finishing mower, but not the bush hog that I use. Just curious, is that a newer style they are using? How on earth does the thing adjust up or down without a "fixed" top link to do that? I mean, the finishing mower that I have has four wheels on the ground to ride on and doesn't need a "fixed adjustable" top link connected. Hope I've explained myself well enough to ask this question.

 

[STx]

Nah, that's from brush hogging South Texas Mesquite brush, which we have 36 acres of. I back into the brush under the trees a lot, usually leading with my left side, so...

Yeah there's mud everywhere but that Texan grass looks TOUGH! Is that sprig of grass the top link is sitting on the one that broke the fender?

:laughing: (sorry about the fender)

 

[STx]

When I sent the pic to my sales guy, I told him I should have gone ahead and gotten the R1's. They wouldn't have helped here though.

,,,,,,R4s

 

[gwstang]

"That's about a 15 year old Rhino TW72 cutter, so it's an old style. The front is supported by the lift arms and the top link has that swivel to allow the deck to "float" better on uneven terrain. For example, I can leave the top link a little longer and when I back over the side of a ditch, it'll follow the contour to some extent. "


So you do have to adjust the top link for holding it stiffer to some degree or the front of the mower would be too low/high without wheels on the front like a finishing mower. OK, that is what I was wondering. I have a hard enough time with my old bush hog keeping it from furrowing up with the sides at times when going over a dip or high spot. That's why I finally had to get a finishing mower too. The red head would get real excited when I would use the hog to cut the yard around the house, if I didn't feel like getting the riding mower out. Boy, that sure would get the red head to squawking like a chicken laying eggs. She'd be waving her arms around and I would just act like like I didn't see her so I could finish up quickly. Of course I might had "accidentally" run over one or two of her bushes and flowers at the time Finishing mower solved that.