Using a Brush Hog on BX2200

[Anonymous Poster]

Has anyone used a Brush Hog on their BX2200? I am looking for compact tractor to use a FEL and a brush hog. I don't need a finishing mower, I have a field that is very overgrown and needs brush hogged.

Thanks

 

[TomPh]

JSnyder,

I have a BX2200 with which I use a 4' Bush Hog rotary mower. It does a fine job and to be honest I was surprised how well the BX handles it. One thing to keep in mind however, you'll need some front ballast if you plan to lift and carry during your mowing. If you have the FEL just leave it on and you shouldn't have any problems. Otherwise, get some front weights.

TomPh

 

[Nick_D]

I run a House 42" brush hog on my BX 2200. It does a great job on my 1.5 arce grass field.

 

[BlackforestBill]

I have a 4' Rhino. The BX does bog down a bit when I hit something ugly, like that mound from the pocket gophers that I didn't see. May be more an affect of the altitude, I'm over 7500'.

I used it all last year to maintain 3 acres of grass. It hadn't been touched for over 20 years so I thought I needed the rotary instead of a finish mower. The rotary cuts it, but it aint pretty.

This year I borrowed my neighbor's 5' RFM. Wow!! What a difference. I still hit the occasional mound, but the cut is so much cleaner and more consistent. At least as far as I can tell in a drought. Grass hasn't grown 3" this year.

Wish I'd opted for the MMM instead of the rotary when I bought it. Now the better 3/4's wont let me spend the money. Guess I gotta keep the neighbor on the good friends list.

 

[Dooze]

I have a 40" King Kutter on my BX 18000 that I use on some fairly rough terrain with excellant results. I had some difficulty getting it proprly adjusted until I lowered the connection pins but it works very well now. I recently cut some we 3' grass and had pleanty of power even with the smaller engine on the 1800.

 

[kcook]

I have been told by several dealers that a 48' brush hog would work but you would want some weight up front.

KCook

 

[manganos]

if you go to my yahoo pictures page I have a pic of my BX22 with my 48" HOWSE bushhog

 

[kcook]

Great photos, I take it you brush hog with the load attached?

KCook

 

[manganos]

Yeah I like to leave the FEL on to help even out the weight. The only mistake I made was leaving on the MMM. I ended up knocking it off the floating pins more then once and it was a PITA to put back. Next time I'll just take the Mid Mount Mower off.

 

[kcook]

"Next time I'll just take the Mid Mount Mower off."

It seem to be simple to remove!

KCook