What keeps your brush hog from falling???

TBone · Jul 27, 2001

John, No offense taken. I even agree with you - I have done a lot of foolish things over the years.

As for giving thanks I do that on a daily basis and twice on Sunday. I will be disconnecting the pto shaft from now on but I can't thank of any way to better support it to make sure it doesn't fall than the chain around the tree trick. I have let it down with the chain holding it and the front goes down some but not that much. The back end is held tight by a BIG chain that I keep on my tractor.

I've got some cutover land that has a lot of old barbed wire fences on it. No matter how careful I am I get into it sometimes. One time I got such a wad of it wrapped around it I had to go all the way home (3 miles) and cut it off with a torch. Most of the time it takes a couple of minutes with some good pliers, more than enough time to get killed I know.

I just don't know any safer way to do it reasonably. I guess I could unhook it and use the chain to turn it bottom side up to work on it. That would be plenty safe and make it much easier to get to. It just seems like overkill and a lot of extra work. I can't count the times I have been under one with the engine running and nothing under it. <font color=green>

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Kerry · Aug 26, 2001

G'day Guys,No offence ment guys but YOU GUYS ARE BLOODY CRAZY getting under anything hydraulic without proper supports let alone with engines running and driveshafts connected, it sends shivers down the spine just thinking about it. I guess I am lucky to still have both feet after a 5' machine fell off a stand in the shop where I was working as an apprentice and crushed my right foot,It has made me very aware ever since. So when working on any equipment please THINK SAFETY and OPERATE RESPONSIBLY as we only have one life.Kerry inOz.

Hillbilly · Aug 27, 2001

Hey John,
Amen to what you said!!!!!!
Never work on any type of pto powered equipment with the motor running.

RichNJ · Aug 29, 2001

RichZ,
Just one comment: I have found that cinder blocks are very strong but they do break easily and are brittle. I use wood blocks. But after reading the other posts I am also going to get some jack stands.

bgott · Aug 30, 2001

I recieved the latest issue of Farmshow today and they have an article on one guy's innovative way to work on his MMM. It seems he has an anchor in his driveway that he hooks a chain to and then he hooks the other end to the top of his ROPS on his Kubota. He then drives forward, pivoting on the rear axle, until the front of the tractor is about two feet off the ground and he then puts a stand under it. I imagine this will work until his foot slips off the clutch or his hydro pedal sticks and he loops it!

Bird · Aug 30, 2001

I'm sure that'll work. Was his name Knievel?/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bird

TBone · Aug 30, 2001

Hmmm, Maybe I can do the same thing in reverse. Back up with the chain hooked in front of me and pivot on the front wheels. Then I could stand up under the brush hog and get the wire off. It's amazing the things you learn on this board.
TBone