Antique articulating brush cutter

[Perdido$]

I’m still trying to find information on this brush cutter. It’s old and odd, kinda like a rotary cutter married to a sickle bar setup. I’m currently having the hydraulic cylinders rebuilt and hope to have it ready for spring. The entire setup lifts vertically about 3’ and it tilts from 90* up to about 50* down. Any ideas?
Thanks, Perdido

 

[Jim.ME]

Post some pictures of the entire set up hooked to the tractor in different postions.

A general idea of your location might help.

 

[showcrop]

As Jim posted you were standing too close when you took your picture. It looks something like someone used here years ago to mow the roadside.

 

[Perdido$]

I have a video, but it’s too large to post. These are a couple of screen shots from that video. I’m in Forkland, AL and I bought this rig from a person near Tupelo, MS

 

[showcrop]

It does look a lot like the one someone was using on the roads here. I knew the fellow but I can't recall now who it was.

 

[Brown David]

Never seen one like it before, I'd like to have it.

 

[Jim.ME]

How about standing back 20 feet or so and showing it in one piece from a couple angles, to go with you pictures of it in pieces.

 

[RobCons]

Looks like a lot of weight hanging off to one side. Any counter weights with it?

 

[Perdido$]

I’m about an hour away or I’d post more pictures and the full video I have won’t post. The cutter is a 5’, but no gearbox, stump jumper, etc and it’s lighter than it looks. The rest of it is heavy, very heavy and I would think that it acts as a counterweight…it’s also very tight to the 3 pt hitch. I’ll be running it on a Kubota M7060 4wd cab tractor with loader and the video shows it on a Kubota 6 series which had no problem handling it. My main use will be around ponds, roads and pastures. As I posted earlier it has 2 single acting hydraulic cylinders, 1 controls the tilt and the other controls vertical movement. The guy I bought it from used it to mow along roads and around pastures and coupled with the 3’ lift on the cutter and the 3 pt lift it gets up pretty high.

 

[Perdido$]

I really wish there were some identifying marks to figure out who made this, but I’ve searched everywhere…no joy. Any suggestions?
Thanks

 

[1sarge]

I live not far from where you bought the mower. I remember those mowers used by the counties here to mow the roadsides. Also believe they may have been made here in MS. but not sure of the company. Could have been Barrentine or something similar.

 

[Perdido$]

I checked out Barrentine and couldn’t find anything. The previous owner was a MDOT employee, but he didn’t have any information on it. My plan is to get it into working condition with rebuilt cylinders, new hoses and cable, new blades and hardware and see how it does. If it’s a keeper I’ll knock out the dents, weld up the broken areas, sandblast it, epoxy prime and paint. The red paint looks similar to IH, but there have been a lot of red implements over the years. Wish me luck!

 

[560Dennis]

Thanks for posting . Quite a conversation piece. I like it .

 

[560Dennis]

I’d suggest checking calling the Mississippi county road maintenance shops that the gentleman said he saw it used ,maybe someone would be kind enough to recall that information for you .

 

[Merton]

These Mowers were used in Eastern NC years ago. My neighbor used to have one and used for many years. I borrowed one from another friend about 30 years ago and used it to mow the shoulders and sides of a long driveway. We always called them Barrentine ( not sure about spelling) They were tough but couldn't hold up behind modern high HP tractors

 

[Perdido$]

I took a few pictures while I was at the farm this weekend. The hydraulic cylinders are at the shop being rebuilt and the cable has been removed.

 

[Perdido$]

When searching for Barrentine cutters this is the only thing I could find.

 

[560Dennis]

Went over the photos ,does seem to be taken care over most brush cutters ,few sheet metal dings . Drive pulley has an interesting design ,caught my eye.

 

[Perdido$]

Went over the photos ,does seem to be taken care over most brush cutters ,few sheet metal dings . Drive pulley has an interesting design ,caught my eye.

Having a pipe frame looks similar to the Barrentine Clipper, but I can’t find any info on this one. I’ll take out the dents and weld up any cracks or weak spots before I clean it up for paint. I don’t know if I’ll blast it or chemicaly kill the rust before epoxy primer, but I will come back with an IH red paint. The pulley belt was replaced by the previous owner and he showed me how to adjust it…it acts like a slip clutch when adjusted correctly. The MDOT employee I spoke to had no recollection of these cutters.

 

[560Dennis]

Having a pipe frame looks similar to the Barrentine Clipper, but I can’t find any info on this one. I’ll take out the dents and weld up any cracks or weak spots before I clean it up for paint. I don’t know if I’ll blast it or chemicaly kill the rust before epoxy primer, but I will come back with an IH red paint. The pulley belt was replaced by the previous owner and he showed me how to adjust it…it acts like a slip clutch when adjusted correctly. The MDOT employee I spoke to had no recollection of these cutters.

Repeating this ,call the county road of maintenance department supervisor in Mississippi that had this. They should be able to give a lot of information about it. Hopefully ! My thoughts