Brush Cutter Repairs

[560Dennis]

Well it’s 4 footer perfect cutter for cleaner for ten acres narrow rows . I don’t know who made it . There’s a decal left on it with I maybe O?
Its very heavy even with all the rusted deck I can barely lift it up to drawbar.
Planning new deck 1/8 x 4.25 ft x4.25 ft. Steel ,old was 5/32 maybe 3/16
New oil seals , and keys in gear box .
Sharpen cutter blade just a little they don’t need much ,just the out on the ends
Bow shaped support for upper gear box to support rear wheels .
Grand son wants it painted red with lighting bolts ,no problem . He can help , I can’t hold the blade assembly with it falling off the spindle.

 

[560Dennis]

Good and heavy duty gear box . AG30 Perfection Gear Company Harvey,Illinois
After all these years the two shafts have almost undetectable backlash. almost no shaft back and forth along their axis.
open it up and get the old seals out and find new ones .

 

[caterpillar guy]

That's the see through model no plugging if you can see how it flows or not.

 

[560Dennis]

That's the see through model no plugging if you can see how it flows or not.

Need Kevlar clothes or pick the slivers out, your choice.

now how about that heavy duty gear box on that four footer ,pretty awesome

 

[Ericp351]

As to brand-you will need blades someday, check out International. Looks like one to me. Some adjust aspects look like "inspired" by my Woods Cadet . Referenced in my less than popular post below. Good luck, I'd weld in 3/16" Easier to stick weld, and 1 and done!.

 

[560Dennis]

As to brand-you will need blades someday, check out International. Looks like one to me. Some adjust aspects look like "inspired" by my Woods Cadet . Referenced in my less than popular post below. Good luck, I'd weld in 3/16" Easier to stick weld, and 1 and done!.

Good info

 

[560Dennis]

Getting into the dirty little details. Easy access!

 

[paul]

So you bought a gearbox, well used blades, some angle iron and flat iron.

Cool project.

Paul

 

[maqbill]

So you bought a gearbox, well used blades, some angle iron and flat iron.

Cool project.

Paul

Bought a cheap tractor like that once, after an engine, clutch, transmission bearings, power steering, and pto clutch, I had the nicest 720 john Deere around! Well, your only young once.

 

[560Dennis]

Bought a cheap tractor like that once, after an engine, clutch, transmission bearings, power steering, and pto clutch, I had the nicest 720 john Deere around! Well, your only young once.

I respect your decision , I its not the parts today but the 720 memories

 

[560Dennis]

My daughter in law’s said to me as my son and I loaded the cutter ( she (got name for everything) has a name for the cutter , Brushy Rusty ! I think ) Thank you doing this for us ! We need this for the ,she names off the projects.
So it a family project ,got my other son and grandson cutting out the rusty . He’s got some sheet steel , some steel for reinforcement of gearbox. Plus they are very good welders with good eyes.
This cutter is going to get used for another 30 years.
Best of all for me is the memories of a family project together getting it done.

 

[560Dennis]

Gearing up , and filled the holes today under the canopy , hot .
Took the gear box a part to get the leaking seals out. Also dumped the water and oil out. Turns out this gear box is pretty good condition,gear and bearings .
Rust out cover was replaced with two sheet metal Section we had .

 

[560Dennis]

Did some more work on it this old brush cutter this weekend . Son told me that my 13 year old granddaughter welded underside of deck to the side walls . My Grandson 14, welded gearbox supports to the to the center structure . He cut all the structure angles for the gearbox frame .Did a nice job of cutting the hole for gearbox in the deck for the gearbox shaft to come thru ,the deck with plasma cutter. plasma cutters do a much better job of cutting clean metal don’t they ? Amazing ,this is Going to good brush cutter for a long time when we’re done. Little bit at a time ,were going get going .
I guess these photos were earli ,thought I took some of their welding gues not ,no t weekend then .

 

[560Dennis]

New and old parts are going back together nicely. Nice to see it taking shape of a brush cutter . My (14) grandson welded most of the under deck 1/4 inch plate to the deck in this heat . Proud of him .
Everybody took turn welding today . Took four of us to flip it over today .

 

[560Dennis]

Ready to cut the brush after a month of work

 

[300jk]

Ready to cut the brush after a month of work

Turned out nice !

 

[SkipperII]

The only part of that cutter that can't be replaced?; The memories created, something your family will never forget.

 

[560Dennis]

Works good, last night was cutting till heavy dew. The super c doesn’t really fit to well in the five acres chestnut orchard , but all we got , will have to do . Take the muffler off and offset the drawbar on three points hitch to get closer to trees . We haven’t run over anything major . Kind of asking for safe passage .
I was trying follow behind my son on foot at a safe distance try . Scouting next best route . I just can’t lift my big feet high enough , nearly tripping many times . That would hurt cause a lot of briers.
To thick to walk thru , wide front just pushed heavy brush over , really good