brush hog adjustment

[Anonymous-0]

is there a way to level the front of the brush hog? i have adjusted the wheel on the rear of the cutter but the front of the cutter drags the ground, if i lower the rear too much, the whole thing drags, if i raise the implement hydralically it raises the whole thing with the same angle it has while on the ground, I would like it to cut at least 6-10 inches above ground but have found it difficult, and the lift doesn"t always keep it at a certain height.

 

[Bruce (VA)]

On what model tractor? 9N, 8N, NAA? It makes a big difference!
50 Tips

 

[Dunk]

(quoted from post at 12:43:17 07/24/09) is there a way to level the front of the brush hog? i have adjusted the wheel on the rear of the cutter but the front of the cutter drags the ground, if i lower the rear too much, the whole thing drags, if i raise the implement hydralically it raises the whole thing with the same angle it has while on the ground, I would like it to cut at least 6-10 inches above ground but have found it difficult, and the lift doesn"t always keep it at a certain height.

Top link adjustment, and Limiter Chains

 

[Dell (WA)]

sooner.......they're called "leveling chains". Hard chain the front of the brushhog to yer butt-bucket 3-point attach point. Chain collapses so you can raise the hog over obstacle but won't let the front of the hog go enny lower than you originally set. My eazy starting 8N has "position control", (9N/2N's don't) but the leveling chains let me raise and lower the hog without watching. Simple, eh? .......Dell

 

[jack in wallace]

you need the zane thang, works great or use stay chains

 

[Anonymous-0]

...and then I got a separate, longer top link and adjusted it to level the mower. The limiter chains and top link really made a big difference. I don't feel like I'm going to die every moment because I'm not hitting rocks and the ground anymore.

 

[F7Hooligan]

Here's a pic of my 2N with limiter chains. Not the best pic but it gives you the general idea.

 

[F7Hooligan]

One More...

 

[Dunk]

(quoted from post at 19:38:59 07/24/09) One More...

Looks to me like you need a good blade grinding, and a drop down to first gear.

Never can tell when I am off my rocker though....

 

[F7Hooligan]

LOL, Actually Dunk she cuts real nice. The stuff you see in the pic was cut a couple of weeks ago. I drove the tractor down to talk to my wife (who took the picture)and dropped the brushog to clean up a little strip that my neighber left between our property lines. (You can just make out the long stuff under the front of the tractor). I always cut in 1st gear and even that seems a little fast sometimes.

 

[ericlb]

you might try parking the tractor on a hard level surface and adjusting the check chains so that the front of the brush hog is about 4 inches above the ground,when you drop the lift, [ on mine the blade is about 2 inches above the lower edge of the housing] this would make the front of the brush hog cut about 6 inches off the ground, also the rear of the brush hog needs to be raised a inch or 2 above the front of it this will allow it to fan the cuttings out the rear instead of winrowing them to one side, 1 more thing i did, but it depends on what your cutting with it, if your just cutting stuff like in your picture sharpen the blades it will cut better, BUT if your also cutting big stuff with it like small trees ect do not sharpen the blades, i mow aften enough that i dont have large stuff to cut just high stuff and i sharpened the blades very sharp the brush hog cuts real nice id use it on the house yard but it will still leave the turn scrapes and tire marks, mrs ericlb informed me thats why we have a riding mower

 

[8N-Randy]

Any one use a chain instead of a standard top link on there brush hogs?
I have been told it works better, but haven't tried it.

 

[JMOR]

(quoted from post at 15:48:42 07/26/09) Any one use a chain instead of a standard top link on there brush hogs?
I have been told it works better, but haven't tried it.

have seen it done before. In one way. I like the idea, in that when the rear wheels drop off into a little ravine, the hog vs tractor 'articulate' and you do not have the top link trying to support the weight of the tractor, in compression. Every positive has a negative, of course! If that is a deep ravine and the 'articulation becomes extreme, then the drive shaft can bet put under destructive stress and result in damage to both the drive shaft and tractor PTO. Then none of this is a consideration if you are, say mowing a nice smooth grassy runway.
Then there is a third method which allows more freedom between hog & tractor in the ravine situation , but limits the articulation in the cresting of a hill. Here those two rigid bars (angle iron) on the hog, connecting the hog's top link attachment point to the rear part of hog deck, are replaced with chains. Mine actually has those 2 bars (rods in my case) but the last foot of the rod is chain. Manufacturer's choice? As you can imagine, these various methods will alter the stresses imposed as well as how & when the blade contacts earth.

 

[Doug Lloyd]

I use limiter chains to hold the height of the mower just so. The hydraulics on my "52 are not that great and there is no need to put that stress on the pump for hours.

I used to read on this list many newbies being scolded for using a chain for a toplink, instead of a solid link. The story was something like, without a solid link the bushhog could pop up high, rotating on the arms, until the gearbox pops the driver in the back of the head. Is this no longer true?

I use a solid link with a swivel on the mower that has extra long pivots. On rough ground that seems to work OK.

Doug

 

[JMOR]

(quoted from post at 14:10:15 07/27/09) I use limiter chains to hold the height of the mower just so. The hydraulics on my "52 are not that great and there is no need to put that stress on the pump for hours.

I used to read on this list many newbies being scolded for using a chain for a toplink, instead of a solid link. The story was something like, without a solid link the bushhog could pop up high, rotating on the arms, until the gearbox pops the driver in the back of the head. Is this no longer true?

I use a solid link with a swivel on the mower that has extra long pivots. On rough ground that seems to work OK.

Doug

can't answer that one with a "for sure" answer, but I want to see a picture of that vertical bush hog, for sure!