Seat Time - Walk the Fields

[8N-Bob]

Hey All:
It was nice Sunday after church and what a better way then sitting on the 8N doing a little brush hogging. Mowed the field behind the pumpkin patch then went down to mow out behind the rental I bought a few years back. I have never mowed there but it was not too tall. Under big trees etc and very low weeds not taller then the oil pan. Well in the middle of the whole show I ran over some not normal bumps. Well mashed the clutch and hit the brakes but not fast enough. ORC did what it was supposed to. Then bang. hit a bunch of fence posts that were in a clump 1/2 burried in dirt with all sorts of barbed wire attached. Looks like some one cut the posts off at the ground and just laid them side by side in the tall weeds.
No damage but what a mess. Barbed wire around the brush hog blades. I need to flip it over and see if there is damage any where.

Lesson Learned. Walk all areas you are going to brush hog before you hog.

Cheers.
Bob

 

[jackinok]

I mowed about 10 acres with my old sycle mower yesterday. found a couple of pieces of barbed wire myself. my dad was the worlds worst to make a pile of old fence posts and wire,then forget to go back and pick them up.

 

[Ed S.]

I think I've finally cleaned out all the barbed wire, mesh fencing and bale ties from our pasture after eleven years, and yes, I found them all the same way as you...

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[Plane Bart]

Finding old fence post and barbed wire still sounds better than
finding a yellow jackets nest like I did.
But they same result you're done bush hogging until you clean
up the mess of tangled wire
Glad your OK

 

[Ultradog MN]

LOL Bob,
BTDT
What is interesting is when you are hogging along and you see the brush and grass shaking in a line for about 50 yards on either side of you.
You're thinking: What the heck is that?
Then you realize - too late of course - oh!
That's a strand of barbed wire shaking as it's getting wound up tight around the mower blades.
Arrrgh.
Two hours of pulling and clipping with a good set of lineman's pliers, half a trash can full of chunks of barbed wire and you can go back to mowing again.

 

[KKRRSS]

Two hours of pulling and clipping with a good set of lineman's pliers, half a can full of chunks of TRACTOR REPAIR WIRE.

fixed

 

[howdy1960]

My other half is great it picking up fencing, baling twine is another story. Many times it has been found the hard way mowing the yard and pasture.

 

[Caryc]

Been there, done that as have most. I've had an old Woods M5 for the last 8 years and it still works beautifully. I just found out that a complete stump jumper unit is still available for it so I'll be getting that for it before the next weed season.

Anybody for against using stump jumpers on a brush hog?

 

[BillM (OH)]

Several years ago I was bush hogging up on the farm with the
861 and a 6 foot Dearborn hog. Picked up a steel fence post
hidden in the grass and drove it half way through the corner
of the hog. Got the truck and hooked a log chain to the post
in an attempt to pull it out, and the first try just slid the entire
setup (tractor & hog) sideways. Finally snapped it out with
some slack in the chain - used the hog for several years after
that - no apparent damage - lucky, I guess.

 

[Caryc]

What I meant to say above is are there any pros or cons on installing and using a stump jumper?

I know the pro is that you don't beat the heck out of the cross bar and everything connected to it that holds the blades if you hit something you didn't see.

I just wondered if a stump jumper brings up any unforeseen issues?