Woods brush hog

[Vito]

Anyone have a good or bad opinion on them and what to look for when buying a used one?

Thanks for the help

Vito

 

[forddoc]

depends on model and size of the cutter. They along with other companies have a cheaper lighter series as well as the better heavier built ones.

 

[Ridgerunner436]

I have a Woods MD 172 (medium duty 172 inch). I really like it and have no major complaints. It has long pins for the lower lift arms. These pins will bend if you back into an immovable object too hard (ie tree). Once they are bent, they are difficult to remove and you may have to saw them in half. The pins are long so the mower will fit a category 1 or 2 tractor.

The gearbox is mounted very well and has never failed. I have been rather rough on it, cutting down trees in excess of 6 inches.

The blades are supposed to be easy to remove because they do not use a big nut on the pivot pin. They use a retainer held in place by a smaller bolt. I have never removed my blades.

I have had mine for 10 years and used it to clear brush, trees, etc.

 

[backwoodsfarm]

I have a BB720 6' model. It weighs around 1100lbs and takes ALL 55HP of my small tractor to run it. It is a big, heavy, well built mower that will chew up anything you put in it's path. Except rocks of course. In my opinion, the BrushBull series are one of the best rotary cutters you could buy.

 

[Ridgerunner436]

Oops. I think mine is an MD 720, 72".

 

[Mike Groom]

Wood's makes a great mower,they also make mowers and loaders for John Deere and Kubota.Most of the state and county use their equipment in the midwest.

 

[keh]

What fordoc says, plus, Woods has had a good reputation for as long as I can remember,which is getting to be entirely too long.

KEH

 

[John - NY]

I"ve owned a Heavy Duty Woods Brush Bull 5000 for quite a few years. I"ve called it the Cadillac of Brush Hogs and it was fairly expensive, but it does the job. A few problems that I"ve experienced include:
1) No primer under finish paint. I repainted it pretty soon after I purchased it.
2) Had water in the gearbox on numerous occasions which requires you to turn the unit on it"s side to drain out, since there"s no drain plug on the bottom. We also found that the top plate bolts are slightly too long, which doesn"t allow the plate to be tightened down.
3) Blade pin tolerances are too tight necessitating the use of heat and a pounding bar to get them off - while supporting the bar underneath with a hydraulic jack.
4) There are (or at least were) holes on the bottom side of the front cross section of the housing which allowed sticks to be crammed up into the channel. That holds moisture etc. We welded plate steel over them, but left enough holes to allow drainage.

Hope this helps!

 

[GordoSD]

I own a Woods BB84. Prsently about 2600 new. Very happy with it. Can mow 6 foot tall switchgrass or very thick 5 foot tall canary grass. But I use the 966 and am usually in 3 low or 2 low in that stuff.
Mow standing corn corn in 4 low. Combined cornstalks in 1 High.
Check the slip clutch, gearbox for noise, gearbox oil level and condition.

Gordo

Gordo

 

[Anonymous-0]

Pointed out here in earlier post but you have to be informed. Wood just like tire makers make diffrent grades of tires, woods makes diffrent grades of cuter. they make some light duty cutters that do not even have stump cutters so check the model number.. Look at Land Pride web
site they make good cutters also.

 

[CliffordPaul]

I bought a BB840 for use on my AC D17; a little too much mower for that tractor. The 50 or so HP are enough but the weight of the mower is spooky - tail wags dog.