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Yankee

09-29-2001 07:08:58




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I'm not shure if I have a problem or not.When i'm mowing my pasture,my bush hog leaves all the clippings in a row on the left side of the mower.Shouldn't it spread the clippings out?I've tried different rpm(my tach doesn't work),speed,blade angle etc.Any ideas or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.




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Erich

10-01-2001 16:46:34




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 Re: Bushhoggin' in reply to Yankee, 09-29-2001 07:08:58  
Just a thought, but the other day while I was bush hogging my neighbor's field, I noticed a heavy windrow effect. After a while, I realized that I had not properly leveled my 3pt. After leveling it, and also overlapping rows a bit more, the fields looked an awful lot smoother.



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John A.

09-29-2001 20:47:01




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 Re: Bushhoggin' in reply to Yankee, 09-29-2001 07:08:58  
Next time don't let area you are working get so rank and tall before you shred again. This will help curtail the windrow problem you are haveing
now . The smaller and lighter, the material going
into the shredder, means a better job done. Also on later cuttings you will be able to get rid of the windrows you now have. My experience comes from many years of doing this.



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JIMVA

09-29-2001 17:18:19




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 Re: Bushhoggin' in reply to Yankee, 09-29-2001 07:08:58  
Thats perfectly normal, all of the years i have bush hog thats how it as been with me, An i have been a full time farmer for 10 yrs. U dont have a problem at all.



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F14

09-29-2001 08:25:41




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 Re: Bushhoggin' in reply to Yankee, 09-29-2001 07:08:58  
Thats normal, due to the rotation of the blades. Only way I'm aware of to spread the clippings out is to remove part of the side panel on the side it's windrowing the clippings on.

Downside of that is that it's dangerous, as it also gives it a clear shot to throw more solid things, like rocks.



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Yankee

09-29-2001 17:48:09




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 Re: Re: Bushhoggin' in reply to F14, 09-29-2001 08:25:41  
Since safety comes first with me,there will be no removal of the sides.Thanx for the input.



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bbott

09-29-2001 20:04:10




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 Re: Re: Re: Bushhoggin' in reply to Yankee, 09-29-2001 17:48:09  
Like the other folks said, the first contact the blade makes with the grass tends to throw it over to one side of the mowing chamber. Nothing you can do about that.

But, I've found that if you lower the back of the mower so it rides level to the ground, it helps spread things out a little bit... not perfect, but a bit. IMHO it also gives a little 'smoother' cut like a finish mower.

Note that the mower will use more horsepower in this configuration as it lets the blades contact the grass over a much bigger swept area.

With the mower in it's usual 'back-end' high, most all the cutting is done up in the front.

-- bbott

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Hal

09-30-2001 08:46:24




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Bushhoggin' in reply to bbott, 09-29-2001 20:04:10  
You can also try keeping the uncut side on the left (counter-clockwise). That way you can recut some of the windrow on the next pass. Again it will use more horsepower but you should get a finer, more scattered cut.



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