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Ray

05-21-2001 20:12:03

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I bought an older Bushhog mower last summer and am wondering if the chain to lift the back is safe. I notice new mowers have steel 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" angles instead. I suppose the steel angles are to prevent the mower from coming over on top of the driver in case of mowing down steep hills?? Or what?, I'm guessing here.

How about I just bolt an angle to the chain (I'd use an angle 6 inches shorter on each end than the chain.)??

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Dave in Mo

05-22-2001 09:15:55

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Re: Bushhog safety in reply to Ray, 05-21-2001 20:12:03

There's a reason the new hogs have the angle irons rather than the chain. If the front of the mower deck catches a stump either the mower will flip back over the driver or the tractor will rear up. The chain negates the safety feature of the three point hitch system. I'd install a very heavy angle brace if it were mine. As far as following ground contour better with a chain, I just don't see it. There's enough slop in the rigid setups to allow for some ground variations.

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05-22-2001 18:43:38

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Re: Re: Bushhog safety in reply to Dave in Mo, 05-22-2001 09:15:55

Try mowing across a grass waterway with a rigid frame and see how close it'll cut.

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05-21-2001 22:34:45

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Re: Bushhog safety in reply to Ray, 05-21-2001 20:12:03

I don't think you will find a hill steep enough for that to happen. I assume the mower has a tail-wheel? The chain lets the mower follow the contour of the ground. As long as it is in good shape and the mountings are solid, it should be OK. It would negate the function of the top link as a feedback device to hydraulic system. You could replace the chain with solid steel angles with a little welding, but if it cuts and transports OK, I wouldn't worry about it. You're in more danger from objects being ejected from under the front of it. I was chopping kudzu vines one summer and felt something solid hit my back. I had chopped up a copperhead snake and a piece of it had been slung out. Make sure you use an over-running coupler to avoid crashes.

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Snowplow

05-22-2001 06:15:19

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Re: Re: Bushhog safety in reply to bg, 05-21-2001 22:34:45

Ooops! Should have had an over riding coupler! Even this bank wouldn't flip that hog over the top!

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now thats impressive . . . Dell (WA)

05-22-2001 16:54:10

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Re: Re: Re: Bushhog safety in reply to Snowplow, 05-22-2001 06:15:19

new way of going head over heels.....

Pulling straight out will never make it.

Need to pull the rear end sideways from down by that ol'Chevy, down to the ditch and hope it still stays on its wheels. Probably needs an uphill anchor chain on some sort of come-along so it goes down "slowly"..... ..Dell

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Errin (some what Embarrassed) OH

05-22-2001 10:24:56

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Re: Re: Re: Bushhog safety in reply to Snowplow, 05-22-2001 06:15:19

Ok I've been looking at this for a while now and something just doesn't seem right. #1. What are those boards for? Did they think they could block it up and drive it off that bank? 2. What's that hole for? Are they planning to just finish the old girl off and bury her right there? 3. Let's say the boards and hole work. What about the attachment? That sucker is going to dig into the bank when the rear wheels leave the ground. Of course I say all this in jest, but "been there, done that". Rode a Case teratrack loader down one not quite that steep. She jumped out of reverse and I was along for the ride. AND WHAT A RIDE IT WAS. Took all of about 3/10ths second. Stuck the bucket 18" in the ground. The only why it was coming out was backwards. Let me tell you, Ramsey builds one heck of a wench. After dragging a 94 F-150 4x4 and a Chevy 5-ton grain truck across the ground, We use a 53 NAA with the rear blade buried in the ground for an anchor. It was slow and I thought that that F-150 was going to split in half, but 8000 lbs. what a wench.

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