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First bush hog safety lesson....with ORC

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Alan

08-23-1999 09:48:51

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Just thought I liked to pass along my first bush hogging experience as it was a lesson for me...First job for my tractor after rebuilding was to bush hog my 6 acre field . The field was overgrown with normal stuff and wild rose/grapeson the edges...After reading all the posts I purchased a 5' rotary cutter and of course ORC (THANKS DELL).After reading all the safety tips on this I thought I was well prepared for anything...At first I took it slow and easy and all went well...I gained a little confidence and started to think about all those stories on how when things go wrong you don't have time to react...How could that be?? Well I found out !!! I was doing OK and at each pass I got closer to a big clump of wild rose/grapes on the edge of the field...On the last pass I skirted the bushes but it seemed like they reached out and grabbed me...In an instant the tractor was swung around and heading right into the middle of the rose bush and heading down the embankment...THANK THE LORD I HAD THE ORC...I struggled to hit the clutch and brake and thankfully the tractor stopped..I got cut up pretty bad but still alive...I don't like to think what would have happened if I didn,t have the ORC...After getting out of that position I tried to figure out what caused my drastic turn...it seems that those vines are pretty tough and wrapped themselves around my front left side axle and wouldn't let go...
I must say, if it wasn't for this board (Dell) I don't think I would be as saftey concious as I was. A little shaken but OK
Alan

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Doug(OH)

08-23-1999 16:49:44

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Re: First bush hog safety lesson....with ORC in reply to Alan, 08-23-1999 09:48:51

Dell informed me of the importance of the ORC too.
After reading this board, its time for a new one on my tractor. This board is one of the reasons i bought an 8N.
Thanks to all for the helpfull advice and discussion.

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thank you for your report...........Dell (WA)

08-23-1999 11:49:40

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Re: First bush hog safety lesson....with ORC in reply to Alan, 08-23-1999 09:48:51

Alan..... ..another "gottcha", I am very pleased that the ORC helped "save you". Lets be safe out there..... ..Dell, the self-appointed ORC safety preacher

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Brian

08-24-1999 15:46:34

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Re: Re: First bush hog safety lesson....with ORC in reply to thank you for your report...........Dell (WA), 08-23-1999 11:49:40

What is an ORC? Please?!

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Jim (UT)

08-25-1999 16:38:00

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Re: Re: Re: First bush hog safety lesson....with ORC in reply to Brian, 08-24-1999 15:46:34

Thanks for taking the heat, Brian. I was dying to know, too but was too vain to appear uninformed. From now on I'll just ask (or search the archives...when I find time to learn how to do that).

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dell (WA)

08-24-1999 20:00:13

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Re: Re: Re: First bush hog safety lesson....with ORC in reply to Brian, 08-24-1999 15:46:34

Brian..... .this is a FAQ, you might want to check the "archives".

ORC is shorthand for "Over-Running Coupler" and it is a safety necessity for using "brush-hogs" rotory mowers on N-Tractors (and others). It is a 1-way device that mounts on the PTO shaft and the brush-hog fits to that. The ORC has a 1-way ratchet and also size matches the old 1 1/8 PTO shaft to the new 1 3/8 PTO standards.

Without the ORC, when you clutch to slowdown for a corner or obstical, all that rotory energy in the "hog" back drives thru the PTO shaft and into the transmission and the hog drives the tractor (unless you have an ORC) right into the corner of the barn, over the creekbank, irrigation canal, fencepost, side of wife's car....you get the idea. You have no control, the tractor keeps going.

Hopes this helps..... ...Dell, the self-appointed safety preacher

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