Posted by Scott_S on April 19, 2015 at 08:05:34 from (74.240.13.219):
In Reply to: howse bush-hog posted by big daddy on April 19, 2015 at 03:41:53:
I've had an 8' heavy duty for about 12 years with very few mechanical problems. It's a single-spindle 3pt hitch. It has had heavy usage in brush and heavy grass. Many of the typical encounters with hidden stumps, large ant hills, bottoming out in ditches, etc have usually just resulted in a clutch disc replacements. My experience has been that the seemingly small slip-clutch discs on this one are good for one event. I keep a stack of them on the shelf. Replacement is easy if close to the air-ratchet. I have also replaced one of the tail-wheel assemblies. On this one and several others I've seen, the blade-bolt access hole in the deck is about 6" from where it should be necessitating another one be cut.
Parts are easy to get but I'm only 75 miles from the manufacturer and major parts distributer. The few parts needed have always been on the shelf.
My main complaint with it since new has been the way it discharges material. The sides of it do not seem to be tall enough for the width and makes it hard to run. In heavy grass, 85hp is crawling and blowing smoke. I've pulled a 12' dual spindle that was much easier to turn. The main stream of material coming out of it hits the right tailwheel creating a perfect windrow that will last for years. If this is in long grass, it catches on the bolts and ears that hold the wheel rim together, wraps up into a knot, and locks the wheel. I've tried chain guards, mud flaps, and homemade hub caps with little success.
Overall, it's very well built, very reliable, great parts support, handles abuse, great for the money paid, and aggravates me to no end. If it ever has a major failure, it will be scrap.
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