MDNick
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I have seen an unusual brush hog sitting next to the road a few times up in PA. Anyone in the DC/Frederick MD area that has been to Whitetail ski resort has driven by it, it is just north of Clear Spring MD.
It is painted industrial yellow and has a tire mounted to it like it is on a shaft behind where a gearbox would normally go. It 'looks' like there are some carrier bearings in front and behind the tire and appears to have a regular PTO shaft and 3PH. Does anyone know if this tire is used as a flywheel (don't know why you would want one and a pneumatic tire would make a lousy flywheel) or is THE gearbox with a friction contact drive against a plate above or below the deck. At 50 mph I haven't yet determined whether there is a gearbox. There is a band shield that goes from the deck, up over the wheel and down the other side. The tire is about the size of what you would find on a full sized car.
It certainly does not appear modern. Heck it might not even be a brush hog, but it is has all the normal brush hog looks, except of course for this tire.
Anyone ever heard of such a thing, or live in the area and want to go see the critter?
It is painted industrial yellow and has a tire mounted to it like it is on a shaft behind where a gearbox would normally go. It 'looks' like there are some carrier bearings in front and behind the tire and appears to have a regular PTO shaft and 3PH. Does anyone know if this tire is used as a flywheel (don't know why you would want one and a pneumatic tire would make a lousy flywheel) or is THE gearbox with a friction contact drive against a plate above or below the deck. At 50 mph I haven't yet determined whether there is a gearbox. There is a band shield that goes from the deck, up over the wheel and down the other side. The tire is about the size of what you would find on a full sized car.
It certainly does not appear modern. Heck it might not even be a brush hog, but it is has all the normal brush hog looks, except of course for this tire.
Anyone ever heard of such a thing, or live in the area and want to go see the critter?