I have a BTC (Branson Tractor Company) bushhog that I bought with a used small Branson 2810 tractor several years ago. The tractor/bushhog is used infrequently every few months. Anyway, while using bushhog to mow high some high grass last week, it seemed to be running rough (??) I raised the bushhog, shut off the tractor. When the blade stopped rotating, I felt the blades an noticed some play in both blades where the nuts fasten to jumper plate. I don't know if this is normal to have play like this or not - I would think not, but I don't know (??). Soaked the nuts with PB Blaster overnight, but then could not find the correct sized socket anyway. Based on relative fit of sockets that were available, I'm guessing it's a 1-11/16" socket - anybody know if this is correct? Assuming I can find correct socket, I'll try again with a cheater pipe. If that fails I might have a rosebud torch avaialble.
Thanks for any info and/or suggestions!
Thanks for any info and/or suggestions!