What to do with old Bush hog gearbox?

   / What to do with old Bush hog gearbox? #1  

Brahmus

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I have an old 6' bush hog that's had the deck completely rotted out. The gearbox is good, but I don't know what I could use it for. Any suggestions?
 
   / What to do with old Bush hog gearbox? #2  
Re-build the deck out of some sheet metal and still have a bush hog.

Turn the gear box sideways and run a buzz-saw (AKA man-killer) with it.

Turn it upside down and make a broadcast spreader that will spread fertilizer far and wide in a single pass.

Reverse the box by connecting the tractor PTO to the output and make a cement mixer.

As a final boring suggestion, you could just put it up on E-bay and get a few bucks out of it.
 
   / What to do with old Bush hog gearbox? #3  
Why not make yourself a big old trencher out of that gearbox. All you would need is a shaft going out to the side. Add some pillow block bearings and a trencher blade, and you are set. You should build a housing for the trencher blade.

You could also build a post hole digger.
 
   / What to do with old Bush hog gearbox? #4  
First buy yourself a new bushhog and then

Offer the gear box to some TBN-er that might need it, for a fair price.

You will be happy with a new hog and some poor sap will be happy to be able to fix their olde hog.

By the way mine is in very good shape and I don't need a gearbox!
 
   / What to do with old Bush hog gearbox? #5  
Why not make yourself a big old trencher out of that gearbox. All you would need is a shaft going out to the side. Add some pillow block bearings and a trencher blade, and you are set. You should build a housing for the trencher blade.

You could also build a post hole digger.

That would be one fast spinning post hole digger.........
 
   / What to do with old Bush hog gearbox?
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#6  
Already have a new hog!

Would it spin that fast at idle?

I could use a trencher or a post hold digger. I'm not envisioning the Trencher though....
 
   / What to do with old Bush hog gearbox? #7  
Ive got 2 trenchers made from old gear boxes. they work wonders. Make sure the sheils is all the way around most of it.
 
   / What to do with old Bush hog gearbox? #9  
I am fixing to trade a 6' bush hog for a finish mower, and really wish you lived closer, because I would love to have one that I could rebuild the deck on, to replace the bush hog I am fixing to get rid of. I need a bush hog, but the finish mower has a paying job coming with it, so I figure I better take it...
David from jax
 
   / What to do with old Bush hog gearbox? #10  
That would be one fast spinning post hole digger.........

What is the gear ratio of a bush-hog gearbox? It could be 1:1, or 1;2, or maybe 1:3
 

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