Bush Hog poor quality control

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bdog

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I bought a brand new Bush Hog 2010 3-pt shredder this week. Not a cheap unit it was nearly 7k.

My dealer brought it out and commented that the diagonal bars that went from the top of the 3-pt to the rear of the machine wouldn't fit. They had to cut a little off the corners by the bolt holes to make them fit. Seemed strange but it was very obvious they wouldn't fit without modification.

I hooked up the machine and went to mowing some crop stubble. I ran maybe one hour and a tail wheel locked up. I pulled the dust cap off the wheel and the bearings were bone dry and the inner bearing was shot. Dealer apologized and said they would make it right but I had mowing to do and didn't want to wait until they opened in Monday so I fixed it myself. The bearing was only $10 so no big deal but I had a heck of time getting the race off of the spindle as it was seized to it.

I got the bum wheel fixed and figured I better check the other side. I pull the cap off and see a blob of grease on the castle nut. I pull it apart and both inner and outer bearings are bone dry. Looks like they assembled it with no grease on the bearings and once the hub was bolted on and cotter pin installed they just smeared grease on it and put the cap on. Glad I checked it.

I wonder what else they neglected.
 

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Wow. I think I would send it back and get a another one and check it out thoroughly first. Really no excuse for those problems.
 
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My dealer is a good outfit and I have bought from them in the past. They are not local however and hauled this thing over 100 miles to me.

I don't really want the hassle of taking it back though if I raised a stink they would probably come get it. I am just checking it over thoroughly and it should be good to go. I am making them well aware of what I am finding though so if problems show up later they will take care of it.

Overall the shredder seems very well made except for the bars that didn't fit but the dealer fixed that. The bearings not having grease is just the moron that put them on not doing his job.
 
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I think your spindle is finished too.


The spindle was damaged and I thought I was going to need to torch off the race but I was able to chisel it off. I buffed out the damages to it and the new bearing went on nicely. It is not like it is on a trailer going down the highway so it isn't going to be catastrophic if it fails. I think it will be ok but I am telling via email the dealer about it so that if it does fail down the road they can send me a new tail wheel assembly.
 
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You have checked the oil in the gearbox(s), and any other grease fittings, right?
 
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Yep - checked them all as did the dealer. They said they greased them and filled the three gearboxes and I verified that they did. They obviously didn't pull the wheel bearings apart to check them but you really wouldn't expect them to either. That should have been done at the factory when it was assembled.
 
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A email to BushHog wouldn't hurt either.

Ronnie
 
   / Bush Hog poor quality control #9  
Not much to say other than that sucks.

Bushhog makes good stuff. But these mistakes do happen, dont matter the brand. Deere, Landpride, whatever. They all make mistakes. Not trying to defend them or anything. But no one is 100% all the time. Its how they handle these situations that either makes or breaks a company.
 
 

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