Another MX6 Brush Hog Failure

[Sawyer Rob]

You can buy a lot of used cutters for $3000

What does down time cost you??

IF you are play farming maybe nothing, but I rotary cut for money and busting my cutter on a job cost me a lot more than the price of the parts!

I'd rather just buy a GOOD quality cutter in the first place...

SR

 

[JimR]

What does down time cost you??

IF you are play farming maybe nothing, but I rotary cut for money and busting my cutter on a job cost me a lot more than the price of the parts!

I'd rather just buy a GOOD quality cutter in the first place...

SR

The choices I think would be between the Landpride and a Woods unit. I'll have to do some research on them.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Jim, all I can tell you is, my next cutter WILL be a med duty Woods Brush Bull!

I'm just waiting for the bigger Woods I have now to die, but it just won't croak so I can buy a new one! ha ha ha

SR

 

[JimR]

Jim, all I can tell you is, my next cutter WILL be a med duty Woods Brush Bull!

I'm just waiting for the bigger Woods I have now to die, but it just won't croak so I can buy a new one! ha ha ha

SR

The new Landpride looks like a tough unit also.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

The new Landpride looks like a tough unit also.

Jim, if EVERYTHING else was equal between the two, this http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...e-bush-hog-blades-cordless-3.html#post4570261 is the deciding factor!!

Make mine the Woods, pleeeeasee...

SR

 

[JimR]

"IF" it was me, I'd "gladly" pay the difference and chalk it up to a learning experience to get rid of a terd!!

SR

I see what you mean and the Woods appears to have easy to take off blade bolts unlike the Landpride and JD.

 

[brown40]

There are a bunch of well-built shredders--Rhino, Bush Hog, Woods, Land Pride all make a heavy, commercial quality mower... John Deere makes a pretty, innovative design, that doesn't take a licking, keep on ticking, or hold a bit of weight with the company after their "expiration date" (gearbox warranty). If you can't stand behind your product(s), don't bother selling them.

 

[JimR]

There are a bunch of well-built shredders--Rhino, Bush Hog, Woods, Land Pride all make a heavy, commercial quality mower... John Deere makes a pretty, innovative design, that doesn't take a licking, keep on ticking, or hold a bit of weight with the company after their "expiration date" (gearbox warranty). If you can't stand behind your product(s), don't bother selling them.

What really gets me with John Deere is that they have a 5 year gearbox warranty on a new deck's gearbox but only a one year on a new replacement box. That in itself tells you that there is a problem that they refuse to address. I guess the moral to the story today about John Deere GREEN is that you better dig deep if you want to keep your equipment running. Fortunately for me it didn't cost a fortune to repair my gearbox. Changing the shaft was a lot cheaper than replacing the box.

 

[Turbys_1700]

All I ever knew growing up was 305 and 306 Bush Hogs. That is what they sold at the dealership my dad worked at in the late 50's through mid 80's. They later took on Woods but still sold mostly Bush Hogs. Of all those 305's and 306's we ran for years I can't ever remember a gear box failure. Seals yes, gear box no. Last year I purchased a lightly used Brown 472. I can source parts through the company if needed. So far I've not needed any.

Deere makes excellent products but this gear box issue has me scratching my head. I would hope that they made changes to the design but looks like they may still have some problems. Don't know who is making those gear boxes but if I was Deere they would not be making them any longer.

 

[JimR]

All I ever knew growing up was 305 and 306 Bush Hogs. That is what they sold at the dealership my dad worked at in the late 50's through mid 80's. They later took on Woods but still sold mostly Bush Hogs. Of all those 305's and 306's we ran for years I can't ever remember a gear box failure. Seals yes, gear box no. Last year I purchased a lightly used Brown 472. I can source parts through the company if needed. So far I've not needed any.

Deere makes excellent products but this gear box issue has me scratching my head. I would hope that they made changes to the design but looks like they may still have some problems. Don't know who is making those gear boxes but if I was Deere they would not be making them any longer.

The really bad gearboxes were made in Spain from what I read online. The better box is the China made one. I think I may have the only one that sheared a shaft. I haven't found anyone else that broke one yet. The really sad part is that I hadn't even pushed it to the limit like trying to cut down a 3" sapling. Maybe the shaft was bad to begin with. The gearbox is 3 years old as I ran the numbers on it through JD to find out when it was sold. Most of the guys I know with brush hogs do not go out and cut 1 - 2 inch saplings with their mowers.