Rotary Cutter Problems with my new Bush Hog 3008

[tradosaurus]

1. Go slower
2. Make sure rotary cutter deck is tilted forward slightly (3/4" higher in the back than the front) to help expel the grass out the back so you are not cutting the same grass over and over.

 

[LD1]

1. Go slower
2. Make sure rotary cutter deck is tilted forward slightly (3/4" higher in the back than the front) to help expel the grass out the back so you are not cutting the same grass over and over.

Uh, yeah. Did you read the post?

 

[LD1]

The problem is this stupid 3" brace all across the front that lays down weeds.

If this brace were on TOP it would let the stemmy stuff get to the blades better before being laid down

 

[LD1]

So now I have a brace on TOP. All I gotta do now is cut the bottom one off

 

[LD1]

Hope this helps. Otherwise it was a waste of 3 hrs

 

[Rustyiron]

LD, new blades did the trick. I've never used a bush hog over the years for "finer" mowing, just knocking down heavy brush or clearing woods of what will bend over and chop up. That (and all my rocks) led me to never ever sharpening the blades. I ordered 4 new blades (Bush Hog) and noticed that the old blade, when laid next to the new ones were dramatically curved upward. I had not seen this before and would have not imagined that it would have mattered so much.

 

[Turbys_1700]

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Hope this helps. Otherwise it was a waste of 3 hrs

You did the only thing you could do. Great job on the fab. IMHO it was worth the time invested. Let us know the outcome LD.

 

[LD1]

LD, new blades did the trick. I've never used a bush hog over the years for "finer" mowing, just knocking down heavy brush or clearing woods of what will bend over and chop up. That (and all my rocks) led me to never ever sharpening the blades. I ordered 4 new blades (Bush Hog) and noticed that the old blade, when laid next to the new ones were dramatically curved upward. I had not seen this before and would have not imagined that it would have mattered so much.

Curious on your cutter, what's the distance between the blade and bottom of the deck? And how low does your from brace hang. I wish I would have got some before pics of the mowing quality. But it really looks just like the first pic the OP posted, even crawling at like half a mph.

Your new blades, are they flat or are they lift/suction type

 

[Rustyiron]

Flat, no uplift.

 

[Rustyiron]

....or at least no big pronounced up lift like on a lawn mower. I really don't remember and I'll have to check. My pic looks like there is a little and I may be remembering my old blades. As you know blades can be a not so fun job to be polite and I put those job's out of my memory. And then there's the "CRS":laughing: