Brush hog accident(s)

[ManUpNawth]

Reading some of the replies brings up something that really jerks my chain Assholes mowing and blowing it on the streets, right toward traffic .All states need to make it illegal. I remember a woman getting a eye knocked out while sitting at a traffic light.

Got the same beef with people. PLUS when they cut it and blow into the streets, they don't clean it up and it clogs the storm drains. I always cut the first 3 mower widths INWARD when going along road edges, or near cars and buildings, or cutting next to hayfields. The 4th run I cut the other way, with the engine speed and ground speed reduced to spread out all that extra cut grass back into the area just cut and keep it "in bounds". After that I just blow it outward the rest of the way "normally". No cuttings on the roads, no grass splatter (or worse) against buildings, or vehicles, and no contamination of hayfield edges. If there's anyone walking or cycling when I'm cutting, I will idle down until they pass. The OTHER thing that really burns me is the guys using string trimmers throwing junk in the streets and at cars, too.

 

[Dr_Zinj]

Bush hogging 6’ fall weeds in a remote 6 acre fallowed hay field down by the pond. Started early morning so the dew would help quell the dust and heat. Working from the outside in. Made about five passes when two camouflaged poaches stood up. Never know what you might find.

Aaand that's why you want to carry a weapon with you. /sigh

Had someone do a drive by shooting of my property back in November, probably over my comments on the town blog about littering, drinking and driving, and the need for increased policing in the area. Cops can't identify the shooter, so I have to concealed carry everywhere I go now.

 

[jkbowling]

My grandfather kept a tractor rim out by the barn that had a hole through both sides of it. It was a reminder to him about how dangerous it can be. He was cutting a new field and hit a large rock that was more than 1/2 buried. The rock broke the cutter blade and it shot through the deck of the bush hog and through the tire and rim. I think about that every time I cut a field now.

 

[Dr_Zinj]

IME the safest "brush hog" is a flail mower.

I'd say a small herd of goats actually. But that does require fencing. And you can't drive them around unless you have a pair of giant ones like Thor. ;-)

 

[masseyrider]

I had safety chains front and rear. The wear and tear of rocks and logs broke the guard. It came off and went under the brush hog, breaking a blade. I now run without the guard. Makes me a bit nervous, but my seat is well above the ground, and the mower is close to the rear wheels, so the trajectory is unlikely to get as high as the seat (I hope!)

hope you have a high seat back. If I would have had an old bucket style seat I may have been badly hurt if not paralyzed by the stone the mower managed to fling at me. Good sized dent in the seat back right about the area below the shoulder blades and above the hip. Close enough to center to have maybe hit me in the spine.
Chains and all. You just never know. You're playing with significant HP driving blades at high velocity. It's all steel that doesn't care or forgive.

 

[Dr_Zinj]

Unsure what a poach is?

A couple of bad eggs trying to steal game.

 

[Cocobean]

My father was clearing some pasture land back in the 70s. He was using the chain saw and brush hogging with the ford 2000. I guess he forgot where he left the saw and ran right over it. Big fireball out the back and tiny red homelite pieces everywhere. We called that pasture chain saw hill.

 

[IndyJay]

My father was clearing some pasture land back in the 70s. He was using the chain saw and brush hogging with the ford 2000. I guess he forgot where he left the saw and ran right over it. Big fireball out the back and tiny red homelite pieces everywhere. We called that pasture chain saw hill.

Predictable results of the redneck variation of the old "rock, paper, scissors" game...

 

[visitingtexas]

Rotary cutters are no joke! I’ve seen my share of objects propelled out of some machines at lightning speeds. There is a thrown objects safety standard test that some manufacturers use and abide by. It’s a pass/fail test. Some manufacturers do not test. and that’s why you pay a little more for some brands!

 

[Aggie66]

My landpride is equipped with belting guards that a couple are ripping from the bolted attachments. I’m sure chains will stand up better but for now any experience with keeping the belted style from tearing or just replace th torn ones with chains(if they come in replaceable sections) thanks.