Brush Hog Blade Sharpening

[flusher]

Any tricks or tips on how to get the nicks and sharpen my brush hog blades a little? I know they aren't suppose to be sharp like a mower blade but I have a couple of good nicks in them from a little accident. I bought an angle grinder today at Harbor Freight and some grinding wheels. I figured that would be the best way. This is a Frontier RC 2060 5 foot cutter.

Thanks

I used a 6-ft Hawkline hog with my Mahindra 5525 to mow my 10-acre ranch. Got tired of laying on my back under the mower with an angle grinder (yes, I had the mower safely blocked). So one afternoon I took that angle grinder and cut a hatch into the top cover of the hog. Welded some angle to the parts to attach the hatch to the hog. Used two steel stakes to hold the blade steady while I ground a new edge onto the blades.



Since I only used the hog to mow weeds on my hayfield, I sharpened the blades to a edge that you would use on a riding mower. Mowed with the rear of the hog 2-3 inches higher than the front to get a nearly lawnmower finish. Every so often I'd hit a rock or something and have to re-sharpen the blades. About a 15 minute job.

Good luck.

 

[MMagis]

Ever wish you never would have asked a question? This is one of those times.

Happens a lot around here. One fella asks for advice on a lawn mower and the next thing you know there's 25 pages of overthinking.

 

[Citydude]

I mow right of ways commercially. I have 400 hours on a set of blades and haven't touched them. Sharp blades are nice and provide a nice looking lawn effect however with the amount of garbage, cement chunks, engine blocks, scrap iron and posts I've mowed over, sharpening them is a waste of time.

 

[TomSeller]

I used a 6-ft Hawkline hog with my Mahindra 5525 to mow my 10-acre ranch. Got tired of laying on my back under the mower with an angle grinder (yes, I had the mower safely blocked). So one afternoon I took that angle grinder and cut a hatch into the top cover of the hog. Welded some angle to the parts to attach the hatch to the hog. Used two steel stakes to hold the blade steady while I ground a new edge onto the blades.

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Since I only used the hog to mow weeds on my hayfield, I sharpened the blades to a edge that you would use on a riding mower. Mowed with the rear of the hog 2-3 inches higher than the front to get a nearly lawnmower finish. Every so often I'd hit a rock or something and have to re-sharpen the blades. About a 15 minute job.

Good luck.

I just lift one side up with the loader and lean it against a tree. Sharpen it while I stand up. But good idea you have there, they should build them that way.

 

[LD1]

Getting the blade positioned, pounding stakes in the ground, reaching down in there in a tight area that looks like its hard to see what you are doing and trying to grind on them....

At that point isnt it easier to just grab the impact, zip the nuts off, and sharpen them in the garage clamped into the vise?