Brush Hog Blade Sharpening

[ronfranklin1177]

IF YOU WANT IT TO CUT AS GOOD AS NEW YOU MUST ALWAYS BE SURE THE EDGE STAYS STRAIGHT ACROSS AND GET IT RAZOR SHARP THEN DULL THE EDGE A LITTLE WITH GRINDER TO KEEP IT FROM NICKING OR KNOCKING OUT CHUNKS OF THE EDGE- 90% OF THE CUTTING TAKES PLACE AT ABOUT 1" FROM END OF BLADE

 

[Coyote machine]

IF YOU WANT IT TO CUT AS GOOD AS NEW YOU MUST ALWAYS BE SURE THE EDGE STAYS STRAIGHT ACROSS AND GET IT RAZOR SHARP THEN DULL THE EDGE A LITTLE WITH GRINDER TO KEEP IT FROM NICKING OR KNOCKING OUT CHUNKS OF THE EDGE- 90% OF THE CUTTING TAKES PLACE AT ABOUT 1" FROM END OF BLADE

Welcome to TBN, And as a reminder all caps is hard to read and considered 'yelling'.:confused3:

 

[LD1]

I still don't understand why people insist on sharpening them razor sharp AND THEN proceeding to dull them with a grinder.

You can either quit before you are razor sharp and save material, or leave them razor sharp. They aren't going to deform or chunk or dull any different.

 

[Coyote machine]

'Cause people just don't get it?!:confused3: They're not cutting steaks!:confused2:

 

[TomSeller]

A number of years ago I only sharpened the blades to somewhere around the first picture above because it took too long to sharpen them further. My brother would give me a hard time, but our cuts looked the same. Years later he came over saying he read that you don't want a sharp blade. I just looked at him and said "told ya". Every now and then cutting corners pays off.

So many on here talk about brush hogging like they do it every year. What kind of brush are you having to mow that keeps coming back like that? Or are you hiring out to cut other people's brush? Most of my hogging is just clipping the weeds and tall grass stalks the cows don't eat. Any brush trying to grow is young and not hard on the mower. The hogging is mostly clean up duty.

 

[Garycw]

So many on here talk about brush hogging like they do it every year. What kind of brush are you having to mow that keeps coming back like that? Or are you hiring out to cut other people's brush? Most of my hogging is just clipping the weeds and tall grass stalks the cows don't eat. Any brush trying to grow is young and not hard on the mower. The hogging is mostly clean up duty.

Bush hogging is usually a twice a year job in different areas. Not always at the same time, so I use it about 5-6 times a year at least.
The pasture does just get once a year.

 

[LD1]

So many on here talk about brush hogging like they do it every year. What kind of brush are you having to mow that keeps coming back like that? Or are you hiring out to cut other people's brush?

I cut about 250-300 acres a year commercially. Many repeat or 3 and 4 times a year contracts. Many new jobs that who knows what I will get into.

I have a set of high lift blades that are kept sharp for those that I know is gonna be just light weeds and grass. Those repeat pasture clippings or commercial jobs that get done 3+ times a year.

My other set of blades is for the new or on-off cuttings where I may be into rose bushes 10' high, or lots of saplings and trees. Those blades stay blunt and only every once in awhile will I smooth out some of the damage from hitting rocks or whatever

 

[Turbys_1700]

I typically sharpen my blades once a year in the winter when I try to get all my maintenance done...
Never used a flapper wheel before but will use one now...
Thanks for the info guys...
I appreciate it...

 

[TractorGuy]

I place mine under a pyramid for about a week. Gets them RAZOR SHARP!

 

[kcflhrc]

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

 

[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?