RichZ
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- Joined
- Apr 4, 2001
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- Tractor
- Kubota 4630 with cab and loader
This may sound REALLY stupid, but does anyone else have trouble with the pin on their top links coming off while brush hogging?
I've lost several pins, that came off of the link on the brush hog side, but this weekend, for the first time it came off on the tractor side. That caused one side of my check chain to come off and go under the brush hog. The brush hog cut that chain like it was just a kite string!!! And I didn't find the other half until I finished brush hogging the next day, so I had to buy a new set of check chains! I was doing a neighbor a favor, brush hogging her pasture, and it was REALLY embarrasing when she walked out to the pasture after hearing the chain get cut, and finding me looking for the missing half!!/w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif
I always check the pins while I'm working, but if I'm going for several hours, after a while I sometimes forget. I've tried adjusting the length of my top link, and haven't found a pattern of when I have the problem. I might not have a problem at all for several days, then I might loose 2 pins in one day!
What am I doing wrong??!!
I've lost several pins, that came off of the link on the brush hog side, but this weekend, for the first time it came off on the tractor side. That caused one side of my check chain to come off and go under the brush hog. The brush hog cut that chain like it was just a kite string!!! And I didn't find the other half until I finished brush hogging the next day, so I had to buy a new set of check chains! I was doing a neighbor a favor, brush hogging her pasture, and it was REALLY embarrasing when she walked out to the pasture after hearing the chain get cut, and finding me looking for the missing half!!/w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif
I always check the pins while I'm working, but if I'm going for several hours, after a while I sometimes forget. I've tried adjusting the length of my top link, and haven't found a pattern of when I have the problem. I might not have a problem at all for several days, then I might loose 2 pins in one day!
What am I doing wrong??!!