Brush Hogs and swaybars

jinman · Feb 5, 2009

Here is a photo of my old Ford Jubilee with the chain limters attached. Mine are hooked up to the 3PH pins instead of being hooked to the cutter itself. You'll also notice my chain toplink. Using this setup of very rough terrain, I never had any problem with the cutter flipping up, even when I hit something. I think that happens far more in imagination than in reality.

I've included an illustration of the chain setup in case you want to build one.

You may also notice the blue stabilizer bar attached on the right side lift arm. This was the common way of stabilizing the 3PH on old Fords. The chain limiters hold the cutter centered when it is all the way down, but as soon as you lift the 3PH, you need the stabilizers to hold the arms from swaying side-to-side.

Chris_in_Oz · Feb 5, 2009

Hey Jinman, that is a chain-sellers-paradise!

Where does the blue stabiliser fix and what is its purpose?

Cheers for the pics.

jinman · Feb 6, 2009

Chris_in_Oz said:
Where does the blue stabiliser fix and what is its purpose?

I've looked and don't have a picture of where the bar attaches, but it hooks on a pin directly under the rear axle. It pivots up and down on the same radius as the lower 3PH arm, but it will not allow the lift arm to move left or right becase it forms one side of a rigid triangle. These were common on old Fords or Fergusons and some other brands, but many newer tractors have some other method of stabilizing side-to-side movement.