bushhog height

[chinawall]

I am having trouble adjusting the height of my bush hog. It sometimes cuts or digs into the ground. Any suggestions?

 

[TripleR]

If you don't have a manual, download one from Land Pride/Bush Hog/Woods etc. set up is pretty much the same on all. If you can't find one let me know and I will post some off mine.

 

[chinawall]

Thanks, TR

 

[brin]

I am having trouble adjusting the height of my bush hog. It sometimes cuts or digs into the ground. Any suggestions?

You can adjust your top link and raise the front of your bush hog....you can also adjust your tail wheel to raise the front....

 

[TripleR]

Thanks, TR

You are quite welcome did you find what you needed?

 

[RoyJackson]

I am having trouble adjusting the height of my bush hog. It sometimes cuts or digs into the ground. Any suggestions?

Normally, you can set the cut height with a combination of the tail wheel and your rockshaft (3PH) lever stop. You'll want the aft end of the cutter a bit higher (an inch or three) then the front.
If your ground is uneven, the sides of the cutter will dig in occasionally...unless you want to constantly adjust that rock shaft lever. I doubt you can prevent digging in 100% of the time.

 

[LD1]

ground is uneven, the sides of the cutter will dig in occasionally...unless you want to constantly adjust that rock shaft lever. I doubt you can prevent digging in 100% of the time.

x2

How low are you trying to mow?

 

[tractornewby]

I too am having problems with a new "used" shredder I purchased recently. I had a Howse 6' shredder and it cut great, but it was a cheap one with thin steel and it rusted through in too many places to continue getting fixed and welded back together. I purchase a used Tractor Supply Co (TSC) brand shredder with taller sides than the Howse shredder. My problem with the TSC shredder is that on level ground, without digging trenches from the sides digging into the ground, the grass height is about 8" tall. I'd like it cut lower, such as 3" tall grass/weeds. Is there a way to safely lower the stump jumper disk so the blades get lowered, or are there blades made for this purpose that drop down lower to the ground than standard blades? I looked on the TSC web site and they only list 1 set of blades for a 6' shredder. I assume that's the same set that came with this used shredder I purchased.

 

[DK35vince]

I too am having problems with a new "used" shredder I purchased recently. I had a Howse 6' shredder and it cut great, but it was a cheap one with thin steel and it rusted through in too many places to continue getting fixed and welded back together. I purchase a used Tractor Supply Co (TSC) brand shredder with taller sides than the Howse shredder. My problem with the TSC shredder is that on level ground, without digging trenches from the sides digging into the ground, the grass height is about 8" tall. I'd like it cut lower, such as 3" tall grass/weeds. Is there a way to safely lower the stump jumper disk so the blades get lowered, or are there blades made for this purpose that drop down lower to the ground than standard blades? I looked on the TSC web site and they only list 1 set of blades for a 6' shredder. I assume that's the same set that came with this used shredder I purchased.

My King Kutter shredder was the same way when I got it.
Could not cut low and the front of the cutter was always digging in.
I cut the front sides of the cutter up a couple inches and tapered them back about a foot.
Then welded on new skids where I cut.
Easy, cheap and the cutter works much, much better.
I can cut several inches lower without the front of the cutter constantly leaving trenches

 

[LD1]

Measure your blades. Length, width, thickness, and hole diameter.

Then just browse online for similar blades with more offset. Perhaps someone replaced your blades with ones that dont offset as much.

Pictures would also help.

When you set the cutter on level concrete pad, unhooked from the tractor, what is the height of the blades?

Also, 3" is too low for a rotary cutter, and borderline too low for even a finish mower.

 

[RoyJackson]

Measure your blades. Length, width, thickness, and hole diameter.

Then just browse online for similar blades with more offset. Perhaps someone replaced your blades with ones that don't offset as much.

Pictures would also help.

When you set the cutter on level concrete pad, unhooked from the tractor, what is the height of the blades?

Also, 3" is too low for a rotary cutter, and borderline too low for even a finish mower.

He should be able to cut as low as 4", I would think. That's the minimum height for my Bush Bull cutter.

Per tractornewby's post:

...the grass height is about 8" tall

That's pretty high...I have a hard time believing his tail wheel is positioned for the lowest cut.

 

[LD1]

That's pretty high...I have a hard time believing his tail wheel is positioned for the lowest cut.

Yea, the tailwheel too. That in combination if someone changed blades....

Hard to diagnose the issue without seeing a picture of the cutter. Either a shot from underneath, or a shot of it sitting level on a concrete pad...

Either way, 3" is still too low to try to cut with a rotary cutter. You would constantly be in the dirt, hitting rocks, and have to go SUPER slow as a result. And the resulting finish would likely kill all the grass anyway.

Should be cutting overgrown grass in the 6-8" range, then hit it at the highest setting a finish mower will go (usually 5") in a week or so if trying to reclaim a yard. Then slowly work down.

But 3" with a RC is bad news.

 

[Gary Fowler]

When I set my zero turn at 3", the measurement on a concrete slab looks good, but if I mow with it, it is almost scalping the ground and I get mostly brown carpet exposed. I suppose this is due to the mower wheels sinking into the grass carpet. 4" makes a pretty good cut and leaves mostly green grass showing except where I run over a hilly area or dip into a sunken area. I would think that a bush hog would shred the tops of the grass really bad at 4" and really damage the grass not to mention the side runners digging into the ground all the time. I set my BH where the runners are about an inch above the ground and it works well for most of the time but even then it might dig into the ground in high spots. None of my land is perfectly level and has dips and high spots all over so it is a compromise as to mowing without too much damage from digging in versus cutting the pasture weeds and grass evenly.

 

[EddieWalker]

I'm also wondering about the height of the tail wheel. When I cut, I have the top link loose and I have the deck level to the ground. I have to unbolt my tail wheel and then bolt it back together in the different holes to change the height of the deck.

Eddie

 

[RalphVa]

My new Frontier cutter is leaving more trenches with the slides than the LX-4 did.

Ralph

 

[RoyJackson]

My new Frontier cutter is leaving more trenches with the slides than the LX-4 did.

Ralph

I had that problem too. If the ground is uneven, there's not too much one can do about it. Setting the position lock on the rock shaft (3PH) lever can help, but probably won't eliminate all of the gouging.
My field is uneven, and even with my cutter settings (tail wheel) and locking the rock shaft lever, I still make ruts sometimes...