Does this attachment look right?

[RobJ]

I posted the other day how I freed up a movable top link on a bush hog that the previous owner had welded up. I got a change to try it out this weekend and this is what it looks like. I guess it's about the only way it will go. The weight will always keep it in the front. It does flow over the bumps better now. Thanks for the look, Rob

 

[RobJ]

Another look

 

[3RRL]

That's intersting.
It looks like the swivel allows the brush hog to follow the contours of the land that way? How much travel does it give you before the trailing wheel comes off the ground? Are you able to lift up the entire bruch hog when moving from field to field, or does the trailing wheel always stay on the ground? I assume that can be adjusted with shortening the top link?

 

[HomeBrew2]

RobJ, mine has a slot in the U-shaped piece. I can't tell if your's is just a hole or a slot. The idea is that there should be no preload on the piece. If you held it at the joint with the top link by hand, it and the top link should be in a straight line so the piece can easily swing above or below. As you say, when not holding it up, it will fall. On mine, the pin (where you have a bolt) is to be in the middle of the slot so it can not only swing up or down but also have a little front to back slop.
Cheers!

 

[RalphVa]

It won't allow much swing to allow the brush hog to move up in the rear that way. If you lengthen the top link so that the bracket is up quite a bit while on level ground, this would allow the trail wheel to better follow an up slope when backing into it and would also allow it to drop down some.

Think you'd need a pin in it somewhere to allow you to lift the brush hog trail wheel. Of course, those of us using chains in place of the top link can't lift our trail wheel either. I keep both the top link and the chain attached at the top end of the brush hog bracket. All I have to do is to swing the top link over and connect it to the top link position on the tractor for transport. It and the chain can be connected on the same pins.

Ralph

 

[JerryG]

<font color="blue"> Of course, those of us using chains in place of the top link can't lift our trail wheel either. </font>
If you leave the mower end of the chain about 3-4 links long hanging down, you can put a hook on the end link. When you get ready to transport the mower let it down all the way to the ground and hook the hook tight on the chain and it will lift very high off of the ground. Don't know if I made that clear or not. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[53gravely]

Looks right to me but the universal joiint on the drive shaft and the adjustable lift arm on the right side of the 3 point hitch look like they could use some grease...maybe it's just the photo.

 

[beenthere]

If you want more freedom of movement, you might want to lower that U-shaped link to the lower position, where the braces are connected. I'd suggest removing the pin at "A", and placing it at "B" along with the U-shaped link. Then the connected top link will rotate under the A-frame and the pins at "C" won't hit anything, I don't believe. That move will give you a full swing of the top link, and you can shorten the top link to where the rear wheel will pick up for 'road' carry and where the PTO drive shaft will not hit the front edge of the deck. Pic attached with letters shown.

 

[RobJ]

Beenthere, you hit on somehting I noticed, it does hit the bottom arms in some cases. Also I just realized this is a bad picture because the mower is on the ground, When it's in a mowing position the U bracket is actually pulled straight out. But right now it does lift the rear wheel off the ground by 3-4 inches. I could shorted the top link because the only other implement I put on is the finish mower and the chains cause it to lean way back when I pick it up. When I noticed this I was sort of going on the picture of a KK mower in the link below.

53gravely, everything is greased ok, I'm not an over greaser. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif The adjustable link moves by hand with the lock nut is loose. We haven't had any rain in ast Texas for a month and the last rain was nothing, another couple months before that. All the fields look like they do in January. Dead.

Thanks for the replies, here is that KK link..
KK mower link

 

[Egon]

Think it may have been designed to be a straight extension of the top link when in service position. It will allow a change in angle for rough ground.

Egon