how do I adjust the bush hog?

[trotter13]

I'm a new tractor owner and just got a bush hog for my b2710. The front end of the bush hog seems to be tilting forward and the back wheel comes off the ground. How should I adjust it? The dealer gave me no manuals. thanx, Tom

 

[frank_f15]

tom: check the tractor manuel for position of 3pt. but i think u need to lenghten the top link adjustment. appears u have it too short. lenghtening it it will allow rear to lower more.

 

[frank_f15]

P.S.: forgot to mention, all new equiptment should come with manuel. call dealer and demand one. or call manufacture of hog and they will send u one.

 

[trotter13]

Frank, I screwed the lower part of the link out does not seem to do much. Should the hogs front end be on the ground? When I try to use it , the front digs in. Seems unsafe to me.

 

[rmorgan]

Trotter,

Sounds like a mistake by the dealer, not leaving you any manuals. Good for Bush Hog--they their manuals online at http://www.bushhog.com/agtoc.html as .pdfs. The manual says to have front 1-2" lower than rear for "standard cut" or 1" higher for shredding.

Shouldn't you either shorten your top link to bring the front of the cutter off the ground, or just lower your hitch less, or both? I'm not expert with my bush hog either, but after using it for awhile I try to keep it relatively level when I'm on level ground. I still have to use the 3. to account for terrain variations to avoid scalping on crowns, but keeping the body level keeps the sides off the ground. Back wheel off the ground doesnt seem like a good idea--hard for me to visualize how than can happen unless the driveline is too short--does that make any sense?

Anyway, good luck.

--Rick

--Rick

Rick

 

[looch]

<font color=blue>the back wheel comes off the ground</font color=blue>

That's not good. There is no way I could ever get my back wheel off the ground - even with the 3ph all the way up. If your using a Bush Hog brand cutter, the top link connection is mounted in a free-swinging arm. This is so that the deck of the cutter can move over rough terrain independantly of the tractor. It is important to adjust the length of your toplink so that when the tractor and cutter are on level ground, this arm is perpendicular to the ground. It sounds to me that you have the toplink adjusted so that this arm is parallel to the ground - that is, if you have this kind of cutter.

 

[frank_f15]

ok! your machine is one size bigger than mine, but i will bet they are basically the same. check the top link where it attaches to tractor, u will see TWO holes for it to attach to. i beleive u must have it attached to the upper hole, as per tractor manuel. i have mine in that position and the mower is adjusted just right, fron't of deck slightly lower than back.

 

[radman]

I'm thinking your problem maybe because you have the front end lift arms too low. If the lift arms are set all the way down or too low, the front of the mower will dig down in the dirt and as a result the back end can get tipped up. Set your lift arms to the point where the front of the mower is 1-2 inches off of the ground. Set the 3rd link (I use a chain) so the back of the mower is at the same level and leave some slack in the 3rd link so the back end can float over the terrain. On a b2710 the position control of the lift will maintain the correct height of the front of the deck

 

[Bird]

Like the other guys said, raise the 3-point hitch so the front end does not quite touch the ground, then lengthen the top link so the rear wheel on the cutter does touch the ground. And is it a "Bush Hog" or some other brand of brush hog? If you had gotten a manual, it would have told you to mow with the front end slightly lower than the back end for faster mowing (throws stuff out the back faster) or mow with the back end slightly lower than the front if you want it to mulch or chop it up more. I prefer level or very slightly lower in the front.

Bird

 

[Rch]

There has to be some adjustment to the back wheel; on my Landpride there are about 6 holes for positioning the rear wheel up and down. Set up the 3 ph so the front of the cutter barely touches the ground and the back of the cutter 1-2" higher then adjust the rear wheel so it carry about 1/3 the weight. If the top link is not long enough to do this, the dealer may not of given you the 4-6" "hinge" linkage that goes between the distal end of the top link and the top hitch point on the cutter. This prevents the toplink from "pushing" or worse, "lifting" the tractor when the cutter is level and the tractor going uphill or the cutter is uphill and the tractor is level or even going up hill ( like crossing a ditch) The toplink can't be rigid or the rear wheels can be push up and serious/dangerous traction problems can occur. Some people will put in 6" section of chain between the distal toplink and top hitch point on the cutter. Once you got that flexible link in the toplink you should have enough adjustment to position the deck a little hiked up in the back and the rear wheel lightly touching on level ground. If not, you need a longer top link but that's fairly rare.

RCH