BrokenTrack
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2018
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- 1,551
- Location
- Maine
- Tractor
- Tractors, Skidders, Bulldozers, Forestry Equipment
I wonder if Bushog will get back to me? I just sent them an email because as I was tearing down my old Bushog mower, what I thought was a #605 bushog, had a part number that said #6200.
The 6 makes sense as this is a 6 foot mower, and being an old square back Bushog, I thought it was a #605, but now I am not sure. I know it has been reliable. My father said my Grandfather bought it when he was in Vietnam, so that makes it built between 1965-1967, so 55 years of loyal service.
I spun a seal on the old girl, and it was leaking oil. It also wobbled so bad that it broke the collar next to the stump jumper. The top was broken a bit too, but there is nothing that cannot be rewelded. I blew the pto apart on it last year, which is the reason I decided to finally rebuild it, but it seems it still has a little kick in her yet. With some welding, new seals and bearings, she should be ready for another twenty years, or so; that being for the 55 years it has already served us.
I figure with new bearings and seals, then a new PTO shaft, a new paint job and new blades; I will have about $350 in it, which is pretty cheap compared to the cost of a new Bushog.
The 6 makes sense as this is a 6 foot mower, and being an old square back Bushog, I thought it was a #605, but now I am not sure. I know it has been reliable. My father said my Grandfather bought it when he was in Vietnam, so that makes it built between 1965-1967, so 55 years of loyal service.
I spun a seal on the old girl, and it was leaking oil. It also wobbled so bad that it broke the collar next to the stump jumper. The top was broken a bit too, but there is nothing that cannot be rewelded. I blew the pto apart on it last year, which is the reason I decided to finally rebuild it, but it seems it still has a little kick in her yet. With some welding, new seals and bearings, she should be ready for another twenty years, or so; that being for the 55 years it has already served us.
I figure with new bearings and seals, then a new PTO shaft, a new paint job and new blades; I will have about $350 in it, which is pretty cheap compared to the cost of a new Bushog.
