I had no idea a brush hog would so this type of work! I'd be scared of branches etc hitting hydraulic lines and filters under the machine. Do you add skid plates to protect things?
I went in my back area that had grown up into trees and I cut off anything over 3" with the chainsaw and then took the bush hog into the rest. 28 hp Ford on a 5' bush hog taking it slow but there were trees that I had a hard time knocking over with the loader so they would go under. Between the loader bucket and the front axle they are knocked over pretty well. I didn't dare back up. I also left it over winter to let the splintered stumps rot down a little before I went back over so I didn't ruin a tire.
I had no idea a brush hog would so this type of work! I'd be scared of branches etc hitting hydraulic lines and filters under the machine. Do you add skid plates to protect things?
Ok Ok LOL I guess since ur a Texas girl i will i will respect ur wishes. From now one i will just call her Big Red (And yes my tractor is a girl) Sweet as pie but will hurt you if you treat her wrong.
Max 26 continues to impress for its size/weight @ 32 hrs. On the clock. Jack legs dumped a big Queen palm, a 25 ft. Pine log, cut up wood, branches and all kinds of crap on a lot we own. The little Mahindra pushed the whole pile to the middle of the lot trees and all no sweat. I cut down 6 small to midsize oaks and trimmed the rest of the trees made a big pile of brush the little Max pushed and rolled the whole pile in one pass. View attachment 496370View attachment 496371View attachment 496372View attachment 496373View attachment 496374
Thanks Mike, 10-4 on the stick in the grill ornament. Soon I'll be doing the 1526 curl cylinders. I was able to find out a little more about the modifications, although the Max 28 and 26 are basically the same there are a few differences that make the swap a little more labor intensive. I decided to work within the stock capabilities of the loader curl for now and concentrate on building up my arsenal of implements. I think I will do the upgrade cylinders right before the wicked grapple and 3rd function. Something I noticed when using the loader in heavy piles is instead of coming into the pile level and low on the pile and having to back out to get it to curl instead come in the pile with a little curl already in as you go into the pile a little higher up it will curl on through it then work lower on the pile as you go. I suspect that with the grapple and the scrappy lift capacity there won't be any way around the weak curl cylinders with heavier logs and stuff. I appreciate your suggestions on how to incorporate the cylinder pin arrangement from the 26 to the 1526 .We have not seen a nice blue sky in 7 days. Be careful you don't put a stick thru your grill.
The Max got good loader lift strength and now with my L1526 curl cylinders on the ML205 loader, the little Max has all the capacity it can take.
This year I finished cutting in the perimeter road around our pasture using mostly my Max26.