clemsonfor
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Or use a wire wheel on a grinder for the cheap way.
New Brush Cutter
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careyo63
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I've have those prob be rough on the Hand. Yep!!! thats my excuse to make the trip. Plus just recieved a new Bowling ball. I haven't been able to do for Yrs.:thumbsup: HF it is 
clemsonfor
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I did a dirt scoop this fall. I used a drill and a wire wheel. Still ahve it sitting under the carport, dont want to move it, looks so go there!!
Well i still need to brush and paint the pulley and a the hardware for it, to put it back togeather. The thing is heavy and i need the neighbors tractor to move it before i get it out of there. I put it there by hand but its heavy as all get out and i dont want to lift it again, bet it weighs 250lbs, i dragged it onto a trailer and then lifted it onto the saw horses. Barely could get it up there!
Well i still need to brush and paint the pulley and a the hardware for it, to put it back togeather. The thing is heavy and i need the neighbors tractor to move it before i get it out of there. I put it there by hand but its heavy as all get out and i dont want to lift it again, bet it weighs 250lbs, i dragged it onto a trailer and then lifted it onto the saw horses. Barely could get it up there!
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He had a scoop on the lot. Don't think I wasn't looking at it The b.hog went so well getting it up and going and clearing the fence line I can use the JD. if I need to. I'm going to be looking for a rake next. I believe that will work real well for my needs. It should pay for itself just for the PILES of leaves I get to clean up every fall. And more now
The b.hog went so well getting it up and going and clearing the fence line I can use the JD. if I need to. I'm going to be looking for a rake next. I believe that will work real well for my needs. It should pay for itself just for the PILES of leaves I get to clean up every fall. And more now
deepNdirt
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yup! a sandblaster sure takes allot of work out of the job, providing you go ahead and buy the media blasting materials to use in it, I tried to go the el-cheap-o way buying clean and screened play sand, Wrong! I even ran it over a window screen myself to be sure wasn't anything left in the sand and still something wasn't right, My air compressor has a water filter/separate as well as the sandblaster inlet valve itself,
though it did good the 30 seconds it worked, then I had to jolt the tank to get another 30 seconds of blasting from it, after 20 minutes I was ready to go for the wire-wheel and drill method
I got about 3 hours seat time in today using the Bush-hog then cleaned it up, I did find that the faded label was still legible enough to read,
Incidentally remember that finish mower I built from a commercial mower deck? I know longer have it, I sold it last week, 2 months ago I traded for a zero-turn mower and decided I really didn't need the finish mower anymore, besides I was always limited to when I could use it, due to the AG tires on my tractor if the ground was the least moist the tires would tear up the ground, although the finish mower did a wonderful job cutting smoothly, I Had weld some front wheel forks onto it but never got around to getting the wheels, ( Hopefully were to find some in the local salvage yard) but I was always to late when someone else scored them first,
I think I broke even on the finish mower selling it for 250 although I have seen some used factory made mowers bring 600-800, Needles to say the buyer was happy to get it, It will now be used with a ford 1700, My only concern is that he said his PTO was but a 1 speed. which I think would make it 1 to 1 ratio. right! means he's going to have to dog his tractor to get it up to speed,
I used it at at least 720 most the time 1000 range, or is it 1120?
though it did good the 30 seconds it worked, then I had to jolt the tank to get another 30 seconds of blasting from it, after 20 minutes I was ready to go for the wire-wheel and drill method
I got about 3 hours seat time in today using the Bush-hog then cleaned it up, I did find that the faded label was still legible enough to read,
Incidentally remember that finish mower I built from a commercial mower deck? I know longer have it, I sold it last week, 2 months ago I traded for a zero-turn mower and decided I really didn't need the finish mower anymore, besides I was always limited to when I could use it, due to the AG tires on my tractor if the ground was the least moist the tires would tear up the ground, although the finish mower did a wonderful job cutting smoothly, I Had weld some front wheel forks onto it but never got around to getting the wheels, ( Hopefully were to find some in the local salvage yard) but I was always to late when someone else scored them first,
I think I broke even on the finish mower selling it for 250
although I have seen some used factory made mowers bring 600-800, Needles to say the buyer was happy to get it, It will now be used with a ford 1700, My only concern is that he said his PTO was but a 1 speed. which I think would make it 1 to 1 ratio. right! means he's going to have to dog his tractor to get it up to speed,I used it at at least 720 most the time 1000 range, or is it 1120?
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I seen the sand and different setups online. And since I do have a assortment of wire wheels an brushes it should be pretty straight forward. Still have Woods 5' RD. I went to using straiht blades instead of the High-Lift. They cut great and more expensive. But still worth it this is the 2nd. season with no sign of wear. The High lift angle would about be gone on the HL. My Front few Acres looks like a fairway from the office.
deepNdirt
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After cleaning the cutter I lift it to inspect the underside and blades condition, Not ever having but one other cutter I'm not sure if this is typical for all cutters, But on each front and rear of the blade mounted to the underside are some steel boomerang shape pc's, looks like something made to perhaps skid over things, I was a bit disappointed not to had found a stump jumper on it,
Not only do they have the reinforcing angle boxing on the top side, the skirt is made from 6" channel iron, not as some I've seen with the sheet metal simply bent over/down and a thin edging put around the bottom,
all and all I think it will make you a good cutter just as mine has for me,
Sorry Carey, I'm not intending to hijack your thread, just trying to point out how well these cutters are built,
Not only do they have the reinforcing angle boxing on the top side, the skirt is made from 6" channel iron, not as some I've seen with the sheet metal simply bent over/down and a thin edging put around the bottom,
all and all I think it will make you a good cutter just as mine has for me,
Sorry Carey, I'm not intending to hijack your thread,
just trying to point out how well these cutters are built,Attachments
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Stump Jumper.. Someone Cought the corner of mine on something? Whatever they had it behind was a Blank of a lot more tractor then I've got it behind LOL.
clemsonfor
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Way better than the Jbar i have. I dont have a stump jumper nor some thinglike that in there. Also my edge is just like 12gauge metal with a say 3/16 or 1/4 ich flat peice of steel welded onto it so that it forms an upside down T. the leg of the T is the side skirt of the mower and the top part of the T is the flat metal that is centered and welded on the side skirt. Of course the letter T is inverted so imagine it upside down and thats the profile of my cutter side.
