objects flying from bushhog

[deerefan]

I am sure we have all experienced this a time or two.....I was bushogging on my 52 8N and ran over a small branch that was easily handled by the bushhog. During the process of cutting the branch a piece of it flew out and hit my shoulder leaving a nice wound. A couple inches over and it hits me in the head, probably knock me out and off the tractor. I cannot stress how important a set of chain guards are on a bushhog. Anyone else experience this?

 

[slowrev]

I have not had it happen, however I have noticed that the bigger the tractor is the less likely this is to happen to the operator.

Ben

 

[deerefan]

you are right ben...I just purchased a john deere 5103 with a 6ft bush hog and have yet to encounter this problem

 

[Soundguy]

Last time I mowed with my 5' KK and NAA that happened to me.. I added a brushgard to the KK mower.. works great.

Also.. the bigger tractor thing.. works too.. My 10' mower is completly out of the range of areas to throw something at the operator while on my nh7610s.

Here's my 15$ mydflap and perfed angle iron brush guard..

Soundguy

 

[deerefan]

alot cheaper than those overpriced chain guards! works pretty good?

 

[Soundguy]

Works very good. No debri hitting me in the back when mowing with my old fords. As a side benefit.. it keeps the dust and chaff from kicking forward.. keeps you just a tad bit cleaner. The mudflaps arrest even the big chunks fairly well.

Soundguy

 

[greatrandini]

Smart! Once again you have more energy than me!!! I probabally won't do anything until I get hit in the head....Good job!

 

[penokee]

deerefan - I got nailed one time too many so made a simple screen from expanded metal. Does the job. Picture attached.
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[Soundguy]

As penokee points out, anything is better than nothing.

As for energy to make.. you may want to give it a try.. this was like a 30 minute project.

It was a cheapy 4$ mudflap, cut in half, a 8' piece of that perfed angle iron.. has the pre-drilled holes in it.

A handfull of 1/4 x 3/4 hex head bolts , and a nut and 2 washers per bolt.

A few zip ties, a power drill with a 1/4 drillbit, or 5./16.. and a razor knife.

Cut the flap with the knife.

Cut the perfed metal to make the runner across the front of the hof.. use the scrap as the support bars.

Lay the main bar on the mudflaps placed side by side.. mark the holes about every 6" with chalk.. drill the flaps to match holes in metal.. bolt flaps on.. use a couple zip ties to lace the two halves of the flap together.

On my KK I was lucky.. the lower support for the 3pt aframe had 2 bolts that matched the holes in my perfed metal.. I simply had to ream out the holes to about 1/2 inch from the ?3/8 that they were.. Ran the nuts off my aframe mount.. installed the brackets.. re-nutted with loctite.

Use more 1/4 hardware to attach the main bar/flap to the support bar.. adjust for tire and lift clearance.

I think I spent about 15$ at tsc.. course this was a year or two ago.. might be right at 20$ for the materials now...

Soundguy

 

[deerefan]

everyone has some good ideas......hopefully noone gets whacked again b/c it hurts like ****....it would be a nightmare to be knocked off and under the bush hog by flying debris!