Old School Brush Hog

[Julian Mule]

Anybody have one of these or have you seen one of these before?
I am the new owner and was wondering who might have made it and how old it probably is... I know it's older than me

Thanks!

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Now there's one for the saftey police to go berserk over.

First off, I've NEVER seen anything quite like that. It LOOKS like something 1940's/1950's and somewhat specialized. I'm thinking a stalk/vine shredder of some sort. It might be helpfull if we knew where you lived. (i.e. south, cotton country. Red River Valley, potato country.....)

It looks like the "funnels" that extend up are to catch and direct something into the path of the mower blades.

Certainly nothing from cows/tobacco/hay/rocks and hills with a little corn mixed in country .

 

[BTDT]

That's pretty neat. I was thinking something to cut corn stalks. It is "new" in the sense that it is pto powered and pulled by some sort of vehicle. Where did you find it?

 

[schmism]

my neighbor uses something like that... the shoots on the front dont exist but it has the same half round, flat front, with 2 wheels and wird cranky lifty thingie to adjust hight. it is tow behind (not 3pt)

his is a single blade, not the stacked 4 blade contraption.

 

[Birdhunter1]

I was thinking it might be to cut standing corn to the groudn then pick it up for silage, but that doesn't quite make sense even to me.

 

[Julian Mule]

Found it on the Western edge of Phoenix... anyone that's been around that area over the last 10-15 years has seen the city explode out into the rural farm country to the East and West. The guy I bought it from used it to cut manzanita on his property for over 20 years, until he sold the property to developers this year. The person he got it from used it for clearing brush also...

I need it for brush control on my property in the mountains east of San Diego, Julian specifically, wild lilac, vines, etc.

I had to go to AZ to get it because things in California are getting hard to come by... I picked up an old Ferguson 3pt adjustable 5ft RB in Mesa on the other side of town on the same trip.
Thanks for the comments, I thought it was an unusual piece myself, but it fits my needs perfectly. A typical bush hog mower deck style unit wouldn't work as well for me...

 

[N80]

I'd wear a lot of Kevlar and a helmet.

 

[Julian Mule]

I'd wear a lot of Kevlar and a helmet.

Nice...

 

[N80]

I was standing nearly 40 steps behind a guy mowing with a 14 foot mower with no rear chains or rubber (silly me). I heard it hit something, heard something whiz by me and heard a large chunk of wood hit a piece of tin leaning against a tree about ten steps behind me. It put a big dent in the tin and knocked it over. Lesson learned.

We all know that even a regular bush hog can throw stuff but that thing of yours looks like it was made to throw stuff. Seriously thoug, lease do share some pics when you have it all fixed up and running. Very interesting device.

 

[Glowplug]

I don't think I would get within 200 yards of that thing when it's running!! Viewing it from a surgeon's standpoint, it looks like the makings of an "interesting" major trauma.