Rotary Cutter Perfecting a new Rotary Cutter

[xlr82v2]

And, even worse, what's going to happen when he gets a nick in the 2nd set of blades?

Bill6 has got to be punking us... there is no way that anyone that **** retentive hasn't been murdered by a co-worker or family member by now... or if it's OCD, he would have been hauled off long ago...

 

[IslandTractor]

And, even worse, what's going to happen when he gets a nick in the 2nd set of blades?

I presume they are currently wrapped in tissue paper and stored in the china cabinet....yet another reason why poor Bill is sleeping with his tractor these days. But that is convenient as it allows hourly security and dust checks on the tractor.

 

[tractordriver]

Are you going to use it or take it to shows?

Solo

i second that. the upside is when he dies/ decides to sell someone will get a like new brush hog for used prices.

 

[mjncad]

I used to work with a guy like Bill. He had a weighted string hanging from his desk lamp to make sure the lamp head was at the prescribed height. He also had a coaster that looked like a Chinese Checker board. I used to turn it one star point to the left or right before going home to see if he would notice the next day. He did, and promptly corrected it.

In my last suburban neighborhood there were people down the block I called the "Car Wash Cult" as Dad, Mom, teenage son and teenage daughter spent every weekend washing their cars as a family. Sometimes they washed their cars after work and school during the warm summer months. I knew their obsession went too far when I saw them on their hands and knees scrubbing the microscopic oil stains out of the county owned asphalt street in front of their house. Watching them wash cars was like watching ants devour a grasshopper.

If Bill is pulling our virtual legs, he is doing a good job of it. If not...I'm not going there.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

I presume they are currently wrapped in tissue paper and stored in the china cabinet....yet another reason why poor Bill is sleeping with his tractor these days. But that is convenient as it allows hourly security and dust checks on the tractor.

DUST!?!?! I'm sure there's no dust. The tractor and mower are surely housed in a sterile, dust-free evironment.

I'm thinking about buying a 12 acre tract of land that adjoins mine. It's infested with Bull Thistle that's 6' to 8' tall and so thick you can't even walk across the property. I wonder if Bill would be interested in helping me mow? I'd even kick in a free can of wax after we're done

 

[IslandTractor]

DUST!?!?! I'm sure there's no dust. The tractor and mower are surely housed in a sterile, dust-free evironment.

Or at least it is shrink wrapped each night after the white glove inspection.

 

[CDsdad]

Bill, don't forget to rotate your tailwheel when you change out the gear oil. Those tailwheels run best if they are 12 ply steel belted slicks so they don't leave marks on the brush you are cutting.

Please. You waxed your bushhog.

It's like putting perfume on a pig.

 

[have_blue]

I know several people that have the same sickness as Bill. I call it the "new toy syndrome". They lust for the new toy for months, and agonize over which brand and model to buy. They build it up in their mind until it nearly meets their expectations of perfection. Then, they buy it. Then they fondle it, study every detail, learn it, clean it, embellish it, and perfect it. Nearly everyone does it, just to different levels.

When I bought my bush hog, I immediatly embellished and perfected it. I drilled holes in the skids to mount casters. That way I can roll it around my shed to store and mount it easily. Then I replaced the big steel top link braces with chains, sharpened the blades, and "fixed"* the plastic drive shaft guard for easy greasing of the universal joints. I thoroughly enjoy getting it all dusty and weedy. I may even pressure wash it annually... if it's lucky.

*I won't get graphic, but will say it involved a saw.

 

[scott_vt]

That's nothing. I hand cut everything in the yard so that the bush hog doesn't ever have to get dirty. I never use it, but I drain and replace the synthetic oil every 3 days anyhow. I'm thinking about having it gold plated, then shrink wrapped and kept in climate controlled display storage.
No, actually I set it on blocks out in the treeline and blow the grass off it with compressed air when I'm finished, and once in a while I sharpen the blades. And it had a leaking seal so I filled the gearbox with grease. And it was leaving windrows so I cut the skirt off the back.

Mornin Whodat,
Classic !!!

 

[RobJ]

All this so it can sit outside, get beat to death with briars, munch throught trees, and spread cow patties when it hits them...hmmm

At first I thought he was kidding, then I realized....well nevermind.

But lets review...

Cleaning and checking a new BH - OK
Doing some paint touch up and re color - yeah ok
rubbing out the paint - I'm starting to worry just a bit
2 coats of wax - I'm now concerned
waxing the gearbox? - It's getting serious
WAXING THE BELLY AND BLADES - seek help man