rear wheel on bush hog

[beenthere]

Missed getting that page you mentioned. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[AndyMA]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Missed getting that page you mentioned. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif )</font>

Oops sorry, /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif hopefully here it is.

Andy

 

[beenthere]

That looks like a good description to me. Covers front edge vs. rear edge height settings (depends on the cut you want) and the position of the rear wheel (on ground when cutting).

Sorry Fred, but the Sam's "dealer" /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif is ouut a bit in left field on this one. However, we all can do it the way we feel the best about doing it. Right?

I find that when I carry the cutter just off the ground while travelling, that the rear wheel hits pretty hard if the front tractor wheels hit a bump, raising the front of the tractor and quickly lowering the rear of the cutter. Either I carry it high enough to keep the rear wheel from hitting the ground, or I lower it so it floats in ground contact all the time. Saves wear and tear, IMO.

This has been an informative thread, with lots of different opinions. That's good, IMO. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[have_blue]

I like my rear wheel on the ground pretty solidly. I can't stand the wheel whanging and banging when it's just skimming. That can't be good for the bushings!

Having said that. it can be a really tedious situation getting everything set right. Sometimes you have to compromise a little bit.

 

[Freds]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Sorry Fred, but the Sam's "dealer" is ouut a bit in left field on this one )</font>

Maybe that is why his brothers work the family business and he branched out on his own /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif A difference of opinions can be murder on a family business.

I played around a little last night and the only difference I noticed when the rear wheel was carrying weight and I had some float in the toplink was that I bottomed out more when hitting a bump. On the plus side I cut closer on terrain that tends to raise the brush hog because it had the travel to go down. I didn't have the problem with the wheel not turning like on the old KK.

Maybe they should just come with 4 guage wheels like an RFM /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[have_blue]

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You are partly or totally joking, but I have thought about that.

I get tired of the scalping. I have to cross my finely manicured road to mow the weeds, and I often get ugly skid marks.

Yesterday I was looking to see how easy it would be to add some removable 8" air-filled casters without welding on the deck. It's do-able, but would be pretty ungainly.

 

[OkieG]

<font color="blue"> I get tired of the scalping </font>

Front gauge wheels on the brush hog is what I've been thinking about to get a close cut, yet limit scalping. Seems like most rear finish mowers have both front wheels/rollers and rear wheels. The longer front to back length of a brush hog probably makes it more prone to scalping, but front wheels might still help.

OkieG

 

[KubotaSteve]

As far as Bush Hog being the name of the rotary cutter, I knew that but that is what I have always referred to a rotary cutter as. It is sort of like some who call a copier machine a Xerox machine or a tissue a Kleenex. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[beenthere]

I hear ya, and I have a problem describing a "Skil saw" by any other name. I just get confused a bit when BH doesn't refer to a back hoe. I probably wouldn't catch on to RC as always being a rotary cutter, but I can be a bit slow or misled easily too. Not a huge problem for me, just that newcomers (foreigners?) can get even more confused when trying to sort through the postings at about 1 a minute here. I wonder if there is an abbreviation identification or usage page? Brush hog is pretty generic, but Bush Hog is a bit too specific to brand. And their is the Crescent wrench as well. Bobcat is another. Hard for me to say Deere bush hog, however. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

We know what we mean, but the listener or reader doesn't know for sure.

 

[shvl73]

BH for backhoe might be best, I think "ho" might be offensive in some circles. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif