RoyJackson
Rest in Peace
- Joined
- Nov 17, 2001
- Messages
- 23,144
- Location
- Bethel, Vermont
- Tractor
- John Deere 4052R Cab,, Deere 855D UTV, Z920A Zero Turn Mower and assorted implements
"(I ruined a Wheel Horse lawn tractor doing the same thing...a mistake I'll not repeat )</font>
Wow, glad i read this post, i was just going to go out and cut a field of brambles with my wheelhorse...maybe not....
care to expand any, what happened /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
thanks
I had briars encroaching on a tree line at the edge of the lawn. I figured I could take smaller bites at least.
Anyway, the briars tangled between the pulley and the mower deck, popped the belt off and really jammed up the pulley.
Even after untangling everything and replacing the belt, I could never get belts to stay on the pulleys for any length of time. I guess I could have replaced the pulleys, but figured I'd need something with more power and robustness.
That Wheel Horse was pretty old when I bought it anyway...
So, I got a Deere 670 with a rear finishing mower. Never even tried the RFM on those briars...I cut them down with a weed whacker with a saw type blade. That made fairly short work of them.
About a year after I got the 670, I got a rotary cutter for field acreage I owned. Now, briars never even slowed that thing down!
Wow, glad i read this post, i was just going to go out and cut a field of brambles with my wheelhorse...maybe not....
care to expand any, what happened /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
thanks
I had briars encroaching on a tree line at the edge of the lawn. I figured I could take smaller bites at least.
Anyway, the briars tangled between the pulley and the mower deck, popped the belt off and really jammed up the pulley.
Even after untangling everything and replacing the belt, I could never get belts to stay on the pulleys for any length of time. I guess I could have replaced the pulleys, but figured I'd need something with more power and robustness.
That Wheel Horse was pretty old when I bought it anyway...
So, I got a Deere 670 with a rear finishing mower. Never even tried the RFM on those briars...I cut them down with a weed whacker with a saw type blade. That made fairly short work of them.
About a year after I got the 670, I got a rotary cutter for field acreage I owned. Now, briars never even slowed that thing down!
