WAKE UP!

[Birdhunter1]

I woudl have to say one of th eloudest things I have ever hit was a tire, only because it just bounces around the deck and causes the blades to swing all out of whack causing the hog to bounce one way while the front ot the tractor bounces the other way and back and forth till you get teh mower lifted up and shut off.
Then there are the gazillion stumps or tree limbs I have hit.
Big rocks, then the bigger rocks.
The concrete ditch checks (help to stop severe wash outs) are a PITA when you hit one of those, and then three more before the end of the day.
Steel T-posts.

The quietest thing I ever hit that caused some damage was hitting a pile of telephone wire in which a piece formed around the bushhog blade, flew out and lodged in the back of my arm. I heard the mower hitting something and just thought it was sticks, then looked back and saw a bunch of wire, I had felt something hit my arm a mere second before but thought nothing of it till 10 minutes later I look down and my entire right arm is blood red, the tractor fender is covered in blood, the platfrom has blood ponds and so on. Went to the e-room to have it removed, it looked like a 3/4" wide by 1" long staple.


All of this was in the one summer I worked for the county highway department on the mowing crew. Mowin grass waist-chest high on roadsides (regardless of if you've been on them before or not) is asking for trouble no matter how careful or slow you go.

Now with my own equipment, tree limbs, rocks, scalp the ground when bottomed out in a ditch, a concrete block a few times, snakes, snakes, and more snakes

 

[Birdhunter1]

I woudl have to say one of th eloudest things I have ever hit was a tire, only because it just bounces around the deck and causes the blades to swing all out of whack causing the hog to bounce one way while the front ot the tractor bounces the other way and back and forth till you get teh mower lifted up and shut off.
Then there are the gazillion stumps or tree limbs I have hit.
Big rocks, then the bigger rocks.
The concrete ditch checks (help to stop severe wash outs) are a PITA when you hit one of those, and then three more before the end of the day.
Steel T-posts.

The quietest thing I ever hit that caused some damage was hitting a pile of telephone wire in which a piece formed around the bushhog blade, flew out and lodged in the back of my arm. I heard the mower hitting something and just thought it was sticks, then looked back and saw a bunch of wire, I had felt something hit my arm a mere second before but thought nothing of it till 10 minutes later I look down and my entire right arm is blood red, the tractor fender is covered in blood, the platfrom has blood ponds and so on. Went to the e-room to have it removed, it looked like a 3/4" wide by 1" long staple.


All of this was in the one summer I worked for the county highway department on the mowing crew. Mowin grass waist-chest high on roadsides (regardless of if you've been on them before or not) is asking for trouble no matter how careful or slow you go.

Now with my own equipment, tree limbs, rocks, scalp the ground when bottomed out in a ditch, a concrete block a few times, snakes, snakes, and more snakes

 

[5030]

I don't own a brush hog, but mowing hayfields especially on first cut, I always find a few fawns and rabbits. I won't elaborate. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[5030]

I don't own a brush hog, but mowing hayfields especially on first cut, I always find a few fawns and rabbits. I won't elaborate. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[bbse]

Ok, back to the copper heads. I hate snakes. I think if I get hit in the back with a copper head I will give it the tractor /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif. At least for a while.

 

[bbse]

Ok, back to the copper heads. I hate snakes. I think if I get hit in the back with a copper head I will give it the tractor /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif. At least for a while.

 

[Dishpointer]

These are good posts. Now I know I am definately getting a cab! The post about the snakes is what convinced me /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Dishpointer]

These are good posts. Now I know I am definately getting a cab! The post about the snakes is what convinced me /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Most noise - large rock....
Funniest - groundhog

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Most noise - large rock....
Funniest - groundhog

 

[john_bud]

Well, I have two. Scariest was hitting a ???something??? and having the hog shake like crazy. Stop, raise it up, shut down and look. One blade is now just a stub. Don't know what happened to the 5-7 pounds of sharpened steel that was launched at 15,000 fps.

Worst was hoggin over some bushy trees and finding a nest of half dozen worn out logging cables with the chokers on em. Man, that is just nasty getting all that sharp wire shards out from everywhere they get wrapped.


Stumps and rocks are so common, my reflexes make my body stomp the clutch and raise the 3pt without any thought at all.

jb

 

[john_bud]

Well, I have two. Scariest was hitting a ???something??? and having the hog shake like crazy. Stop, raise it up, shut down and look. One blade is now just a stub. Don't know what happened to the 5-7 pounds of sharpened steel that was launched at 15,000 fps.

Worst was hoggin over some bushy trees and finding a nest of half dozen worn out logging cables with the chokers on em. Man, that is just nasty getting all that sharp wire shards out from everywhere they get wrapped.


Stumps and rocks are so common, my reflexes make my body stomp the clutch and raise the 3pt without any thought at all.

jb

 

[KJO]

Lots of good stories! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif...I think the worst I have hit was a partially buried milk crate...the old steel wire type. It took out the sheer bolt but still broke the front PTO joint also.
As far as hitting something unpleasant...a few years back the North Dakota DOT contacted a local TV station and had them issue a warning to motorists traveling on I-94. DOT road crews who were mowing ditches along the interstate were frequently hitting 20 ounce plastic soda bottles filled with urine which had been thrown out by motorists. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif The newer DOT tractors have cabs but they still use some that only have ROPS.

 

[KJO]

Lots of good stories! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif...I think the worst I have hit was a partially buried milk crate...the old steel wire type. It took out the sheer bolt but still broke the front PTO joint also.
As far as hitting something unpleasant...a few years back the North Dakota DOT contacted a local TV station and had them issue a warning to motorists traveling on I-94. DOT road crews who were mowing ditches along the interstate were frequently hitting 20 ounce plastic soda bottles filled with urine which had been thrown out by motorists. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif The newer DOT tractors have cabs but they still use some that only have ROPS.

 

[flusher]

Hit an old almond tree stump 3 weeks ago when I was brush hogging 3-4 foot weeds that benefited from about 3 months of heavy rain up here in the North Valley. Thought I had ID'd all the stumps, but I missed that one last time I checked for mowing hazards.

The collision killed the engine on the 21-hp Kubota B7510HST but the shear pin held on the 4-ft KK hog's PTO shaft. Thought I might have damaged the PTO transmission, but I started up again and everything was normal. I'm using the shear pin that KK sent with the hog. Maybe I need to get one that's not so stout. Or a slip clutch.

 

[flusher]

Hit an old almond tree stump 3 weeks ago when I was brush hogging 3-4 foot weeds that benefited from about 3 months of heavy rain up here in the North Valley. Thought I had ID'd all the stumps, but I missed that one last time I checked for mowing hazards.

The collision killed the engine on the 21-hp Kubota B7510HST but the shear pin held on the 4-ft KK hog's PTO shaft. Thought I might have damaged the PTO transmission, but I started up again and everything was normal. I'm using the shear pin that KK sent with the hog. Maybe I need to get one that's not so stout. Or a slip clutch.

 

[SailorBob]

Last Saturday I was bush hogging the right of way on the road I live on and hit dead armadilla. It made a heck of a racket too. I was surprised by how little damage was done to the armadilla too.

 

[SailorBob]

Last Saturday I was bush hogging the right of way on the road I live on and hit dead armadilla. It made a heck of a racket too. I was surprised by how little damage was done to the armadilla too.

 

[Billy_S]

This isn't really a story about hitting anything, but it scared the snot out of me anyway.

I bought my 4" KK hog about a month or so ago. One evening, I had the tractor and the hog in the garage. Thought I would hook them together and get the PTO shaft cut to length.

Anyway, got her all together, the shaft trimmed, with no more than the expected hassle. Started the BX2230, set her at about 1/3 throttle and engaged the PTO. "Kabannnng blam blam bannng," she says to me, and the tractor died.

Now I was on my concrete garage floor. I was pretty certain I hadn't hit anything. The tractor had maybe 10 hours on it and, like I said, the RC was brand new. I was irritated. Raised her up to have a look and the blades had managed to tangle themselves together. That was a fun one to fix. I have now put maybe 10 hours on the hog itself and never had another problem with it.

 

[Billy_S]

This isn't really a story about hitting anything, but it scared the snot out of me anyway.

I bought my 4" KK hog about a month or so ago. One evening, I had the tractor and the hog in the garage. Thought I would hook them together and get the PTO shaft cut to length.

Anyway, got her all together, the shaft trimmed, with no more than the expected hassle. Started the BX2230, set her at about 1/3 throttle and engaged the PTO. "Kabannnng blam blam bannng," she says to me, and the tractor died.

Now I was on my concrete garage floor. I was pretty certain I hadn't hit anything. The tractor had maybe 10 hours on it and, like I said, the RC was brand new. I was irritated. Raised her up to have a look and the blades had managed to tangle themselves together. That was a fun one to fix. I have now put maybe 10 hours on the hog itself and never had another problem with it.