Newbie tractor owner here. Just took delivery last week of a Kubota 4630 with a Rhino SE6 bushhog. Both my wife and I have been working the heck out of this thing trying to get our property cut down. We both thought the ant mounds were pretty tough on the bushhog. Some loud BAMM's and violent shaking. We've since discovered more little 'treasures' the past owner left in the fields for us to find, and run over. Worse so far was when I came home to find my wife kinda quiet and told me there was good news and bad news. Oh boy, I think some of you guys know the hollow feeling you get when your wife says those words. She said, the good news is that I didn't break the lawnmower..(background, here lately, most every time she gets on it, something breaks or jams), then she said, I think I broke the tractor...
Come to find out, the previous owner had left a t-pole just laying out in a field, (flat fortunately) and she had hit it with the bushhog, made a terrible racket and vibrated like fury....Scared my wife so much she shut off the 'hog, drove back up to the house and shut it down and waited for me to come in so she could 'fess up. All I could do was tell her it probably didn't do much and I'd have hit it if she hadn't and not to worry about it.
Braced the rig up, looked underneath it, not a mark on the blades, not a nick, not a scratch...NOTHING. Guess you could say I'm thankful they build these things as tough as they do.
Did notice I needed to sharpen the blades...only have 10-15 hours on it, is this normal or did the t-pole help me out with dulling them some?
For myself, I've hit a head-sized rock before but the most scary was when I picked up a 50 foot long piece of wire that the thoughtful previous owner had left out in a field...could just visualize it swinging up and doing a number on me as it whipped by but nothing came of it.
