Rotary Cutter What model Bush Hog is this?

[Black Sheep125]

I need help from a Bush Hog pro.
I am thinking about purchasing this Bush Hog rotary cutter but I dont know what model it is.
Does anyone know?
I want to know the model so I can order replacement parts if it needs it.
Sorry this is the only photo I have. It is a 5 foot Bush Hog.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[MESSMAKER]

Looks like it might be a 305.If it is 6 feet wide, it would be a 306.

 

[Phillip w]

Well, for starters welcome to the forum. Can't say for sure, but looks like it might be an older rhino. Check around the gearbox area and on the mower deck. I think there should be some kind of manufacturing plate on it somewhere. That's the best I got for you and again welcome to the forum.

 

[Black Sheep125]

Looks like it might be a 305.If it is 6 feet wide, it would be a 306.

Thanks for the help MESSMAKER, I had someone else tell me It might be an older model 305. I have seen a 305 that looked like this but not one where the triangular bracing goes all the way over the deck. Maybe the one I知 looking at is an older model?

 

[Black Sheep125]

Thanks Phillip w. Been farming a couple years but just got into the tractor life. Found a lot of great info here so figured I better join.
Thanks for your help on the Rotary cutter.

 

[BrokenTrack]

It might be a 305 as I am not sure, but it is not that old as it has a triangular back...maybe from the 1960's? The really old ones have square backs and far more simple rear wheels mounting designs (that were prone to crack). Sadly my model number has gone the way of the doo doo bird, but it is similar to that, but much older.

Are parts available for the 305?

 

[Black Sheep125]

I know parts are available for the 305, but I dont know know for that old of one. I guess I was assuming it would have similar parts. That is probably not a wise assumption.

I need a heavy duty bush hog, but can’t afford a brand new one.
Thanks for the help BrokenTrack.

 

[gator]

I need help from a Bush Hog pro.
I am thinking about purchasing this Bush Hog rotary cutter but I dont know what model it is.
Does anyone know?
I want to know the model so I can order replacement parts if it needs it.
Sorry this is the only photo I have. It is a 5 foot Bush Hog.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here is a link to the 305/306 operators manual from the Bush Hog web site: http://www.bushhog.com/uploads/documents/BHRotaryCutter305-306OM-03.pdf
It does look like the picture in the manual. As far as parts being available for it from Bush Hog might be worth a call to them.
edit: sorry, got my pictures confused, the picture in post #4, not the picture in post #1, looks like the one in this manual .

 

[BrokenTrack]

Interesting story as my bushog...bought when Bushhog first started I am sure, lost just the tip of the buildings plate where the @#$%^&* model number was. I have everything else, just not that little corner! So honestly I am not sure what I have, but I can tell you this Black Sheep with sincerity, I am like you and would not want a new one even if I could. You just cannot buy those heavy duty gear boxes anymore. That to me makes saving these old gems as long as possible...

So last year mine hit a rock and finally broke the ears off the gearbox. I tore it all down, and while I was not able to find any parts available from Bushhog, it seemed I did not need too. I took it to a machine shop and because the casting on the gear box was so thick, we turned it down just a bit, fitted it with a new flange and welded it on. We even added some new bearings while we were in there. (Standard sized bearings so you can get them anywhere).

Will the old girl whack bushes for another 60 years? I am not sure, but the legend lives on. Not bad considering the abuse they take.

So the moral of this super long story is; even if you cannot get parts for it, don't give up on it as it still might have some kick in her yet. (By the way, the cost was $315 to rebuild it).

 

[smstonypoint]

Here is a link to the 305/306 operators manual from the Bush Hog web site: http://www.bushhog.com/uploads/documents/BHRotaryCutter305-306OM-03.pdf
It does look like the picture in the manual. As far as parts being available for it from Bush Hog might be worth a call to them.

See Bush Hog 35 and 36 Rotary Cutters Parts Diagrams.

Steve

 

[Black Sheep125]

Thanks for the help Gator. I’m sure the second picture I posted is a 305. The first picture doesn’t match the 305 diagram though.
At least not exactly.

 

[Black Sheep125]

That’s an interesting analysis BrokenTrack. I could always just repair it.
Thanks a bunch!

 

[Black Sheep125]

Thanks for the assist Steve!

 

[sandman2234]

That’s an interesting analysis BrokenTrack. I could always just repair it.
Thanks a bunch!

Or you could come down to Jacksonville and pick up one of the ones I have out back that have rusted out decks! They aren't worth me putting the money into them to rebuild the decks, but they are great for parts!
David from jax

 

[Turbys_1700]

It appears to be an old 305. Parts may be an issue with the elevated pedestal. Those hogs are what made Bush Hog the name that they are. I've got several that are going to be scrapped. Actually sold one of the 306's but it was a later model without stump jumper. If it is in good working order it will serve you well.

 

[RalphVa]

I need help from a Bush Hog pro.
I am thinking about purchasing this Bush Hog rotary cutter but I dont know what model it is.
Does anyone know?
I want to know the model so I can order replacement parts if it needs it.
Sorry this is the only photo I have. It is a 5 foot Bush Hog.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I think that I'd junk that bush hog unless you do some repair to those rusted panels on top. About 15 years ago, my wife and I were driving our 240D across alligator alley in Florida when "wham". Something put like a 45 caliber hole in the driver's side door. We stopped and stopped the people doing mowing in the median. Cops were called. They inspected the equipment. The bush hogs were missing some chains around the edges and had some gaping rust holes in the top.

They paid up, and I got a good painter who actually ended up spraying the whole side of the car such that you could not tell it had been damaged. We sold that car at 26 years of age, and it still looked inside and out like new. About 3 or 4 years later, I think the people that bought it were advertising it as "pristine" with a price $1,000 higher than what they'd paid for it. "Pristine", it wasn't because of that whole side repaint.

Ralph

 

[BrokenTrack]

I guess I am old school because it seems silly to me to scrap Bushogs of such quality that they cannot even be bought any more, just because of some rusted tops. $50 in 11 gauge steel from a steel shop, $5 in a package of cut off wheels at Harbor freight for a 5" grinder, and a $8 quart of paint will make them like new again.

 

[sandman2234]

I guess I am old school because it seems silly to me to scrap Bushogs of such quality that they cannot even be bought any more, just because of some rusted tops. $50 in 11 gauge steel from a steel shop, $5 in a package of cut off wheels at Harbor freight for a 5" grinder, and a $8 quart of paint will make them like new again.

I agree! I bought a whole trailer load of them from a guy in Astor, Fl that he had acquired from a city on the beach. The salt air works havoc on the decks when you leave them outside. I rebuilt several of them to sell, used one myself and sold a few as is. The rest are just sitting out back waiting on Black Sheep to come this way!
David from jax