Bush hog

[TJ5208 1,824]

Has anyone took a RD deck and mounted it on the back of a tractor i thought about doing something like that for Rebel.  

Just like a bigger tractor bush hog. Or has anyone just made something like a Bush hog.

[Lee1977 6,648]

I think it would do a lot better just to build a 36" or 40" Bush Hog.  Single blades don't have the problems a multi blade decks have.

 

 

[kpinnc 11,932]

Anytime what you're cutting is high enough to be pushed down before making contact with the blade, the harder it is to cut.

 

That's why the front of a bush hog is open. It provides the best chance of the blade making contact with grass or brush before pushing it down. If you want a bush hog, you'd need to cut the front off the deck you plan to use. Given how close the driver is to the ground on a Wheel Horse, any towed mower is dangerous. A bush hog will throw most anything it hits out to the front. It's a bad place to be... What makes bush hogs effective is also what makes them dangerous.

 

If I were going to fab a bushog on a WH, I'd find or make a front mount. So long as it's used away from people, it's far safer on these little tractors.

 

Just my two cents. Many operators of ATV type towed brush cutters have stitches or worse to prove my point. 

Edited September 3, 2021 by kpinnc

[8ntruck 6,991]

 I got a pretty good be use on the back of my calf once while bush hogging with an 8N.  Somehow, the bush hog had packed up a baseball sized ball of grass and chucked it forward - right into the back of my leg.

 

Many bush hogs have short sections of chain hanging on the front of the deck to slow down any debris thrown forward.

[slim67 2,735]

I’d like to see a custom flail mower for the back of one of these. I’ve used both and prefer the flail mower if given the choice. At least for the property where I work.

[pfrederi 17,676]

You might want to start with a front mount mower.  I use mine sort of like a bush hog. Since it gets to the stuff before the tractor has run over it knocking it down it does better job.  Since it is out front you could cut off the front lip if the deck (Just don't tell OSHA)

 

 

[TJ5208 1,824]

I thought it would be neat to do that I don't really like the deck on Rebel he ain't mine yet but get ahead on the stuff I need for him

[TJ5208 1,824]

Has anyone made something like a Bush hog