🚜😡 Outfitting my International Harvester tractor with a BRUSH HOG, and I get it stuck in deep mud!😡🚜
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Hello everyone - welcome back!
We're now well into 2024, but still taking a look back as we wrap up the last of the videos for the late-fall 2023 projects and happenings! This video is both good and bad: It is good because it allowed me to cross off a buck-list item by getting a brush hog and getting it hooked up to a tractor that could adequately power it... but it is also bad because once hooked up I immediately got the tractor and brush hog BURIED in mud up to the tractor tire rims. Ughhhhhh.
I hate the thought of getting large equipment stuck in odd locations on the farm, because it is a logistical nightmare to get them out (in addition to being a physically grueling process)! Sadly, this happened almost minutes after getting the major work done on the brush hog, and getting it hooked up and operational on my new International Harvester tractor.
Hopefully getting it stuck was just a baptism and a "welcome to the farm" event, which is now behind me! Despite the setback of getting the tractor stuck, we also got it unstuck and got a LOT of mowing done across the paths as well as the primary property of the field. It worked perfectly and I'm thrilled to have this tool as an addition to my arsenal.
What other tools am I looking for you may ask? Honestly, not many - the list of attachments that I want is growing slim. I think a PTO auger (post hole digger) is one of the last, and probably most controversial, attachments that I need/want. People love and hate PTO post hole diggers. I'm sure they're just as large and heavy and unruly to manage as all the rest of this equipment!
Anyway, we're winding down our fall recap - only two more videos to go until we start looking at the current winter projects. What topics will we be covering you ask? Well I purchased two new beehives that need to be assembled and decorated (another autoflow as well as a conventional box setup), and we have the seed-starting event that will be taking place VERY soon... stay tuned for an update on this. Maybe I'll do a live event for the seed starting just for fun. Who knows?! Regardless, STAY TUNED... more fun to come. :-)
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I'll never understand why people call rotary mowers "bRush hogs" if any thing the generic term should be "bush hog" since its an actual brand name mower. We call ALL rotary mowers "bush hogs"...
I mean, as long as it cuts, we can call it a "T-Bone Steak".... all I care is that it continues to perform like this. I've never used one before and I was blown-away. It's probably my favorite implement. :-)
I thought you were an hour or two south of Syracuse until you said Madison. I grew up in Lafayette. Now I'm north of Syracuse.
You say your industrial tractor,you actually bought a backhoe,but you didn't go wrong you need to buy backhoe arm and bucket you'll be set up dig anything thing you want,like a pond
Always hook bought lift points first it will be a lot Easyer and if you hook up one then get in tractor and move forward or backwards to line it up,you'll get the hang of it set it down level when you unload and it will be Easyer to hook up,
You can use the bucket to get you unstuck, that tractor should be 4 wheel drive
Hard to live without a brush hog! I also got mine at an auction. It had needed some minor repairs but works great! Great video!
Hey, thanks for watching and leaving a comment! Yes - the whole property suffered all summer because I didn't have a tractor big enough to operate that large brush hog. The moment I turned on that PTO and realized it worked (for $200) was the turning point of the entire year. I was able to get almost everything I needed to get done the whole season (plowing the planting field, and brush hogging the property) in just a couple days. It's amazing what you can do when you have the proper tools! :-)
Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed it. /Always something to create a challenge, huh? Nothing ever goes as planned. That being said, also success. That $200 brush hog seems to have been an excellent investment and did a great job. If you get so you have a number of 3 Point Attachments a 3 Point Quick Attach might be useful. I see a lot of folks on UA-cam talk them up.
Kinda weird to see all that bare ground on January 1st…. Seems there should be a little bit of white stuff.
Hey buddy!! Thanks for watching and leaving a message. I actually have a quick attach in my Amazon cart! That may definitely be a purchase before the end of the "winter". Hahaha. I use quotes because yesterday was 60 degrees and sunny (yes, February 10)... I was out in jeans and a tshirt all day. Same today. This is definitely a strange winter this year, but I will NOT BE COMPLAINING!!! ;-) Stay tuned for more.
Did you say "hydraulic oil in the gearbox "? Not sure if that's recommended son.
Well, ordinarily I’d agree and go with gear oil, but I watched a lot of UA-cam videos on the maintenance of these and they said you could dump engine oil, gearbox oil, hydraulic oil and an assortment of other stuff. I had hydraulic on hand and used it. Seems to be ok so far.
Kool video. Can't wait to what trouble you get into in the coming weeks. Keep warm until then. 🚜🚜🚜
Oh goodness Lonnie.... there's always something causing me a headache!! And believe it or not, it was 60 degrees and sunny yesterday - I was out with a tshirt and jeans. So wild!!!! :-)
Avoid haste and perform careful operations to ensure the safety of yourself and the tractor.
Absolutely!! That always goes through my mind. Don't break ME, and don't break the equipment! :-)
So nice to hear from you again Best wishes from the UK
Hi David! Greetings from New York - great to hear from you (still jealous of you, in that beautiful country). :-) Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. More videos coming every 10 days or so.
This video content is very interesting, I like this type of video
Well I'm glad you enjoyed it - thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
While tractor was moving forward at slow speed, you could have gotten out by dropping & curling front loader repeatedly. I have done this effectively many times over 5 decades.
Ronald, I actually tried that several times. I was trying to UA-cam how to get a stuck tractor unstuck, and nothing I did made any difference. :-( I think the problem was the brush hog adding all the extra weight and the fact that it was packed with mud holding it all in place.
1. There will be days like this. 2. It does not break while parked in the barn. 3 You were trying to pull a sled. i comprehend.
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I'm still enjoying your journey.
Hi Wally! This spring/summer should be enjoyable - lots of things seem like they are going to come together simultaneously! :-) Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
Hi my friend, I see you struggling with putting the implements on, I done it about a million times with much more heavier stuff, the trick is to back up, get one side in, the other as close as you can, do not put in the topling, and then adjust the tractor forward or backwards, then when both links are on, put on the top link last 😃When I was a kiddo I could not move about any implents at all, I had to get creative until I learned this! ^^
Hi Danne! Thank you for the advise. Yes, it has been a struggle.... though in fairness to myself, this is literally the first time I've ever hooked up a large implement (well, including the plow and the hog). I guess it could have been worse. Next time I'll get one arm in, and then adjust the tractor until the other lines up (as you suggested). Much appreciated!!! :-)
@@BuyingTheFarm For doing all of this the first time, you are doing great though! And these brushhogs are a great tool, perfect for what you are doing! And we all been stuck like that if we ever drove a tractor or implement on soggy ground, in my youth I buried tractors way worse, as somebody here mentioned peat ground, haha, I "fell through" in a wet spot, the tractor sunk directly within a few seconds down to the top part of the back fenders, my dad was NOT impressed!😂
Honestly think that avoiding getting stuck, is hard when its new ground like this, not sure I would have discovered this either
Oh, I look forward to seeing you get that part dug with the backhoe and getting it drained, I think that will be the trick to get it firm enough to be able to get over it, that drainage ditch getting over that part will probably be tricky, not sure if this was the part that you could not build a bridge or put in a culvert into?
With you on getting bogged down with the tractor. A lot of my land is pure peat and turns molten in the wet weather.
It’s a lot of grief but persistence rules ok. We take more care until the next time 😂
Hahahaha, ugh what a pain, Mike. I now fully understand why people have multiple tractors of varying sizes. It's so that when the little one gets stuck, the bigger one can pull it out.... then when the bigger one also gets stuck, there's an even bigger one to pull both of them out! Hahahaha.
@@BuyingTheFarm 😂😂😂😂😂 They turn into great fireside stories.
You're so diligent and smart that you can repair machines yourself, you're so talented
Well, I give it my best shot - I know my limits and things don't always work. Gotta know when to call for help. Hahaha. Thanks for watching the video and leaving a comment! :-)