Someone Tore up Their Bush Hog!
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- Опубліковано 1 вер 2021
- Got a viewer question from T.C who wanted to know how high to keep the tailwheel on his brush hog when driving across his fields. You're asking the wrong guy.
A while back, I was out using my bush hog and when I got back to the barn, the tailwheel was gone. It had broken off the spindle. I had to go out in the field and find it, then take it to a buddy who is an excellent welder and get it repaired.
I determined at that time that I was doing a bad thing to the tailwheel assembly by keeping it a couple of inches off the ground when driving around. That's what you don't want to do. What I was doing was bouncing up and down on rough areas, and the tailwheel was occasionally impacting the ground with some serious downforce. Hence the failure.
So, there are three "takeaways" from today's video. First, you need to have the tailwheel in one of two places; either keep it so high it never touches the ground, or, let it down with all of the weight off the three point and allow it to follow the contour of the ground. Either way should be okay, just don't keep it slightly raised where a sudden dip will cause it to crash into the ground. You'll be fixing it like I did.
Second, if you're going to raise the cutter all the way up, go slow the first time and watch to make sure the deck doesn't bind with the PTO shaft. I've seen a few tractor and cutter combinations where that could happen and it doesn't end well. Just a slight tweak of the PTO shaft and it won't go in or out anymore, and you'll have difficulty getting hooked and unhooked.
Finally, if you're going to have to change a tailwheel, and it's held on with a roll pin, get a set of roll pin punches like the ones on this page: www.amazon.com/shop/tractormi.... They're inexpensive and make those roll pins much easier to remove. That's a link to my Amazon Affiliate page and anything you buy off there helps support my channel and is much appreciated.
So T.C., all the way up or all the way down with the tailwheel. Absolutely not somewhere in the middle like I did.
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So pleased you are promoting preserving native pollinators.
Great point leaving some of the wild flowers for the honeybees. They are becoming scarce and I want them around.
Thanks for the tour of your pasture field, Mike. I totally agree with leaving pieces of field to support wildlife. If we don’t have bees, we don’t eat.
Beautiful meadow Mike. My neighbors always bust my chops about not mowing the milkweed, wild carrot, and all the other wild flowers. It's a real pleasure to run through all those plants on the tractor and see all the bees, dragon flies, butterflies and other critters that call the meadow home.
Hi Mike, as a retired highway maintainer in Illinois. I’ve seen 6’,10,’ and 15’ mowers tore up anyway you could imagine. The moral to the story is, have good welding skills and a good metal supply near at hand. Keep up the good work
I love how you left the pollinators!
Hello Mike transporting it all the way up. Cutting, on a level surface with the wheel firmly touching. Have a great day
We underestimate the amount of pollination that bees do...thanks for the reminder , you don't hear of the importance of bee preservation nearly enough !
Your fields look great. Really like the idea of leaving some of the natives. I will try that.
I’m glad you found your tail wheel! Here in MN what we call milkweed blooms in the late spring / early summer and has purplish flowers that smell like lilacs. Interesting about your orange flowered variety. Cheers!
oops, forgot. Thank you for the bee support. We have two very large hives that we are proud of and they survived our Texas Feb. 2021 ice and extreme cold onslaught. It is encouraging that there are more and more people setting up hives and doing things like you are in not cutting down wildflowers and other pollinating plants. Thanks again, Mike !!! love your videos and insights, keep 'em coming.
Our fur boys would love it.
Shout out to the critters- Tractor Mike is a decent man.
That was a unique way to answer T.C.'s question. I enjoyed that.
Excellent looking wildlife habitat!!!
bee's balm, also now as bergamot, is the flavoring in Earl Grey tea. The flavor is in the pink flowers, which can also make a herbal tea.
Thanks for walk through your pasture I love country living. I bend my brush hog tail wheel just about every year
I also brush hog "drunk" It helps my bees and I think it looks nicer. I have mine all the way up...I need to brush hog now.
Many great tips, here, Mike. I see so many fields where people are out to destroy and anniolate anything that grows or moves. Too little or no consideration given to the ecological balance of using the land but still keeping it viable for the little plants, bugs, and even critters that do their part as well. It's also nice to see you have a welding buddy to help out, especially in this simple repair. Glad it worked out and you shared the pain with the pleasure on this one.
Great pasture mowing idea!