We just bought a small farm that came with a tractor. I have never done any work like this and while I look forward to it and teaching my children I’m very nervous! So thank you so much for your videos and not assuming that everyone knows how to start in this farm life.
Josh, 2 weeks ago I purchased a used 2008 Kubota M4700 2WD with a front end loader and a 5ft brush hog. Today was my first time to use it. It was quite a task for a first timer but I managed. This video was perfect but I should have watched it before I mowed today. Definitely gonna check my fluids and everything else in the morning. Thanks a bunch for this video, it was perfect and straight too the point. "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy. - Red and Green Show"
Ignore the negative commenters. Just ignore 'em. You're doing GREAT! I'm just starting out doing what you're doing, on a smaller scale. Learning ALOT from your vids! Keep 'em comin'!
I appreciate the videos. Excellent information for those that might not have the knowledge. Also appreciate someone offering without making you feel stupid for not knowing
For the wasps, keep a spray bottle filled with soap/orange oil. When they're aggressive, just spray them with the mist setting and it knocks them off the offensive front real quick and it's not toxic. 😉
Thank you so much for your information and positivity. I recently bought a 160 acre tree farm in Wisconsin and have thoroughly enjoyed using my Kubota L6060 with a 6 foot Landpride brush hog to make trails. Thank you for all this useful information-I need to be better about my maintenance of the brush hog! Keep the videos coming, I have learned so much from you! Your efforts are greatly appreciated!
Man I just bought 25 acres and a Kubota L3200. Its got a 5' brushhog with it as well. I'm new to tractors and farming, and am looking at 20 or so acres of pasture with gradual rolling hills. This is great man, very helpful.
Good job! I work at a local farm and one thing I learned is that you don’t keep the bush hog up when the tractor is turned off or the bucket in the front or anything you have connected to the hydraulics if you leave them up while the tractor is off you can actually mess the hydraulics up so just be careful brother! Love the vids!
Thanks new to tractors just shopping now learning a lot from you. Keep up good work. Haters are gonna hate. Keyboard commandos with no courage to get in front of camera and do their own videos
In Australia we call the implement a slasher. I recently purchased a Woods Brushbull 72.30 very similar to the one in the clip. It's a quality bit of kit. Here, it's hard to get away from cheap imported implements, so finding this American made unit put a great slasher behind my tractor. Thanks for the vid.
Good tip about the yellow jackets. I've never gone over any with a 3-pt hitch grooming mower (finer cut than a brush hog). But have gone over them with a large walk behind (much smaller). They get ya first time, every time. Always keep a look out. Yellow jackets like wet + hot sun.
Nice video. I would agree with the earlier comment that it might be easier on the equipment if you engage the PTO at idle RPMs, rather than 1500. Also, I might add a comment that, while you are running what looks like a 72 inch rotary cutter, you have a sweet tractor that could handle a twin spindle or even a small bat-wing up to maybe 108 inch width.
That's what my daddy taught us four girls, about lining up the tire, checking the oil, cleaning underneath, and clearing the yard of objects first. It was a push mower and we got the job done on an acre/10th (?) of land. I don't miss it. Beautiful sky. ♡
Just started following your channel man, noticed you were an NC farmer. My wife and I are just trying to get our small little place up and running. We've got about 40 acres (also in NC), and I noticed we have the same tractor. You've got some cool toys I'd love to put on mine, like that grappling claw! Those are so cool I've got a 553 loader on my 5065, and I've got just a Frontier RC2072, a disc, and cultivator. I'm learning this all as I go, we are getting ready to invest in some angus cows. She is a nurse full time, and I'm still working for Uncle Sam. But someday we'd like to make a bigger chunk of change off it, and do it more fully involved Anywho, sorry for the long comment, but I've liked what I've watched on your channel so far!
Oh, you know those little eyeball swivel things on the end of the drawbars, I use dry lube with graphite on that kind of stuff because it lubes great and doesn't collect dust and dirt.
Just wanted to gently correct you that the brush bowl BB 72X is a standard duty rotary cutter with a 2 inch cutting capacity. I know because I own and operate one for my Field Mowing business. Also, it is recommended in the owners manual to have the front of the rotary cutter slightly lower than the rear so that the vegetation being cut can escape allowing less horsepower to be used by the cutter.
If your way works, stay with it and pay no attention to the know it alls. Critics probably don’t know diddly squat; they don’t know diddly and certainly don’t know squat. Informative video that provides a common sense approach.
In addition to your points, I always check the bolts on the blades for proper tightness and do a visual inspection of the blades. Regarding yellow jackets, I built a screened cab for mine... it's been a godsend with mowing rough pasture and has saved me stings more than once.
You're spot on regarding the tool box. I've got a Kubota MX4700 and the dinky little box behind the seat is woefully inadequate for anything other than a few pins and a crescent wrench.
Don't forget to check the oil in your mower's gear box too. Had that happen once. I check it before every cut now. Didn't tear up the gear box, but it made some nasty noises.
Agreed....somehow that gearbox boils over from time to time. My neighbor who is a mechanic at the local rock quarry told me to pump grease into it instead of gear oil.....on hot days it will run over..kinda strange
:) Bees. Been there done that back in my hay making days. Bumble bees,mean little suckers, and first pass gets their attention,then you have to cut the next passes and they are all up and waiting for you... After the first couple of times getting nailed I started keeping some type of sting ease in the tractors. Basically ammonia water and it does relieve the pain. Worse when on a dozer: not exactly a high speed machine and I've had to abandon the seat more than once. Good videos and like watching them.
# 813 here Josh....just a note.Back in about 1967 one of my cousins who I never got to meet was riding with my uncle (her dad)on his tractor set up like yours.Her name was Suzy and she fell out of her brothers grasp and the mower cut her all up and that's about all I know.She was about 5 i think.My uncle Ray never forgave himself for her death.Her brother Scott was always asked why they were even allowed to ride on the fender like that.All I have seen was a picture and she was a little strawberry blond cutie.RIP little cuz
That's a great idea to put the ammo can on for tools and pins, etc. I've seen so many tractors with wrenches and screwdrivers sitting all over the place.
Hey brother, looks like you're leaving windrows. They don't look that bad at time of cutting, but when the cut material turns brown it looks bad in my opinion. Figure out which side the windrow is coming out of, and adjust the way you cut....either in a circle or back and forth so you overlap and recut it. Just a tip that has helped me make everything I bush hog look much better!
Hey Josh we always keep our grease gun on the auxiliary toolbox it’s in the tractor and one on every tractor much easier than ride back to shop just to grab a grease gun
Nice video...I would have liked to see you check the lube level in the cutter's gearbox. How often do you do that and what type of oil do you use? Thanks.
May want to delete this. I'm not knocking your approach, just passing it along, we have 5-6 rotary cutters from 4 to 10 feet and the setup instructions all show "proper" adjustment of 1-1/2 lower in front. Also "proper" slack in top-link. So, I "usually" begin here" conditions and preference may dictate otherwise", so an operator may want to modify. Lower in the front according to instructions uses a bit less HP, lower in the back mulches better. Nothing wrong with use as described, just a bit of tweaking works best on some of our varied vegetation.
Your information is clear. You make it sound so simple and I guess it is. I'm a new tractor owner and I've been reading my manual for days trying to familiarize myself with her.
One thing you didn't mention was an 'overrunning clutch'. I always lube that up, too. My old 8N Ford doesn't have 'Live Power Take-off' and the mower acts like a flywheel and will push you forward even when you push in the clutch.
Stoney Ridge Farmer those old Farmalls are like that too, lol. You get pushed really good when you’re in 1st gear because the pto turns faster the lower the gear you’re in. At least that’s how it is with the Farmall B and C.
In Arkansas wasp and yellow jackets are NOT the same. Yellow jackets are yellow with black, highly aggressive. Wasp are usually red and leave you alone unless you swing at them.
Have you tried the lock and lube attachment for grease gun? I really like it, does not pop off when lubing. My brushhog calls for lower front with a rear discharge.
New to RUclips apparently (me). I was worried about my first mow of my 10 acres this season and what needed lube and level and tightening on my 3pt. I have a Kubota 3910 HST and 5ft deck. I feel alot better about checking this over before heading out to mow, that is if it ever stops raining here on the Oregon coast. Cheers to you my friend. Thank you.
What about the gearbox on the brush cutter Bud? Punters often overlook the gearbox oil level and they just trash themselves if there's a lack of oil. There is a level plug on the side of the box, where oil should just trickle out. Hope this is helpful!
Saw you have a chain on your shaft guard. Was watching how farms work and there was an explanation of why they do not. Curious about your thoughts on it. Enjoy both channels. Very informative
I like your style and delivery. I don’t like the way our pasture is getting gouged, usually when I need to turn around to reverse direction. It occurred to me last night to raise the rotary when maneuvering. What do you do? Can you demo your technique for mowing around obstacles like mostly buried rocks, power poles etc.? Mostly obvious but there’s usually tricks to everything. Finally, been mowing from the fence line in, but we don’t have perfectly square or circular pastures. Tips for mowing ‘purty’ rows?
It seems like I'll never catch up on my mowing. 18 acres of up and down steep hills on my place in Floyd, Va. I've got a 3032e with a 5' Frontier cutter and I use a Woods quick hitch. I'm finding that my top link constantly backs off even when I have the jam nut down on it. I appreciate the info on how often you lube the PTO joints and gear boxes. I was going much longer than that. One more tractor question....do you use a pump of some sort to fill your fuel tank? These new "spill proof" fuel cans the EPA has saddled us with are the worst!! I spill more diesel than ever. I just got one of those self priming siphon hoses from Amazon that hopefully will eliminate the spills, but I'd really like a low cost 30 gallon or so storage tank and pump that I could pick up with the tractor and put in the truck to go to refill it.
I had the same problems wit fueling so I got a plastic 30gl drum and bought a 15 gl/min. 12-volt electric pump through Northern Tool. It connects to the tractor batteries and it makes short work of refueling. Still would be better to have an on-site 250 gl. tank and pump, cause sticking the suction hose in and out of the barrel can make a little bit of a mess if you’re not careful. Also had to add a weight to the end of the suction hose so it doesn’t curl up off the bottom of the barrel.
If you had to do over would you get a 7 ft cutter or stay with 6ft cutter? Just wondering because i have the same tractor and i'm getting ready to purchase a cutter.
Actually you want to set your gyro mower or brush hog as you call it with the front slightly lower than the back to help expel cut material from the machine and use less horsepower
I know this video is a few years old, but do you happen to have a suggestion for the best technique for slashing? Just started out on my sisters farm and unsure how exactly I should go about it
Thanks for the information. I still do not know if I can bush hog my property that is a shallow ravine with privet and silk trees beginning to grow back after i had it mulched. With my old MF 150 2wd, I think it would be too dangerous to try. I wonder what other options are out there besides using a 100 thousand dollar set up with a high flow skid steer with an expensive mulcher attached. I think getting some goats to eat it off and fencing in the area would be the best option. Has any one tried that on your network?
strongly suggest a flexible connection between the top link and the brush hog. Then adjust the rear wheel so it rides on the ground, Then uneven ground will not stress the top link nor rock the tractor
I enjoy your videos. I have a question. Everytime I bush hog no matter how level it is it cuts uneven. I'm using a 33 horse power kabota with a 6 foot light duty brush cutter made by land pride . How can I get it to cut even I'm mainly cutting tall grass. Thanks for any help or advise.
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We just bought a small farm that came with a tractor. I have never done any work like this and while I look forward to it and teaching my children I’m very nervous! So thank you so much for your videos and not assuming that everyone knows how to start in this farm life.
Josh, 2 weeks ago I purchased a used 2008 Kubota M4700 2WD with a front end loader and a 5ft brush hog. Today was my first time to use it. It was quite a task for a first timer but I managed. This video was perfect but I should have watched it before I mowed today. Definitely gonna check my fluids and everything else in the morning. Thanks a bunch for this video, it was perfect and straight too the point.
"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy. - Red and Green Show"
Ignore the negative commenters. Just ignore 'em. You're doing GREAT! I'm just starting out doing what you're doing, on a smaller scale. Learning ALOT from your vids! Keep 'em comin'!
I appreciate the videos. Excellent information for those that might not have the knowledge. Also appreciate someone offering without making you feel stupid for not knowing
Amen...thanks Billy
For the wasps, keep a spray bottle filled with soap/orange oil. When they're aggressive, just spray them with the mist setting and it knocks them off the offensive front real quick and it's not toxic. 😉
Thank you so much for your information and positivity. I recently bought a 160 acre tree farm in Wisconsin and have thoroughly enjoyed using my Kubota L6060 with a 6 foot Landpride brush hog to make trails. Thank you for all this useful information-I need to be better about my maintenance of the brush hog! Keep the videos coming, I have learned so much from you! Your efforts are greatly appreciated!
Thanks brotha!
Man I just bought 25 acres and a Kubota L3200. Its got a 5' brushhog with it as well. I'm new to tractors and farming, and am looking at 20 or so acres of pasture with gradual rolling hills. This is great man, very helpful.
I always check the gear box to make sure it's full of gear lube before I mow. I also pop the radiator cap and top off the antifreeze. Nice video!
Good job! I work at a local farm and one thing I learned is that you don’t keep the bush hog up when the tractor is turned off or the bucket in the front or anything you have connected to the hydraulics if you leave them up while the tractor is off you can actually mess the hydraulics up so just be careful brother! Love the vids!
Wow! Didn't know that. Thanks.
I just love all your videos we don't need all the negativity keep going i'm learning at the same enjoying
Thanks new to tractors just shopping now learning a lot from you. Keep up good work. Haters are gonna hate. Keyboard commandos with no courage to get in front of camera and do their own videos
I’m going to start my own farm because of you. You inspire me so much! I love your vids
In Australia we call the implement a slasher. I recently purchased a Woods Brushbull 72.30 very similar to the one in the clip. It's a quality bit of kit. Here, it's hard to get away from cheap imported implements, so finding this American made unit put a great slasher behind my tractor. Thanks for the vid.
Thanks Josh. A big help to a new Brush Hogger. - Mark - Sacramento California -
I just learned to use a bush hog for the first time. The tractor is different, but all in all very helpful!
Good tip about the yellow jackets.
I've never gone over any with a 3-pt hitch grooming mower (finer cut than a brush hog).
But have gone over them with a large walk behind (much smaller).
They get ya first time, every time.
Always keep a look out. Yellow jackets like wet + hot sun.
Just bought a new tractor and brush hog never used either before - watched your video for confirmation!
Thanks a bunch...
Hi Josh, just a tip mate, when you check your oil. wipe the dip stick first as sometimes it will give a false reading. all the best from Australia
Yessir I do...normally if it's sitting and hasn't ran I'll check without a wipe...once running it gets a wipe...thanks for the tip though!!
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer thanks for the reply
Woods BB72X. Quality never gets old! Working for generations!
Sorry your getting crappy negative comments. I don’t know shit about tractors and love your videos; so thank you for posting sir
Just looking to learn how to run a tractor. Excellent job showing that, thanks!
Right on Larry stick around on the channel..more good tractor stuff to come..learn from my mistakes buddy..it's much cheaper!
Nice video. I would agree with the earlier comment that it might be easier on the equipment if you engage the PTO at idle RPMs, rather than 1500. Also, I might add a comment that, while you are running what looks like a 72 inch rotary cutter, you have a sweet tractor that could handle a twin spindle or even a small bat-wing up to maybe 108 inch width.
I still learn something new everyday thanks for the tips and your time
That's what my daddy taught us four girls, about lining up the tire, checking the oil, cleaning underneath, and clearing the yard of objects first. It was a push mower and we got the job done on an acre/10th (?) of land. I don't miss it.
Beautiful sky. ♡
Just started following your channel man, noticed you were an NC farmer.
My wife and I are just trying to get our small little place up and running. We've got about 40 acres (also in NC), and I noticed we have the same tractor.
You've got some cool toys I'd love to put on mine, like that grappling claw! Those are so cool I've got a 553 loader on my 5065, and I've got just a Frontier RC2072, a disc, and cultivator.
I'm learning this all as I go, we are getting ready to invest in some angus cows. She is a nurse full time, and I'm still working for Uncle Sam.
But someday we'd like to make a bigger chunk of change off it, and do it more fully involved
Anywho, sorry for the long comment, but I've liked what I've watched on your channel so far!
Oh, you know those little eyeball swivel things on the end of the drawbars, I use dry lube with graphite on that kind of stuff because it lubes great and doesn't collect dust and dirt.
I bush hog around 100 hours a year and love every min of it
Trevor Holland me 2
I bush-hog about 2,100 hours a year! And I love every minute of it👍🏼
Come to my farm I have a ton of work that could use a bush hog
Just wanted to gently correct you that the brush bowl BB 72X is a standard duty rotary cutter with a 2 inch cutting capacity. I know because I own and operate one for my Field Mowing business. Also, it is recommended in the owners manual to have the front of the rotary cutter slightly lower than the rear so that the vegetation being cut can escape allowing less horsepower to be used by the cutter.
This channel is freakin awesome.... only channel I watch when I’m not working so please keep making videos never stop !!
Thanks Ethan...glad to have ya buddy
very informative, taking over the family farm and new to all tractor operations , so much needed information thaks for your time
If your way works, stay with it and pay no attention to the know it alls. Critics probably don’t know diddly squat; they don’t know diddly and certainly don’t know squat.
Informative video that provides a common sense approach.
I have the same cutter, Love being on the tractor but at some point you want to be done. Just tried out my new 15.50 Batwing today, LOVE IT ! ! !
In addition to your points, I always check the bolts on the blades for proper tightness and do a visual inspection of the blades. Regarding yellow jackets, I built a screened cab for mine... it's been a godsend with mowing rough pasture and has saved me stings more than once.
Also the gear box oil level... VERY important if you don't want to be replacing your gear box.
Love the ammo can tool box idea. I’m getting one on my tractor as soon as I find a good metal one. Thanks for the idea.
I think it was a 50 cal...be sure you get that one..it's nice and deep
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Get it filled with ammo, too. :P
You're spot on regarding the tool box. I've got a Kubota MX4700 and the dinky little box behind the seat is woefully inadequate for anything other than a few pins and a crescent wrench.
Hell of a tractor buddy . Thanks Josh great video and good points
Don't forget to check the oil in your mower's gear box too. Had that happen once. I check it before every cut now. Didn't tear up the gear box, but it made some nasty noises.
Agreed....somehow that gearbox boils over from time to time. My neighbor who is a mechanic at the local rock quarry told me to pump grease into it instead of gear oil.....on hot days it will run over..kinda strange
:) Bees. Been there done that back in my hay making days. Bumble bees,mean little suckers, and first pass gets their attention,then you have to cut the next passes and they are all up and waiting for you...
After the first couple of times getting nailed I started keeping some type of sting ease in the tractors. Basically ammonia water and it does relieve the pain.
Worse when on a dozer: not exactly a high speed machine and I've had to abandon the seat more than once.
Good videos and like watching them.
Great video! I have a new Tractor and I needed this.
You have some good info and I'm hoping to have some land someday so I'm new to this stuff
# 813 here Josh....just a note.Back in about 1967 one of my cousins who I never got to meet was riding with my uncle (her dad)on his tractor set up like yours.Her name was Suzy and she fell out of her brothers grasp and the mower cut her all up and that's about all I know.She was about 5 i think.My uncle Ray never forgave himself for her death.Her brother Scott was always asked why they were even allowed to ride on the fender like that.All I have seen was a picture and she was a little strawberry blond cutie.RIP little cuz
Thanks, excellent points throughout.
That's a great idea to put the ammo can on for tools and pins, etc. I've seen so many tractors with wrenches and screwdrivers sitting all over the place.
Oh yea..thanks man
How did you attach the Ammo can to the loader bracket?
Great video for starters who whant to use a bush hog, keep going strong buddy!!
Absolutely nothing that anyone should give you a thumbs down over.
Man...so funny I had thumbs down within 3 hours
Yellow Jackets are wasps, not bees. You also don't have CV joints in your PTO shaft. Just say'n...
I didn't thumb you down either. Woooo
Those are the field mice in the fields.
I appreciate you guy I'm new to brush mowing
Only thing I would do extra is take off the quick attach loader. Makes turning easier and less wear and tear on your front end components.
Hey brother, looks like you're leaving windrows. They don't look that bad at time of cutting, but when the cut material turns brown it looks bad in my opinion. Figure out which side the windrow is coming out of, and adjust the way you cut....either in a circle or back and forth so you overlap and recut it. Just a tip that has helped me make everything I bush hog look much better!
Thanks for uploading another informative video.
I have all this to learn when my tractor arrives this week.
You are doing a great job!
Love your videos. We are new to owning land and have much to learn.
Awesome!! Glad you're enjoying the vids!
Hey Josh we always keep our grease gun on the auxiliary toolbox it’s in the tractor and one on every tractor much easier than ride back to shop just to grab a grease gun
All great points! Thanks for taking the time to share
Hey Josh, enjoyed the video. Appreciate the pointers on maintaining your equipment. Take care friend.
Thanks Dean
MERICA!... LOVE the misplaced commonsense, of today's generation. GOD BLESS!!
Nice video...I would have liked to see you check the lube level in the cutter's gearbox. How often do you do that and what type of oil do you use? Thanks.
Enjoyed watching you lube that shaft.
May want to delete this. I'm not knocking your approach, just passing it along, we have 5-6 rotary cutters from 4 to 10 feet and the setup instructions all show "proper" adjustment of 1-1/2 lower in front. Also "proper" slack in top-link. So, I "usually" begin here" conditions and preference may dictate otherwise", so an operator may want to modify. Lower in the front according to instructions uses a bit less HP, lower in the back mulches better. Nothing wrong with use as described, just a bit of tweaking works best on some of our varied vegetation.
Good points. Totally agree, particularly in accomplishing top link adjustment. Very important if your land has noticeable swales.
Your information is clear. You make it sound so simple and I guess it is. I'm a new tractor owner and I've been reading my manual for days trying to familiarize myself with her.
🤣😂😅
One thing you didn't mention was an 'overrunning clutch'. I always lube that up, too. My old 8N Ford doesn't have 'Live Power Take-off' and the mower acts like a flywheel and will push you forward even when you push in the clutch.
Hmm....interesting....sounds dangerous if you had to stop in a pinch....
Stoney Ridge Farmer those old Farmalls are like that too, lol. You get pushed really good when you’re in 1st gear because the pto turns faster the lower the gear you’re in. At least that’s how it is with the Farmall B and C.
Carry with bigger tool box is a very wise decision Josh...and lock with number lock.
In Arkansas wasp and yellow jackets are NOT the same. Yellow jackets are yellow with black, highly aggressive. Wasp are usually red and leave you alone unless you swing at them.
I enjoy your videos. beautiful property and thanks for rocking John Deere!!
Lol the innuendos are amazeballs! You crack me up! Great video yet again! 🤘🤙👍👌🖒🤜🤛👊✌
Have you tried the lock and lube attachment for grease gun? I really like it, does not pop off when lubing. My brushhog calls for lower front with a rear discharge.
New to RUclips apparently (me). I was worried about my first mow of my 10 acres this season and what needed lube and level and tightening on my 3pt. I have a Kubota 3910 HST and 5ft deck. I feel alot better about checking this over before heading out to mow, that is if it ever stops raining here on the Oregon coast. Cheers to you my friend. Thank you.
Thanks ...glad to help...always good to hear I helped out a bit!
Good price on 6 ft woods brush hog. Bought 4 ft King Kutter 2 years ago $1169.00. Price now around $1500.00.
Thank you! Aw ha moment! making sure cutter is all around "LEVEL" for optimum cut.
Great idea with the ammo can tool box.
Love this channel I am a newbie
Josh I run my brush hog tilted a bit lower in the front and higher in the back.. seems to cut good with this set-up.
That is the way I was taught. The front should be 1.5 to 2 inches lower than the rear, this method will use less power and leave a cleaner cut.
I enjoyed your vlog.
Glad you enjoyed it
4 hours is perfect, time for a SNACK !
What about the gearbox on the brush cutter Bud? Punters often overlook the gearbox oil level and they just trash themselves if there's a lack of oil.
There is a level plug on the side of the box, where oil should just trickle out.
Hope this is helpful!
hi, thank you, very instructive. Here in Australia they call it slashing.
Cool
So would a Bush Hog be a Slasher Hog?
Lov your videos man thank you a lot
Saw you have a chain on your shaft guard. Was watching how farms work and there was an explanation of why they do not. Curious about your thoughts on it. Enjoy both channels. Very informative
I did the same with mounting an ammo canister. Tools, pins, toilet paper. Ha! Also have a compact machete on hand.
Was just about to say change oil, but you took the words out of my mouth
MURICA! I just discovered this channel and I like it! Hello from my NH homestead!
I like your style and delivery. I don’t like the way our pasture is getting gouged, usually when I need to turn around to reverse direction. It occurred to me last night to raise the rotary when maneuvering. What do you do? Can you demo your technique for mowing around obstacles like mostly buried rocks, power poles etc.? Mostly obvious but there’s usually tricks to everything. Finally, been mowing from the fence line in, but we don’t have perfectly square or circular pastures. Tips for mowing ‘purty’ rows?
Which is to say, looks .... pretty erratic when I’m done, squaring off the weird shaped lobes, toward the middle of the fields.
Josh if you are brush going put the bucket on and let it ride along the ground if the grass is tall and also do you do not hit any stumps
Thanks for the tip...I did that with my grapple last year mowing the other side of the road
Woooooo!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜 Getter done Josh 🇺🇸Woooooo
It seems like I'll never catch up on my mowing. 18 acres of up and down steep hills on my place in Floyd, Va. I've got a 3032e with a 5' Frontier cutter and I use a Woods quick hitch. I'm finding that my top link constantly backs off even when I have the jam nut down on it. I appreciate the info on how often you lube the PTO joints and gear boxes. I was going much longer than that. One more tractor question....do you use a pump of some sort to fill your fuel tank? These new "spill proof" fuel cans the EPA has saddled us with are the worst!! I spill more diesel than ever. I just got one of those self priming siphon hoses from Amazon that hopefully will eliminate the spills, but I'd really like a low cost 30 gallon or so storage tank and pump that I could pick up with the tractor and put in the truck to go to refill it.
Whoever said, "A job well done need never be done again" never mowed a lawn.
I had the same problems wit fueling so I got a plastic 30gl drum and bought a 15 gl/min. 12-volt electric pump through Northern Tool. It connects to the tractor batteries and it makes short work of refueling. Still would be better to have an on-site 250 gl. tank and pump, cause sticking the suction hose in and out of the barrel can make a little bit of a mess if you’re not careful. Also had to add a weight to the end of the suction hose so it doesn’t curl up off the bottom of the barrel.
Hi..... Thank you 🎥👍👍👍
Keep up the "Murica" and good clean country life Brother
Thank you. We have a Deere as well. My brakes are not working for some reason. Gonna have to figure out how to fix that problem.
If you had to do over would you get a 7 ft cutter or stay with 6ft cutter? Just wondering because i have the same tractor and i'm getting ready to purchase a cutter.
Actually you want to set your gyro mower or brush hog as you call it with the front slightly lower than the back to help expel cut material from the machine and use less horsepower
Thanks for the lesson.
Did your canopy come with your tractor?
I bought the canopy with it...about a $400 upgrade at the dealer...wouldn't wanna go without it
My local JD dealer said they can only get the umbrella for my 990.
Thanks for the input.
Stoney Ridge Farmer, hello question,how did you attach the ammo can for a tool box? Thanks for your info.............................Ken& Beverly.
Thank you ! God Bless !!!
Don't forget to grease the slip joint on the PTO shaft
You didnt even talk about setting up the rotary cutter! Thanks for the good general tips though, being new to tractors it helps.
Thanks for the tips!! Love this
if your brush hog leaks down use what we call snub chains to keep it where you want it
I know this video is a few years old, but do you happen to have a suggestion for the best technique for slashing? Just started out on my sisters farm and unsure how exactly I should go about it
Thanks for the information. I still do not know if I can bush hog my property that is a shallow ravine with privet and silk trees beginning to grow back after i had it mulched. With my old MF 150 2wd, I think it would be too dangerous to try. I wonder what other options are out there besides using a 100 thousand dollar set up with a high flow skid steer with an expensive mulcher attached. I think getting some goats to eat it off and fencing in the area would be the best option. Has any one tried that on your network?
strongly suggest a flexible connection between the top link and the brush hog. Then adjust the rear wheel so it rides on the ground, Then uneven ground will not stress the top link nor rock the tractor
I enjoy your videos. I have a question. Everytime I bush hog no matter how level it is it cuts uneven. I'm using a 33 horse power kabota with a 6 foot light duty brush cutter made by land pride . How can I get it to cut even I'm mainly cutting tall grass. Thanks for any help or advise.
Josh, why do you not use a cab on your tractor even though you use a sunshade and also are those the original tires??