thanks for making this. i have to do something roughly the same with my tractor

@kapperoutdoors

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck, many have used the reverse method very successfully in really nasty, tire puncture threat, areas. Thanks.

Thanks so much for doing this. I am evaluating the tractor I need for our project. It is much smaller but there is a pond (loved every pond video) We are going to plant for deer and improve the quail habitat. There is plenty of brush and small trash trees to deal with. Love the videos, thanks again.

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

Your welcome, glad you like them! Thanks for watching and best of luck with your projects! There's a lot you can do even on a small parcel to really improve it.

Bush hog is on my list for the near future!!

Well done and great vid!

This just looks relaxing. That view will be amazing.

@kapperoutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

thanks! ! I can't wait!

I'd like to come and camp/visit this property and enjoy the work done to it. Looks amazingly well cared for.

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

where are you at? Perhaps you could come visit..

@timferris8424

5 жыл бұрын

Wish I could also. Beautiful

Ya know how jealous I am of that bucket. Ya just open it and pinch the break off and it pops out lol I have to wrap a chain around it and 3 pt hitch and raise it to pull stuff out

@kapperoutdoors

6 жыл бұрын

LOL, sorry to hear that, wish you could get one! They are really awesome, thanks.

realy good cutters kapper it ploughed a path pretty quick good tool...

If you put your bucket all the way down on the ground and go forward it will help you know if there is any obstacles in the way before you run over it. Plus it don’t hurt your neck as bad from looking backwards all the time.

@kapperoutdoors

6 жыл бұрын

yes, thanks. I will do that most of the time, but this was the first time on this ground and i had found many holes in that area so I was more concerned with one of the front tires dropping in a hole and bending the axle.. Plus it forces me to go slower in reverse :) (to be more careful). However, at the new place I sure won't have much extra time to be dinking around in reverse! lol thanks.

I have been enjoying your films for about 3 months now, so relaxing to watch other people working hard and creating something from a blank canvas. If your lake wants filling quickly have some of our wet summer from Manchester Northwest England. Lots of luck and good wishes can not wait for future vids

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

colinwilson238 thanks i appreciate it!

nice job

That tractor has it's work cut out for it, with all the brush you mowed down in the path you worked. I remember two Summers ago when the light company had one guy hired who was clearing overgrowth along their power lines and the guy was busy cutting down brush which had grown up and was getting to be a problem. He was using a Massey Ferguson tractor with a skid plate on it's bottom, and I don't remember the name of the brush hog he had on the unit, but everything was mowed down easily. I have a John Deere brush hog and it is heavy, and is designed to mow down brush up to 3" inches wide, but I am careful with it and mowing down junk smaller than that so the tractor or the brush hog isn't damaged.

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's really nice to have the right equipment for the job

You lucky you have a Closed Cab I was Doing this last WK and Ran Through A Hornets Nest They Got me Good !

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I hear you, it is great to have a cab! Curtis also got a hornets nest! I hit a ground bee hive with the excavator, once again, lucky for the cab. I had 2 open stations, and after than I vowed no more... no matter the extra cost! Good luck! Hope the stings are going away fast.

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Joe thats great video of Bush hog, never seen one in real life action. Can u show us blades when you sharpen. Was that the duck pond with the crazy gate. Love to see a video of u review, followed by video of u crushing it or 1000 yard shot blowing it up!!!😂. U got the power lines down man. The two pole ones are H structure Transmission lines, small single ones distribution lines. Man u hard work making videos is paying off 45K views. 1,000,000 coming Kapper !!!!

@kapperoutdoors

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah I do feel like shooting up that so called water gate!

Great video I love the area you are building in. Hunted there for years in turkey bayou. I work for a township highway dept and I alway mow forward and lift the deck when backing. Mowing backwards will bend and break your support bars if it hits something hard also not sure if your running a stump jumper but would recommend you do cutting thick brush. Also hope your running a clutch pack on the mower will save you from breaking your gear box on mower

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

Steven Corbin yes stump jumper and clutch. I just prefer to risk (low risk cause I go real slow) denting the rear of mower than to fall in a hole with front tire. thanks

@stevencorbin4922

7 жыл бұрын

Kapper yes sir you should be fine then we mow with case 105U and mow in 1st and 2nd gear drive. I must say I absolutely dream about building a place just like yours 1 day. I have a buddy that has a hunting cabin between wolf lake and Were just outside of the dynamite plant. On your hardwood areas of your property your are in prime ginseng hunting look close some time it may be rewarding

are those the two sunflower plots? Good seed and bird seed? Was wondering of the results...

@kapperoutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

No, those plots are still intact. They all came up equally, both the bird seed and expensive stuff. They are all buried in weed grass right now, so I am waiting until the sunflowers get higher than the weeds to post a follow up. But there was NO difference between the two!!! No, this power line is just an edge that I wanted to move the line over to take it out of our view.

I have an old 5ft BushHog brand heavy duty. That thing almost cuts like a finish mower and I haven't touched the blades yet after 2 years with it and LOTS of bushhogging.

@kapperoutdoors

6 жыл бұрын

If you bush hog easy ground you hardly ever have to sharpen the blades... I get into some pretty nasty stuff and lots of rocks..

@mhamma6560

6 жыл бұрын

You think "man, it cuts pretty good", then you sharpen the blades and you realize they were in-fact dull. You can run a good hog at 60% or so of rated and mow up to 3' w/ out much fuss. Use the foot throttle when you need more disc speed.

cutter needs to be hitched differently. Move your upper hitch point to a higher hole. That way when you lift implement, the rear of it will rise faster than the front and allow the deck to come up at an angle to clear things easier. It will also let you hold deck high and at an angle to back into thick bushes as needed. Also,, set hitch on flat ground so that deck has plenty of weight on the rear wheel and when running at ground level, your deck should be about an inch lower in front than rear. That way, material will be cut at the front of the deck and you wont waste hp having the blades drag across material throughout the process all the way to the back. If you set low setting so that front and side skids clear the ground about an inch, they wont drag in the dirt as bad and will last longer....good video,,,doing a careful job at a modest pace which lets blades do a good job,,thanks

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. I used to mow like that with the rear up just a bit, but then read up more and saw that the 'proper' mowing according to bush hog, is to have the rear lower, so that it allows the deck to follow contours of the ground on hills, etc. But I think you are right for going in reverse, I should have raised up the rear some.

@Alleydc

7 жыл бұрын

Actually, just the opposite. The lower the top link point, the more the back will rise in relation to the front. The higher the top link point, the more the implement will rise parallel to the ground.

@bill45colt

7 жыл бұрын

hows this,,,,make an upper link 15 inches higher than you now have,,,then the upper link is now nearly vertical. When you raise the lower links, the upper link is already at maximum and will pull the rear of the cutter up as it has no choice. Proly a good idea to review your hitch points on level ground and give it a little test....

@bill45colt

7 жыл бұрын

the deck will follow the ground in my example if you let the load be carried at the front links and at the rear by the rear wheel. Your upper link should have a flexed attachment link so that the rear wheel can go up and down. The flex pulls out straight when you lift the cutter. Or sometimes ive seen the cutter have a short chain in the upper link so there is some flexibility. Also,,,your cutter will take less hp if it has tall sides so that there is lots of room under the deck for cut trash and not be so crammed. regards,

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

Good points on these. but with the imatch not sure if the top link hole would make much diff?? I have turned the top link in at times to lift the rear end, but sometimes that leaves too much straw/grass uncut. So even though it takes more HP to 'mulch' it, with this thick stuff In 2 passes I can get it whacked down to a near manageable level. Thanks.

careful in those thorny trees, you will start having flats in a couple months, they will stick in the tires and work all the way through.

@kapperoutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

dang! don't be jinx ing me like that! so far I haven't. .. :)

Enjoyed watching this. When you were using the bucket to knock down the trees I kept wondering if some weights on the front would have helped keep that nose down?

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

Never considered front weights as usually the weight of the loader and bucket is plenty sufficient. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt though, thanks.

buy a piranha tooth bar you can just rip those little trees out of the ground like nothing i love mine on my 47 hp tractor makes it feel like a 90hp tractor when using the bucket pushing trees out of the ground and digging up dirt. plus nice video

@kapperoutdoors

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, I think bush hogging is a lot faster though

Hey Kapper, I know this was a while back but, but how'd you manage to get the power company to move those poles? Did it turn out to be a hassle at all?

@kapperoutdoors

6 жыл бұрын

It worked out quite well actually. They would have moved them at my expense. But since that line was quite old and the poles degrading, they replaced them but just in a different run so we had minimal costs. I would have paid if need be, but it worked out in the end!

wooo...wow thats rough...lol

I've been trying to decide about how to run power. our property starts as a 40 foot wide 2200 foot drive purchased to gain access to the main piece. I may run underground. still not sure.

@kapperoutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

it ain't going to be cheap no matter what you do! good luck!

Kapper, looks like you're feeling better. Hey, does your doctor know your doing this??? lol

@kapperoutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

What the doc don't know won't hurt him :) lol

I notice the PTO cover/guard is spinning! did you forget to attach the safety chains to the PTO cover guard?

@kapperoutdoors

4 жыл бұрын

Those chains are almost useless. Never had a single pto implements that did not shred the plastic chain holders... So at one time they were connected properly.

Try forward with front bucket low & fully curled to push over large brush, using the front wider square part of the brush cutter.....Keeping the cutter mouth much higher than the rear, with the rear tire on the ground......This will create 3 steps all in one pass.......Pushing over, one high cut and one lower cut......Cutting in reverse for the first pass pushes brush to the sides with the curved ass of the mower leaving a much narrower cut.....You might even dent the mower......If you absolutely have to cut in reverse, ( large brush )the rear tire should be higher than the mouth.....Just an opinion.........Watch the lights & mirrors!

@kapperoutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah I used to cut like you suggest but now I still prefer to go in reverse, even though I've dented the ass end a little. Several reasons though: A) even though the bucket pushes it down a little there's still a lot that could grab a hydraulic hose.. B), I've hit a few holes going forward which was a real bad experience. Going in reverse forces me to go slower, and if I hit a hole it is easier (and safer) to hit with rear tires. Plus I can see for 3 feet between the mower deck and the rear of tractor, whereas going forward you can't see anything.. I understand about tilting the deck but for as little of this thick stuff that I mow I don't feel like dinking around with tilting the deck and it still manages to get the stuff cut! But thanks for the input! (Oh and by the way I keep the mirrors tucked all the way in to the front of the cab (learned that the hard way:)...

@splitdoctor1993

8 жыл бұрын

I had a bad experience once brush cutting.....The brush around here in south jersey Pinebarrons is extremely thick and nasty......It's all scrub oak & blue berry....Some people call it, The Iron Bush.....After I ripped off a hydro filter, I fabricated myself some skid shields...Now the bottom of my tractor looks like a Sherman tank! Sometimes slower is faster, if that makes any sense....

@kapperoutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

Man, I just cannot understand why the f*())(k these tractor companies don't at least offer skid shields as an option!!! Just can't figure that one out... You know we're not all on a dairy farm just mowing flat hay fields out here.....

@splitdoctor1993

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed! There is more money in selling you replacement parts than skid shields....Holmy's not playin that !!

@kapperoutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

+Grime 5740 you bet!

Great video.. I found you from your post on another tractor site. Glad now to have both. I just bought a small diesel tractor with a bush hog. You mentioned that you need to sharpen your blade /s . Being new... I would like to know how to sharpen a bush hog blade. I can sharpen my small lawn tractor blades, but the bush hog is a heck of a chunk of steel. Any help will be well appreciated. Thanks again...

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

T Long keep it attached to your tractor, lift the rear PTO all the way up, set some safety blocks or bricks under the edges of the deck of the bush hog, then use a hand grinder and reach under there and give each one a quick sharpen. I did make some rough footage as I was going to make a video of this but never did. It's really quite easy as long as you consider the safety part of it :-)

@tlong2374

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Knapper Outdoors, I have 4 ratchet type jacks or toothed? that I can set up as a safety catch. I plan on giving this a try in the next couple days.

That is a nice tractor what is the price range on a 60hp Kioti.

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

If I recall the base package is like 32k or so, but then you add the loader, bucket and implements and it goes up fast. But check out a vid I just put up today pulling about 6 or 7 tons of stone uphill in soft ground. Pretty sure a 30 or 40 hp would not have done it....

Looking at buying a bush hog. Does they mow going forward well?

@kapperoutdoors

6 жыл бұрын

absolutely. I only go in reverse in really rough stuff that I have not mowed before.

@Bhilderbrand

5 жыл бұрын

Get a rhino i have a 6ft i use with my jd2440 i mostly mow forward. If i can ride it down with the tractor i hog it! I mow more trees than anything. 3-4 inches over 10foot tall on a regular basis mulces them up to nothing.

looks like quick hitch, shorten top link

I would raise the back just a little more.

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

Yep, in hindsight you are right.. Good thing I've got most of the 'unknown' ground cut so the future will all be forward! lol

You can brake it that way

You should buy yourself a small excavator.... *grin*

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

LOL, yeah, I bet I could use one!!

So how tall is it again?

@kapperoutdoors

4 жыл бұрын

10 feet

man i would have kept it planted your sunflowers right under it and put a small pond in the middle perfect dove field lol but i get why your do it though.... power company charging you to move the line out this way ? it would take an act of god to get the power company to do that here lol

@kapperoutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

there were no sunflowers in that area! no charge because the poles are rotting so they need to be replaced anyway! ! yet another reason moving to a very rural area is nice! more developed areas and it's like you say, slim chance in them working with you! !

Those big trees along the edge, why couldnt you use a chainsaw and cut em off then push them up. Itd look better =) Nice hog tho

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

When trying to push over trees, I find that I get more leverage with the whole tree still up. And I don't like cutting them short because I don't like leaving the stobbs/little nub stumps.. Thanks

Why the hell you are backing up I'll never know

@refntx5562

4 жыл бұрын

Always best to back in to what you can't see.

I think that you should have checked with some one knowledgeable of operating this style of brush mower. You never back into an unexplored area without checking area first, unless your tractor has a loader attachment. If the tractor has a loader then lower the loader with bucket rolled back to avoid gouging but low or even in float mode to inform you of any hard objects.

@kapperoutdoors

7 жыл бұрын

Believe me, I've bush hogged enough ground to have a good understanding of different methods. Everyone has their idea and opinion of 'how' to do it. I prefer reverse because if you hit something, the worst you're going to do is get a dent in the rear of your mower, as long as you go slow. However, if you hit a hole going forward (your loader down will not tell you there is a hole ahead), you can risk damaging your front wheel, axle, and gears, which would be major, major repairs. Just my way of doing this, don't mean its 'right' or 'wrong....' thanks.

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