What can I cut with a brush hog? I can cut a garden shovel, a piece of galvanized fence post sticking about six inches out of the ground, several landscape bricks, two yards of baling wire, a commercial impact sprinkler head, part of a drip irrigation system, a rotting fox carcass, and 3-foot diameter ant hill. Oh yeah, and some brush, too.

@connerblack8373

4 жыл бұрын

Unless you are my grandpa and get it wrapped in a water hose

@connorvelthuis2221

4 жыл бұрын

Probably enough to shear a shear pin or slip a slip clutch.

@bronco1786

3 жыл бұрын

@@connerblack8373 hahahahahhaa brought it to a stop pretty quick didn't it?

@SixOFord

3 жыл бұрын

Car tires are always good. Bonus points if they're still on a wheel.

@fredstephens3057

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

I had a 2015 john Deere 4052R cab large frame compact utility tractor with R-1 ag tires, no front end loader and a 2016 Woods Brush Bull BB72x and I love the old Woods CADET 72 and 84" rotary cutters! That did a great job! I operated as Oregon Field & Brush Mowing for years and mowed jungles like that regularly. So satisfying!

Awesome video man. Thanks Just used my brand new Hardee 172 mower tonight and I was just shocked at how big of trees and brush I was able to clear. My understanding is that Hardee is one of the best, and man, it sure as heck did the job. Thanks for this video. I took down hundreds of small saplings and uncovered land on my property I’ve never seen before. Cheers

@poppabear9279

4 жыл бұрын

Indy Farm Life subbing ! Thanks for the response!

Great video Adam! Thanks buddy. Great to see what a 4052R and an old 'hog' can do. Keep it up!

So glad you're not riding around with the loader arms and grapple bucket way up in air like I've seen some people do then wonder why it's so rocky. It won't cut through a roll of carpet (that got dumped by some idiot) that hidden under some overgrown brush, broke my sheer bolt.

@IndyFarmLife

2 ай бұрын

Ahhh man, that's a rough one!

Great video. Looks just like the land that I'm going to be clearing. I'm going to clean up and restore my grandparents (and great grandparents before that) farm. There's a field that's close to 20 acres, which hasn't been touched in 10 years and looks just like what you cleared in this video. There's several cedar trees that will need chainsawed, but the rest will be a piece of cake. I've got alot more confidence in my equipment now. Papaws tractor is what I'll be using, which is a John Deere 2040. I've got a 4 foot heavy duty bush hog and getting a 6 foot cutter soon. It'll take me a while I'd imagine to clear the property, but it'll be fun knowing I'll be the 4th generation to run a tractor on the land. Great video brother !

VERY helpful! Thank you for the video and advice! This was exactly what I needed to see.

Good job! Thanks for the demo.

Great video showing real world applications.

@IndyFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Roger! I like to share my journey.

My two tips are - if your not using a compact tractor along with it not a cab be careful when your backing into things. The cutter is going to have over a foot of space from the tires which will allow wood chunks to fly past your legs... try and keep it as low as you can. 2nd where do you back off? if I am backing into stuff I will not drive through and this is pushing harder then seen in this video when I notice the cutter riding up on the brush it's being pushed into I will pull back some. Awesome video and that stick flying out @ 4:41 could watch that all day.

You did great

Nice job answered a lot of questions for me, thanks.

@IndyFarmLife

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

Very informative!

Good job

Good Video.

When mowing tall brush/grass, watch your tractor temperature as the front grapple/bucket will throw a lot of chaff/seeds into tractor radiator causing tractor to overheat. Need to clean the mesh occasionally

Great video. Ive had my mind made up on a flail mower but i have growth very similar to yours and was worried about spending money on a flail and then not having it be able to handle what i have. The more research i do, it seems even with the hammer blades on the flail, it may bog down on the thick growth and saplings.

Something you might address for those who haven't done anything like this before is the RPM's on the tractor and setting your speed by selecting the proper gear. Most mowers like this should be run at 540rpms. Therefore in heavy brush the tractor speed should be slower, but the PTO rpms should still be 540. Selecting the proper gear is important.

Thank you @IndyFarmLife. This video was very helpful; I now own a small farm (8.5 acres) and trying to figure out the things I can take care of vs. hiring someone to come in and do it.

You showed exactly a field I am set to mow in a few weeks I have full confidence now. Oh by the way did you have bubble wrap shoes on I have never heard grass that noisy. But good stuff

Very informative I am at a point where I’m having decide whether I can get by with just a zero turn commercial lawnmower or have to get a small tractor and a rotary cutter for some areas so yeah thank you

@IndyFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Quite welcome! Honestly, I have both and it's often a struggle as to which do I use? Go slower with the Grasshopper and have a more fine cut, or fuss with the tractor and rotary cutter. This year it has been the Grasshopper all summer!

Good video...Thank You

@IndyFarmLife

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Be safe out there

Thanks. Helped a lot. Especially backing over the sapling. Been wondering if you could do that.

@IndyFarmLife

2 жыл бұрын

Sure can! You can absolutely destroy stuff with a good sized rotary cutter!

great video. thanks

@IndyFarmLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The most important thing is matching the PTO hp to the implement. I have a 2005 John Deere 4520 that has a bush hog bh216 hooked to it. That mower deck is rated for up to 2" diameter material. That doesn't mean you can run over a stand of 2" trees, they mean an occational 2incher. The tractor has 53hp at the engine with 48hp at the PTO, perfect hp for that 6' mower deck. Keep the tractor at 540rpm on the tachometer, they're usually marked. On my tractor I think it's about 2200rpm on the tach. I've seen debris fly out of that deck and go 40 yards or more. I've had a blade break twice throughout the years. Never did find them. That Bush hog has 1/2" thick 4"wide blades. That's a pretty good size chunk of steel flying out from under that deck at a pretty good rate of speed. It could easily kill someone so keep bystanders well away. Keep the guards in place to help minimize that kind of thing. I think the safest place to be is on the tractor seat. It's so close to the mower and above it that I don't think anything big could hit you especially with the guards in place. Having said that, it gets pretty dusty sometimes.

@IndyFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Good advice, Doug! They are cool machines but can certainly be dangerous. It only takes a second and it only takes once for something bad to happen. Safety first!

A word to operators and kids. When I was a boy I followed my dads tractor while he was bushogging.... got into some really bad bees. Make sure you don’t follow the freshly cut path. Snakes, bees, and like he said it will throw a piece of wood or metal at you. Be safe.

Enjoyed this vid! I want a tractor (and dozer, excavator, etc lol) so much

@IndyFarmLife

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Machines are certainly fun/helpful...until they have issues!

Great video! I have a bunch of big rocks all throughout my property amid tall briars and brush like you cut in this video. Is this an issue for the brushhog?

@fuddrucker74

4 жыл бұрын

@@IndyFarmLife great advice. Two things i would add, if youre in an area that has winter and you can wait a season, mark the rocks when there are no leaves on the vines and briars, and the grass dies off. If you can't wait, the do as this gent said and use your loader bucket, but curl it all the way back. Rocks will hit the underside of the bucket, and will not break anything as long as youre quick to break/clutch/decelerate. If you have your bucket level like your loading a bucket of material on flat ground it will be a tremendous impact and could break your bucket or worse.

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To turn this all into lawn grass, what would you need to do? Go over everything a second time?

how do you prevent it from growing back

Hi Iam just subscribed and thinking about starting a landscaping business and buying a 4052R cab tractor and doing grooming mower service for state parks and county parks and residential yards. Any advice would be helpful

You said "...and there's some decent briars..." There's NO briars that's decent at all. Thanks for a very informative video. Nice equipment. Loved the stick throw thing you did. If my 3 ton will push it down I hog it. Smash it up with the blades kinda. 2" oak easy.

Have you ever tried a flail mower on stuff like that? They don't throw stuff like a rotary brush/bush hog does. I haven't seen anyone cut 6-8 foot stuff with one but they do a number on 4 foot tall grass and small trees. I used to use one to cut a large lawn basically it worked well on it but didn't get a chance to take it through anything that tough. By the way nice tractor. How do you like the 4052?

Thanks for show-casing your work here. It makes the job done! Any idea about the grade / terrain angle a machine like this can operate ? 30° ? More ?

@IndyFarmLife

2 күн бұрын

You're welcome! Tractors aren't great on high slopes. If you have spent any time on one, you will know what I mean when I say the pucker factor. I like to keep this setup on as flat of ground as possible. I save the slopes for my Grasshopper front mount mower.

@elite330

2 күн бұрын

@@IndyFarmLife I appreciate the answer ! Pretty rare to have an answer on a 5yo video ! Thanks!

@IndyFarmLife

2 күн бұрын

@@elite330 I try to keep up with the comments as I can! I enjoy the communal aspect of KZread!

Depending what you want to do with your land, whether it’s just cleaning up or if you want to crop it, going though and simply grabbing your chains and wrap it around those 2 inch trees and pulling them with the loader. Big stumps like that are no good on tires. You can’t see the stump like that in grasses in a month or so.

i had an old TO20 ferguson with a five foot brushog, it could mow anything you could push over with the front axle, if the front end started riding up a tree i had to stop and go around it.

Yea tell me about it - My dad (when still living - that I ran mostly) picked up a 1947 8nb ford tractor with a 951 ford brush hog that has the grass cutting blades (2 blades connected to a disc - instead of the long continues blade underneath)...... I mowed down really tall and thick grass/ brush height around 2 ft to 7 ft to normal finish cut condition plus I even ran over a small maple tree about 3 in in diameter and left nothing behind

I’m interested in using a bush hog to maintain 30 ft wide hedge rows for quail and rabbit habitat on the east coast. Can I do this with a bat wing mower?. Do I need a bucket or blade The front on my tractor?

First time to channel, what type of grable was that on your deere?

great vid. would have liked to know tractor HP or PTO HP & brush hog size, 48, or 60" . im thinkin it was a 60" on a 60-70 HP unit. THX

@IndyFarmLife

Ай бұрын

You will be surprised. JD4052R. 52hp at the flywheel on a Woods 84" cutter.

Is that an old Woods cutter? You can cut whatever the tractor can run over if your Bush Hog is not light duty.

@IndyFarmLife

Күн бұрын

Sure is! It's an absolute monster!

What is the HP of the tractor? Would my 53 Ford Jubilee run a bushog that would cut that (my tractor is in mechanically good shape)?

Yup good advice. Always stay away from slashers... I once got hit in the knee by a 5 inch piece of plain wire that came out of the back of a slasher. I dropped to the ground like a sack of potatoes.

@IndyFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

That sounds extremely painful!!

Nice video loved the end lol. if you wanna tell me what I’m doing wrong 😂. If I can run over it or back over it it’s probably gonna get chopped up lol.

@IndyFarmLife

2 жыл бұрын

Haha glad you liked it! Yea that thing can pretty much go over anything. It's almost a little frightening 🙃

bushhog used to make a cutter that they would guarantee in 6" pines. Ive found my tractor with 10' cutter will handle anything my tractor can push over. I have front loader and john deere 4430, about 12000lbs. Sometimes the front wheels are off the ground pushing brush, but if i run in a lower gear the cutter does a good job. Running engine about 100 rpm below rated governor speed. Cutter shaft is 540 rpm. Sharp blades is a must, patience is also. Radio plays George Strait with AC and float ride seat I dont worry about yellow jacket nests in the ground.

@IndyFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

You paint the picture of a nice summer afternoon!

I cut 10 acres with a Ford 3930 and it hasn’t been cut in about 4 yrs and it was solid huge briars and saplings 2in diameter and bigger. I couldn’t go very fast so it took me 2 days and busted my shear bolt and I didn’t know what level of steel bolt was n it and it was a level 5 180,000lbs lucky it didn’t explode my gear box. It was a helluva two days. Shit was flying and lost my damn pre cleaner on top of it looked for days couldn’t find it and had to replace it with a plastic China pos that’s all they got nowadays. Now I will be looking for the rest of my life for a original one if it can be done. Great video like your tractor. Nice one.

Smart enough to know the grapple down low is a good move. Now, I ask you guys with experience, how much/often are you attacked in brush like this by stinging species? Hell, I've been ate up by yellow jackets repeatedly just mowing grass. Located in central Georgia. Please advise.

@IndyFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

I don't mow stuff this tall that often, but I have been lucky enough to never run into any hornets or bees. If I did this a lot I would definitely want a cab though.

What gear did you have It in I have a 3032e. Need to know if you were in high or low and you were 2wd or 4wd. Really good video that's just the size I have

@IndyFarmLife

2 жыл бұрын

I was in "A" range. I can sometimes use "B" range if it's shorter/less thick stuff. I typically keep it in 2wd unless the ground is really soft.

Nice what kind of rotary cutter is that ‘?

@IndyFarmLife

2 жыл бұрын

It's a 84" Woods Cadet. It's old school.

Is that a 7ft bush hog and how good does the 4052r pull it

@sandhillfarms7754

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information

Thats a beast of a brush hog. They don't come from China like that

@IndyFarmLife

2 жыл бұрын

Yea it is! It's a monster! Can level 3" saplings like they aren't even there.

I’m looking at the 6ft super sunshine shredder for my JD 5065e any suggestions

@IndyFarmLife

2 жыл бұрын

You could probably get away with something bigger on a 5 series. Check our Facebook marketplace or TractorHouse.com.

@zo6rwhp

2 жыл бұрын

@@IndyFarmLife I saw some reviews on a rhino a guy down the street has a rhino 172 kinda used but it has new motor an new stump jumper

@IndyFarmLife

2 жыл бұрын

@@zo6rwhp If the gearbox is in good shape and the pto spins freely and straight then how it looks shouldn't matter too much. Mine is certainly beat up, but it will take down and 3 inch tree without batting an eye.

@zo6rwhp

2 жыл бұрын

@@IndyFarmLife thanks buddy I know u ain’t scared to running intoo small trees 🌲 lol

@IndyFarmLife

2 жыл бұрын

@@zo6rwhp Haha nope! And if I can't take them out with the tractor and rotary cutter, I'm getting out the backhoe to level them! :)

Hey how do you engage the pto i know where the switch is on the right but it has two clicks to it and i wanna know what it does

@IndyFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Simply pull up on it.

@wsbkleeger

Жыл бұрын

@@IndyFarmLife mine is a switch like a light switch not a knob i have a 4052m maybe you have an r

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@footballplayer-153

3 жыл бұрын

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@footballplayer-153

3 жыл бұрын

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@footballplayer-153

3 жыл бұрын

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Will somebody please tell me what horsepower this tractor is thank you in advance

@IndyFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

52hp at the flywheel. It's a JD 4052R

ive been mowing 14 ft bradford pears and pines with a 10 ft and 130 hp tractor, do you want me to send the videos?

@IndyFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

That has to be so satisfying! Bradford pears are pretty in the spring/fall, but they are the worst!

@bill45colt

Жыл бұрын

@@IndyFarmLife yep stickers in all my tires and the blooms are beautiful but stink like hell!!

@IndyFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Haha that they do!

Hi I’m a new farmer what type of machine do you use and what is the equipment attachment called we need this!!

I know a 10ft batwing will mulch a yeti cooler lol

@IndyFarmLife

9 ай бұрын

Hahaha, pics or it didn't happen? :)

My rule of thumb is if the tractor will push it over it can be bush hog

I’ll give you 50$ for your tractor. 60$ if the brush cutter is included. Just kidding, great video. Thanks.

If the tractor can push it over it goes under the hog

@IndyFarmLife

2 ай бұрын

On the bigger stuff I like to back into it and let the cutter take the beating vs my tractor

I’m bush hogging saw palmettos and they are the worst

800 like I do this over the road on the interstate

Colby Covington!

@IndyFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

haha Had to look him up but I can see where someone might say that. If only I was that jacked ha

What's the horsepower of your tractor?

@IndyFarmLife

2 жыл бұрын

52 engine HP and 41 PTO

The driveshaft looks to be way out of balance

@goodboyringo9716

4 жыл бұрын

@@IndyFarmLife ...oh well you fooled me

@jeffstrains4014

3 жыл бұрын

@@IndyFarmLife Our large cutter has a clutch, I removed the guard from it, I personally like to make sure its not wobbling and keep an eye on it. I prefer the units that use two bolts over one.

A brush can't cut a 6 inch pipe acting as a culvert -my torch will!.

Really your 6 foot, looks like your 3'2"

@IndyFarmLife

2 жыл бұрын

It's actually a 7ft.

Always fun until you hit a wasp nest.

Good job

@IndyFarmLife

10 ай бұрын

Thanks