1948 TE 20 Ferguson and a foot bushhog

ejensen

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Wanted to know if any members on the forum have tried, or have, a 5 foot bushhog for their TE20 Ferguson. One I have is a 1948 TE 20 with a continental overhead valve 4 cylinder engine and a step up and step down Sherman transmission.
Picture shows ferguson we have cutting tall grass with a 4 foot woods bushhog and running the tractor in low gear with the Sherman due to the steep ravine.

Thanks
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The tractor runs the 4 foot bushhog easily
 
It should handle a 5 ft well.

All depends on the density of the grass and how fast you want to go.

The front may get a little light with it lifted.
 
(quoted from post at 18:19:47 05/12/19) Wanted to know if any members on the forum have tried, or have, a 5 foot bushhog for their TE20 Ferguson

I know this isn't quite what you asked...

I have a 5 foot mower behind my TO30. According to my manual the TO30 has about 30 HP and the TE20 about 26. So I might have 15% more HP and maybe 20% more torque.

I can run that mower through just about whatever I want in first gear, though really tall, really wet, and really thick will make it work to it's utter limit. A very few times I've had to take about half a pass to keep it from being overloaded too much.

Hard to say exactly how a TE20 will do. But I wouldn't hesitate to try.

Here's a picture of mowing a cover crop down.

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Tell ya, looks to me like its got its hands full. Cowlicks around corners mean she lots all her power and momentum. Again, not a machine thing, but the grass you are dealing with. I wouldn't spend any more money. Use what you got. Keep it in low low, criss cross the place a couple times, a day apart if you can, to let whats cut dry a bit, then keep at the place often. As this is all tamed with the 4 foot hog, it will make it easy for your finish mower, if you even need to use a finish one on the land. But you are off to a good start.
 
Hi Tony,
You are very correct grass I was cutting was more than a full plate for my TE 20 and the 4 foot woods. Should have sent a final picture. Cut it several times back and forth across the ravine. Too steep to go parallel to the ravine. My grandfather used to cut the field with a team and a mower he sat on in 1915.

Chris
 
Jeremy,
Neat picture you sent. That cover crop is tall!! Always like to hear and see what others on the forum are doing. Didn't realize grass got that tall. I live in the state of Washington on the west side of the cascade range of mountains. Have never seen grass that high. Your TO 30 is a great tractor
Chris
 
Steve,
Thanks for the reply. Had the Sherman in low range and main in low to cut grass in picture. Have watched other tractors in the area mainly newer John Deere?s wilh 5 foot mowers. Ones with 40 hp
My friend has an 860 with a 5 foot mower. 4 cylinder with a 5 foot land pride. His tractor handles his 5 foot with ease. Much bigger tractor than my TE 20. His diesel looks like the gas engine in my ford jubilee. Have a loader on the Jube and counter wt an don?t use it for mowing
Chris
 
The cover crop in the picture is a legume called sun hemp (to my knowledge not even remotely related to that other more famous hemp). It does get tall. It was fun to mow down.
 
Jeremy,

Are you a professional farmer? I am a novice just playing with tractors after retiring. I grew up in the construction business, crawlers, trucks early 1950's. Have always liked equipment. Have found the forum is a great social and information source for me. Get to communicate with people such as You who have probably forgotten more than I know about equipment. Have several older tractors: 1948 TD6 crawler, 1948 farmall cub, 1953 farmall super C, 1957 case 320 industrial FEL and backhoe, has a 3 point and had a 5 foot rhino for it but sold the mower after we obtained other tractors and could leave the backhoe on the case, It ran the 5 foot mower but I doubt it would mow the tall cover crop you are mowing, 1953 ford jubilee, 1948 TE 20 ferguson, and a 1984 John Deere 850 has a 3 cylinder yanmar diesel,d 4 speed main and a low gear lever making 8 ahead, great for running our woods rototillers. Have sold 4 of the other tractors/crawlers we had in our collection
 
(quoted from post at 17:29:01 05/13/19) Are you a professional farmer?

I grow berries and pole beans to sell. I don't quite like the "hobby farmer" description as I do it for the money (i.e. if the customers didn't pay me I'd quit doing it). But nonetheless it's just a tiny amount of money involved. It is not a significant source of our family income.

All I've got is the TO30 and some implements. I sometimes wish for another tractor, but I don't really need another. But if someday a local one comes up for sale at a reasonable price...

I've learned a lot on this site, probably most of what I know (or think I know). I didn't grow up with much equipment experience. There are a lot of fascinating people here.
 
Hi Jeremy,

You are one of the fascinating people on the site. I've never seen a bushhog cut things as high as You were cutting.
Best of luck to You. I cut wood for years as an extra way to make a few $$. Also worked on a lot of contractors equipment: chainsaws, weed eaters, and did a lot of riding mower repairs. Gave it all up as I am now 76 years old and doing well. The tractors we have were heading to the scrap pile. Not much money involved just a lot of time, years. Helping a friend with his 860 ford. Nice little tractor has a 4 cylinder diesel.Run hard and put away wet a good part of its life. About 10 years ago my friend was pushing alders over with the bucket on his 860. Went too high on a big alder, tree snapped back and tipped the tractor over backwards. He was very lucky.
 

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