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awilli

09-23-2006 15:35:26




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I have a small 5' or 6' HOWSE Bush Hog. Besides greasing the U-Joints are there other points that should be greased? What kind/ how much lube goes into the gear box?




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Oldmax

10-02-2006 05:02:17




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 Re: Bush Hog in reply to awilli, 09-23-2006 15:35:26  
You might call mowing a field "rotary cutting"
but Here in WV we call it Brush Hogging regardless of what name brand cutter you are using . if you were to tell someone you had been rotary cutting a field off they would say, What are you talking about .



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hay

09-24-2006 05:02:59




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 Re: Bush Hog in reply to awilli, 09-23-2006 15:35:26  
bush hog is a brand name,but it is almost universally used to describe a 3 pt ROTARY CUTTER. Howse is a brand name of a rotary cutter.make sure to grease the tail wheel shaft and wheel bearings EVERY time it is used. very important. fill the gearbox up to the side check plug and no more. i spray the 3 pt attachment arms and top link with dry graphite spray every so often. helps hookup and keeps rust to a minimum.

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GGG

09-23-2006 16:05:41




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 Re: Bush Hog in reply to awilli, 09-23-2006 15:35:26  
It's either a Bush Hog or a Howse, not both. Grease the u joints and check gear box to be 3/4 full of 90+ gear oil.



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Brendon

09-24-2006 04:23:26




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 Re: Bush Hog in reply to GGG, 09-23-2006 16:05:41  
The note about "3/4 full" on the gearbox sounds a little over-full to me (if refering to the overall internal volume of the box). When a gearbox gets too full of oil you can have serious heating issues. My Howse 4-footer has a level plug on the back of the gearbox located a little below the centerline height of the input shaft. Remove the plug and fill the box until oil just starts to run out of the hole.
One other thing to keep an eye on is the big nut that holds the cutter assembly onto the gearbox shaft. I've checked mine and found it a little loose even though it is a castlated nut with a cotter pin.

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awilli

09-23-2006 18:55:52




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 Re: Bush Hog(correction on terminology) in reply to GGG, 09-23-2006 16:05:41  
I apologize for confusing the two terms. I'm new to the Tractor and heavy duty equipment. I thought a "Bush Hog" was the general description of the equipment and "Howse" was the "Brand Name". Dosen't "John Deer" make a simular piece of equipment? Please tell me the difference.



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Nebraska Cowman

09-24-2006 04:33:57




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 Re: Bush Hog(correction on terminology) in reply to awilli, 09-23-2006 18:55:52  
Ahh, and let's not forget "jello" "kool-aid" "skidoo" "jet ski" and a host of others.



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SamC-VT

09-25-2006 08:13:55




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 Re: Bush Hog(correction on terminology) in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 09-24-2006 04:33:57  
Too true. Its been bush hogging in this neck of the woods as long as I can remember. Of course I was a bit confused when out in Colorado a neighbor said he had to mulch a field before planting. No mulch hay involved, but he did use equipment manufactured by Bush Hog. These regional difference are some of the spice of life - let's not work so hard at homogenizing things.



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picky

09-24-2006 03:03:27




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 Re: Bush Hog(correction on terminology) in reply to awilli, 09-23-2006 18:55:52  
While we're at it ,it's "John Deere" not "John Deer"



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Blue guy

09-23-2006 20:09:27




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 Re: Bush Hog(correction on terminology) in reply to awilli, 09-23-2006 18:55:52  
Hey awilli, don't sweat it man. Around here people call it bush-hogging all the time, hardly a one of them has a bushhog brand cutter.



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Hugh MacKay

09-23-2006 19:34:23




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 Re: Bush Hog(correction on terminology) in reply to awilli, 09-23-2006 18:55:52  
awilli: Sid is correct, Bush Hog is a brand name, they make rotary mowers as do a good many other folks. Bush Hog also manufacture disk harrows, or they use to and damn good ones. I had two of their disks back in the 70s and 80s a 28 blade offset with 26" blades, weighed around 600# per blade. The other one was 20' tandem disk with 20" blades. When I came to YT and discovered folks talking about bush hogging, I just figured they were disking. Makes just as much sence as mowing.

I think they build other machines as well. Far as I'm concerned they had the best disk on the market.

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Jimmy King

09-24-2006 15:05:51




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 Re: Bush Hog(correction on terminology) in reply to Hugh MacKay, 09-23-2006 19:34:23  
I just got through doing a search on the internet about Bush Hog O turn lawn mowers.



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Hugh MacKay

09-24-2006 15:38:11




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 Re: Bush Hog(correction on terminology) in reply to Jimmy King, 09-24-2006 15:05:51  
Jimmy: My first exposure to Bush Hog was disk harrows. I had alder bushes 12' tall. dealer asked me to try his offset Bush Hog. I pulled it behind Deere forestry skidder as some of those alders were 4" thick and would damage a tractor.

That Bush hog was 28 blade, 26" blades, 600# per blade. It chewed those alders and rooted them out just like good hog without a nose ring would. After about 3 passes in as many weeks, I had chewed up bushes with all the soil beat out of the roots. I had seen guys turn Hogs into bushes like that and they do a number on them, so did my Bush Hog.

Bye the way, when I went back to pay him for the Bush Hog Disk, he had Bush Hog rotary cutters in stock. I have a feeling Bush Hog don't build disks anymore. I think I was on their site last winter, as that is were I found rolling cultivators.

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Jimmy King

09-24-2006 17:06:35




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 Re: Bush Hog(correction on terminology) in reply to Hugh MacKay, 09-24-2006 15:38:11  
I think you might be right Hugh, I just checked. They still have the best rotery mower built I think, even though my 15 ft is a Service Rino. I have a 6 ft heavy duty Bush Hog that my Dad and Uncle bought when I was in High School, the serial # on it is 1300 plus. They pulled it with an F 20 that Dad standardized the PTO shaft on, and he once cut a tree down that was 6 1/2 inches.



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BFO

09-24-2006 05:37:43




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 Re: Bush Hog(correction on terminology) in reply to Hugh MacKay, 09-23-2006 19:34:23  
Same here. We bush hogged with the 145 offset disk and mowed with a rotary mower.



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Hugh MacKay

09-24-2006 05:55:39




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 Re: Bush Hog(correction on terminology) in reply to BFO, 09-24-2006 05:37:43  
BFO: My Bush Hog was a 146. The 145 and 146 were true bush hogs in every sence of the word. Two passes and every bush and tree up to 8' high were pure organic matter. I even pulled my Bush Hog with a Deere forestry skidder in bush and trees 14' tall. If the skidder would push it down the Bush Hog would cut it up. About 3 passes and the Bush Hog had all soil out of the roots. Then you could pile with a root rake for burning.

True Bush hogging in my opinion. I'd like to see some of these rotary cutters in 14' bush, even 8'.

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Sid

09-23-2006 19:19:54




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 Re: Bush Hog(correction on terminology) in reply to awilli, 09-23-2006 18:55:52  
"Bush Hog" is a Brand name. "Brush hog is a generic term commonly used for a rotory mower such as "crescant wrench" is used for an adjustable wrench. I suppose the "proper" terminology for your machine would be "a Howse rotory mower". And yes John Deere does make a rotory mower. Anyone feel free to correct my spelling and grammatical errors. It would be kinda fun to see who can catch all of them first.

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