tractor brush hog

Anonymous-0 · Dec 16, 2008

i was wondering what the size of brush hog would be good to pull behind a 1020 John deere??

plow hand · Dec 17, 2008

I would say about as wide as the back tires.The tires are adjustable so anything close.

2x4 · Dec 17, 2008

a cheap built (i.e. lightweight) 6 foot could be handled on level ground. A good heavy-duty 6 footer on hilly ground is asking for an early grave. Woods 5 ft. M5 Dixiecutter (thats an old model) would be good. They are dangerous.

larry cook · Dec 17, 2008

i would go with a 5 footer. the 1020 could handle a 6 footer but in heavy/tall weeds and brush it would be tested. i use a 5 footer with my ford 640 and have no problems.
larry cook

larry cook · Dec 17, 2008

i would go with a 5 footer. the 1020 could handle a 6 footer but in heavy/tall weeds and brush it would be tested. i use a 5 footer with my ford 640 and have no problems.
larry cook

larry cook · Dec 17, 2008

sorry bout the double post, guess i hit enter twice or something.
larry

bigtomhb · Dec 17, 2008

I have a 1020 diesel and use a 6 ft BushHog Squealer with it, and it has plenty of power. I mostly use it to cut food plots etc. and occasional light brush... not problem!

buickanddeere · Dec 17, 2008

Clipping pastures or cutting down 2" scrub?
If you are going to bushhog a field and turn it into a lawn. At least wait until mid summer so you don"t kill all the young rabbits, birds and deer being raised in the undergrowth.

Pete@Pequawketfarm · Dec 17, 2008

I run a JD MX5 on my 1020 with no problems- even through 2"+ brush. I figured that if I could drive through it- I could mow it. I think a 6" would be a little much for that tractor.
Pete

Anonymous-0 · Dec 17, 2008

HE SAID WHAT SIZE SHOULD HE BUY

JDemaris · Dec 17, 2008

1020 will run a 6 footer all day long in the highest scrub you can find. If you're buying new, make sure you get some sort of guard to keep the mower from throwing debris back into the rear tires - unless you're fields are awful clean.

Retired dairy-farmer friend of mine moved to Florida, but kept 150 acres here in New York. Every summer he comes up and has to cut 30 acres for fields (the rest is hardwoods). Does it all with his 1020. Last summer, when his old Bush Hog wore out, he bought a new King Kutter and had miserable problems with it. After getting two flats in the rears from little bits of barbed wire shooting into them, he had to make a chain guard. Also had to modify the top mount since it dug up the ground in some conditions - and also broke the original floating link. It is poorly engineered for rough ground.

buickanddeere · Dec 17, 2008

Is it going to do any harm to suggest something?
Just trying to protect you a farmer and/or hunter from urabn folk who purchase rural property.
Odds are he's a 1st time buyer of equipment and a new owner of some rural property.
1st thing the new owners do is post every other fence post with no hunting signs to "protect the animals".
2nd they go and bush hog the entire estate from property line to property line into a lawn.
3rd they moan and complain about farmers and hunters killing off all the cute little forest animals they want to see. This is after they themselves chopped the habitate and young nesting animals to bits.
b.t.w it's rude to type is all capitals, you dork.

Walt Davies · Dec 17, 2008

I use a 5' tow behind with rear wheels it works better in rough and heavy stuff I converted it to hydraulic lift works great for those really rough areas and since its on the ground will not throw the tractor around.
Walt

thurlow · Dec 17, 2008

You've probably got lots of experience running rotary mowers; what would you suggest? I'd be interested in knowing my-own-self. Knowing what he's going to mow with it shouldn't be an issue, should it? I......personally.........know very little about John Dearahs; I'd say a 15 ft with them fold-up thingys would be just about right???

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