FIXING a PROBLEM with our BRUSH MOWER

Published 2021-10-12
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In today's video I convert our trail mower to a ball hitch so that it stops disconnecting from our ATV four wheeler while mowing trails.

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All Comments (21)
  • @jerrydixon9343
    Great job! You took their product and made it better, we should say you “Sam’d it up” or “Samgenuity “! Very impressive!
  • That was very creative on your part Sam. When life threw you lemons, you make a pitcher of lemon aid. God's blessings to you and your family 🙏 ❤
  • @mikenunley2106
    Sam you should have mirrors on your ATV, so you can keep an eye on your mower that way, when you get close to trees like that!!!👍👋🙂
  • @RumMonkeyable
    Necessity is the mother/father of invention. Well-done! 👍😎💕
  • @jsecure1569
    Thanks for the video. Wanted to do this last year but my engineer buddy had to juryrig a way to couple it to my Mule MX SxS. When that failed a few weeks back I went and bought the coupler and am a whole happier. The Earthquake is a beast, I run over all sorts of small bushes, pine trees and stuff. Been great to use plus it's taken down the time my buddies used to mow with their garden tractors by 2/3's the time it took them. Deer love the clearings also which is nice when the season comes along.
  • @lindajc123
    What makes good into great? An inventive jerry-rigger (constructed in an improvised manner). Good job Mr. Smart!!
  • Very cool creative thinking on how to make things work better, thanks for sharing, take care.
  • @542Moose
    Try putting a large nut in the square opening. Then thread the bolt through it and lock it down with the lock washer and smaller nut. This will eliminate a wood block from deteriorating over time and breaking out. It will eliminate any play in that opening too. Also, remember to put a snap pin in your ball hitch lever to avoid any brush from popping it open and possibly jumping the hitch off the ball.
  • @fava7753
    Why didnt the manufacturers think of that in the first place . Now you have a lot more motorised towing options , a simple fix . Hope the manufacturers are going to fix you up with some sort of real appreciation and restitution for fixing their overlooked design flaw . . And for advertising their product . They may ask for your services as, a tester for new products in future . Keep up the great work and content Sam . .
  • @rickbarnett9729
    Could put small wood blocks in square whole so won’t move right or left
  • @mikenunley2106
    Good job with the ball mount Sam, I just now saw that part
  • @michaelault3180
    A block of wood in the square hole with the bolt hole drilled through the middle will eliminate your slop without modifications to the original part.
  • @watahyahknow
    think the reason the pin hitch broke so often is that it didnt alowed for the machine to tilt independent from the pulling vehicle (like driving with one wheel over a stump ) the ballhitch gives it a lot more freedom , should work fine one idea that miight help with the stump thing is adding skidplates or wedges (cut some out of firewood stumps with a chainsaw and bolt them under the metal triangles in front of the wheel so you can ride over higher obstacles , think right now if an obstacle manages to only just get under the triangle it takes a lot of force to drive the wheel over it , the wedge should help some lifting the wheel before it drives over the obstacle making it feel a lot lower
  • Spray paint the carter pins a bright color that’s easy to see when it pops off.
  • @ilovelucy7073
    That was a great idea 💡 how you fix that. 👍🏻
  • @auntlouise
    Thinkin' beyond the box - which is why we watch and learn from y'all! Always awesome to learn what you teach!
  • Paint the cotter pin with a bright glow in the dark paint, had to do it for my horse trailer.