I Brush Hogged 49 Acres with a Compact Tractor - Here's What I Learned

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Don’t go back and forth brush hogging just go in loops. Takes more time to turn around than it does to just make a loop

As someone who loves mowing. I'd jump on this in a heartbeat. Maybe a double cut too. I feel at peace when I mow.

Life is a learning experience. The problem is, by the time we've got it all down pat, it's almost over. Same thing with bush hogging. I enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing.

something that might help you that my uncle always used with a bush hog. Try using a big thick chain as your top linkage, it'll let the bush hog flex over hills instead of coming off the ground. play with the length untill you get it like you want, and you can twist the chain to tighten it up.

I've learned a bit from this I bought 7.5 acres of overgrown land and I am purchasing my first tractor in 2 days and I am going to brush hog for the first time so reading some of the comments and watching and learning has allowed me to plan and prep for my task at hand thanks all.

Good video. My only piece of advice from a firefighter in a rural area is to be careful with the grinder. It doesn’t take much to light up a field like that and burn it all.

Well 49 acres is a whole lot of work for a small tractor like that. So I got a lot of respect for your work ethic.

I have the same bush hog(mine is a tarter yellow factory 2nd) and I always keep the wheel down more and use my 3pt arms to pitch the blades lower in the front. Pulls a lot easier that way and if you're around a lot of mole mounds or other obstructions, it's easy to raise the lift arms to clear.

As someone else mentioned, I also keep two sets of bushhog blades available, and swap them out every 50 hours or so. I do sharpen them, but achieve a cutting edge that's about 1/16" thick so as not to chip the metal off so easily. A "sharp" blade definitely makes a significant difference cutting grass and light brush. The blower is definitely your friend. I use one every time I do any cutting before putting the tractor back in the barn.

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I like what you did there on the price. I catch myself doing this often. I inherited a Kubota L3010 when my father in law died. My first reaction was to sell it and pocket the cash, but it had sentimental value to my wife, and I thought having a tractor was cool, especially a free one. So I bought a 5 foot Titan Brush Hog for it, and I use it to keep up the land that surrounds my property and help neighbors with theirs as well. I normally say $50/hr for machine time, but I rarely end up charging that full amount. The satisfaction of helping my neighbors goes a long way, and I am fortunate enough to not be doing this for a living. It is basically "beer money" for me, so everyone wins. Thanks for making this video, it was very cool to see, and I learned a thing or two!

This made me appreciate my full cab with heat and air conditioning on my LS XR4145HC. I do 65 acres for my hunting club and its long hours.

I used to do this for a living, compact tractor work...I figured out real quick that you have to price by the job, not by the hour...because you can never figure in all the down time. Sometimes you win, sometimes you loose, most people do not want to pay by the hour and it scares them off.

I brush hog 20 acres pasture in Oklahoma for two summers now. Using 1940’s era ford open operator station tractors and being from Michigan I found edging in daylight setting up for night mowing was the best way to go for heat issues and a light fog really cuts the dust down. Going through other people’s tall grass risking equipment damage on hidden “treasures” lost in the grass may not be worth the risk for you, but a good set of round LED’s up front and off the back of aimed down and out does go a long way for visibility compared to stock tractor lights.

Nice setup, All the little issues usually happen when trying to figure stuff out. Thank You for making the video!

Hell of a job brock! You are a hard worker for sure and use that tractor for what its meant for! Im fully with you on the desire to help others out, i dont do side work with the tractors, ive got enough but if someone needs help i dont mind, usually try to barter something out of it.

I would like to offer some advice to you fellow brushhoggers. Don’t waste time in your turns, just come out a little wide like your turning in with a trailer and keep going forward. Don’t turn around and come back the same way you just came. And look at your field and try to get the straightest rows possible when your blocking it off. Do all of this and I know you will get them fields cut a lot quicker. On the height of the cut I think them wirey weeds you were in cut best on the lower side, but if you have good grass and have cattle in the pasture try to cut it higher. Thanks for sharing your videos and keep them coming please.

Brock, this is great video! You're killing it man! It's awesome to see how your channel has grown this past month! Keep up the great work!

I hear you on your mentality of thinking of others when you are setting your pricing. I've often lost money on jobs to do just that. But it was a great experience for you to learn what you need to get in the future and no doubt will help you moving forward. Thank you take care