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Bushhog pull type or 3pt

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raleigh

08-12-2006 20:57:13




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For cutting REALLY rough land which is better, the Pull type bushhog or the 3 point hitch type? Why is one better than the other?
I have a pull type 406 bushhog now, and want to convert it to a 3 point hitch type. Is this a wise thing to do?




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mwn

08-13-2006 08:06:18




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 Re: Bushhog pull type or 3pt in reply to raleigh, 08-12-2006 20:57:13  
I'd go for the 3 pt because in rough land you will need to lift the mower off miscellaneous items such as logs, rocks, forgotten implements of destruction, etc. The trailer type more or less leaves you with a fixed working height, unless you have it pinned to a drawbar hitch. If you do that it shouldn't matter much, but the 3 pt will get in and out of tighter areas. And if you are handy and have some scrap iron laying around (you may find more while mowing), the conversion shouldn't cost anything but time, electricity, and welding costs.

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raleigh

08-13-2006 20:51:09




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 Re: Bushhog pull type or 3pt in reply to mwn, 08-13-2006 08:06:18  
Yeah you know I was thinking of that my self. It TOUGH to find that think a gage of metal...



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Bob

08-13-2006 08:44:23




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 Re: Bushhog pull type or 3pt in reply to mwn, 08-13-2006 08:06:18  
I was referring to the type of pull-type rotary cutter that has a hydraulic lift on the hitch and rear wheels.

IMHO, with their 2 rear wheels and the single hitch connected to the tractor, they follow rough terrain well, compared to a 3-point version, which is more rigidly attached to the tractor, and flops side to side, and is jerked up and down as the tractor wheels roll over bumps, or fall into depressions.

With the hydraulics, they are easy to raise and lower just like the 3-point versions.

In our area, trail-type units are all you see the road dept's using to clean up the ditches and around sloughs bordering the roads, and they seem to function well.

A neighbor has a Schulte... I wish my budget would cover one of those!

To each their own, I guess!.

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raleigh

08-12-2006 22:18:58




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 Re: Bushhog pull type or 3pt in reply to raleigh, 08-12-2006 20:57:13  
Well it is not going to be cheap to convert this to a 3 point hitch. Wondering if it is even worth it



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Bob

08-12-2006 21:17:26




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 Re: Bushhog pull type or 3pt in reply to raleigh, 08-12-2006 20:57:13  
I would take the trailer-type rotary cutter for ROUGH open ground, and the 3-point version for work in closer quarters, around farmstead buildings or obstacles.

The trailer type with 2 rear wheels and a hitch would move over rough ground better.



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old

08-12-2006 21:12:16




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 Re: Bushhog pull type or 3pt in reply to raleigh, 08-12-2006 20:57:13  
In my thinking the 3 point is better because you can back up to the bigger things and lower it down slowly. The pull type you can end up with tree limbs and other things tring to knock you off the tractor before you even get close to what you want to cut.



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