Low-Cost Bush Hog-Type Mower

Low-Cost Bush Hog-Type Mower MOWERS Mowers (31H) 25-4-7 Using an old military truck frame and other miscellaneous parts, John Jones of Magazine, Ark., built his own low-cost Bush Hog-type mower. The pto-driven, drawbar-pulled mower cuts a swath 5 ft. wide. Jones uses his small Ferguson TO 20 tractor to pull it. The sides and back of the deck are off the truck frame, with a 3/16-in. sheet metal top welded on. The machine's two blades are shaft-driven by a gearbox mounted on top of the deck. The deck is supported on back by a pair of 12-in. rubber wheels. A single hydraulic cylinder, attached to a crosswise steel pipe on back, is used to raise or lower the deck. A length of chain from each side of the crossbar forward to another crossbar on front, which keeps the deck perfectly level as it's raised or lowered. "I use it to cut our lawn and to cut weeds along roadsides," says Jones. "I had been using a 3-pt. mounted mower, but we have a lot of hills and whenever I lifted the deck I could barely steer the tractor. I made the pto shaft and got the wheels, blades and gearbox off another mower. My only cost was for a couple of hydraulic hoses. I also had to install a one-way remote hydraulic valve on my tractor." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, John Jones, 1009 Revielle Rd., Magazine, Ark. 72943 (ph 501 963-6710).

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