Whatzit?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yes, self propelled with steering levers on the handles. I have one with a single blade and I have to wrestle with it to get it to turn.

Too much work. Get something you can ride.

I already have something I can ride.

I was thinking something a little more lawn mower than a brush hog....

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I was thinking something a little more lawn mower than a brush hog....

I don't have a lawn. It is Brambles, Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, three foot high grass.
I didn't get the holler finished yesterday. The grass grabbed the blade on the brush hog and stalled the tractor.
I disconnected the power takeoff and pulled the brush hog out of the grass but the blades are jammed together.
Project for today, unstick the blades and finish mowing the grass and bushes and ivy.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I was thinking something a little more lawn mower than a brush hog....

I don't have a lawn. It is Brambles, Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, three foot high grass.
I didn't get the holler finished yesterday. The grass grabbed the blade on the brush hog and stalled the tractor.
I disconnected the power takeoff and pulled the brush hog out of the grass but the blades are jammed together.
Project for today, unstick the blades and finish mowing the grass and bushes and ivy.

Even up close to the house? Yuck! Can you not run the hog lifted up a bit and make 2 passes and then lower it for a final pass?

I don't have a PTO off the back of my tractor other than a pulley drive, so if I were to mow using it I need to get the belly mower for it. Spend 1/2 the day getting those mounted and working.......so I keep a bit of a lawn and a JD mower to keep it under control.....but even then I'm mowing with teh deck raised to avoid roots, low stumps, and "other" debris.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Wayne, If you're planning on burning all that, including the Poison Ivy and Poison Oak, remember that the smoke and mist created can carry droplets of the juices that can cause terrible rashes; even the simple cutting-down of such plants can spread their poison to you.

I offer that opinion to you because I recall very clearly when my mother got aggressive against the ivy growing in our yard, and her cutting and burning of them, when I was a boy, misted her face and eyes, which nearly swelled shut for quite awhile, torturing her for quite some time.

Perhaps , some of the commercial sprays available might be best to use (?)

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Maybe he can bale it and feed it to the goats that he's going to buy to milk and make cheese,

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Even up close to the house? Yuck! Can you not run the hog lifted up a bit and make 2 passes and then lower it for a final pass?

I lift it in areas with stumps and/or rocks.

I don't have a PTO off the back of my tractor other than a pulley drive, so if I were to mow using it I need to get the belly mower for it. Spend 1/2 the day getting those mounted and working.......so I keep a bit of a lawn and a JD mower to keep it under control.....but even then I'm mowing with teh deck raised to avoid roots, low stumps, and "other" debris.

Half a day? Sounds like the 1/2 day crowd are trying to maneuver the tractor to line up with the mounting points.
Maneuvering the mower or brush hog with a pipe, wrecking bar or digging bar cuts the mounting time down to 1/2 hour.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I don't have a PTO off the back of my tractor other than a pulley drive, so if I were to mow using it I need to get the belly mower for it. Spend 1/2 the day getting those mounted and working.......so I keep a bit of a lawn and a JD mower to keep it under control.....but even then I'm mowing with teh deck raised to avoid roots, low stumps, and "other" debris.

Half a day? Sounds like the 1/2 day crowd are trying to maneuver the tractor to line up with the mounting points.
Maneuvering the mower or brush hog with a pipe, wrecking bar or digging bar cuts the mounting time down to 1/2 hour.[/quote]

Brush hogs are pretty easy; just as you state - a good lever and you're pretty much on your way.

Old Model F cubs are fun..... Belly mower gets mounted into 2-3 pivot mounting points and a single hydraulic arm to align and hook up, and that's the easy stuff. It's all the belts and pulleys that are the fun & games to get into place since that pulley is all the way in the back. I remember putting the plows on it when I was young helping my grandfather .....hooking up the cultivator was another joy, Son pulled the disk out a few weeks ago to rebuild it. Not sure why..... Now I need to put a new voltage regulator into to it this year, too. More fun!

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It's all the belts and pulleys that are the fun & games to get into place since that pulley is all the way in the back.

And the belt turns from a vertical pulley to to horizonal pulley by way of two more pulleys, ah la Corvair? Are there more belts on the mower itself?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

It's all the belts and pulleys that are the fun & games to get into place since that pulley is all the way in the back.

And the belt turns from a vertical pulley to to horizonal pulley by way of two more pulleys, ah la Corvair? Are there more belts on the mower itself?

On the mower itself? You betchcha! There's at least 2 if not 3 blades under the deck and so that's another rats nest of belts!

I've see the sicklebar mower for this tractor and that's another nightmare...........

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Whatzit 20210607?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

micro dingleberries...

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micro dingleberries...

Dingleberry hone.


No, not dingleberries.

Maybe this image will help.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

spider eggs?

[rogruth]

Locust/cicada related?

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spider eggs?

No. Some wasps lay their egg on a spider but I know of no spider that lays her eggs on insects. Most spiders keep their eggs with them and take care of them. Some wolf spiders, carry their egg sacs behind them, dragging them with a short strand of silk as they stalk, chase and jump on prey.

Anyway, those are not eggs on this Long Horned Beetle,a Southern Pine Sawyer (Monochamus titillator).

Locust/cicada related?

Not locust/cicada related.