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Joined: Aug 2002
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14 point
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14 point
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Crazy question, how many people operate their tractor with the loader raised up while bushhogging ? I’ve always thought you need to keep the bucket at a level below your line of sight.
"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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Negative, especially if you are on uneven ground. You may flip. I also keep the bucket low if I’m cutting unfamiliar areas and it has kept me from hitting many stumps.
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Old Mossy Horns
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Not normally but sometimes in tight spots with fences I do
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Ben Franklin
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Puts sugar in his cornbread!
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Puts sugar in his cornbread!
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12 point
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Keep it about 2 foot off the ground. I never ride with it higher than that unless I’m about to dump something. It feels unstable and unsafe when it’s up like that.
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8 point
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Mine is John Deere "Quick Attach".....I take it off.
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Mine is John Deere "Quick Attach".....I take it off. Same here
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Keep mine low as well. Like jb20, in tight spots, I might raise it to get around something, but back low.
If Caitlyn Jenner can keep his wiener and be considered a woman, I can keep my guns and be considered disarmed!
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Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Keep it low until I have to go through a dip.
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My father in law raises his bucket straight up while cutting and for the life of me I can't figure out why. I like to keep it low to knock down the grass out of the radiator and out of the way.
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In a known area with no obstacles i raise it so i can see. Not concerned on flipping tractor on relatively level ground. Back tires are filled with water. 70 hp tractor
Last edited by 300gr; 10/04/22 11:54 AM.
Two roads diverged in the woods and I took the one with deep ruts,hills and mud.It may be bumpy but WHAT A RIDE!
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Negative, especially if you are on uneven ground. You may flip. I also keep the bucket low if I’m cutting unfamiliar areas and it has kept me from hitting many stumps. ^^^ this is the way and reason
Well, the way I see it is there's just too many assholes
On a good day there's a bunch of assholes in here.
On a bad day there's too many assholes in here.
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Not normally but sometimes in tight spots with fences I do I can agree with raising it to clear an obstacle like a fence I just see folks beside the highway running them raised for no reason and I’m like 
"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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In a known area with no obstacles i raise it so i can see. Not concerned on flipping tractor on relatively level ground. Back tires are filled with water. 70 hp tractor. Bushhog also helps stabilize as long as its on the ground.
Last edited by 300gr; 10/04/22 11:57 AM.
Two roads diverged in the woods and I took the one with deep ruts,hills and mud.It may be bumpy but WHAT A RIDE!
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i'll run mine up on a hot day.. itll sure allow more air to the cab & radiator that way..
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12 point
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Low center of gravity is key especially when turning or on hills. I would not keep my bucket low enough to "detect" an obstacle unless I am crawling along, otherwise that bump at mowing speed could tear something up worse than the bushhog.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it"
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Nah I leave mine just below the line of my hood.
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Just below hood line makes you look like you know what you are doing... I'd go that route if I were y'all. Appearance is everything sometimes.
No government employees were harmed in the making of this mess.
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Old Mossy Horns
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Just below hood line makes you look like you know what you are doing... I'd go that route if I were y'all. Appearance is everything sometimes.
Make sure you got your duluths on with your twisted X boots too... .... 
Did you know that Beer Nutz are over a Dollar...and Deer Nutz are under a Buck...
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Booner
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Booner
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Every time I bush hog I end up finding trees across the road. I’d leave my fel on all the time.
Everything woke turns to shucks
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