Brush Hog Size

[CBHOM]

What size brush hog would you all use on a BX 1880? Thanks, Michael

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

Factory recommendation is 42". Adjusted for things like altitude, what you are going to be cutting and its thickness / wetness, slope, what temperature you're gonna be operating at, etc....

 

[skeets]

An old rule of thumb is 1 foot per every 5 PTO hp

 

[Bee-Positive]

Page 24 of the Users Manual.

 

[SDT]

What size brush hog would you all use on a BX 1880? Thanks, Michael

Neither wider nor heavier than the recommendations in the Operator's Manual.

 

[GeoHorn]

I guess ..(actually, I know)…I was a bit crazy…when I had my 9N Ford (18 hp) pulling a 72” Rhino shredder.

It couldn’t LIFT it…. the shredder ran on its tailwheel …with the front chained-UP to the height I needed….. but I kept 27 ac’s mowed for 15 years with that setup…. until I could justify a Real Tractor (Kubota M4700).