How to Operate a Bush Hog

Brush Hog manufactures tractor-pulled mowers and is also a generic name to identify rotary mowers in general. The majority of Brush Hog mowers attach to a three-point hitch; a PTO motor propels the blade. The advantage of Brush Hog mowers is that they cut tall native grasses and brush using a rotary blade that spins up to 180 mph. In addition, they are over four feet wide which allows an operator to cut wide swaths through a field quickly. Once the mower is hooked up, using a Brush Hog is relatively simple.

Instructions

- 1
  Walk the field. Clear away any debris that the rotary mower can't cut, including rocks and stumps. Brush Hog mowers cut grass and brush, not logs and boulders. Such objects damage a rotary mower.
- 2
  Hook the mower up to the tractor's three-point hitch. Hook the lift arms to the lynch pins located on the sides of the mower. Slide the eyes of the lift arms over the lynch pins, then attach cotter pins to the lynch pins to secure the lift arms to the mower. Attach the top link of the three-point hitch to the linkage assembly on the mower by sliding a cotter pin through the linkage eyelets and the eye of the top link. Attach the tractor's PTO shaft to the PTO gear on the mower. Slide the shaft over the gear linkage and fasten them together with a cotter pin.
- 3
  Mount the tractor and start it. Lift or lower the mower to the appropriate height with the lift arm's hydraulic lever. Depress the clutch of the tractor, put mower in gear and engage the PTO with the PTO lever. Release the clutch to set the tractor in motion and start the mower blade spinning. Again, raise and lower the lift arms to adjust the height of the Bush Hog.

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