Ca run a brush hog?

Ok thanks for letting me know about this

Think someone should have told Cat they were doing it wrong too and should have followed Deere's design of push to engage?

Buying one today!
Thanks guys!
Matt

What Jgranat said. On both counts. Good decision, Hunt4. 

Not to hijack this thread, but a question I have regarding my WD45 and the PTO - but first, I do use the hand clutch when working the tractor; after spending years (decades lol!) on John Deere 70 and 730 it's a natural thing for me. BUT - my question, is there a reason for an over running clutch on a WD45? What I mean is, when I shut off the PTO and I'm running a bush hog, naturally the blades continue to spin, which of course translates to the implement's PTO shaft continuing to spin, ergo tractor PTO is still turning after disengaging PTO. Is there any harm that can be done to the PTO at that point? My thinking is NO, since it would be disengaged and the only parts still being affected by spin would end at the driven gear in the tractor's PTO gearbox. But, when you've had as many documented TBI's as me, sometimes the simplest, most straightforward trail is the most difficult to follow. That's the best way I can explain it. Sorry.

Here's a picture of my CA with the brush hog connected finally today. I did run a couple tests on it and everything seem to be going okay other than at one point I raised the unit up and I could not lower it back down it's almost like the hydraulics got locked up and would not lower but I checked them before I even connected to it, what do you guys think that could cause this?



I don't know if I can change the settings like in the shop manual how it goes step-by-step how to set one of these pumps and maybe mine is just not set right? It seemed to work a few times just like it should and intermittently it gets stuck in the up position and with the handle how it should go down I can stand on the brush hog in bounce and it still won't go down, after I parked it in the barn it took about 15 minutes for it to gradually settle down onto the floor. The main problem with this is I need it to be sitting on the ground while I'm brush hogging to eliminate my front end from popping up because of the weight going up little hills and stuff I've popped a couple of wheelies and that's not good feeling when it happens with not being able to lower it onto the ground to control this...

Edited by Hunt4Allis - 13 Jul 2019 at 7:10am

I just replaced all the hydraulic fluid so I doubt it's dirt...
It seems to be an intermittent problem as it will work for the first few lifts and drops minute once it goes up it will not go back down with handle actuated for down position and even me standing on the brush hog?
Any thoughts fellas what could cause it?
(I was looking through the shop manual and it tells you how to set up the pump operations by tightening and loosening the screws and I'm wondering if I need to do that now that I have something hooked up to it?)

You might try taking the pump off and flushing it out with diesel or mineral spirits to clean it. The pump on my B kinda-sorta worked until I flushed 70 years worth of crap out of the pump. I had the same issue with the implement not lowering every time. What type of fluid are you using for the hydraulics? 

Do you have health/life insurance?

Just guessing--Tim doesn't like the angle which the photo appears to show the brush hog operating at.  The photo could be deceiving but it appears that if that blade catches and throws anything--the operator is in a possible path of said object.  Was told brush hog should be flat to slightly elevated on the back.  In that stuff the CA will probably not have the hp it takes run it flat.  Just a guess?

I know it's supposed to be flat, I walked entire field many times in spring and fall when there's no weeds, and know there isn't anything that I can hit.
My hydraulics pump is stuck in up position, and lastly it would have stalled/ overworked motor if I mowed it in all the way down position ( now I need to adjust pump so hopefully I regain the ability to lower it down after it raises and I can mow it low)

The original question has pushed this subject to the extremes.  Those last photos are definitely expecting too much out of a CA.  Granted you can get it through there with less than the best results and if that's what you've got, I guess you go for it.  More than likely if you do too much of it you're going to tear sometime up.  As mentioned, safety should come first and be aware of  the potential risk.  I mow stuff like that including Johnson grass 6 ft high and its makes a WD 45 snort big time cutting it down to 6 or 7 inches high. 2nd is really too fast wide open and 1st is too slow.  Good luck with getting your hydraulics working.

Yup, thanks dick
I was amazed how good this cut and how little the CA struggled cutting these goldenrod weeds (I was in a hurry to get them cut before they went to bloom and got full of bees and me stung all over trying to cut this field)
I had fun using the hand clutch and it worked flawlessly!
It was a 95 degree day but luckily a nice breeze and cloudy and before a bunch of thunderstorms came and got everything wet so it worked out perfectly...


Edited by Hunt4Allis - 20 Jul 2019 at 10:47am

Yes, I understand it wasn't the best senario to use it up like that but I started out in the field where it was not as tall of grass/ weeds to test it out and make sure it wasn't going to throw anything up at me and once I got started it was a blast using/ putting a 1953 to work ( like they were built to do!!!)
It's not completely fixed up yet, it's getting a wide front end/ radiator empty/ clean out, trip loader bucket and then I can really get some use out of it 🤑and save some cash that I always spend every year to have someone come clean out the leftover hay from behind the barn from the cows in the winter!
(It's been a long slow process but I'm making progress and am extremely happy with my little CA so far that I bought for four hundred bucks in the condition that it's in right now which was a steal now that I've used it end seeing how strong the motor is and that everything is in working order...