Brush Hog Crazy Mower DIY

[@brucefleming3309]

Lightweight is good and what did I use it for it’s a lawnmower kzbin.infoUgkxTPN04aT-Qdjr_KS3ql7ng8wnU3wwsCqk also recommend Yes it is lightweight so hence not as robust as our old one. But if you take care it does the job really well.

[@skipellison3667]

I did the same thing w junk mowers when I was 14 or 15, cut front of deck out and bolted a garden rake to the opening in front. Used another handle in front cut off to push tall grass to both sides. Hired out to neighbors for stuff they didn't want their lawns mowers exposed to.

[@BA-pg4od]

I thought I was gonna see some saplings cut down. Why not just cut the front out of a regular mower if you're cutting weeds? Otherwise, good job.

[@PeteRoe]

Because then the 20k he spent on fancy tools would seem like a waste

[@gremlin3362]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@chrisgarnett4010]

Cutting with a CNC plasma then using an angle grinder for straight pieces

[@chrisgarnett4010]

run out of money after the CNC

[@mouritsenfarms87]

ya it would make more sense

[@nirvilchigs7871]

Congratulations. You turned a lawnmower into a lawnmower!

[@artist81317]

I don’t think you understand what this modification does.

[@robertm5969]

​@@artist81317what he cut down in this video is not brush and can easily be cut down by most mowers. Maybe the modification works on thick overgrown brush, maybe not.

[@Scotty_in_Ohio]

Dangerous as all get out but I LOVE IT! With great power comes great responsibility. I wish I had one of these a few years ago when I had a field up against my back yard - the only thing was a DR brush mower but that didn't seem to be the best option so I just mowed it with a normal gas mower a little at a time. Nice build!

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

Yes, I would like to see some kind of kill switch. If you step in a hole, this thing could mangle you good.

[@gpayneinc]

i concur

[@swimmingwithrodrigoelizond1712]

With great power comes great responsatrilitrance

[@richardharris8399]

I guess I'll have to wait until I get my cnc plasma cutter back from the shop before I make mine.

[@tbirdracefan]

I was thinking this thing was maybe going to go after some small saplings but instead it was just used on some weeds that could have been cut with the mower that it was started with. That was a lot of work to sucker me into watching and commenting.

[@DavidMartin-ym2te]

I agree. Decidedly unimpressed. I have that B&S engine on a similar mower which I converted with 4 big wheels and none of the fancy equipment this guy has. It cuts that brush just the same, although the engine is under-powered for the job..

[@iamthemoss]

I've got a Billy Goat brush mower, it is great but I like what you've done. You do need a belt to separate the blade from the driveshaft.

[@JustanOldfart01]

I agree about belt. Less chance of engine damage.

[@mandc20022]

I rented the billy goat to clear my grandfathers land (20 years no maintenance) and man does that thing work .... now I've got to find something that can handle all the vines, they have clogged any and every th ing that touches out there

[@markescartin6613]

This brush hog is a MONSTER; Need to see more action!

[@henryevans7205]

C for a grade, but A+ for effort!

[@mikegrant8490]

Great build. Nice small baby bush hog for those small jobs... Going bigger, use a heavy spindle quill and a belt to protect the crankshaft, though you might be surprised how much big stuff this one can handle..

[@thomasoliver5095]

Keep the origiinal swivel blades-that way if you hit something really hard-you have some "give" to protect the motor crankshaft. Another thought is to add a belt drive from the motor to the blade spindle-the belt absorbs shock if you use the one peice fixed blade.

[@7eis]

Belt drive definitely the cheap and cheerful way to make engines last under this type of workload. Every direct drive chipper/shredder is prone to bent shaft syndrome even with flail style knives.

[@jamesprins9735]

I like the belt idea. The motor could then be moved farther back to improve the operator's line of sight on the work area.

[@thomasoliver5095]

Also put the swivel blade rotor back on and your brushcutter should be able to withstand anything!If one or more of the blades get damaged from "close encounters"-less problems!Happy brushcutting!!!Maybe you can hire out to do brush jobs.

[@donhardy9248]

Your mower blade has a hole in the center, through which the shaft passes. If the blade hits something heavy, the shaft gets bent. The key to a brush hog's ability to cut large trunks is 1) much slower RPM's, 2) much heavier blades, and 3) the blades' ability to swivel because they are not attached to directly to the shaft -- they are attached to the stump guard disk, which enables the blades to swing when they hit heavy trunks, without damaging the mower.

[@lanedexter6303]

Beautiful work, and it shows off a shop most of us can’t afford. But cut out the front of the housing on the original mower and stick on taller wheels, and you have pretty much the same thing - with the same weaknesses. If you’re serious about real brush, lose the one-piece solid blade on the crankshaft and make a “bush hog” setup with a pair of hub mounted blades that can absorb impact and pivot back when necessary. We’ve mowed tall grass and light brush with a riding mower, keeping the deck at max height. But its blades are separated from the 22 hp engine by a long and none-too-tight belt.

[@style5tie]

All of this. As soon as you hit a rock large enough to stop the blade, the engine is toast.

[@christophernewman8741]

I have a push mower I have had for over 5 years and use it to edge and get places my zeroturn can't fit... iv banged the blade off rocks, stumps, railroad rail that was partially buried. It will stop the engine dead in its tracks but back it up check the blade and it fires right up and keeps eating. Hitting a rock will not kill your engine...your blade maybe but not your engine.

[@robertlangley258]

@@christophernewman8741 .....depends on how big the rock is or whether it’s just the top of a buried bolder.

[@christophernewman8741]

@@robertlangley258 dead stop is dead stop regardless of what you hit. Especially if it has no give. The railroad rail bent the blade over. Replaced the blade it fired right up.

[@sasquatchrepair4913]

@@christophernewman8741 on the farm we have about 4 mowers out of ten with a bent crankshaft from the workers hitting stuff so i agree it takes more than you think to ruin a motor but it does happen fairly regularly if you are abusing it

[@davem145mxr]

Oh yes that’s definitely a diy project because everyone has a machine shop in the back yard

[@bobbelsekwol]

So while I'm looking for some bits to make a tree mulcher, bugger me, a fully equipped machine shop behind a bush. Then I went to my fave shop and bought one.

[@The_Establishment_Is_Satanic]

@David Miller shut it clown.

[@chulopapi2300]

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[@HelloNotMe9999]

I can do this with nothing more than a basic welding machine, a drill and an angle grinder. I’ll take a lot longer and might not AS precise, but it can be done and the loss of precision in this application doesn’t much matter.

[@ubcts]

I have a battery operated hedge trimmer on a pole. Works great in my Pa woods.

[@markjeepingful]

I’ve grew up and play with push mower and even had one beat up push mower only for the bushes but I had to have lots of fly wheel “keys” as back up whenever I hit rock or stumps it damaged the key. That’s reasons why the store sells bush whacker mowers have belts to turn blades so the it will slip as blade hit rocks or stumps to save the key in flywheel .

[@charlesdjones1]

I did the same with a Honda GCV160cc model. I took the bottom blade off and kept only the flat skinny top blade, lifted the mower up to 8 inches and rewelded all the tire mounts. I took everything off that added extra weight, and flipped the deck around so the large opening faces forward (deck is from a cheap Toro). It works great, I cut through 4-6ft weeds and bahia grass with it today and it just chews it up and spits it out like cows chewing cud. I'm changing the front to a single center tire as I've found the side mounted tires keep getting caught up in the tall stuff. Beats buying a $3500 DR or B. Goat 🐐.

[@masterenos]

Well, I do have to say more time, thought and effort went into this and will have to build my own when what I have dies. I honestly took the old Honda self propelled push mower I have and cut the front off the deck

[@kena6858]

After watching it run, I would add a guard coming up from the deck in front of the engine, take the front wheels and reposition them inside the front supports to remove catching brush between them and the deck, other than that impressive.!

[@diegaspumper8501]

Maybe consider adding a kill switch on your handle to make it a little safer for you to operate. Nice work, cool machine.

[@joshuagerlach6943]

Cool.. I just cut the front off a regular mower & gave it a thumb throttle, jets & header pipe.

[@loskop100]

I copied your design but I used form ply for the deck and an old car tyre for the skirt. But I replaced the front wheels with skids and increased the distance between the rear wheels. It works great but I am going to find a bigger motor for it as it bogs down on some areas with larger saplings. Thanks for the upload and inspiration.

[@franklingrebbo]

would love to see your design! sound very interesting, Thanks again

[@jeffreykbevins7116]

I love the way that you made it and it will cut great for lots of stuff . Just wondering if for bigger stuff, putting bigger diameter wheels on the front and a swivel wheel on the back . Would love to see how this idea, works . 🤗👍💫

[@rcclassiccrawlers4368]

I was thinking the same thing except make it self propelled too.

[@hellhound1389]

Being from America and spending my youth working at a lawnmower repair shop I can truly say the machines you have down there are wimpy compared to ours. The small mowers we have are more like the brush mower you made and we go up in size

[@cunnings309]

Come on guys, this welder did a good job; he deserves his beer!

[@LilReaper1010]

Nice Foose wielder shield

[@ArniAtlason]

I like what you are doing there. All this metal work is awesome and you tools are awesome.

[@mitchmoffitt259]

U know...U could have just chopped the original deck open at the front and sides, keeping the flailing blades and save yourself a bunch of time...or...better yet, just get yourself an old Schnappa riding mower and call it a day....Great craftsmanship btw...Cheers...

[@grahamcifuentes4451]

Doesn't work, Mitch! The strength in almost all mower decks is in the skirt. Cut that away and you have something so floppy as to be unworkable and downright dangerous. Sure, you can weld strength back into it , but then you run into issues with carby access and height adjustment. I think beer n bolts is on the right track, except for his front wheels in heavy growth, which, lets face it. is when you really want the thing to clear the cut grass instantly.

[@andrewbratos6907]

very good, what you think about getting the rear wheels to swivel or pivot, great fabrication

[@franklingrebbo]

Thank you for your comment, yes I think you are right a swivel would work better, might have to do part 2!

[@whitepunch1392]

That would work well .

[@AerialLensVideo]

PLEASE DO! @franklingrebbo This thing is a great concept. You are the doctor, but mine will have an alignment guard similar to yours with the addition extended and curved "teeth", same as here but then downward just past the blade tips. That way, the grass and big weeds will enter just as before, but larger unwanted objects will HELP to prevent forward movement of the mower or entry of something you dont want. That is, just extend then curve the teeth downward a bit in front of the blade path. Well done here!

[@lise1255]

It's easy to be creative with such dream tools. The laser cutter was impressive. Perhaps I can afford it in my next life.

[@Isurus312]

Yeah, this is another $20 project made with a quarter million worth of tools.

[@lovejcdc]

What an awesome idea, that worked better than anything you could buy.

[@iambucketdotcom_official]

ahh the ole ankle chopper 3000... I love it!

[@ksgjlg]

What is your table? Wood with metal overlay?

[@franklingrebbo]

its called formwork ply, it has a black coating to it that stops concrete sticking to it, most hardware stores sell it

[@winstonpoplin]

The whole point of a bush hog is that the blades are able to rotate on their mounting points so that you can hit big trees and stumps without the blades coming to a stop and damaging things. If you had done that one thing it would have been much more capable. And with your skills im sure you could easily make it happen.

[@tekknorat]

All you need is a $20 lawnmower and $20000 plasma cutter 🤣

[@bovinicusdivinicus]

Put thinner front wheels with a bigger circumference and it will be kickass

[@truckerray7533]

That's a purty neat lil outfit there. . . Job well done👍🏼!!! I would think it would be more easier to maneuver if the rear wheels would turn on a caster motion! Lil Miss 🌴Hawaiian Hula Girl🌴 is doing an excellent cellent job of supervising🤣🤣🤣. Thanks for sharing👌🏼

[@robertnymand9889]

Great looking mower. Well put together. Just don't hit any concrete or iron. It will take the crankshaft out.

[@dubes5594]

My neighbor hit a big root first time with their brand new mower. The crank got bent and wouldn't turn. I chained it to my deck post on its side and unbent it with long piece of water pipe fit over the shaft. I think he still uses it.

[@jimmyjackjumpup6765]

I love it. It was a great build. And printing "first start" right next to the heat damaged muffler was a hoot.

[@tonybrandt8850]

In many videos, I can see the weld penetrate because the video is from the back side. There is a brief orange glow in the shape of a small dot, which I think may indicate a solid weld.

[@coondogtheman]

That thing is gnarly. I'd like to see it chop some heavier stuff.

[@65csx83]

If the grass could see, that beast would scare them into oblivion but I doubt it is any more effective than its donor unit. In fact those wide wheels would likely cause undesired matting.

[@chrisunderwood2524]

Not sure of the thickness of saplings it can cut down...but on my Sthil commercial weed eater, i got a saw blade for it...cuts the small saplings..but I got tired of changing that head out to my other head..so just bought a used weed eater and kept the saw blade on it..for I didn't need to use it very often...mostly to keep the forests and black berry bushes back on each side of the driveways.....works fine for this older gal...but good luck...

[@David-ll8bt]

You finished the job on your riding lawn mower didn't ya?

[@immanutt4442]

nice shop - nice equipment to work with - nice job !!!

[@WarrenFloyd-xr2js]

I built one of these 30+ yearß ago, using only an oxy acetylene torch and hand tools,and an old Lincoln dstick welder,it worked well, im 61 now

[@dejavu666wampas9]

Very creative work, but the only music I need is the sound of tools at work. That’s the best music to my ears.

[@Biokemist-o3k]

Great build!!! Showing off all that cool equipment. I wish you were my neighbor...lol

[@cgmakery9650]

do you wish you had put a caster wheel on the back?

[@georgepretnick4460]

WOW! What a great joy it must be to work in a roomy clean shop with all brand new late model equipment including CNC cutting table instead of bandaged up 20th century manual, worn out, loose machinery and hand tools and materials.

[@codetech5598]

You need larger diameter wheels with narrower tires in the front. Look at "High Wheel String Trimmer".

[@djratino]

Your machine shop must be very kind at letting you build personal projects. I guess you do it on your own time and promise to replace any equipment you mess up. Most shops around here would have a hissy fit, unless it was a project for the boss. Nice build by the way. 🐀🐾

[@michaelrosas3649]

I really like the large coke sign in the background

[@heriberto3313]

Was thinking you going to make blades like razor ; then blades inside finishes the rest because this way you only make an opening that will be hard on the inside blades

[@joshuanicholsjr5327]

I built something like that out of one of my mowers just cut the front of the deck close to the front wheels and folded the deck back to the deck shielded the motor and the blade cuts everything in its path we call it the monster works great I like your deal too good job god bless

[@53jed]

Noice. Lower your guide blades so they're almost touching the cutter bar. More efficient. Make your front wheels skinnier and bring them in closer to the cutter. Less effort in heavier brush.

[@mackpowell-vy1qj]

The equipment you have is impressive, way more than ANY , EVEN OBSESSED handyman would have . Also the mower turned out nicely, looks like the uss enterprise. But nice job

[@mattfleming86]

My only suggestion: Fab up some "brush hog" style pivoting blades and a reasonably heavy center arbor (you cant go too heavy with a direct drive blade and a pull starter)

[@terrysmith7076]

Nice job. I collect vintage lawnmowers thank you for sharing.

[@mlindsay527]

I push mow weeds like that all the time. Let’s see it in some thick stuff!

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

Never saw a residential mower like your donor with the 4 small blades.

[@ironeagle2526]

Nicely done

[@boxploy]

great job. looks homedepot

[@travismarett7100]

Weakest link is the crankshaft on the mower. If you hit something hard enough after bending the blade the crankshaft will bend also

[@larrybell4599]

That is one wicked mower. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@Grahams-Grass]

Lol interesting... and the total cost with labour was 🤔🤔💰💰💰

[@tickerrocky7251]

If you go through all the trouble why not get a larger blade and make the deck another 12 inches or more larger?

[@bobbg9041]

I had a simular idea but it would be a large table saw blade so it can take down 3" dia trees and drop down or up. You can't set the height on the but you can use a mower blade, string trimmer or chain saw disk or table saw blade This also doesn't have a discharge.

[@MJorgy5]

I might've opted for high wheels, especially in the front. Awesome design and fab!

[@richardbadour1714]

I can’t believe I found this because I making about the same thing for cutting weeds in my swamp! Love the front teeth hadn’t thought about that! Only other thing I’m doing is putting 24” bike tires on it to be able to deal with mud/water!

[@oneFreetinker]

Great idea and execution. The push handle seems a tad short though.

[@markvittorini5163]

Really great machine!

[@RWFRMoto]

Very cool. Needs " go faster flame decals" though !

[@sirrick59]

It's a beast. I was wondering about the gap between the blade and the spike, but it seems to work well. Awesome

[@jannowak4977]

Sorry for bad english but your air filter id mounted backwards - this "triangle" part should be to the rear od the engine. Great job. Greetings from Poland!

[@franklingrebbo]

Dzenluje Bardzo!! Thank you, I don't think the air filter will fit the other way? I will check thou..

[@jannowak4977]

@@franklingrebbo kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKjMg6looN2XpLM Look at that :D

[@antontudor5724]

Goood man . # respect!!! Please make videos with your tools” driling machine, work bench. Romania 🇷🇴 salutes you

[@squidben5780]

To be fair I saw at the end that the blade was cutting a bit of the weeds on the front by maybe an inch between the fourks. I maybe would have put the blade forward by another 2 inch to really cut more what is entering the front teeth then having to push forward against those branches and week. Just a suggestion.

[@scottmurray2961]

Start with an older Toro GTS (THIS STANDS FOR GURANTEED TO START ) 3 speed mower. Leave the right front wheel but expose 2 inches of the deck all the way around to 10 o'clock. Reinstall the left front wheel at 9 o'clock. / I have made 20 or more of these in the last 10 years. And I nickname this the death machine. / I have had to install some mesh from a screen door On the top of the mower to keep the debris from getting down inside the top of the mower. on one of my trips driving home. The top of my mower looks like an Indian smoke signal. / But before installing the screen on top of the mower, I accidentally melted one of my coil wires.

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

Loved watching the fabrication. Super video. tHanks for uploading!

[@timothykeith1367]

I'd use a pulley and belt to drive the mower spindle and shock mount the spindle because they get bent when stumps or rocks are hit

[@godbluffvdgg]

Instead of a cnc laser table; can I use a sawzall?:...:)

[@stevestanfill7765]

Is there a list of purchased parts. I'm looking for a run/stop control.

[@doncooper512]

The tire spread needs to be narrowed in relationship to the cutting width.. You're forcing the tires to plow into uncut brush before the cutter can do its job..

[@leo959]

I love it. I would like to see it cut taller grass though.

[@jeffmullinix7916]

I would have putting the front wheels at the corners not center . That way it would do two things . The first thing it would do is stabilize the deck from going over ruff terrane . The 2nd is that they would be out of the way from the tall weeds . What I would do is to make the blade to swivel . This would take three new blades and some more steel to make it work right . This is to shorten two blades buy cutting off the cutting ends . Then taking the steel cutting it to the width of the cut blades and cutting down to about 3 inches shorter than the blades . This steel is a strip is 1/16 thicker than the blades . This strip of steel is sandwiched between the tow blades and welded . The 3rd blade is used for the cutting blade and the ends are cut at least 4 inch back from the cutting edge and then rounded . Holes need to be cut with the plasma cutter for the swivel grade 8 shoulder bolts . The other thing I would make is an extra support for the PTO end of the crank shaft . This way if you hit something hard ti would not bend the crankshaft . I have a old Bobcat push mower that has this support .

[@RuffKutz]

Trying to get my mate to make one for me. I will go for an old 2 stroke engine, just because I love them, like my old Victa 18 special Toe Cutter (only have 2 videos on it so far) I wonder how the 3 wheel design feels in the ruff stuff? I love the big wheels you put on it! Think I would go for 4 wheels. Please make some more lawnmower builds. Subbed.

[@djratino]

They don't call it a toe cutter for nothing. 🐀🐾

[@AerialLensVideo]

I am fixing to utilize your great design -- THANKS SO MUCH! Before I jump into the project, Have you discovered anything at all that you would recommend changes on? Whether dimensional or shape-wise, or even horsepower. This is so cool!

[@scottmurray2961]

Start with the Toro GTS 3 speed mower. Leave the right front wheel expose 2 inches of the blade All the way back around to 10 o'clock. Reinstall the left front wheel at 9 o'clock. / You might have to install about a one foot by one foot Piece of screen mesh on top of the mower to keep debris from getting down inside of the top of the motor. / I have nicknamed this the death machine. / It is the beast , watch your feet

[@AerialLensVideo]

@@scottmurray2961 Great - thanks! Looking at a photo, I'm wondering the reason for putting the left front wheel back in the 9 o'clock position (from rear point of view / front of mower 12 o'clock). Does that have something to do with throwing out the debris?

[@andreabond3501]

Impressed would that design work with a larger deck size I have two 30 Inch Scag Walkbehind mowers

[@Mike-xj6pi]

Good idea I wish I had your shop and tools

[@vittoriobono4847]

I wish I could by one in Italy,great job

[@tcmtech7515]

This feels like it's not safe enough for the average id.iot to run. I LIKE IT!

[@roverdudeadventures9452]

Cool invention loved your video great job , entertaining 👍

[@randallblake1213]

Impressive metal working shop! 😮

[@larryfolloway6335]

Repeat after me children. A grinder and paint makes me look like the welder I ain’t.

[@Raptorman046]

Only think I can think of that would’ve made this a lot better is if you would’ve salvaged a front wheel front a zero turn to put on the back so you could turn it easier.

[@charliepearson1678]

Roof made some brush mowers back in the day that where similar to this . we used to rent them at a place i worked at . but it seems to me like the government safety folks (Osha) put a ban on these style machines because of the cutting blade being exposed in the front like this one is . hope it works for you .

[@charliebecker2216]

Nice work. Great design with tri cycle What about a saw blade to saw down saplings? I like the idea with angle grinder . I like the

[@daveallen924]

Nice build.

[@buzzedalldrink9131]

Hi first time viewer and new subscriber Did you make that welding table? if do hiw about some info on that, if you have not already thanks

[@kerrywonser-s5q]

Do you have any plans for this?