DIY Brush Mower Brush Hog with TEST

[@LazloNQ]

I've been doing for years with old beater mowers I get out of the trash. I even cut saplings with them. I don't worry about the wheel extensions either. When I blow up the mower, I move on to the next one. Angle grinder at the ready!

[@Cmolejon]

"HELL YEAH"

[@daxinventor3542]

Perfect solution to your problem. If you think that you can do something, you will. Thanks Bro. Looking for an old lawn mower right now. I am going to install another blade on the shaft with the other one in a cross configuration. I will let you know how it all turns out. Thanks for your inspirational video. Well done.

[@Cmolejon]

You're welcome and thank you too!. Let me know how it turns out :D

[@randallblake1213]

Good, practical solution to a problem. 😊

[@cambobby2011]

Hey. I found a push mower similar to yours on the street for garbage last summer. It only needed a sheer pin on the shaft... and it works like new. It's a 7.5 hp, and it's really strong enough for brush cutting. I will install two wheels on the front like you did. I noticed that it was kind of hard on the arms for me, and it looks like it was the same for you. But hey, it was free, so I don't care to work out a bit! I had a big part of my land to clean, and it just did the job. Tks.

[@martystratton5818]

The new and approved Toe Taker 2000! I love it!

[@Cmolejon]

🤣

[@oddballdynamics.9658]

Whoa. I really like this. I'm going to do this to my old mower and take care of some brush. Thanks and stay safe.

[@Cmolejon]

Do it, awesome!

[@richbadour6002]

Actually at 7:41 you should’ve have made U-shaped bar in place of that bar and welded it to the wheels axle and keeping the wheels right in the same location they were prior. And then cut the center part of bar out and then you would be able to cut as you want to and still have the strength and alignment of the original shaft!

[@philkillen5016]

I had one similar. It worked great. And i put the bagger on. I used it around all these trees i planted. What i chopped up had lots of leaves in it so it was free mulch. The bad thing that happened though was i was really pushing it. The brush had inch and a half small trees all over the place. The motor was to small for the job i put it through. It stopped working right. It was reving up and down without any steady power. I shut it off and i couldn't get it started anymore. I think the crankshaft was a little bent to. It will be trashed. Im happy because I got a lotof use out of it. Say la vie

[@hosslane320]

Nice push Hog brother , revise as needed .

[@HayabusaOrlando]

I like a guy with balls enough to try crazy things

[@Cmolejon]

thanks man lol :D

[@stephanieking9242]

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.

[@wesleyfeltner4397]

I have a 19.5 hp motor off of a rider ...gonna try with some kevli blades and see what we can cut. Thanks for the idea bud.

[@Cmolejon]

Awesome, that beast motor will cut through anything!

[@Try2-Imagine]

Great video, I hope to see more.

[@Cmolejon]

thank you. I have some more content coming :D

[@gunnyrohn882]

For basically free, minimal mods, and light work, you can't beat that. I will soon have one. Have you seen how much a hog costs? If you only need it occasionally for light work, this is the bomb.

[@Cmolejon]

I agree it's amazing

[@BigE1201]

Anybody who actually beats on POS push mowers knows that they can handle a lot more than some grass. I have broke and bent countless blades on push mowers. Hundreds probably. Ran over roots bricks rocks hammers anything you can think of if it was in the yard I ran it over. NEVER broke a engine. :)

[@Cmolejon]

Yes they are way tougher than people think 💪

[@google_lucrenedepoorter_at5590]

Carlos, well done to make a brush mower with cheap of the shelf equipment. One remark : on consumer lawnmowers the crankshaft is directly connected to the blade and is as such obsorbing all shocks ... but then again ... you will find another scrap lawnmower ...

[@Cmolejon]

Yes this was basically a free lawnmower because of the condition so not too worried about it :D

[@Seriouslydave]

Brush mowers have rotating blades on a swivel so the blade hits something but doesnt effect the shaft. Flail mowers are the best result.

[@lunarrn]

I like this A bar up front to start pushing the weeds over would probably help too.

[@Cmolejon]

It might :D

[@Samestori214]

Flux core lots of heat is what I've been hearing and having success with. Just do more guick small welds on thin material to keep it cool.

[@dr.mcstuffins5977]

If you want it to last you'll need either a shear pin or to separate the blade from the motor with a belt. That's what makes the brush hogs so durable.

[@Seriouslydave]

The blades rotate on brush mowers so they spin when they impact.

[@andrewbratos6907]

nice job, i was wondering if you cut equal teeth in the end of the blade it would help?

[@Cmolejon]

maybe not. Having a good sharp blade is probably best. If you are trying to cut anything bigger than maybe 1/4 thickness and dense, you should probably get a stronger machine. This thing has cleared so much brush/grass its great :D

[@Manintoga]

Gonna make mine with a shield or deflector plate in front of the motor, that thing seems to spray a lot of debris , also going to wear a full face shield when operating.

[@Cmolejon]

Face shield is a good idea. I always wear eye protection. For the most part I'm just cutting tall grass. I used it to cut really heavy brush at a friend's property and eye protection seemed sufficient. I thought about a plate for engine but this was so cheap I didn't bother

[@emersonsaint8164]

Pro tip: you can watch movies on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching all kinds of movies during the lockdown.

[@josephzayd9831]

@Emerson Saint definitely, have been watching on Flixzone} for since december myself :D

[@lukeweetman8197]

Is there a update of how the modified mower has been doing for the last 3years

[@Cmolejon]

Mower still works great. I only use it along the back of that same fence. I used it to cut trails at a friends property. A lot of thick Brazilian pepper trees and brush so this made the job easier.

[@dinkaman2160pukka]

nice! thats is what I wanted to see! thanks for sharing.

[@Cmolejon]

Glad you liked it!

[@davidmunro1469]

Thank you for sharing. Don't blame your welder, slow down the feed lower the power and maintain a proper distance and angle from the weld. Spray your coil of wire with W D 40 or some kind of light oil.It takes practice. My first welds looked like chicken poo.

[@Cmolejon]

Yea I suck haha. Thanks for the feedback

[@jamessawyer6891]

Brother, put your flux welder tip closer, that’s why it’s spotty. Need about a 1/2 with flux core

[@Cmolejon]

I appreciate the feedback. Still learning 😎

[@nsiojfxcqrylls3801]

Ou-u! Very cool! Thanks for you idea!

[@brianbloom1799]

I made a brush hog like this 10 years ago, I cut the front away, slide the wheels back 4 inches welded back on Bought a heavy blade 1/4 inch ,it will cut 2 inch trees, Everyone called it the widow maker, cause the blade is sticking out the front.

[@Cmolejon]

Lol dam what a beast

[@deanaf]

This looks dangerous. I can't wait to try it.

[@Cmolejon]

LOL NICE

[@chriscogsdell6805]

What kind of blade are you using.

[@Cmolejon]

Its just the one that came on the mower. I never switched it out

[@Try2-Imagine]

I put on a straight blade and sharpened it on both top and bottom side.

[@maukaman]

I just had this idea and I’m happy to see other people like you who have had success doing the same. My one question is: How well does it cut lawn grass after the mod? My assumption is that the loss of suction would cause it to not make as clean a cut on thinner grass as it did originally? Obviously it’s meant for thicker brush now but I’m just curious. Thanks

[@Cmolejon]

Thanks for watching lol. It cuts the same just a lot of debris in the air. On this one the cut isnt very level because the custom brackets

[@maukaman]

@@Cmolejon ok that makes since. Thanks for the reply! Keep up the good work!

[@Cmolejon]

@@maukaman :D

[@wrxmarcus2]

Question: why do you need the front wheels at all? :)

[@Cmolejon]

Its help for moving the mower around. you dont want the blade touching the ground. it will stall the engine or damage the blade.

[@robertd6925]

You really don't need wheels in the front. Just a couple pieces of metal to keep the blade from hitting the dirt.

[@Cmolejon]

I NEED the wheels 😁

[@kkarllwt]

That was my thought. Just some 6 inch skids.1 inch wide boards ( deck boards ? ) with a metal sole plate.

[@robertd6925]

@@Cmolejon Lol!

[@rixortiz1785]

Do you think this will work with a riding lawn mower? If you cut off the front of the deck?

[@Cmolejon]

it would probably work but if the grass or brush is really tall youll be riding into it. theres also the risk of cutting yourself if you step of and its still running.

[@barryfirth1187]

I treat my ride-on pretty rough, now have to replace the spindles and blades from a encounter with some firewood I thought I cleared...🙄 My older machines did better with less regard for obstacles, I think it's because my newest machine doesn't have anti-scalping wheels on the deck...gonna have to install some, on my third set of blades!!😒

[@OldmanADV]

if you put the wheels behind the reach of the blade, it will work alot better

[@Cmolejon]

Yea it would. Maybe for the next one 😁

[@mudspringer]

Very cool!

[@Cmolejon]

Thanks 😎

[@orlandojohnson5742]

That was a gd idea! At 1st I was wondering what u were up to(knew I had to wait)! If u remove the mulch cover & installed the guard cover... maybe that'll improve some of the debris flying or ease the clearance off the blades?! Very creative 👍👌🏼

[@manny6584]

Video was actually pretty good up to the point where you speed up the brushing. Hard to see how its working buy nice job.

[@Cmolejon]

Thanks. I felt like I had to otherwise the video would be so long 🙃

[@NauticalXNature]

You could just take a pole chain saw and kill all that brush in seconds. But hey it makes for good content! Good job bro!

[@Cmolejon]

ill do that next time 😎

[@bruceadams0214]

yerz is by far BEST advise in all of this Kah-RAIZY SHYT POLESAW!

[@Cmolejon]

LOL

[@faelwolf1177]

For some reason I'm getting a bunch of these videos in my feed lately. Why do all this when you can just put a brush blade or hedge trimmer head on a weed trimmer and rip through brush in seconds, much more safely?

[@Cmolejon]

This is way cooler

[@Cou-yonLogiC]

Cause that shot doesn’t work and stops the motor once you hit anything with some growth to it. Plus the do nothing but tangle up with weeds.

[@shaun8256]

Hope that was its only project!,that deck won't last with all it's strength taken away!

[@Cmolejon]

@@shaun8256 still good 💪

[@TheStoryUp]

Only take your guard off the grinder when absolutely necessary and if you have to remove it then wear some type of face shield or auto darkening welding helmet.

[@Cmolejon]

I should really just buy a new grinder. Ive never had a guard on this old one -_-

[@joshuaryanferguson3702]

Looks like a yard man style deck

[@tannertuner]

I was thinking MTD like my 2 Craftsman decks. Think they do Huskavarna too.

[@accelwell7018]

So I ran over an empty glass Bottle gallon of vodka bottle with the one that I made and shit got potentially Lethal fast. Still completely worth it though

[@Cmolejon]

Lol yea sounds sketchy

[@joeblowjohnny2297]

Awesome ideas ! Rear drive self propelled would have been the sh*t ! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Cmolejon]

Would be way easier to mow! :D

[@georgenettlesjr1466]

I'm looking for 1 now!

[@joeblowjohnny2297]

@@georgenettlesjr1466 well good for you . I just needed a small one so I bought a 20" inch push mower for some brush cutting . Cut between the 2 front wheel weld and let the blade expose about 1 1/2" inch . Mine work really well . I go fishing a lot here in Louisiana . I find A FAVORITE beautiful fishing point I like to camp out for the weekend with the family where brush can be heavy at time . I just start mowing it . Work weakly well ! I love his idea ! It's very practical and it work ! Let me k ow how you make out with yours ? Thanks

[@douglasfuqua7082]

They mean "kavli" ... or even "malbain". BRUSHing blades. .for brush cutting.

[@georgenettlesjr1466]

I would have put the front wheels in closer out wider so you could cut up against something

[@Cmolejon]

I ended up cutting and putting them halfway closer. Much more sturdy now

[@tint661]

It doesn't take much to bend the crankshaft or break the drift pin on a push mower. If you were trying to get rid of small trees or hit a weed covered rock, you would have went to all of this trouble for nothing.

[@danhealyeverythingoutdoors7105]

Well done !

[@JustMe-mg6vw]

You know the mower manufacturers’ attorneys are twitching and flopping now, right?

[@Cmolejon]

BYE FELICIA lol

[@luanho3753]

@@Cmolejon máy cắt cỏ đẩy tay

[@seansysig]

You'll shear the pin the first time you hit anything other than grass.

[@unknownindividual731]

You should really pursue becoming a butcher as it appears, you're well on your way.

[@Cmolejon]

😂😂good idea

[@bruceadams0214]

I saw some wild cabbage in you weeds! So when you have your accident you can make your own opium?😆😅🤣🤣

[@Cmolejon]

LOL yes ill let you know when i get some

[@michaeloates732]

Nice job. Was hoping to see some 🐀 running out

[@Cmolejon]

Lol thanks. I definitely saw some paths they were using under the brush

[@louisgarden3888]

Hey Carlos nice video but I have a better idea, get yourself some Kavli blades they will do a much better job and it's easier!

[@Cmolejon]

I don't know what those are but I'll do some research 🧐. Thank you 😊

[@joepham1490]

You good idea the same i think i need to the same you on video thanks

[@Cmolejon]

Thanks and you're welcome 😎

[@christopherkibodeaux2319]

Roundup and a match would solve the issue. Then you have your dogs and cats nearby to catch and kill the rats. My dog will search them out on command and won’t stop for hours. lol

[@jannowak4977]

Good, but this engine has very soft cranckshaft and if it hits something really hard it can easily bent "in a banana" ;P

[@Cmolejon]

Ive hit several pretty hard sticks and it just shuts off. So far its still running strong :D

[@jannowak4977]

@@Cmolejon If it hit massive stone it can bent ;0

[@charlie-jl6tb]

just turn down the feed rate on the welder bro

[@Cmolejon]

Thanks for the advice. I eventually got it dialed in :D

[@jcooley74]

It almost looks like your polarity is backwards. Been there done that lol

[@bobisolano3161]

It will kill! 😏

[@themoreyouknow3523]

My rider would eat this in like 10 seconds that seemed like a lot of work hardly seems worth it

[@Cmolejon]

It cuts much thicker and taller stuff that your rider wouldn't be able to cut 😎

[@themoreyouknow3523]

@@Cmolejon I highly doubt that my 1600 series 3 turbo has cut taller bushes I live on a farm this is nothing

[@Cmolejon]

@@themoreyouknow3523 lol dude you're talking about such a price difference. I've cut really dense Brazilian pepper with this thing and it does good. Your machines price vs $40 and some elbow grease 😎. I'm sure I would use your machine if I had it

[@mikef8769]

Yeah, I wouldn't wear safety glasses either. Lol

[@Cmolejon]

😂😂

[@graysonwells4959]

im the 100th sub

[@Cmolejon]

Amazing, thank you 💪😎

[@graysonwells4959]

@@Cmolejon your welcome

[@vadimsopov1181]

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[@wallyallyn5473]

So I got to tell you you have very poor camera work

[@Cmolejon]

@@wallyallyn5473 thanks 😎

[@gordselectronicshobby3853]

Very stupid idea.

[@Cmolejon]

I thought it was cool 😎