Clearing heavy duty brush with a light duty tractor. Follow us on Facebook!: / falllineridg. . Music from www.epidemicsound.com Contact: falllineridge@gmail.com
A Ford 3000 diesel is a small tractor but it's not light duty by any means. Those 3-cylinder Fords are without a doubt some of the toughest tractors built.
I like your video. Just remember, from an ecological standpoint, leaving some of the underbrush makes for not only a health forest, but a desirable condition to attract wildlife. A good mosaic pattern is best. The less dense area will provide you with a defensible place to fight fires, while the thicker areas provide cover and encourage wildlife diversity.
Say that to all the invasive honey suckle and invasive plant species that infest the midwest. If you dont keep cutting it down, it will continue to grow. Specially when it chokes all the native species out.
Good video the sound of your Ford 3000 engine brings back a lot of memories from hay making spring sowing and all the other farm jobs I had todo with the mighty 3000 good days.
Man, you really worked it! I don't see many videos portraying the "real" things people do with equipment. I know I have a tendency to show only the "closest to proper" things I do. I also pop vines with the front wheels! Nice drone landing!
I have a ford 4000 and have about 6 acres of very similar land that I plan on clearing. Thank you for putting this video together. It gives me a better idea of what I’ll go though in the near future
I like that tractor too much to use it in that environment. Brought back memories of mowing in my day. On my Texas retirement property, I used bulldozer custom work and burn piles to clean things up and used a brush mower to keep things that way. Like you, I enjoy an open woodland with dappled shade and plenty of sun for the permanent trees and their canopies.
Solid work for the old ford! I have been doing that kind of work with the 46 Ford 2n I have most my life and they sure can take a beating. Its good to be able to weld if you do a lot of bush hogging! Nice video, and good work.
It was built to do at least what most people with tractors would need at the time if not more. See sales films from Ford from the 1950s and they referred to them as "big" tractors.
Absolutely, the old Ford and Fordson tractors were very versatile and tough. I have a Fordson Major and it will blast through just about anything within reason.
I've owned a construction rental equipment business for 25+ years. I just put you on my "do not fly list." Seriously, I've done the same thing with my equipment on my land. You just have to be really careful and really observant about what's happening around you.
I like that Ford Tractor 👌 make it work with what you have to work with. I started with a pull behind mower using it as a brush cutter it did the job until we got our New Holland Boomer Tractor. Thanks for sharing.
Goats and cattle are also a great alternative to using your equipment and profitable if your into live stock. Thanks for another great video I always enjoy watching you cut timber or run the mill or doing something with your tractor!!
I have the same tractor. I've been pushing it way harder than this going on 20 years. But then again I've got it stuck multiple times and broken a few cheap $50 brush hogs.
I did the same thing last week with my mower and pretty much broke it to pieces. I ran over some trees that I should not have at all. The tractor made it ok but I've lots of repair to do on the mower. Thanks for sharing the video.
Yep it's a big difference when done. Makes it look a bunch better. Kinda looks like my PTO shaft when I do mine. It's a big scary surprise when you back in a Pile of brush only to pull out and find you ran over a bumble bee nest. They swarmed me and my tractor. I shut it down and jumped off. They swarmed the hot tractor for hours. Don't know the brand of your drone, but it has super stable shots. Great job.
I'm about to do the exact same thing. We've been on our land for just over a year. I've got a whole section of woods that I haven't dealt with yet. When we first bought the land it was just raw wooded thicket. We hired a guy to clear the parts we wanted cleared for the house 🏠 , garden, and other open spaces. But we left a lot of it wooded. Very similar to what your tackling here. The guy that cleared the land, drove his mulcher through the woods and beat it down a little... But its grown back up a bit. I've only got a Ford 2N... Its fully rebuilt, and runs like a top...But I know I'm going to have to finesse my way through this stuff. I've done a bit of a test run on the edge of the woods. I think I can do it. I'm looking forward to opening up that space and being able to enjoy it and maintain it more easily.
Great video. I bush hog many acres every year and have learned to go into the thick stuff backwards. It prevents a lot of tractor damage and keeps a lot of the vines an leaves of me and the tractor. The only downfall is you end up with a bit of a sore neck. Lol
I have a John Deere 790 tractor and have a 513 bush hog attached to it and the combination works well in what I normally cut. I was told that the bush hog could cut down smaller trees up to 3" in diameter, but I try to stay at 2" and smaller to leave the machine working like it should. Your Ford tractor still seem to be working great like the company built them to do years ago. Your bush hog does need a cover over the portion attached to the main part of the unit.
I've mowed saplings and trees with similar classic Ford 1000 series tractors, but using 4 or 5 disc side mount mowers. It's impressive to see it actually works using that type of brush cutter. I mean reversing a single rotor onto much heavier saplings than intended by design. This abuse we do too is very useful for clearing ditches and roadside bush - I kind of need a rear mounted bush implement too but don't have one. Anyway, I would prefer to use a clearing saw for this type of work in forest landscape - it is relatively flat while not on road, and the stem count to remove isn't that much. It's easy to make the stumps nice and clean and there's no chance of reversing a rear tire into them immediately after the fact when I'm on foot. It's a bit slower to walk about and takes effort to mow smaller details if you intend to do that, but those larger saplings that stress a mower and take a while become effortless with a good circular blade.
I've always hated bush-hogging, but especially trying to use one for brush clearing ("woody" brush, as it's called, meaning fairly substantial stems and even saplings). A lot, if not almost all, of what you were doing could be better done with a box scrape, or so I've discovered many years ago. Set your top-link so as to prevent the back blade from digging in so much, and back into it, "bulldozing" it into a pile to be burned later. Especially good for getting rid of the fallen limbs and such, which are a real annoyance to run over with a bush-hog, as well as possibly doing damage to your equipment. The bigger saplings can usually be uprooted by first laying them over a bit with the scrape, which also loosens the roots a bit, then, setting the blade about a foot away on the ground away from the sapling's roots, back into the thing so as to "dig in" and hook the roots. Keep backwards pressure against them while you raise the lift, pulling them out of the ground. Sometimes, it may take several attempts to get it completely out, especially on the bigger ones, but it can be done. The ubiquitous privet and multiflora rose bushes, both having shallow root systems, can be removed quite easily this way. After running over with a scrape, anything left standing will be much easier to "run over" with the bush hog, and much less damaging to your equipment and less dangerous for the operator. The only real drawback: you may get a stiff, sore neck from constantly looking backwards over your shoulder. LOL
Keep your eye out for used Bush Hogs or Woods (I personally know these and have used these mowers since the 60's) brand mowers at auctions or low volume sales dealers. The weak point on your mower is the gear box. Run good oil in her. Small trees are not your worries, rocks or steel fence posts are.
Love your videos!! I know how much effort and time you have spent on making your Vedios interesting and informative.. however; I would mention that blade sharpness isn't the only important feature to be mentioned, but blade balance is also required. I believe this can't be achived by hand grinding as your video showed. This can be done by removing the blades and using a bench grinder and hollow grinding the blade cutting edge. There is also a cone shaped tool which allows you to check blade balance using the blade mounting hole. This will help in cutting down on the vibration.
We had a ford 3000 when I worked on the farm. Undersized for the job, maybe.I wouldn't call it light duty though. Either way good work got the job done.
After every winter, My property has much tree branches that fall all over. But i like it, it gives me wood to burn when i am hanging out at night in my yard.
Great video! I put my equipment to well use also but you definitely get use out of your tractor. HaHa. I laughed when you were talking about the larger tree and said the tractor would cut it down but you would have to start high and nibble at it. LOL. Looks good buddy.
In the late 80’s I lived in South GA. They always had controlled burn this prevented forest fires and also created a more hospitable environment for new growth. If only the Fruits and nut in CA would do this they would have far less forest fires. But that hurt the CA forest fire suppression industry.
good day. I have looked at your video beyond the beginning and I wondered why you don't adjust your tractor for the hard work ? . I have also done this work for my work , but we / I have adjusted the tractor for it so that it is better protected and resistant to work . with perforated sheet metal plates, I shielded the drive line between the tractor and the mower with it, so that just like what you had on the mower, not everything can sit around the drive rod. I saw that you do have a reinforced front bumper . I had a reinforced bumper with perforated sheet steel welded over it, there will be fewer leaves and other junk in and between the radiator but the holes in the plate will get a lot of air along the radiator. also around the headlights we had made some sort of containers of perforated sheet steel, then the lamps do not break and still enough light comes out. we also shielded the side along the engine so that nothing could be damaged or broken while working, but it could still lose its heat through the holes. we also make the underside with dike sheet steel a protective plate for the engine parts and the oil pan, that ran from the bumper all the way down to the rear of the tractor, and was easy to clean and maintenance and repair easily removed by bolts to release . I do not know if they are available in America and so on but our tractor tires were from VOL RUBBER so solid tires, and with a mesh mat over it so that no pieces could be stuck out by the stumps that remained standing . maybe an idea to adjust your tractor as well ? . I would like to watch the video of it . Kind regards Hollandduck from the Netherlands. ( source of translations : Google translate )
Always enjoy these videos. Wondered if it would be better to use a trimmer with a good blade on all the larger stuff before going through with the tractor. Just a thought. Thanks
What a massive job. I am surprised and impressed with how rugged the mower is, and the tractor, too. [ What happens if you get a bunch of goats to pen in a "movable" arena area to chew up the undergrowth? Would they kill off the trash growth and help lessen the continuing chore of tamping down the forest?]
Also we fill out tires with foam then you don't have to worry about punctures. You have to drive door cuz there's no suspension but sure helps around thorn trees
GREAT VID, GOATS TO KEEP EVERYTHING DOWN TO GROUND LEVEL, THEN YOU CAN EAT THE GOATS, AND NO SMALL STUMPS LEFT EVERYWHERE!!, KEEP SAFE, LOVE YOUR WOODLAND, MICK FROM UK,
I just bought a used Ford 3000 diesel tractor like yours, mine is a 71 year model, borrowed a truck and trailer , got it home backed it off the trailer went to back up to my bush hog and it wouldn't go in reverse, its stuck in 3rd or 7th gear, I'm going to replace the gear shifter assembly and see if that fixes it. Nice job though on the bush hogging and filming, good use of the drone on the road scrapping video.
Tractor has more than enough HP and the mower gearbox looks to be 75HP rated.Before you'll do any real damage you'll stall the tractor. Mow away and enjoy. Do be sure to cut as low as possible so you don't leave a bunch of tire poppers waiting for your next trip in the area.
I love this tractor theas fords are realy nice old tractors we have 10 ford tractors around my house we have from 50s to 2010 and 20hp to 120hp ford makes great tractors back then we have a ford 2000 that could use a paint job and few other things but great all around ive ben looking for clean 3000 3600 my favorit tractors are 5600 and are 4500 indistrial
Get you some stabilizer bars for that 3 point and you'll be able to whoop up on them saplings a little harder. I just got a set for my 3000 and now I won't run without em
I am a huge fan of the Ford 3000 they will do a ton of work for their size. I grew up on one back in the 70's. Looking real good on the farm keeping a farm clean is a ton of work but very satisfying.
@@wilburfinnigan2142 in its day true it wasnt light but today it would be called a compact utility tractor. What is considered big today is anything over 70 hp. The tractor industry has changed a great deal since the 70's. You cant even buy a tractor made in USA anymore unless you get up over 100 hp. Case IH is built in India by Mahindra. Massey Ferguson is built in Japan by Iseki. They all are have been consolidated into foreign companies including John Deere.
@@kenjett2434 OOOOHHH I know BUT today a sub compact tractor is 20 to 30 HP.....tons of them available, I also had a 24HP new Holland which was made by Shinabura in Japland, nice sized tractor but the Manual trans was a piece of shit !!! Brole the Low range drive gear and split the Aluminum trans case...NH wanted more to fix it than the tractor was worth and what was to prevent the same thing happening again ??? Junked it out and bought the Ford 3000 and adapted the back hoe to it and a John Deer frt loader and moved a shit ton of big rocks with it probably 100 tons and it never whimpered !!!
You need to extend the grill guard in front of the tractor up and out to protect the lights and grill . That sure is a nice ford tractor , would be a shame to keep tearing it up. I think I would walk through there with a chainsaw and cut those bigger saplings down flush with the ground , just to be easier on the machine !
do you know how to stick weld if so go and get some hard facing rods and build up that blade it will stay sharp for a longer time and will not wear out anywhere as quick as that one considering what your doing with it.
Ford made some really good tractors. I like them better then the New Holland . I've bushhogged in the woods before you got to pay extra attention and be careful. Good job .
Those field mowers are tough, No, not designed for that, but, a place my folks used to have, inevitably youd hit a few rather large rocks while running the mower around, it was much more violent, mower deck has many scares, no mechanical failures though
It looks nice afterwards but you cutting all ur deer habitat out. Maybe go in and plant clover or fescue where you have went in and cut all that out would help to feed the deer???
@@falllineridge I have been clearing trails through our woods. I always get occasional stings and don't pay much attention. One day I got stung a couple times but I was focused on what I was doing with the loader. When I looked up I was in a swarm of honey bees. I jumped off the tractor and ran. Got stung about 20 times. Fortunately I am not allergic to bees.
Take it easy on that old ford my man ,there tuff but, your cutting big stuff with it.put you a round protector on that shaft and it want load up that bad.. I bet you had one on it before and just ripped it off Right...See Ya, Nice job, Be safe..
I have a f3000 but my Ford bush hog is on my MF135. The bush hog body isn't as sturdy as this one so I can't reverse over the larger brush/trees or else it'll start knocking. The Ford diesel is a bad sturdy mama jamma, though. The MF is more loose, but ALSO a work horse that I have very few issues out of.
On the bolts....... plain no marks on the head is a grade 2 soft hardware bolt....three marks on the head is a grade 5 medium range good grade bolt and six marks on the head is a grade 8 bolt....best, hardest bolt you will find in a hardware store !!! FYI !!!!
@@falllineridge YOU COULD PUT AN ELECTRIC FENCE CIRCLE AROUND THEM, THEN YOU CAN CLEAR ONLY THE AREA'S YOU WANT TO CLEAR,PLUS GOAT MEAT IS REALLY NICE TO EAT, WIN,WIN FOR YOU, GREAT VID, MICK FROM UK,
