[AT] MF 265 and brush hog question

[charliehill]

Thanks guys,  you have confirmed what I already knew but didn't have the 
facts to back up.  The 265 will handle that bush hog just fine.  It has been 
handling if fine for several years.  Then all of a sudden the lift and pto 
completely quit.   I would have tried to fix it for the guy myself but I 
just don't have the necessary tools or an adequate shop to work on it.  He 
sent it to a guy that repairs everything from farm tractors to log skidders 
to dozers.  He's been in it twice.  He claims he's replaced the pump and the 
lift ram but it won't lift this bush hog that it's been lifting for years. 
Now folks are trying to tell my friend that the bush hog is too big for the 
tractor.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] MF 265 and brush hog question


> the rating is 4000 lbs at the hitch point.  Lets assume that is with 36
> in long lift arms with the lift link attachment at 18in.  Just an
> assumption, my 65 is 300 ft away and I have not had breakfast...
>
> If we add a 8 ft brushhog we can readily assume that the center of mass
> will be at least 4 ft from the attachment point.  So, we now have a
> weight that is 5.5 ft from the lift link attachment.  the calculation
> 4000lbs times 36/18  would imply that we have 8000 lb pickup force at
> the attachment.  Now, reversing that we have 8000 divided by 5.5/1.5 or
> about 2200 lbs.   I don't know what that hog weighs...
>
> Cecil in Okla
>
>
> Steve W. wrote:
>> Len Rugen wrote:
>>> There are 2 considerations for sizing bush hogs... HP to do the cutting
>>> and tractor lift / weight to haul the cutter.  3 pt hitch need a bigger
>>> tractor than a semi mount or trail behind of the same size.
>>>
>>> Check the ratings on the 265 lift vs. the weight of the cutter.  My
>>> guess is that an 8' cutter might have too much weight too far away from
>>> the tractor.  He could operate it like a semi-mount and it would
>>> probably be OK, the problem is lifting the entire cutter, not just
>>> carrying the front half.
>>>
>>> A semi mount has no top link and usually a lift ram for the rear
>>> wheels....
>>>
>>> charliehill wrote:
>>>> My friend has a MF 265 that he uses to mow his horse pasture.  It never 
>>>> cuts
>>>> anything tougher than some knee high pasture grass.  He is using an 8' 
>>>> brush
>>>> hog.  It's a 3pt hitch type and I don't know the brand.  He had some 
>>>> lift
>>>> and hydualic problems and now some folks are trying to tell him the 
>>>> brush
>>>> hog is too big for his tractor.  I think not.
>>>> I've run it and it seems to be fine.   Does anyone have an opinion of 
>>>> what
>>>> the lift and pto on a MF265 is capable of?  Is this single spindle 8' 
>>>> hog
>>>> too much for it?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Charlie
>>>>
>>
>> MF 265 - 60HP
>> Lift rating at attachment point - 4000 lbs
>> Lift type - Cat. 1 or 2
>>
>>
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