Good Day everyone i recently purchased a KUBOTA B3200 LA504 I wanted to know if i could put a brush hog on the front?

[Yaiyr12]

Aiming to try to put a brush hog in place of my bucket not sure if it's possible.

 

[GreensvilleJay]

yes, possible, depends on how good a 'backyard bodger' you are if you have a good credit card.

 

[Yaiyr12]

Ok does it need to be modified?

 

[ken erickson]

I seem to remember a thread where a fellow installed a PTO driven snowblower on his loader arms. I am not sure if he limited the travel of the loader or how exactly he handled the limited range of u-joints and pto shafts.

Anything is possible as Greensvillejay has mentioned. Does your B3200 have the optional mid pto? I think that would make the modifications a tad easier. ONE (and there would be many) of the problems of trying to run a pto driven implement on the front of your loader arms is how to articulate the pto shaft when raising or lowering the loader?

Is your main goal by putting a cutter/slasher on the loader arms to be able to elevate the loader and cut vegetation up higher than what a 3pt mounted cutter is capable? If so, a Lane Shark would be a better solution although I do not know if your tractor has sufficient hydraulic flow.

lane-shark-ls-3

 

[GreensvilleJay]

If loader has SSQA, power a brush hog with a 20-24HP gas engine. Big benefit is it's 'self powered', can be raised ,lowered, angled as needed.
How it can be done depends on how you need it to perform, size matters of course.

Some may say ,why not use a Zeroturn ??

details, it all boils down to the details

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Aiming to try to put a brush hog in place of my bucket not sure if it's possible.

Possible , No not really.
You don't have the Hydraulic flow to drive a hydraulic powered mower.
You don't have the HP to run a Hydraulic pack to run it.
That tractor and loader is not really equipped or designed for such a heavy and awkward load.

 

[GreensvilleJay]

curious, so googled front mounted brush hog....

KING WELDING Hydraulic Brush Hog

Buy KING WELDING Hydraulic Brush Hog from Good Works Tractors online at the best price!

www.goodworkstractors.com

just one of several being offered, though most are for bigger tractors,there may be more ,smaller ones out there. you'll have to read and compare the 'specs' to see what will work for you

 

[fried1765]

I seem to remember a thread where a fellow installed a PTO driven snowblower on his loader arms. I am not sure if he limited the travel of the loader or how exactly he handled the limited range of u-joints and pto shafts.

Anything is possible as Greensvillejay has mentioned. Does your B3200 have the optional mid pto? I think that would make the modifications a tad easier. ONE (and there would be many) of the problems of trying to run a pto driven implement on the front of your loader arms is how to articulate the pto shaft when raising or lowering the loader?

Is your main goal by putting a cutter/slasher on the loader arms to be able to elevate the loader and cut vegetation up higher than what a 3pt mounted cutter is capable? If so, a Lane Shark would be a better solution although I do not know if your tractor has sufficient hydraulic flow.

lane-shark-ls-3

The Lane Shark-3 requires 5-8.5 gpm
The B3200 is listed as having 6.7 gpm.
Perhaps a bit iffy.

 

[Ktrim]

The other day, while driving on a back road, I saw an older gentleman on a bx. He had a 10 or 15 ft pole somehow attached to the bucket extending out to the left. On the end of the pole there was a push mower with the handle removed. He was using this to clear the road side.

 

[bsekf]

Keep in mind the amount of debris the mower will throw back at you. Especially if you try to cut 3-4 feet in the air. You will need a substantial wire screen.