100 with a Woods Deck

[jimbob200521]

Originally Posted by ironman

I've got an old Bolens mid mount deck laying around, I think it is 38" and it is quite beefy (as in stout metal). I have toyed with the idea of trying to fab it up somehow to mount like this and try use it as sort of a mini brush hog. But what always stumped me was how it would handle uneven ground. In other words, a little up or down in a straight line, the deck would ride on the casters. But what happens when the tractor is on ground that is say, rolling downhill to the right, and before the tractor gets there the deck finds higher ground on the left. Will it want to dig in, or want to flip the tractor? I'd love to see a better video of the Wood deck in action to get some ideas.

Just throwin' out musings that amuse myself.

My guess (never seen one in person) would be that however it mounts to the front of the tractor it would have some float to it. That way it could stay parallel to the ground better. I would think it'd need some kind of rear casters as well to keep it level. However, I don't know how well it would handle attacking a hill or whatnot at a 45° angle.