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.

That’s the way I grew up operating a Ford 3000, still have same tractor, 51 yr old tractor. It’s been setting for 4 yrs, Just got it going again!

Remind me to never lend you my mower LOL

Yes it was the 3000 is a beast. I rebuilt mine 20 years ago and have never had a problem with it. I definitely work it hard.

I enjoy watching you work with your tractor. It brings back memories of helping my dad around the farm when i was a kid . i really miss him.

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.

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!

That looks fun as heck!!!✌

Awesome job👍🏼. You have to use your equipment to its furthest potential to get the job done

Excellent video once again! Thanks! Great balance of instruction and entertainment.

Nice job doing the best you can with what you have.

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 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.

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That's a real nice ford. Don't under value it's potential.

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.

Great job enjoyed that, really looking good!!!!

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.

I've destroyed the reverse gear while doing a similar thing with a Kubota L1500. I purchased a PTO slip clutch and now I don't even worry about sudden shocks.

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

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!!

Wow. I'm dizzy. Good video. I hope your family is doing well. God Bless!

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.

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.

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 )

I have a 1968 Ford 4000 row crop. Great tractor! I would rather use it over my Kubota and Massy Ferguson. I use it to plow and plant corn.

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.

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.

At the end I was like "Oh man, he didn't hook the camera to the PTO shaft.......... right...? *Starts spinning* "AH CRAP!" lol.

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.

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.

Nice looking Ford tractor. Just last year I got a 1979 Ford 3600 3-cyl diesel with a loader and no complaints about it

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.

Wonderful video. Thank you for sharing. Peace and Good Fortune to you and your family.

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.

Nice Ford 3000 , great PM session on mower. You understand the limits, Cheers!

Nice video ,perfect for spring and great music too!

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.

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.

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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 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

My dad was the same way. He pushed all of his equipment as hard as he could and then wonder why it would break down.

Love doing this myself, except I use an old push mower and not near as much land.

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

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.

Beautiful property Wes, you are doing it a great service. Great tractor too! How is the little one?

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.

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.

What drone was used for the video? Looks like it followed pretty good. Your comments on it?

Very nice - if you like an Industrial landscape !!!!

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.

That tractor is old, underpowered and lacking in features but they aren't light duty. It was made to run wide open for days at a time.

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?]

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

Yup, this is why "brush hogs" have a relatively short life. Everyone abuses them. But honestly, I've seen a lot worse. Sad to see that you beat up your nice, straight and clean little utility tractor. Now more wasted time and money to repair the damage, and it will never truly be as nice as it was again either. You and my uncle would be get along well. He thinks his farm tractors are all friggen bulldozers. It's why his stuff is all beat to hell and broken all of the time. You should see the thousands of dollars of damage he's done to canopies, cabs, exhausts, grilles, hoods, fenders, lights, axles, spindles, tires, hitch arms, filters, and much, much more damage. What really irks me is that we have a dozer and a backhoe! People all too often convince themselves that they are "saving money" by beating the hell out of their utility and lighter property maintenance equipment, when in reality they could have actually paid to have it done (or rented the right equipment) with the correct heavy duty equipment for the job. In the end, you'd be spending similar money without destroying your own machinery. Then, you just use your tractor and mower to maintain the property so you don't have the expenses and time associated with clearing it all over again.

Buy a goat or 2 , they take care of it as well.

Always your videos my friend

put a diff breather on that top gearbox hole and your oil seals will be happier unless you mow underwater

Some of that low stuff is great habitat.

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.

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

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,

That sure made a big difference.

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 !

Great ending shot!

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.

You’ve got a fine tractor

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.

Great job!

Wooded property sure can be rough on equipment, especially if you are determined enough to push it to the limits.

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???

Ever thought of renting the equipment you need?

Great videos as always.

Well, your tractor certainly isn't a hangar queen and I can appreciate what you ask from it. Maybe a bigger brush guard to save repair work later?

Its not a light duty tractor , Ford 3000 , rated at 40 hp or very close to it,, , the mower was also adequate except for the solid cutter bar,, would have been much better with a different design cutterbar ,,, one with swinging blades,,, it would take lots of the jarring from the PTO shaft and gearbox ,, WOW,, I just checkrd 47 hp, 38 at the PTO ,, thats huge,, should work like that all day long,,

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 .

Did the trick though..maybe a little rough , but what’s the point of having equipment if you’re not gonna use it . Looks good , nice work bud .

Why not goats to keep it to clear and to maintain?

Did some similar work today with my Jubilee.

I would not have attempted that but congrats on getting it done. Have you ever stirred up a bee nest?

Great video and great job clearing the land. Do you sale your rough cut wood to the public? If so I sure would love to talk to you about getting some!

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

Well, I don't have a tractor and I have some pretty steep hills in some places. I'm using goats to do the work for me.

I treat my push lawn mower just like that...then try to return it where I bought it and get my money back....he he

How many acres are you trying to make into a park?

I like this video.

Very good

you call that overgrown come down to central Tennessee and try my yard.... it gave a 870 tracked Skidsteer with hydrolic mulcher a run for it's money

Nice job!

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 !!!!

These tractors are pulling more then 200guintle sugarcane in india 👍 very good tractor

Show them who is the Boss !!

Good info.

You need a new PTO shaft. It's far safer than an older unguarded one.

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..

Are you going to put some grass seed down a cover for the forest bed?

Keep tight your linkage when you doing any pto work