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Read articles →An owner-operator video focused on seasonal woodland trail maintenance using a brush hog and box blade on an LS tractor. It covers a real mid-job shear bolt repair, including removing the broken stub and replacing the bolt, and explains the box-blade dragging technique used to clear sticks and smooth trail surfaces. Best for property owners doing similar light trail work who want a practical, informal look at the process.
Hometown Acres appears to be a personal hobby-farm channel run by an owner-operator sharing real work on their own property, with no apparent commercial or dealer affiliation.
Use a punch to line up the holes and pound out the broken stub stuck in the gearbox, then insert the new pin, add the lock washer and nut, and snug it up.
Load the box blade with sticks, dirt, and rocks, then use it mainly as a drag rather than pushing or skimming, letting the weight and material smooth and clear the trail.
Brush hogs are notorious for violent engagement, so the shear bolt breaks on purpose to absorb that force instead of transferring damage to the tractor's PTO.
A 5-foot brush hog does not fully cover the tire tracks on this bigger tractor, so a 6 or 7 foot brush hog would cover the tracks and cut mowing passes by a third.
