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Read articles →A beginner-focused walkthrough of attaching a bush hog to a tractor's three-point hitch, covering lower links, PTO shaft connection (including spline alignment and safety precautions), top link adjustment, PTO guard chains, and setting the depth-stop lever. It also touches on leveling the implement slightly nose-down for clean cutting. Practical and hands-on, but moves slowly and stays basic, best for first-timers who have never hooked up a rear implement before.
Posted by the Pete B: East Texas Homesteading channel, suggesting an owner-operator sharing personal experience rather than a dealer or manufacturer.
Hook up the lower links first with the implement near level, then connect the PTO shaft, then attach and adjust the top link before fine-tuning depth.
Even though the lever is in the off position, you don't want to take a chance on the shaft spinning while you're connecting it, for safety reasons.
Set it not perfectly level but with the front a little lower than the back, maybe an inch or two, so grass doesn't clog and shoots out the back more.
They keep the protective cover from spinning; it's normally free spinning, and the chains should be hooked up fairly loose so it doesn't bind when raised.
