tongue
Posted by KC FOX at 2014-09-15 22:09:51
what would be the best tree to make a mower tongue. A hack berry or a locust. as we broke a tongue today on the McCormick #9.
Response by s d Mannies at 2014-09-16 09:23:57
I've used ash ,worked good and light weight
Response by Jerry Hicks at 2014-09-16 10:00:05
If the hackberry splits straight it would be the best. Hackberry can be like ash if it's straight grained. Otherwise it will be like elm. Locust is tough but it's heavy.
Response by NoraWI at 2014-09-16 10:26:53
Black locust is hard and will last forever. I use black locust for fence posts. I thought the traditional wood to use for tongues was ash.
Response by Dris Abraham at 2014-09-16 20:09:44
White Oak is the standard. I sure would recommend steel.
Response by DaveSchulz at 2014-09-16 20:11:10
Does anyone make tougues out of the trees that grow out here in the West where we do not have ash or hornbeam?
Response by Dale Wagner at 2014-09-17 08:31:00
Seen many a tounge made out of quaking aspen or cotton wood. I used fir. A straight grained 4X6 can be trimmed down to fit at the back and the front taken down to 3 inch octagonal, leaving all the strength at where the evener sits.
Response by Wes Lupher at 2014-09-18 07:00:26
The old mowers on the ranches around here had lodgepole tongues. It's just what we have here in Wyoming.
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