We have another one of these balanced head mowers that I believe is a model #120. It had a usable belt that turns out to be the same part number. I got it swapped out so this will let me test things out before buying a new belt.
Workin' on the Old Tractors
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You will be cutting brush in no time with the new purchase, CJet!
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Can't see any pits from here, CJet, they look great!
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Won't be able to see the pits when they are covered in mud or cow dung either.
They will be plenty good for the tractor they are going on.Attachments
Just think of those rust pits like dimples on golf balls.
Makes them go faster and farther...!
I'm not a fan at all for trike tractors. Yet this one has some charm.Won't be able to see the pits when they are covered in mud or cow dung either.
Pits give it character of a era when machines were the real work horses of the industrial age. Take a machine today, it will not pit. Nope, instead it will crack and fall off in 10 years as plastic panels will not last!
I'm already getting requests from owners of recent Yanmars with cracked hoods. LS, Kioti, New Holland, Deere, and many others are having similar problems due to inferior parts made of plastic.
In 2 weeks, our all new 3D printer arrives. Guess what the first parts will be. Yep, tractor parts.
My 1981 Yanmar has a few that are aged plastic parts. There are not many on it, yet they have lasted 40 years.
Now, if carbon fiber printers came down in price . . .
I would rather have a mower like this for the ditches around here vs. driving the tractor in the ditch to mow. The county mows with a similar size machine and takes even steeper inclines, not for me. I just barely feel OK doing mine. And mine is steeper than my manual says to use the tractor in.
So yes, a 3-point sickle mower would be ideal to use. I like the fact yours has the mechanical parts inside a housing.