[AT] King Kutter bearings

[Mark Greer]

Farmer,
I may have a set of cultivators for you. I need to dig around in the barn
for them but I think I still have them.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>; <100AcreFarming at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 8:27 AM
Subject: [AT] King Kutter bearings


> The passenger side quill bearings went out on my 5' King cutter finish
mower last
> week and due to attending CubFest in Ohio I just got a chance to tear it
down
> yesterday. I was a little annoyed to discover that there were absolutely
no markings
> on the bearings at all. It just so happened that laying on a small
portable bench
> next to where I was working were most of the guts of a Shopsmith Mark V
model 500
> that I am in the middle of refurbishing to sell. The bearings in it were
all OK and
> I would normally just relube them for my use. This one was for resale so I
want to
> put in all new ones. I noted that they seemed about the same size so I
pulled one
> and checked. Wow! An exact fit...   How often does that happen?   <(^¿^)>
> Now I will be sure I save any good ones that I pull off and put them in
the spare
> parts container for the King Kutter... Those Shopsmith bearings sure made
that mower
> quieter.
>
> BTW, I have been amazed at how well that 18 HP Yanmar YM-1500 pulls that
5' mower
> (both bought from a neighbor this year). I was cutting part of the barn
lot area
> yesterday that was about 6" tall and able to run in 7th gear no problem.
> At some point when I find some $$$$ I would like to pick up a very bargain
priced
> 4' bush-hog for it. I may also get a 4' 3 point box scraper for it.
> I also will be wanting a cultivator for my Farmall #$%& CUB for next year
if I can
> find a complete set cheap enough. I may just make a set. They can be
pretty simple
> for my use...
> It seems strange to be looking for small stuff after buying bigger and
bigger stuff
> for years but the little stuff fits the direction I am going better. This
Yanmar is
> about 41" wide and will drive right through a 48" horse stall door or
gate. The
> Farmall CUB cultivators will be ideal for the pumpkins and indian corn we
are
> growing.
> I have 8 old Gravely's that I hope to combine into at least 4 very good
ones and
> they do a great job of such chores as mowing small or very steep spots. I
also have
> the rotary plow and rotary tiller for them and several other attachments.
> I did use one big disk for the indian corn plot but our two 24' field
cultivators
> stayed parked. I need to move them to another lot and put them up on some
old boards
> or something. I want to make some support stands for the two big disks to
store them
> up off off of the ground. I should sell some stuff but I hate to burn too
many
> bridges too soon... Too many times in my life I have made a U-turn and
needed a
> bridge again...   <(^¿^)>
>
>
>
> --
> "farmer"
>
> I try to take one day at a time but sometimes several days attack
> me at once.   <(^¿^)>
>
> Refurbished Shopsmith's
> Good used SPT's
> http://www.indiana-robinson.0catch.com/
>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
>
>
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