[AT] 3pt mower top link

[Mike Sloane]

I am not sure it makes all that much difference, Dick, if your hitch 
doesn't have down pressure (and most of the tractors I have don't). When 
the mower gets pushed up by an obstruction or bump, the whole mechanism 
just goes up with it. On my various Woods three-point mowers (finish and 
brush), there is an additional loose link between the mower and the top 
link that lets the mower rise, but I don't know what the AGCO might 
have. I suspect that loose link serves the same purpose as the chain might.
see 
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/international_240u/240uwithwoodsmower4.html>

Mike

On 8/28/2010 9:40 AM, Dick Day wrote:
> I have a 72" AGCO rotary mower that uses rigid bars to connect the back of
> the mower with the 3pt top link.  I remember seeing some mowers with a chain
> used to raise/lower the mower instead of the bars.
>
> I would think this would be a much better way to raise/lower the mower.
> Yet, all of the mowers I see for sale have the rigid bars.
>
> Anyone converted their mower to chain?  Advantages or disadvantages to
> chain?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dick Day
>