[AT] 3pt mower top link

[Dave Merchant]

My old Ford 951 has the loose link.

Dave Merchant


At 10:35 AM 8/28/2010, you wrote:
>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
> >
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