[AT] 3pt mower top link

[charlie hill]

Dick when you hit a stump and the mower is upside down on your back you 
might re-think your decision.  I know a lot of folks run them with chains 
and it's something I might do myself under certain circumstances but it's 
not the safest way to do it and I suspect the consumer product safety 
commission would prevent a manufacturer from offering that option.

Charlie

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From: "Dick Day" <ddss at telebeep.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:41 AM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] 3pt mower top link

> Larry, thank you. You just confirmed what I thought.  The rigid top link
> works ok if the land is pretty level but, as you say, for un-even ground,
> it's a pain.
>
> I wonder why the manufacturer's don't offer the mowers with a chain 
> option.
>
> I may start converting mine this weekend.
>
> Dick
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 9:26 AM
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] 3pt mower top link
>
> If you use a chain as the top link, Dick, then hook-up for the 
> rear-mounted
> mower is much simpler because you don't have to adjust the mower to trail
> correctly over un-even ground.  It keeps you from having to compensate the
> hitch to keep the mower from scalping or from high-centering the whole 
> rig.
> I had a couple of woods mowers that I could hitch either way, and I much
> preferred using a chain.  Some of the off-brand mowers are actually set-up
> so you don't have to use anything as a top link, and the mower runs on its
> own wheels all the time.
>
> Larry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dick Day <ddss at telebeep.com>
> Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010 8:44
> Subject: [AT] 3pt mower top link
> To: ATIS <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>
>> 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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