[AT] 3pt mower top link

[charlie hill]

Larry, you can do the same thing with two short pieces of flat bar the way 
the Woods Mowers are set up and it limits how far up the mower can jump when 
it hits something.

Charlie

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From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:26 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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