identify JD mower?

[Dave Bascom]

Can anyone help identify this mower? Hope the photo uploads ok.
thnx

 

[Anonymous-0]

#5

 

[Anonymous-0]

You will need a hydralic cylinder to raise and lower it. (NOT to raise and lower the bar to/from the transport position), but to raise the bar to clear gopher mounds,etc.

 

[TomA in CA]

That is what that hand lever is for but it will kill you.

 

[Bob Collins]

More importantly you need a pto shield.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Looks like a old # 5 to me. Someone has changed the mounting brackets to work on a 3 point hitch. My uncle's has brackets that bolt to the tractor, then he uses a steel cable hooked to 3point hitch arm to raise & lower the cutting bar.

 

[James Howell]

You have a #5 mower.

Because of the hand lever, it may be an early model.

It does have the the two pieces necessary for installing the hydraulic cylinder.

The brake-away hitch has been modified for a 3pt.

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The male end of drive shaft has also been replaced because of the longer distance from the PTO.

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Unfortunately an original PTO guard is too short for this setup.

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It still looks like a good mower!