Anonymous-0
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I posted these pix to Help Identify, but I thought I would add some more info here.
There are NO decals or serial number plates on the mower. There are tin tags on some of the gearboxes, but they are simple numbers only, maybe gear ratios? The blades are marked Bush Hog, but they are a double sided blade that would be used on a reversible hydraulic drive mower.
I bought this mower at a local dealer. It had been left on consignment by the owner, who had bought a new one and hoped he could do better by selling it than by taking the offered trade-in. Neither the dealer nor the former owner knew what kind it was. Because I could not see it demonstrated I offered scrap price, plus an estimated value of the hydraulic cylinder and hoses. The owner made a counter offer of twice that, and I bought it. We took it up to a friends farm, and he ran it for a week, cleaning fence rows and pasture. Then he brought it over to me. I ran it about an hour, and after bouncing off one too many stone walls, it unloaded the blade shaft. I looks as if the nut just loosened and fell off the top of the shaft, inside the gear box. Unfortunately, when this happened, the shaft broke the gear box extension on its way out. Otherwise I could just re-assemble it with new bearings and seals.
If I can't find parts, I will either fabricate a new gear box extension from tubing and plate, or substitute a complete gearbox and blade assembly from another mower. Three point mowers with totally trashed decks and good gearboxes are much more common than offset mowers. I might even go for a new gear box from "GASP CHOKE" King Kutter or some such.
There are NO decals or serial number plates on the mower. There are tin tags on some of the gearboxes, but they are simple numbers only, maybe gear ratios? The blades are marked Bush Hog, but they are a double sided blade that would be used on a reversible hydraulic drive mower.
I bought this mower at a local dealer. It had been left on consignment by the owner, who had bought a new one and hoped he could do better by selling it than by taking the offered trade-in. Neither the dealer nor the former owner knew what kind it was. Because I could not see it demonstrated I offered scrap price, plus an estimated value of the hydraulic cylinder and hoses. The owner made a counter offer of twice that, and I bought it. We took it up to a friends farm, and he ran it for a week, cleaning fence rows and pasture. Then he brought it over to me. I ran it about an hour, and after bouncing off one too many stone walls, it unloaded the blade shaft. I looks as if the nut just loosened and fell off the top of the shaft, inside the gear box. Unfortunately, when this happened, the shaft broke the gear box extension on its way out. Otherwise I could just re-assemble it with new bearings and seals.
If I can't find parts, I will either fabricate a new gear box extension from tubing and plate, or substitute a complete gearbox and blade assembly from another mower. Three point mowers with totally trashed decks and good gearboxes are much more common than offset mowers. I might even go for a new gear box from "GASP CHOKE" King Kutter or some such.
