John Deere no. 5 mower

[jhncp]

Since I sold my JD 485 haybine and IH 990, I resorted to using this $60 hay mower to cut a couple acres. It actually goes along pretty good probably because it has serrated inserts on guards. It plugs up when I go over cut hay and is tricky to get going but goes good when it's on a roll. It probably does a better cutting job than a $60,000 disk bine, I worked for a farmer using a new new Holland disk bine and it would leave strips and you couldn't see anything wrong, I hate modern farming and would take the machine that cost 3 zeros less. I AA engineered it to fit an Allis Chalmers.

 

[55 50 Ron]

A good mower. I had one for awhile. They cut good as long as everything is sharp and properly aligned. It would be interesting to know how many of those mowers that John Deere made. According to the Parts Catalog they were made from 1934 to at least the late 1950s.

 

[tim s]

back in the 60's we mowed a lot of hay with 2 #5's hooked to styled John Deere B's..

 

[John T]

Back when I mowed a lot of acres using a JD NO 5 and it performed great. HOWEVER it didn't when I first bought it.

To make it mow good 1) I installed all new serrated rock guard ledger plates 2) Installed a new serrated edge knife 3) Installed new wear plates where needed 4) Installed and/or adjusted all the hold downs 5) Installed believe it was called H $ S last end section that was sorta like a section and a half to reduce clogging at knifes end 6) Adjusted for the correct TIMING 7) Adjusted the LEAD 8) I raised the outer shoe to its highest setting.......Other things Im forgetting

NOW THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE RIGHT ITS BEEN A LONG TIME MY MEMORY IS SLIPPING GRRRRRRRRRRRR

Seems like I may ?? have reversed some of the bolts so the flat head (plow bolts ?) were more flush n even on TOP and the nuts were on the BOTTOM ?????? That allowed grass to flow over n back versus hanging on nuts n bolts Its been too long but I sorta recall I did something like that BUT NO WARRANTY Of course if you ran through already mowed hay that didnt work so well BTDT lol

Years later when mowing with a rotary cutter disc bine I could go much faster and hardly ever clog even if you ran through already mowed hay yayyyyyyyyyyy If a strip was left it was often a bad blade which were cheap n easy to replace..

In a way, I kinda miss those old days and that old equipment but I can tolerate it lol

John T God Bless America, for those so inclined who wish to do so, pray for an end to the border crisis and rising prices grrrrrrrr

 

[NY 986]

If I had to guess probably into the hundreds of thousands. A lot of farms and ranches may not have turned a furrow but made hay or trimmed pasture. A lot of IH, Oliver, MH, MM tractors around here were hooked to a Number 5 when I was a kid so that spoke to the preeminence of that model. Similar with the model 44 plow at least around here.

 

[Rich'sToys]

When John Deere built that mower they made brackets to attach it to every brand of tractor that was on the market at the time. If you look at the owner's manual and parts book there are more pages devoted to that than how to actually run the mower!

 

[Richard G.]

Good mower.
I was mowing one day using a JD A and it came up a heavy thunderstorm and poured down rain.
Soon as it stopped raining, I went back to mowing.
This was in heavy fescue.
Richard in NW SC

 

[RLA]

Some where in my collection of photo's I have a pictures of 5 John Deere A's with 5 #5 mowers mowing a 15 acre piece of hay on our farm. If a #5 was in tune you could mow in 5th gear, you were 10-15 yards away from the hay be for it fell. I still have 2 number 5's & currently getting one in tip top shape
to use on the 1944 A I resurrected. We only use them now for trimming or mowed pastures.

 

[Loosehandle]

Rebuilt a #5 with new parts from Webb cutting components this spring. Works beautiful on a JD B, sounds like a sewing machine.

 

[SVcummins]

I put new style guards on my no.8 it will go right through cut hay no problem