lift stops

[Greg G]

I am totally new to tractors, particularly old ones. My wife and I just bought a small place,5 acres. A good friend of hers gave us a '40 9N. It came with a brush hog, a box blade, and a shovel-scoop thing.
I have so much to learn. I'm a cityboy electrician learning to live in the country.
Anyway, while mowing if I don't pay attention I sometimes raise the mower deck too high and the PTO shaft sharts beating the tar out of the deck. Of course when this happens I lower the deck right away. What can I do to prevent this? There must be a way to stop the deck from raising up that high.
This is my first post on this site. I'm sure it won't be my last! LOL! Thanks for helping out a rookie.

 

[Anonymous-0]

The 9n/2n does not have position control. Pos-control allows you to set an above ground implement at a set height. Some use check chains, other like myself bought a Zane Thang.

FWIW....The archives are a most excellant place of reference.

FWIW2...Get an IT FO-4 repair manual. That and a parts manual will help w/future repairs.


HTH...good luck,
.....don t. .....

 

[Tom from Bancroft]

First off welcome aboard. I, too am new to this site but have had a 40n for quite a few years. I don't know what kind of brush hog you have, but when I mow with my king kutter, I set my top link so the deck is angled slightly lower in the front. Not much, maybe an inch or two. That seems to keep the pto shaft from hitting the deck on full lift.

Also, since you said your new to this old tractor stuff, absolutely get a over ride clutch if you have'nt got one already. Have fun and be safe!

 

[Anonymous-0]

Hey Greg - welcome to the club...

I want to expand on what Don said. He is correct, but for a new guy a little more explanation is needed.

The 3pt lift on the 9N and 2N was designed to keep a plow in the ground, not an implement above the ground. This is called draft control.

The draw-back is implements tend to be way up in the air, or dragging on the ground. The 8N introduced an option called position control which allowed the operator to switch between draft and position control. These days most utility tractors only come with position control.

For a brush mower, you might opt to install limiter chains which you set to prevent the mower from dragging on the ground, and the draft control lever is set all the way down.

The other option that many of us (my 2N included) utilize is an after market device called a Zane Thang. Zane Sherman makes these little feedback add-ons that trick your draft control into thinking it is position control. I use mine with great success with a boom pole, grading blade, finish mower, rear scoop, and brush mower. The cost isn't that much and even the most inexperienced mechanic can handle it.

Look in the archieves for Zane's information.