Mounting a #5 Deere mower to an N Ford

[Bob]

A couple of guys have asked about this.... here's the bar someone made up for a mower I have. It replaces the 3-point drawbar and gives a tubular bar for the mower's clamps to attach to.

<img src = "http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u125/27Grainfield/MountingJD5MowerOnFordN.jpg">

 

[Sean (TX)]

Does it pivot on the mower deck? Looks like it broke.

 

[Bob]

Sean, the #5 is a sickle mower, designed with a "quick-tach" system that was originally designed to clamp to brackets bolted the the tractor's drawbar or drawbar mount. The adapter facilitates attaching it to a CAT 1 3-point hitch, such as on a Ford "N".

<img src = "http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u125/27Grainfield/Deere5.jpg">

Below is an example of what Deere supplied for brakets to mount to a Deere "A" (of course, without 3-point).

<img src = "http://i23.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/12/2c/f7f6_1.JPG">

 

[Sean (TX)]

(quoted from post at 11:45:36 11/07/08) Sean, the #5 is a sickle mower, designed with a "quick-tach" system that was originally designed to clamp to brackets bolted the the tractor's drawbar or drawbar mount. The adapter facilitates attaching it to a CAT 1 3-point hitch, such as on a Ford "N".

&lt;img src = "http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u125/27Grainfield/Deere5.jpg"&gt;

Below is an example of what Deere supplied for brakets to mount to a Deere "A" (of course, without 3-point).

&lt;img src = "http://i23.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/12/2c/f7f6_1.JPG"&gt;

Thanks. I thought maybe it was a finish mower. 3 Point sickle beats a belly mount any day.