Sickle mower vintage?

[Not db4600]

This came to us in a clean out. Can the MM experts help me with a model and vintage?

 

[Alan K]

That is a model UM5 sickle mower. I think they were made mid 1940s up until the early 1950s

 

[CraigWis]

It is a UM-5.
They show steel Caster wheels in this manual but it could come with rubber wheels

 

[matthies]

Have one like it, clean the trash out from under the cultivator tire, there in a tag there with model and serial.

 

[matthies]

Guys on here mentioned years ago that the tires are 7 inch and they made heavy washers to mount 8 inch on the rims. Mine was crudely converted to hyd lift. Plan is to take some parts from a JD mower to make the lift better as they look a lot alike. Specially the last pic with the cast piece.

 

[Not db4600]

Thanks brain trust.
I found a fair sampling of auction pictures but none gave a model. Only I’d as MM.

We have a very competent foster parent coming to adopt it so it’s future looks bright.

 

[T.R.K.]

Isn';t that a UM mower?
I don't know if the designation was like the MO series MM mowers or not: A MO7 had a 7 ft. cutter bar, a MO6 had a 6 ft. cutter bar. A MO5 had a 5 ft. cutter bar.

 

[lodoc]

Wow... you guys are good. Must be some gray hair around your ears