What is this part for?

[jdschwass]

Heyall,

Pardon my ignorance, but what is this part for? It came with my WD hanging from the rear end. The previous owner had removed all of the lift arms, rear step, etc to
access the diff cover, so I ended up with a pile of parts. It seems to me like the lift arms will fit perfectly between the two ends, and pin through. Then the tongue
(which mine is missing entirely) could come out over this thing. The little bracket that is attached was bolted through one of the adjustment holes for the bar that the
tongue sits on.

The paint matches the rest of the tractor, so it seems original. Curious to know what the purpose of it is / how it is supposed to be used. Or perhaps it's off
something completely different!?

Thanks!

 

[4wdtom]

I don't know what that part is. Hope you got the rest of the loader along with the sub frames in the background.

 

[jdschwass]

Yes, I did get the whole loader.
Not sure if I'll use it or not... so many old tractors around my yard. The WD will mostly be for logging and mowing.

Hopefully someone recognizes this part, just because of my own curiosity.

Thanks

 

[Ted in NE-OH]

Doesn't look like anything I've seen on a WD/45. Looks kind of light duty for any tractor use.

 

[jdschwass]

(quoted from post at 15:23:21 10/26/22) Doesn't look like anything I've seen on a WD/45. Looks kind of light duty for any tractor use.

On the old fords, we ways chain the 3 point arm to the axle to get the loader to function. Is the Allis similar? I was thinking perhaps that this assembly will lock the lift arms in position across the tongue, simar to the ford's.

It's actually a very heavy piece of metal, and does not look homemade.

 

[r aiken]

You have a old style mouting part for an Allis Chalmers #3 mower. It bolts to the lift arms and drawbar, also that small strap iron bolts to the drawbar brackets under the
differencal. The #3 mower bolts to the other holes on that.

 

[jdschwass]

Thank you! Really appreciate it. Now I just need to decide if I need to buy a mower to go with it!

Cheers

 

[4wdtom]

I too have a loader for my WD. There aren't many around though and mine is/was rough, am getting it back in shape though. If you don't want it I am sure someone would buy it from you, as I said there aren't many. Some don't like them because they don't have power down or a hydraulic bucket but for what they were made for they are great. And that is for loading manure so you don't have to do it with a pitch fork.

 

[mdm1]

Where are you located? I have 2 #3 mowers that I may put back into service. If you are not too far away I may be interested in the mount. They made 2 different mounts for that mower. I have the other one. I'm in west central WI.

 

[jdschwass]

Ontario Canada.... it's a bit of a walk.

 

[Cheesehead Fred]

I'm sure this is the mounting bracket for an old style Allis sickle mower that fit the WD and WD-45. It mounts to the lift arms making them stationary, and the single bolt hole in the lower center of your bracket is where it bolts to the drawbar. The mower had a single swiveling tail wheel and a remote cylinder mounting to lift the cutter bar. My Dad bought one of these mowers (used) at a farm auction, and it became my project to mow our set-aside acreage.
The mower was a beast to mount to the tractor. I put ours on and took it off 4 times over 2 years and never did figure out an easy way to do it. It had a single point stand, and had to be lifted up to sit on top of the drawbar. Then all three mounting holes had to be lined up. Good Luck!
The once you got it mounted, next problem was it was horrible to mow with. It didn't cut cleanly, and it plugged up on both ends of the sickle bar. My Dad watched me struggle with it for a couple rounds in the field, and decided the we needed to sharpen it. That made it cut better, but it still got plugged about every 100 foot of mowing. We tried it twice a year for two years, and each time ended up borrowing the neighbors New Idea trailer mower that ran infinitely better. Once I got that dang Allis mower off the tractor, it only took a minute to hook on to the New Idea and begin to get something done.
My Dad was sure that we could fix this little orange monster because it didn't look much different than the neighbors New Idea. The second year we owned it was a replay of the first year, until my Dad tried mowing with it. He didn't finish his first round with it, came back to the house, jumped in the pickup and came back with a used flail mower. I grabbed another Allis and hooked onto flail mower, and didn't stop mowing until the field was done, never even stopping for lunch.
Dad tried to trade in that mower three different times over the next couple years. Each time the dealer was supposed to pick it up, and never did. The second and third time it became kind of a joke, he told the dealer he was trading in the same mower, and he never did come out and pick it up. The scrapper finally got it. If I was you, I'd pitch that bracket before somebody gives you the rest of one of those mowers.

 

[mdm1]

Hey Fred I have to admit I laughed when I read your post! I could have written it. My 2 just sit there for the same reasons you stated. Sometimes education is expensive!