All you Woods belly mower gurus

The first couple of times I mowed this spring, I blamed it on dull blades and probably the left blade being a bit worse than other two. I sharpened them before my last week cutting. Very little difference in blade sharpness when I removed them. With all sharp blades it still did the same, ridge along the right side, next to last pass of left side.

Now, I beginning to believe the Mrs. I see what looks like spacer washers on the gage wheel shafts, never compared the two sides. Maybe I have to rearange these. Any thoughts. The mower wasn't doing this last fall. In fact this mower has always done such a nice job, two days after mowing you couldn't follow the path of travel.

To keep mower from floping when traveling with it raised, I have 2x4 blocks U clamped to each mower push bar. These raise to touch stops I have bolted to front of final drives.

I solved my uneven cutting height with 3/4" thrust washers on spindle shaft of caster wheels. I went to a store that specializes in nuts, bolts, etc. he sold me these thrust washers in 3 different thickness. With these washers I was able get it same height both sides on concrete floor. Following that it worked fine out in the grass.

To all you folks Thanks, even Diana giving me that lecture for not listening.

I notice the pivot bolt that attaches back of deck to the cross member is worn badly, letting back of deck down a bit. If I jack in there until the pivot bolt comes straight, it gives right elevation front to rear. I'll take that apart tomorrow, fix the holes and replace the bolt.

This is about the first fixing I've done since I bought the mower used 4 years ago. This is one of the old 59HB-1 models, and I modified the mounting to fit the Super A Essentially I built the mounting hardware as nothing from the Farmall B fit. Fabricating the mounting and new blades were all I did back then. I didn't expect the belt to last as one end of it had been in a pool of oil before I bought the mower. I bought a new belt last year, however the old one is still going. Must have some good life left in it as the first time I mowed this spring I had about 8" of grass.

I don't mow a lot of ground, probably 1.5 acres, but some of it is quite rough. I just putter along in 1st gear, no point in busting things. I Have my blades set at 4", don't believe in scalping the ground, plus a long grass lawn doesn't burn up as fast in dry weather It takes me litle better than an hour to mow, right now about every 5 days. That will slack off as summer goes along.

The last time I took down a clothsline was the winter of 76. I'd been to the village welder with 656, putting the finishing touches on a used cab I had just installed. Tractor had loader on it with 84" snow bucket. It was dark when I left for home and a friend asked me if I'd push some snow behind his house, that his regular plow guy couldn't get to. I plowed the snow and went home. about two days later I walked behind the 656, and here was what looked like 200' of clothsline wraped around the rear axles. I milked my cows that night, all the time wondering where that damn clothsline came from. As I went to the house for the night, it hit me. Called Brenton, and said, "Have you got a clothsline behind your house?" He said, Yes, but my wife doesn't use it in winter." I said, "Would it be convenient to take a peek out the back door, because I don't believe you have a clothsline anymore." He checked and sure enough, no clothsline.

I suppose at 65, two clothslines lifetime is not bad. I wonder how many other guys have taken out the clothsline with a tractor?

Don't ya know by now that you should ALWAYS listen to the wife?

Jeesh!