Identifying Rotary Mower

JohnM · Aug 21, 2010

I bought a used rotary mower. The guy I bought it from said it is a Ford. That is all he knew. I cannot find any plates or stamps on the sheet metal to help identify it. It is a 5 footer. Underneath is a disc and the two blades are attached to it. All of the Ford rotarys that I have seen have been square and the top sheet metal has been so thin that they were rusted through. This one is solid. The back of the mower is tapered to funnel the grass out next to the tire. Does anyone know of a way that I can identify if it is a Ford and which model? I would like to get a manual on it. It will need blades too but I can take one off and take it to a parts store to match it.

souNdguy · Aug 21, 2010

post a pic or a link to a pic. only ford mowers I'm familiar with are the 59* series

soundguy

awhtx · Aug 21, 2010

Every Ford implement that I've seen either had a metal ID plate riveted to the frame (early) or the model number painted (decal?) on it (late). Of course if your mower is a late one and has been repainted who knows? As soundguy says- post a photo.

JohnM · Aug 24, 2010

(quoted from post at 18:12:15 08/21/10) post a pic or a link to a pic. only ford mowers I'm familiar with are the 59* series

soundguy

Finally it stopped raining long enough that I could get out and take some pictures of the mower. I am new at using this site. I hope this works!

souNdguy · Aug 24, 2010

you may have to post a few messages before it will let you attach a pic.

soundguy

JohnM · Aug 24, 2010

Well, I'll try it again. The picture did not get attached on the first attempt. Rookie mistake

LJS30 · Aug 24, 2010

That looks just like my RK60 mower.

JohnM · Aug 25, 2010

(quoted from post at 17:49:45 08/24/10) you may have to post a few messages before it will let you attach a pic.

soundguy

I posted a couple of pictures of my rotary mower. If you have a few minutes, could you take a look and see if it is anything that you recognize. I appreciate your help.

souNdguy · Aug 25, 2010

where's ya put them?

soundguy

JohnM · Aug 26, 2010

(quoted from post at 19:16:09 08/25/10) where's ya put them?

soundguy

Sorry about that. Havin a little bit of a tough time figuring out this stuff. Here are a couple of pictures. Hope these help. I appreciate any help you can provide.

souNdguy · Aug 26, 2010

will look thru my stack of manuals and see if i see anything.

soundguy

JohnM · Sep 15, 2010

The gearbox is an Agmo S-45-312. Someone told me that Howse Implement uses Agmo on their machines. I contacted Howse and they told me it is a Howse model 60L - it is about 20 years old. I had 2 bearings fail, I bought two 6208 bearings but now I need the bigger gear. When one of the bearings failed a ball from it landed on the gear and chewed up the teeth. A friend at a machine shop said he could use a die grinder to smooth out the teeth but the machine will be very loud and he does not know how well the 2 gears at right angles to each other will mesh.

(quoted from post at 17:53:34 08/26/10) will look thru my stack of manuals and see if i see anything.

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