John Deere No. 5 sickle mower

mpowis

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Going to look at a No. 5 mower. Looking to see if the piece is restorable. Don't have a specific need for it, but it would be neat implement to have for property maintenance. My chore tractor is a John Deere 2010.
Any advice on what to look for in way of condition? What to stay away from? I don't believe the seller has a tractor to demonstrate that it's still functional and says hasn't been used in at least five years. How do you tell, in a situation like that, if its restorable or yard art?
The correct way to adapt it to a 3 point hitch? What's the current market value?
 
If you want to adapt it to 3 point, you would be better off to find a JD #9, 350 or other make of 3 point mower. The #5 has a tailwheel and is not necessarily "easy on/easy off" on a lot of tractors. Depending upon how mower is set up you may need to use rockshaft arm to raise sickle. If you have remote hydraulics on the 2010 you can use a cylinder to lift. the #5 moser had adapters originally for many different tractors and most makes of tractors and were very popular. I have used the #5 and #8 on a jd430 but it takes a while to put the special hitch on tractor.
 
We had a 38 that hooked on by pulling out the drawbar and sliding in a triangle hitch with the stubs for the mower. Be thing to look at is the pitman personally I would go for a newer model without the pitman the 350 I got is a nicer and more problem free mower
 
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Make sure the mower has one of the two following drawbars.

Take a look at the two diagrams below.

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Take a look at the photo below of the first drawbar.
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Take a look at the photo below of the ?Quik-Tach? drawbar.
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Make sure it has a complete power shaft.

Take a look at the diagram below.
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Take a look at the photo below.
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Welding on the drawbar, mower frame and cutter bar; especially the cutterbar.

Take a look at the diagram below.
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Turn the power shaft and the knife should move.

If the knife will not move, then there is either a problem inside the crankshaft and bearings housing or the knife is probably rusted to the guards.

If the knife will move, then there is hope; otherwise, pick a spot in the yard with your wife's approval.

Take a look at the photo below of a mower that had a tree growing around and through it.

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Here is one way, using a Quik-Tach drawbar hitch, to adapt the mower to your tractor's draft arms on a 3 point hitch.

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Basically welding Cat. 1 hitch pins in a 2? diameter pipe that is approximately 23? long.

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We have purchased five <a href="https://youtu.be/rnH8n4KOYoU">JD No. 5 mower</a>s ranging from $60 to $150 depending on condition.

Hope this helps and good luck with your mower.
 
There's not really much to them. Pretty easy to fix. There are a few parts that seem to be prone to breaking-- the knife and the parts that hold the bar off the ground near the inner part of the knife-- I have five of them I think-- I use three as parts and the other two work. They can sort of be a pain but have their advantages-- cheap, easy to fix. I bought my first one for fifty bucks and used it and the parts ones to mow eighty acres with an H for 11 years. I learned how to put it back together. As long as there aren't any obvious broken/missing pieces or welds, they are repairable-- but not in my opinion worth big bucks I wouldn't pay over $200 for one that was in excellent condition. The most I have paid for one is $100.
 
As mentioned, make sure it has the correct power shaft with the slip clutch, as shown in the photos.
Also, on some of them the gear oil will leak out of the gear case. This comes out around the lower shaft that drives the pitman. On mine I just filled the gear case with corn head grease instead of gear oil and it took care of the problem.
 
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Agree.

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Very easy to adapt either the No. 5 or 8 mowers to a 3 point hitch, manymany ways to do it and some would not take nay longer than puttimg in a hitch pin on a pull type mower.
 

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