New toy....errr, tool (pics)

Royse

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I picked this up this morning. Ferguson A-EO-B20 6 footer.
It was stored in a barn on a pallet and is complete with the
original manual and the right stabilizer bracket. No left one
though. I'm hoping a generic will work on that side.
Chain hook and safety chains are there, etc.
I won't use it much, but enough to bring it home.

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LOL You are not the only person with that opinion Caryc!!
I have had several people tell me they wouldn't take one home
if you paid them too. I'll let you know what I think after I get
it adjusted properly and try it out. It came with the original
manual too, so I should be able to get it set up right.
 
(quoted from post at 13:11:36 11/11/14) LOL You are not the only person with that opinion Caryc!!
I have had several people tell me they wouldn't take one home
if you paid them too. I'll let you know what I think after I get
it adjusted properly and try it out. It came with the original
manual too, so I should be able to get it set up right.

Make sure your pooch isn't running around when you fire up that thing. :shock:
 
Used one of those when mowing at the Airport.
Updated version though. They work good on areas
you don't want to drive through or are too muddy.
 
Royse,
Looks similar to a Dearborn Models 14-15 and 14-16 and parts might be innerchangable. I have a 14-17 that (7') sickle bar length. Some parts are missing and therfor will let you have parts off it, or you can buy it for what I paid for it (scrap price).
I liked the Dearborn in my 1950 farming and they come in handy for mowing roadsides.
 
Nice find! Even if it doesn't get a whole lot of use, I think it'd be handy to have around. I thought most of these had a wood pitman, but this is metal?

Colin
 
Royce,Used to have one exactly like that one but it was a 7 footer.Cut many acres of hay with it and the 43" 2N back in the day.It did a good job of cutting if it had good sharp sections in the sickle.
 
Reminds me of hay season in the 50's. The old mower
is gone, but lots of repair parts still in the barn.
Still got teeth, blades, rivits and a bunch of
things. Someone mentioned the pitman bar, mine was
wood. Someone else mentioned pets, I almost cut off
my bird dog's foot. As luck went, it only got his
pad on a toe and he grew it back fine. However, I
carried him home in my lap on the 8n and he got
blood all over me. Happy times.
Clayon
 
I think that is made by the Detroit Harvester Co. I have one almost identical to yours for my Case VAC. There is no under axle bracket for the left side. the right bracket is for the break-away connection that allows the bar to swing back if it hits an obstruction. It is a good mower, and bar parts are available at most any good Farm & Home store (knife sections, ledger plates, rock guards, etc).
 
I thought my uncle was the richest farmer on earth he was laying down alfalfa and the wooden pitman stick broke. Went to John Deere and got a new one, made a few more rounds and the pitman stick broke, Loaded up went back to John Deere and he bought 2 this time, at $7.00 each. It was beyond my imagination he could buy 2 at once at that price. Diesel at that time was .09 was gallon so that was a long time ago and green paint is still expensive.
 
You are correct. The belts are intended to slip if the bar gets locked up instead of the wooden pitman arm breaking. incidentally, one of the advantages to a sickle mower is that when mowing weeds it cuts off the stalks and gently lays it down without spreading the seeds as a rotary mower tends to do, thus controlling re-emergence.
 
I used a similar[mule powered]cutter for cutting hay
back when I was a kid on Grandpa's farm. I can't
remember all about it,but that it worked well,and
the mule"gems" were fertilizing as we went. We also
made square bales. lha
 
(quoted from post at 19:56:01 11/11/14) I picked this up this morning. Ferguson A-EO-B20 6 footer.
It was stored in a barn on a pallet and is complete with the
original manual and the right stabilizer bracket. No left one
though. I'm hoping a generic will work on that side.
Chain hook and safety chains are there, etc.
I won't use it much, but enough to bring it home.

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I have two of those mowers. You are correct that it is supposed to have a stabilizer bracket on the left side for the stabilizer bar to hook to,of course the break away goes on the right side. Those mowers are the same as a Dearborn 14-1 and 14-2 not a 14-15 or 14-16. I own those also. Both were indeed built by Detroit Harvester. The metal pitman arm is correct on that mower.
 
Thanks for the information Jason. See any reason a standard
stabilizer bracket won't work under the fender on the left side?
 
They work well to reach under trees and mow shallow ditches too.
Any place you can't or don't want to get your tractor in. :)
 
Clayton if you want to get rid of those parts, I might be interested.

I've mowed hay for a long time with the same old pull behind
JD 37 sickle mower. Used it this year even. Works great!
It has a wooden pitman arm and no belts.
I cut the legs off of a white tail fawn with it about 35 years ago.
That still isn't one of my more pleasant memories.

I wanted one of these for my Fords because the JD requires
remote hydraulics to raise and lower. Finally found one in good
shape that didn't cost half the price of the tractor. :roll:
 

No you should be fine with the common angle iron bracket on the left side. On the right stabilizer there is a little tab that bolts on with the bracket. A chain on the mower hooks into it. Did that come with the bracket also? If not its not a big deal, it's very easily made piece. Most important thing you got with it is the top link with the rack on it for your position height chain. Those are almost never with the mowers.
 
Glad the rack is there, I'll leave that top link on the mower.
I think I let one like it go with one of my other tractors too.
I'll have to check on the tab, I don't remember it. I'm fairly
good at fabrication, so if its not there I'll look at some pictures.
 
Before you use it, take apart the drive shaft slip splines in the middle and Clock (Line Up) the U-joints so they are in phase. Take a look at your pick up drive shaft and you'll see how they are lined up. Also, when you hook the drive shaft to your tractor, tighten the clamp tightly to your tractor PTO shaft. If you don't do these 2 things it will snap the drive shaft next to the slip splines. I used a mower identical to this on my father's NAA in the 1960's and 70's. Keep it greased and in a barn and it will last and last.
 
George, Thanks for the info on both the drive and the advantage of the mower re: weed control! Good info!

Colin
 
Royse, I just checked the barn and I have two
blades complete with a broken tooth or two. Also,
several guide points as I call them, they have
pointy ends and help avoid rocks, etc. Finally, I
am fairly sure that I have a number of loose new
teeth that rivit to the bar or blade.
I would be glad to give it all to you but don't
know where you are and shipping is expensive. I'm
about fifty miles north of Dothan, AL. The
shipping would probably cost more than the parts
are worth.
Clayton
 
Thanks for checking Clayton. I'm in Michigan.
I think I can find the knives and such local.
I'm not so sure about the bars or their ends.
I did get a spare bar with it, but no end on it.
My email is open. If you're willing to ship them
email me and I'll do the leg work to see what it
would cost, etc. to see if it would be worth it.
 
I have a Ford 501 7', when setup right works great.It has a belt and a wood Pittman which I break once or twice a season, with a belt can I get rid of the wood and go to steel?

My property is next to a elk preserve, a real pain, when they come up by my apple trees I stand on the deck and yell "get out of there" my lab takes that as a que to run down and chase them back into the pasture.
I was mowing this spring and a herd with babies came into the far pasture,the dogs were chasing something in the tall grass,almost got one of them so I yelled "get out of there" welllll on que she took after one of the calf's', next thing I know momma is chasing that dog across the field at a high rate of speed,then chased the other dog up to the house, came back with her mouth frothing and started stomping her feet at the tractor, dun mowin!!
 

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