(quoted from post at 18:45:04 07/15/16) Howse recommends 5 but I use 2 and have no shearing problems. However their bolt is 1/2 inch., Start out with 2 and if it appears to shear too easily switch to 5.
(quoted from post at 17:24:40 07/16/16)
At least with a slip clutch, they don't give up on you in the middle of a field. :wink:
(quoted from post at 19:47:13 07/16/16)(quoted from post at 17:24:40 07/16/16)
At least with a slip clutch, they don't give up on you in the middle of a field. :wink:
But the shear pin method affords me the only opportunity of being outstanding in my field.
The deck on mine was a real dopey design so no wonder it rusted to beat the band. If they wanted the deck to hold a lake of water they couldn't have done a finer job.
If they had simply constructed it with the side and rear angle iron facing downward like across the front, the water wouldn't have pooled on it.
(quoted from post at 22:56:20 07/16/16) Your mower is looking pretty good now. I wish mine looked that good. Actually, all mine really needs is a paint job. I had my neighbor down the road weld up three or four cracks in it. It never had any rust problems so the body metal is still good and strong and heavy. Of course the weather in California has probably helped it a lot. :wink:
(quoted from post at 12:25:25 07/18/16)
i used to mow with a 5 foot king kutter on my WD. the WD has an oddball PTO setup - i assume it's farmerized. it has a two piece PTO shaft, and the 2 pieces are connected by a heavy pipe sleeve with a bolt at each end.the hole in the PTO shaft coming out of the tractor is 1/2" - but the hole for the rear shaft is 5/16".
for that bolt, i used a grade 8, since i had a big supply of them on hand - and i sheared that grade 8 bolt on a regular basis - a few times each mowing season.
i now mow with my 2N, which of course has a single piece PTO shaft, so now i rely on the 1/2" bolt just in front of the mower's gearbox. however, in 3 years of mowing with the N, i've only broken that bolt once. methinks i'll be better off replacing it with a softer bolt - that one's a grade five at the moment. gonna switch to a grade two.
as a side note, i'd never know i'd broken one of those 5/16" bolts till i engaged the PTO and the mower ignored it. when i sheared the half inch bolt, it sounded like someone just fired a 30-06. that makes me think i'd probably be better off with a softer bolt that would shear with less drama
(quoted from post at 13:02:39 07/18/16)
[b:51f9061050]Best of both worlds would be to have a slip clutch and a shear bolt.[/b:51f9061050]
can't argue with this reasoning. i think i'm ok with just the shear bolt on the finish mower, but i'll be looking into rehabbing the slip clutch on the brush hog.
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