No. 8 Mowing Machine?

Putt Putt

Can't remember exactly in my mind's eye, but wasn't that #5 lifted manually with a lever?

Also, I can't remember if it had the break-away like the #8 or not.

As far as the basic mowers were concerned, I think that they were pretty much the same.

Maybe someone will jump in here.

Allan

It sure will; a sweet little combo in fact. You can knock down a lot of hay in a day with that old # 8.

If you are in heavy alfalfa, you might want to beef up the outer bar divider assy. Heavy hay will break that outer wooden throw.

The hardest part of the whole setup is moving that right rear tire in to give clearance to the mower's inner land divider.

You have to pull the wheel completely in on the axle and then also move the wheel in so it will set on it's outer rim at the lugs (which also have to be moved to the outside of the cast wheel). When it is set up correctly, the tire will be running very close to the clutch drum.

Also, if you have the 9 ft. bar, you might want to have it re-bowed before you start the season.

I used it running wide open in 5th on heavy irrigated straight alfalfa.

Allan

Is yours one of the 2 point mounts which attaches to/around the short cylindrical bars you mount on each side of the drawbar frame????

They may have also made them drawbar mounts like a few of the No. 5 mowers I owned also. The only problem I had on some tractor mounts (the 2 point style) was the length of the PTO shaft if I recall.

If its the 2 point side mount, measure the mounting width in between on the mower, then see what the overall width is of the attached cylindrical to frame mounts (if you have them already) and theres your answer. I have seen the 2 points rigged to fit on 3 pt lift arms also.

John T