farmall M Vs. Batwing mower

Nick Ropke

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I have a 51 farmall M that I was wanting to put on a john deere 2008 15ft batwing mower as our jd 5625 is currently on the ditcher, my M has enough power to run the mower but when went to lift the mower when it was folded up I blew a line on my tractor. the lines where old and weathered so I needed to replace them any ways but my question is this, if I put a new line on my tractor will the belly pump have enough pressure to rase the mower? the mower has about 1.5in cylinders on it and ways roughly 3500-5000lbs. I ended up using another tractor to lower and unfold the mower and the m has plenty of power to run it and I added a 4.5 gallon ressivor a year ago to run an auger I have a plane belly pump on this tractor that is currently set up for a two way system thanks for any helpful information
 
Your cycl dia isnt large enough as the new systems have twice the psi therefore they can raise it. Your system will also with a larger dia cycl.
 
a 15 foot mower on an M ???? you must not be cuttin much, 6 foot gave my super M a work out...
 
We generally use a 4430 on the batwing. Mowing ditches and waterways. No way my M would handle that.
 
Not an answer to your question, but make darn sure you have an over running clutch on the PTO. A 15' mower will push that M a long ways.
 
(quoted from post at 03:46:16 05/02/13) a 15 foot mower on an M ???? you must not be cuttin much, 6 foot gave my super M a work out...

Exactly!! Good to know that at least a few folks on this board have some common sense and hands-on knowledge.
 

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