Aside from a hydrostatic, Select-O-Speed or modern synchronized transmission, a constant mesh transmission like your Ford five speed is about as good as you will find in an older tractor. Be thankful that you do not have a sliding gear transmission like found in many older tractors.
Among others, I have a 4 cylinder 4000 with Select-O-Speed and an 860 (five speed) both of which I use for mowing with 6' rotary cutters. Though the S-O-S is nearly ideal for mowing cover of varying thickness, I routinely shift my 860 without stopping. It is not so easy to do so with a sliding gear transmission such as is in my 2007 MF 533.
Hydrostats are ideal for such work if you can tolerate the gross inefficiencies due to the conversion of considerable power into heat.
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