Pond-Wheel Horse Cutter Bar Manul -32 inch front cutter bar

[Lane Ranger 10,530]

I bought a 1958 RJ Wheel Horse  December of  2013 located in Oklahoma and picked it up with five attachments in March of 2014.  One of the attachments was a front cutter bar or sickle bar.  The 32 inch bar is often seen on an RJ Wheel Horse.    The front cutter bar actually started as an attachment on the Pond two wheel tractors and was converted/redesigned for the four wheel tractors Pond/Wheel Horse was making before 1958.  

 

I already had one of these front cutter bars and even though we had three RJ's I did not think we need two of these attachments as I had completely rebuilt the one we already had.   I sold to another Red Square member and delivered to the "Big Wheel Horse Show"  in Pennsylvania in June.  

 

  Checking I found a two page operating and parts manual which I made a PDF of today and I am posting for others to use.  

 

 

One of the interesting instructions on the first page of the manual is about moving the cutter bar to the right side -as a side mount when cutting taller weeds !

 

This manual is for the 2 wheel Pond/Wheelhorse tractor.

 

 

Here are some photos of the Oklahoma Cutter Bar:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My restored Wheel Horse front Cutter Bar done in August 2013:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Original Two Page Pond/Wheel Horse Cutter Bar Manual and Parts List:

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 1, 2015 by Lane Ranger

[KyBlue 652]

outstanding!

[Digger 66 3,477]

Let's see her in action !

[KC9KAS 4,741]

Your restore looks great!

The other one looked to be in very good/usable shape too!

[Lane Ranger 10,530]

I have two videos of the Wheel Horse front Cutter Bar  (CBR-32)  working on my  1958 Wheel Horse RJ.    These are on You tube also under Lane Ranger.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuQmW-JXJqQ&list=UU86fcdbU7QyIjmZSQTp8Obg

 

 

The second one shows the blade in action:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vex6safNUA&list=UU86fcdbU7QyIjmZSQTp8Obg

Edited January 1, 2015 by Lane Ranger

[Geno 1,928]

You do some awesome work Lane.  

[Desko 552]

WOW look at the prices i think the highest price i saw was $22 and thats a really nice job

Edited January 2, 2015 by Desko