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68 years old still working Case VAC

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wfrpalm

Very nice.

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DougC

I have a finish mower behind my 1956 Ford 860 very much like yours. Mine is a Woods RM59 but yours seems to have sharp blades and an operator who is not driving 30mph while mowing.....:lol:

Thanks for the pics. :thumbs:

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pfrederi
31 minutes ago, DougC said:

I have a finish mower behind my 1956 Ford 860 very much like yours. Mine is a Woods RM59 but yours seems to have sharp blades and an operator who is not driving 30mph while mowing.....:lol:

Thanks for the pics. :thumbs:

 

 

I have a Woods L59 Belly Mount for her.  But it is only 5' and you can't trim on one side.  Used it about a year and I have it in storage...should really try to sell it.  Turns out the 60 inch Wheel Horse 3 point finish mower fro the D series is really a woods and uses the same parts. as the L59  Much easier to fond parts that way for the WH deck.

 

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troutbum70

We still keep our fields on farm mowed with a 47 ford 8n which each year requires some tinkering, like right now waiting for a water pump to arrive. And probably not much of the new stuff will survive that long, but there is many people that would not maintain them to last that long. Our country has not produced anything in many years that will ever be collected as the antiques of today. Everything is throw away.

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JAinVA

With no safety switchs,rops systems or computers that Case will be around a lot longer than the new stuff. It is a throwback to a time when you needed to have a brain to be safe and productive.

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pfrederi
17 minutes ago, JAinVA said:

With no safety switchs,rops systems or computers that Case will be around a lot longer than the new stuff. It is a throwback to a time when you needed to have a brain to be safe and productive.

No kidding the owners manual suggests you kick the seat back and stand up for a turn or two... which I do it is a nice stretch...

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Tractorhead

@pfrederi 

pretty nice Rig and a whow result after mowing.

 

Because of lack in my knowledge, 

One question i have, especially on most of the older Tractors i have seen, 

they look like most similar to Threewheelers.

Was there a special reason about this construction, maybe weight reducing 

or was they build in the Past this Way because less moving parts?

 

Did you know the reason for?

 

Thanks in advance for update my knowledge

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pfrederi
6 hours ago, Tractorhead said:

@pfrederi 

pretty nice Rig and a whow result after mowing.

 

Because of lack in my knowledge, 

One question i have, especially on most of the older Tractors i have seen, 

they look like most similar to Threewheelers.

Was there a special reason about this construction, maybe weight reducing 

or was they build in the Past this Way because less moving parts?

 

Did you know the reason for?

 

Thanks in advance for update my knowledge

 

 

They are also know a row crop tractors (Narrow front) Designed to work crops planted in rows like corn.  Also tighter turning radius than wide fronts.

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Tractorhead

Ah, ok, thanks for update.

 

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RandyLittrell

Cool! I have a VAC as well that I think is a 1950. Hope to get it back in working order soon. 

 

 

 

 

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Tractorhead

Did i see it right, the second Mowerdeck is connected by Belt to Rear PTO? 

 

As far as i think i’ve seen, it was angled by 2 Beltpulleys in 90 deg and than attached to Rear PTO by a Pulley.

If so, would you be please so kind to take a Pic of that?

 

I’m also interested in such a solution, but not really sure how to solve it.

Thinkin to use a Pulley, to change PTO speed by 2:1 to results in an usable rotationspeed for a Mowerdeck.

my PTO has 2 Speeds for the Rear PTO  once 540rpm and 1100 rpm.

second PTO speed shall maybe do the Trick.

 

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pfrederi
22 minutes ago, Tractorhead said:

Did i see it right, the second Mowerdeck is connected by Belt to Rear PTO? 

 

As far as i think i’ve seen, it was angled by 2 Beltpulleys in 90 deg and than attached to Rear PTO by a Pulley.

If so, would you be please so kind to take a Pic of that?

 

I’m also interested in such a solution, but not really sure how to solve it.

Thinkin to use a Pulley, to change PTO speed by 2:1 to results in an usable rotationspeed for a Mowerdeck.

my PTO has 2 Speeds for the Rear PTO  once 540rpm and 1100 rpm.

second PTO speed shall maybe do the Trick.

 

Sorry the mid mount hasn't been on the tractor for several years no pictures.  This is from the parts manual may give you and idea....

 

 

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tunahead72
On ‎8‎/‎2‎/‎2019 at 8:09 PM, pfrederi said:

No kidding the owners manual suggests you kick the seat back and stand up for a turn or two... which I do it is a nice stretch...

 

When I was much younger and (I thought) wiser, I used to laugh at the road signs in rural America that showed a tractor being driven by a guy who was clearly standing fully upright.  I used to wonder, why in the world would someone drive a tractor like that?  Until I tried it on my IH 686 tractor on our place in Virginia, and then AHA!  Like Paul said, it's a good way to stretch, and you can see better!

 

Can you imagine a modern day tractor owner's manual suggesting something like that?

 

Nice tractor Paul, and nice work the two of you do together! :thumbs:

 

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Lee1977
On 8/3/2019 at 8:55 AM, pfrederi said:

 

 

They are also know a row crop tractors (Narrow front) Designed to work crops planted in rows like corn.  Also tighter turning radius than wide fronts.

The narrow front end is a two row tractor. The smaller tractors with wide front end are a one row tractor.

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