Rod in Forfar
Platinum Member
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2010
- Messages
- 576
- Location
- Forfar, Ontario, Canada
- Tractor
- 1960 Massey Ferguson 35 (Perkins), 1995 TAFE 35DI, 1980 Bolens G174, 2005 Kubota B7510, 2020 Kioti Mechron 2200ps UTV Troy-Bilt Horse 2 1988 Case IH 255 4WD with loader and cab
When I bought a 48" offshore rotary mower for my Bolens G174 I didn't know any better but to use the same system of chains it used on the 48" Woods 3 pt hitch finish mower. I just added a couple of appropriate chains to the front corners of the bush hog and away I went.
When the Kubota B7510 came along and I started to use it on the bush hog I discovered I had to fiddle with the hoist to get the proper height for mowing around my little trees. If I lifted to vault over a rock or make a tight turn, I'd have to reset the height by trial and error.
Today I took the Woods chain cleats off the Bolens and attached them to the pin which holds the upper end of the top link on the Kubota. The chains from the rotary mower fit with very few extra links, but they work. Now I can hop the mower over an obstruction and return to the preset height of cut without undue attention to the operation.
Last week I ordered another set of the chain plates for the Bolens. Woods still stocks them.
When the Kubota B7510 came along and I started to use it on the bush hog I discovered I had to fiddle with the hoist to get the proper height for mowing around my little trees. If I lifted to vault over a rock or make a tight turn, I'd have to reset the height by trial and error.
Today I took the Woods chain cleats off the Bolens and attached them to the pin which holds the upper end of the top link on the Kubota. The chains from the rotary mower fit with very few extra links, but they work. Now I can hop the mower over an obstruction and return to the preset height of cut without undue attention to the operation.
Last week I ordered another set of the chain plates for the Bolens. Woods still stocks them.
