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
Two weeks ago I bought a Bolens G174 with a Woods 3pt hitch finishing mower attached. Since then I have run through two belts over many acres of mowing.
The local sources had no listing for the Woods belt, a 5.8 X 126.7" beaut. The local Woods dealer kept me waiting and waffled, not sure she could even get one, but she'd let me know if she did.
That was a full morning of work. In the afternoon I phoned this outfit in Wisconsin: Belarus Tractor International at 800-356-2336. Yes, he would ship into Canada, but didn't need to as their subsidiary in Waterloo, Ontario, had two copies of belt #A-31748. I took them both. Twenty hours later they were waiting for me when I came home. $9.00 shipping.
What's more, they're the right belts. The others were 1/2" fill-ins which likely weren't strong enough.
The local sources had no listing for the Woods belt, a 5.8 X 126.7" beaut. The local Woods dealer kept me waiting and waffled, not sure she could even get one, but she'd let me know if she did.
That was a full morning of work. In the afternoon I phoned this outfit in Wisconsin: Belarus Tractor International at 800-356-2336. Yes, he would ship into Canada, but didn't need to as their subsidiary in Waterloo, Ontario, had two copies of belt #A-31748. I took them both. Twenty hours later they were waiting for me when I came home. $9.00 shipping.
What's more, they're the right belts. The others were 1/2" fill-ins which likely weren't strong enough.
