New to me attachments

[George2615]

I posted this in the Attachments forum but figured I'd post here too since they'll be used on my LS.
Picked up a 6' King Kutter box blade and a Ford 917A Flail mower today. A couple had them for sale about 15 miles from me. I had stopped last week to look and made an offer. Today, after removing a dead tree from my driveway out by the road I got a call that they accepted my offer so I headed right down and got them before they changed their minds. When I got them home I did some mods to the blade to make it QH compatible. Will need to clean up and paint them both.

 

[Tbolt76]

George,
Here is where you can get parts and a manual for that flail mower. I think they can email you the PDF file with parts diagrams. Give them a call, nice and helpful.
Flail Master | Your BEST Choice for Quality Mower Parts

Tom

 

[breadtrk]

George,

The grapple on the forks is crazy cool. How many hours on your new machine so far? I've been clearing that overgrown field and sure could use a grapple. 84 hrs so far.

 

[bullbreaker]

Nice congrats ,thanks for posting pic's and shareing. Nobodys business what you paid but bet you got a deal !!! :thumbsup:

 

[George2615]

George,
Here is where you can get parts and a manual for that flail mower. I think they can email you the PDF file with parts diagrams. Give them a call, nice and helpful.
Flail Master | Your BEST Choice for Quality Mower Parts

Tom

Tom, Thanks for the link. I can also get parts from Messick's and another site I found has cheap replacement blades.

George,

The grapple on the forks is crazy cool. How many hours on your new machine so far? I've been clearing that overgrown field and sure could use a grapple. 84 hrs so far.

Breadtrk, You are way ahead of me. Just about 29 hours on mine. I still have a job to go to so don't use the tractor except on weekends or when on vacation. I can also use that hydraulic thumb on my bucket too. Just used it yesterday removing a dead pine from the front yard by the road. Thumb came in very handy grabbing brush and tree sections. Worked on the flail today checking everything out, cleaning and repainting. Will post some pics tomorrow with the flail on the tractor.

 

[George2615]

Cleaned up, greased, replaced a few missing bolts and painted the flail. Have to order a couple parts then she's ready to go. I also did the box blade.

 

[Hinomotoman]

WOW! They look great!

Eugene

 

[Tbolt76]

George,
Nice work on the mower! You are welcome on the info. When I bought my flail 6 years ago, no one knew where to get parts other than one way overpriced dealer. Where did you get the paint for the mower? Nice match on the color. Can you come down to NC and shoot mine with a coat? LOL!
Tom

 

[George2615]

George,
Nice work on the mower! You are welcome on the info. When I bought my flail 6 years ago, no one knew where to get parts other than one way overpriced dealer. Where did you get the paint for the mower? Nice match on the color. Can you come down to NC and shoot mine with a coat? LOL!
Tom

I found the Old Ford Blue and New Holland Blue were too dark. I have bought some of that before to paint my tool box on the back of my tractor. In a previous LS Tractor post someone mentioned that Rustoleum Gloss Sail Blue was a close match. I picked up a quart at Walmart and sprayed it with my Harbor Freight spray gun. Put on 3 coats with about an hour of set time between coats. The box blade is Cub Cadet yellow from Tractor Supply.
I need a couple bearings for the carrier (back roller). I'm going to try Kaman Bearing first since they are local to me.

 

[Underdog57]

Very nice work George!! I sure like that "thumb". :thumbsup: