Rotary Cutter Raising Mower height via Drawbar modification

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KnuckleDragger

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I would like to just clip seed heads and the very tops of larger fescue clumps. I need my max height to be about 4 or so inches higher. I have been all over the mechanical make up of my older model Bushhog 2615 batwing mower. As far as I can tell, there is nothing on the mower itself that will get any more height than what the tractor's drawbar height will allow. I can go lower than the drawbar, but not higher.

Is there a safe modification that can be done to get a bit more out of the deal? I don't dare use a 3-pt draw bar with this tractor. The lever is a bit touchy and it is too easy to raise the 3pt above the PTO.
 
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I would like to just clip seed heads and the very tops of larger fescue clumps. I need my max height to be about 4 or so inches higher. I have been all over the mechanical make up of my older model Bushhog 2615 batwing mower. As far as I can tell, there is nothing on the mower itself that will get any more height than what the tractor's drawbar height will allow. I can go lower than the drawbar, but not higher.

Is there a safe modification that can be done to get a bit more out of the deal? I don't dare use a 3-pt draw bar with this tractor. The lever is a bit touchy and it is too easy to raise the 3pt above the PTO.

There are tractor drawbars available with a offset built into the hitch end. One of those would give you more lift and be safe also. Ken Sweet
 
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Why not use the stupid little cuff things that limit the lift cylinders from retracting all the way? Or is that not tall enough?
 
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Above is a Ebay tem # of a set of New stroke control segments used to control the cylinder retraction. Ken Sweet
 
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290880809434

Above is a Ebay tem # of a set of New stroke control segments used to control the cylinder retraction. Ken Sweet

That's it, could not think of the name.

stupid little cuff things = stroke control segments
 
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Thanks all. An offset drawbar sounds like what I need. I wonder if I could weld up something myself just to attach to existing drawbar.

Stroke control segments are nice. I have a slow cylinder leak and I depend on them to keep from scalping as the cylinder retracts. Fully extended, I am only as tall as the draw bar.
 
 

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