Tire driven Sidewinder advice

[geneP]

Thanks so much for your offer. Private message sent.
Gene

 

[geneP]

I got your information. It will be very helpful.
Thank you!
Gene

 

[japody]

The one we have is a pull type. It has been repainted to match the tractor...View attachment 760961

Man, your sidewinder looks practically new compared to mine.

 

[Isadream]

Man, your sidewinder looks practically new compared to mine.

It has been redone and repainted. Got a pic of yours? We have an older one that has not been redone, it looks pretty rough. Here is what the one I posted looked like before we redid it. We took it and converted it from a 3 point hitch to a pull type..Disregard the junk! We had been cleaning out the shop too!

 

[japody]

It has been redone and repainted. Got a pic of yours? We have an older one that has not been redone, it looks pretty rough. Here is what the one I posted looked like before we redid it. We took it and converted it from a 3 point hitch to a pull type..Disregard the junk! We had been cleaning out the shop too!
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I don't have a pic. The top deck of mine is all rusted out but it still cuts like a champ. One of these days I'll replace the deck.

 

[jkm2a]

I have two of those tire drive Sidewinders, a 6' and a 7'. The 6' is in better shape, but the 7' cuts better. My dad always kept a Sidewinder when I was growing up and I spent many, many hours bushhogging Tennessee hillsides with them. Used his 3000 Ford to pull them, and they would chew up literally anything that the tractor was capable of pushing over. The 6' I have is the last one that he had, the 7' is one I bought just a few years ago. The deck is rotten on it, but it cuts like a champ. The 6' has the hand crank height adjustment, which is frozen, and the wheels are on either side of the deck. The 7' has a hydraulic height adjustment and the wheels are behind the cutter, so you can mow closer to fence rows with it.