The safety chains on the PTO shaft are suppose to be connected to shields so they do not spin with the shaft and the plastic grease fittings on the shaft need greased too, I realize that we all make mistakes and we are not perfect, but that is very funny how you hooked the chains together, lol
Happy mowing, i have to say that I am very happy with my Del Morino mower. With big beafy gearbox and a nice panel with all the grease-fittings nicely together on one spot.
The old one is not even half worn out, wish I had it I'd have it looking new and in tip top shape in no time, but if I had your money I'd probably do what you have done. lol Good luck with the new one !
Hey man keep an eye out for a local gulf course that would do some bartering for a flex wing mower they are retiring, my mowing went from 3+ hours to 45 minutes using a 15ft flex wing used golf course mower.
love having the three point hitch and PTO on my tractor. just bought an old snowblower that connects to the PTO. it's got a 32" auger and it's the size of a door.
All I know is I want me a pair of them steel toe flip flops, hehe 😉😆 seriously , that is a nice new mower Chris, I hope it serves you well for many years to come!!👍
Two words...intensive grazing. 🤣 I thought the same thing when I saw only those two bolts holding the deck. Nothing a little weld won’t fix. Nice find on the mower. Not a bad price. 👍
I've had mine for 4 years now and I have had no major problems. I would replace the depth wheel snap pins with bolts, I did. The pins fall out a lot. I once thought a spline was going bad but it was the top nut was about 1/2 turn loose. I put lock nuts on the three pt. hitch bolts, they work loose sometimes. It is a good mower, should last you a long time.
Your jus like me...I keep the front pasture mowed too. All the neighbors think I'm crazy cause I dont make hay from it but I like it to look nice. Your place is beautiful....good job Sir
Nice mower man! That should get the job done. I agree with you I take that chain and cover off the driveshaft cause I hate dicking with it. Plus with the covers off you can blow the grass out easier. Enjoy the new mower and thanks for sharing!
I believe those bolts are supposed to slide, mine has a u-shape at the 3 point top link, and your's is fixed, so the slide is on the rear of the bars. Take Care,
I've got an off brand 72" Sovema that was made in Italy for my b7300 kubota at 12hp at the PTO. It does great in light grass but it definitely needs a scalping wheel like yours has.
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I have a woods mower with those crappy snap pins in the wheel shaft. They fell off so many times and the wheels fall off. Then you spend an hour looking for the wheel. Forget about finding the pin or the bushings. You’ll be buying new ones. I changed the pins to bolts with lock nuts but is now a pain in the ass to change the cutting height.
dad always said run em till the wheels fall off and if that isn’t what i live by. that and never buy new just brand used. nice equipment buddy that mower is killer
There is a lot of flex in lower pins when you pick it up. That's where it's gonna fail. Those bolts on the back of the mower were supposed to be loose so i can follow the ground over humps.
There is no way those crimped square tubes that support the wheels are going to hold up for long. Crimps like that might be fine for a beach chair but I can see them bending quite easily on something like a 7-foot finish mower.
The lower pins move up and down to help it float across the ground too. My farther in-laws has one and his lower pins move lake that and the top link has 2 plates to hook the it to the 3point gram to help the float
EOSJOE, your not supposed to bash it into anything stumps large rocks your wifes car ect . they do fine if you have experience an not using it as a brush hog
we got a flail mower for the ditchbanks and rough cut stuff where you don't need a finish mower and it takes it all down nice and a whole lot more durable. JD green used and it has lasted well
I like how the finish mowers cut, they make the areas pretty. Not to be critical, but I hope it last for a year.....probably will with 'tender loving care'. ....13
I raised the guards up with 1/2 spacers and cut holes in the guards where you grease the spindles and use the compressor to clean out under the covers and it’s easy with them raised up 1/2 inch. The guards need to be kept on to help protect the belts and keep it on the spindles. Use only two pumps of grease or you will blow the seals on the bearings. Check the bottom of your spindles above the blades to see if there are grease points.
Those chains are meant to keep the PTO shield from turning. Hook them, on both ends of the shield, to a spot where they have enough slack for movement when the mower moves up and down. Some shields are meant to turn with the shaft, others are meant to stay stationary while the shaft turns inside. Once you get it hooked on the mower end, you shouldn't have to hook it again. The tractor end shouldn't take too long to hook either, as you can probably just hook it around the drawbar..
the point of the pto covers is so they COVER the pto - the pto cover should not spin with the pto. like deer said, just clip the chain onto a bit of the tractor and the other 1 onto the mower itself far easier and safer than ignoring them even on light equipment like this, love the vids from new zealand!
The only time I have to enjoy our pond and creeks is when I mow em! You are probably in the same boat? Hope it works out well for you and keeps the jungle knocked back for several years!
My grandpa always said if you buy something good and treat it right it should last a 100 years then turn into something that's good to eat. Lol 😆 I don't think I would want to eat a mower deck! Lol 😆😆😆
Chris go ahead and put bolts in place of those flip link pins .If you cut around any cedar trees they will swat those link pins out and loose your adjustment spacers.
We use a 3 point sickle mower to do jobs like that. It's very fast. I'm all for putting a motor in front of it or behind it. Lol. There's not much need for all the backing up with the sickle mower. They aren't cheap though, that's the only downside. Lol. I'd make those spindels greaseable. Drill and tap a grease zert between the two bearings and take out both inner seals. We did that on our zero turn and haven't had a spindel bearing problem in a long time.
I'm willing to bet those rear bolts are meant to slide so as the deck and the tractor change elevation over hills and dips, the deck stays planted and doesn't lift off (think of it as a top-link float). Set your top link to the bottom hole on the tractor. It should be there for both finish and bush cutters. The lower hole is the 'max lift' hole, which is also where you put post hole diggers. Things like box blades use the upper holes so that as you lift, while not going as high, it tends to maintain a more 'level' position. Cutters you want max slack on the top link for terrain following / floating, so you need in max lift hole (bottom) on tractor to ensure you're not slamming the deck into the ground when you're doing other things or in transport. Some cutters even have another hole for the top link so when you're not cutting you can quickly change what hole the top link is in to get max lift out of the deck.
Look into a quick attach for the tractor. Will save you some time and make it easier hooking up and not having to fight with the arms on the 3 pt. I always said I didn’t need one but after I broke down got pissed off and got one no tractor of mine will be without it.
Fishfind3000 you would be surprised how many mower decks on just normal riding mowers have then on the bottom, You either have to raise the front of the mower up or remove the mower to get to them.
Hi, nice video. Can I ask you for updates about the mower? We just bought a 6’ Agmate mower for an almost 14 acres of grass that have to be mowed every week for a good looking view (actually the machine will arrive in the next few days). How works the machine after all this time? Some advices for keep it working in the best way possible? Thanks.
Those 2 bolts in the slots should be left loose. This allows the deck to float up and down. My King Kutter has chains from the top link to the back of the deck so it can float. It also makes it much easier to hook up. Just pull the top to the center link.
Maybe put some of that grass into hay to save you some time. I'm a little skeptical of the 2 3/8 bolts holding those wheel braces to the deck. (as I typed that you mentioned to too; I agree).
I don't use the top link on mine, we run a chain there instead of the bar. That way the mower can flex front to rear when mowing any difference in grade without mowing dirt. The top link will not let the mower float, chain will
I think you’re the only other man I’ve seen besides myself that wears flip flops when I run machinery around the farm. Another note, I’ve always “weed whacked” around the ponds with the bush hog. How do you like the Kubota tractors? We’ve always been die hard Ford 3930 fans, however, I’m thinking the cab would make the selling point easier for me.
Chris there must be a valve that regulates the oilflow to the lifting cilinders; so the deck dont shmaches down every time. And i still love your flip flops (not)
Nice looking mower, I agree with your theory, why do it by hand if you can do quicker and easier with a piece of equipment behind a tractor. One thing I’ve got that works really well is the 3-Point Quick Change Hitch. It has a spreader bar to adjust the width of the lower links and you just back up and lift the lower links and it latches on to the implement pins. Only thing left is the top link and that’s easy. Have a good relaxing day off.
I see lots of comments about sheep or cows. I have sheep and still have to mow the stuff they won’t eat. If I don’t, those plants out compete the plants they do eat. But yea, I do get meat. Also fencing creates a new mowing problem.
loosen the bolts on the rear slotted arms they should have locking nuts on them. set mower at cutting height on the ground. then adjust top link to a neutral position. this will allow mower to float with contours of the ground and not bend those two long slotted arms. same principle as using chains from hitch to the rear on mower/rotary cutter. use your three point to carry attachment to work the area. it does not have to look level when transporting. it does need to be able to float when cutting so it last longer.
The safety chains on the PTO shaft are suppose to be connected to shields so they do not spin with the shaft and the plastic grease fittings on the shaft need greased too, I realize that we all make mistakes and we are not perfect, but that is very funny how you hooked the chains together, lol
in my entire life I have always done that and its been fine LOL
I like that 7 foot finish deck
Happy mowing, i have to say that I am very happy with my Del Morino mower. With big beafy gearbox and a nice panel with all the grease-fittings nicely together on one spot.
Love it when you do work around the ranch. You have a great piece of property.
Great video Chris thanks for sharing have a great day
The old one is not even half worn out, wish I had it I'd have it looking new and in tip top shape in no time, but if I had your money I'd probably do what you have done. lol Good luck with the new one !
You are very good at just about everything you do keep up the good work one day you can set back and enjoy your place.
Hey man keep an eye out for a local gulf course that would do some bartering for a flex wing mower they are retiring, my mowing went from 3+ hours to 45 minutes using a 15ft flex wing used golf course mower.
love having the three point hitch and PTO on my tractor. just bought an old snowblower that connects to the PTO. it's got a 32" auger and it's the size of a door.
All I know is I want me a pair of them steel toe flip flops, hehe 😉😆 seriously , that is a nice new mower Chris, I hope it serves you well for many years to come!!👍
That old mower looks like it's leveled a lot of ground. Cheers, Billy in Canada
Good luck with the new mower deck Chris!!!
Congrats for your new mower. Take care of it.
Two words...intensive grazing. 🤣 I thought the same thing when I saw only those two bolts holding the deck. Nothing a little weld won’t fix. Nice find on the mower. Not a bad price. 👍
I've had mine for 4 years now and I have had no major problems. I would replace the depth wheel snap pins with bolts, I did. The pins fall out a lot. I once thought a spline was going bad but it was the top nut was about 1/2 turn loose. I put lock nuts on the three pt. hitch bolts, they work loose sometimes. It is a good mower, should last you a long time.
Your jus like me...I keep the front pasture mowed too. All the neighbors think I'm crazy cause I dont make hay from it but I like it to look nice.
Your place is beautiful....good job Sir
beautiful......unproductive wasted space
Nice mower man! That should get the job done. I agree with you I take that chain and cover off the driveshaft cause I hate dicking with it. Plus with the covers off you can blow the grass out easier. Enjoy the new mower and thanks for sharing!
Good luck with your new mower Chris
Beautiful place you have there Chris
I believe those bolts are supposed to slide, mine has a u-shape at the 3 point top link, and your's is fixed, so the slide is on the rear of the bars. Take Care,
Ho man what a mower allready rusted and no zert to greas .get gauths and the problem is solve . good luck with it .
I've got an off brand 72" Sovema that was made in Italy for my b7300 kubota at 12hp at the PTO. It does great in light grass but it definitely needs a scalping wheel like yours has.
I would check under the deck for spindle grease fittings. I had a deck that was under. Enjoy your vids.
I think those bolts are supposed to be loose so the mower can flex. Wrap the chains around one of the arms and back onto itself.
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I have a woods mower with those crappy snap pins in the wheel shaft. They fell off so many times and the wheels fall off. Then you spend an hour looking for the wheel. Forget about finding the pin or the bushings. You’ll be buying new ones. I changed the pins to bolts with lock nuts but is now a pain in the ass to change the cutting height.
Love the safety footwear. Good 'ole flip flops.
I totally agree with you. I cut mine off and took the belt guard off too.
dad always said run em till the wheels fall off and if that isn’t what i live by. that and never buy new just brand used.
nice equipment buddy that mower is killer
There is a lot of flex in lower pins when you pick it up. That's where it's gonna fail. Those bolts on the back of the mower were supposed to be loose so i can follow the ground over humps.
hvy 1ton,
that’s what I was thinking as well.
There is no way those crimped square tubes that support the wheels are going to hold up for long. Crimps like that might be fine for a beach chair but I can see them bending quite easily on something like a 7-foot finish mower.
The lower pins move up and down to help it float across the ground too. My farther in-laws has one and his lower pins move lake that and the top link has 2 plates to hook the it to the 3point gram to help the float
I know the lower links float up and down, but the entire hitch flexes outward every time the mower is picked up.
EOSJOE, your not supposed to bash it into anything stumps large rocks your wifes car ect . they do fine if you have experience an not using it as a brush hog
I ran a 15' batwing finish mower no problem with a 55hp John Deere. That's what I would go for.
we got a flail mower for the ditchbanks and rough cut stuff where you don't need a finish mower and it takes it all down nice and a whole lot more durable. JD green used and it has lasted well
Cool looking mower
Looks just like a Buhler/Farm King. I have two of them...84 inch. Have held up well other than flat tires.
Put a quick hitch on that tractor, you'll love it. Makes hooking up attachments so much faster.
i see you have your best farmers safety shoes on Chris .lol.
I like how the finish mowers cut, they make the areas pretty.
Not to be critical, but I hope it last for a year.....probably will with 'tender loving care'.
....13
nice mower and tractor
I raised the guards up with 1/2 spacers and cut holes in the guards where you grease the spindles and use the compressor to clean out under the covers and it’s easy with them raised up 1/2 inch. The guards need to be kept on to help protect the belts and keep it on the spindles. Use only two pumps of grease or you will blow the seals on the bearings. Check the bottom of your spindles above the blades to see if there are grease points.
Nice video, good looking machine. I see you got your flip flops on. 😉
Good logic Chris ;) smarter ! not harder !
Those chains are meant to keep the PTO shield from turning. Hook them, on both ends of the shield, to a spot where they have enough slack for movement when the mower moves up and down. Some shields are meant to turn with the shaft, others are meant to stay stationary while the shaft turns inside. Once you get it hooked on the mower end, you shouldn't have to hook it again. The tractor end shouldn't take too long to hook either, as you can probably just hook it around the drawbar..
It doesn't matter if the chains are hooked up. I like looking back there and seeing the shaft spinning.
Ive always just let them spin, Never had a problem
letsdig18 me too more trouble than their worth!
the point of the pto covers is so they COVER the pto - the pto cover should not spin with the pto. like deer said, just clip the chain onto a bit of the tractor and the other 1 onto the mower itself far easier and safer than ignoring them even on light equipment like this, love the vids from new zealand!
The only time I have to enjoy our pond and creeks is when I mow em! You are probably in the same boat? Hope it works out well for you and keeps the jungle knocked back for several years!
I m a greasing nut too! I spray ungreable joints with silicone or WD-40.
8' coroni spa...$2,000... Great company...great products. I pull it with my 46hp Massey.
I'm a bit surprised that you cheaped out on the mower because you always buy top notch excavators. Anyways, love your channel and give you thumbs up!
yeah Im sure Ill regret it
chris you also need one of these be a lot faster than a reg finish mower around them ponds a
Sickle Mower 7 ft., 3 Point it do you good
Yeah, I use a 6 ft finish mower on my property. Works great.
My grandpa always said if you buy something good and treat it right it should last a 100 years then turn into something that's good to eat. Lol 😆 I don't think I would want to eat a mower deck! Lol 😆😆😆
Chris go ahead and put bolts in place of those flip link pins .If you cut around any cedar trees they will swat those link pins out and loose your adjustment spacers.
Damn all that grass need one of those triple mower setups.😬
I can see a weakness where at the curve of the bars that hold the wheels, other than that it looks OK, not a bad fit and finish. Thanks for the video.
We use a 3 point sickle mower to do jobs like that. It's very fast. I'm all for putting a motor in front of it or behind it. Lol. There's not much need for all the backing up with the sickle mower. They aren't cheap though, that's the only downside. Lol. I'd make those spindels greaseable. Drill and tap a grease zert between the two bearings and take out both inner seals. We did that on our zero turn and haven't had a spindel bearing problem in a long time.
everyones talking about the chains and greasing points and here is me thinking that chris has got superb safety foot wear hehehe
Lol...the new Volvo? Cant wait to see what you got.
I'm willing to bet those rear bolts are meant to slide so as the deck and the tractor change elevation over hills and dips, the deck stays planted and doesn't lift off (think of it as a top-link float). Set your top link to the bottom hole on the tractor. It should be there for both finish and bush cutters. The lower hole is the 'max lift' hole, which is also where you put post hole diggers. Things like box blades use the upper holes so that as you lift, while not going as high, it tends to maintain a more 'level' position. Cutters you want max slack on the top link for terrain following / floating, so you need in max lift hole (bottom) on tractor to ensure you're not slamming the deck into the ground when you're doing other things or in transport. Some cutters even have another hole for the top link so when you're not cutting you can quickly change what hole the top link is in to get max lift out of the deck.
Agrisupply special! Been pretty decent from what I have seen.
Look into a quick attach for the tractor. Will save you some time and make it easier hooking up and not having to fight with the arms on the 3 pt. I always said I didn’t need one but after I broke down got pissed off and got one no tractor of mine will be without it.
By the looks of the top-link attachment point on the new mower, it is not quick hitch compatible.
Nice mower but maybe in the future you could bale that big field. Looks like some nice material not too many weeds
Safety first with the flip flops. 👍
Check under the mower for the grease fittings
I was going to post the same thing.
centurion726 if it would have them I would be surprised. That would be the worst place for them
Fishfind3000 you would be surprised how many mower decks on just normal riding mowers have then on the bottom, You either have to raise the front of the mower up or remove the mower to get to them.
The grease fitting use to be on the spindle housing under the deck on the D-80 woods I use to work on and that one looks a little like them
Grease hose extensions would work great here...never have to remove anything.
Hi, nice video. Can I ask you for updates about the mower? We just bought a 6’ Agmate mower for an almost 14 acres of grass that have to be mowed every week for a good looking view (actually the machine will arrive in the next few days). How works the machine after all this time? Some advices for keep it working in the best way possible? Thanks.
Those 2 bolts in the slots should be left loose. This allows the deck to float up and down. My King Kutter has chains from the top link to the back of the deck so it can float. It also makes it much easier to hook up. Just pull the top to the center link.
Glad to see you are wearing you are wearing your Chinese safety boots.
Chris the chains hook to the mower frame to keep the guard from turning
Machines are there to make life easier.
Well said.
Maybe put some of that grass into hay to save you some time. I'm a little skeptical of the 2 3/8 bolts holding those wheel braces to the deck. (as I typed that you mentioned to too; I agree).
Love your farm videos how many acres is the farm
How many acres of land do you have? Love the vids
A hydraulic top link would be handy there Chris, but I susbose it’s just more money.
I don't use the top link on mine, we run a chain there instead of the bar. That way the mower can flex front to rear when mowing any difference in grade without mowing dirt. The top link will not let the mower float, chain will
Hey buddy how has this mower held up? I'm looking at buying the same one, it's the only 8 foot I can afford, would love to know if it's a POS or not!
lease the 17 acres to a hay farmer and watch him cut it while handing over some Benjamin's????
A new toy 😁💪
I think you’re the only other man I’ve seen besides myself that wears flip flops when I run machinery around the farm. Another note, I’ve always “weed whacked” around the ponds with the bush hog. How do you like the Kubota tractors? We’ve always been die hard Ford 3930 fans, however, I’m thinking the cab would make the selling point easier for me.
Thanks Chris could you put a grease fitting on the spindel 🤔
Most mowers have sealed bearing, adding a fitting and greasing would not be any benefit
Chris there must be a valve that regulates the oilflow to the lifting cilinders; so the deck dont shmaches down every time.
And i still love your flip flops (not)
Are those safety flip flops?
When it's time to replace the spindles have them drilledcand tapped for grease alimight.
Hey chris do you have a sickle to trim around ur pond?
Please give us a review on the Bad Boy mower at the end of the season. Thinking of buying one myself
so far ive been happy with it
You need to mount the old mower on a front end loader to the side...make a side mount out of it... Then you could just drive around the edge.... :)
I would put bolts in your wheel adjustments instead of the flip over clips
Nice safety shoes
Nice looking mower, I agree with your theory, why do it by hand if you can do quicker and easier with a piece of equipment behind a tractor. One thing I’ve got that works really well is the 3-Point Quick Change Hitch. It has a spreader bar to adjust the width of the lower links and you just back up and lift the lower links and it latches on to the implement pins. Only thing left is the top link and that’s easy. Have a good relaxing day off.
A/C rules!!!!
5 COWS meat to eat,a few to sell. and sell the mower...very good vid.
I see lots of comments about sheep or cows. I have sheep and still have to mow the stuff they won’t eat. If I don’t, those plants out compete the plants they do eat. But yea, I do get meat. Also fencing creates a new mowing problem.
loosen the bolts on the rear slotted arms they should have locking nuts on them.
set mower at cutting height on the ground.
then adjust top link to a neutral position.
this will allow mower to float with contours of the ground and not bend those two long slotted arms.
same principle as using chains from hitch to the rear on mower/rotary cutter.
use your three point to carry attachment to work the area.
it does not have to look level when transporting.
it does need to be able to float when cutting so it last longer.
I can see why you opted for the hydro-static.
heh. and its the "fisher price" colours too ;)
Man, that's a lot of time spent mowing. I would never do that much, one afternoon of fencing and you could feed some livestock all summer.
Grease from bottom side?
Looks like your running a Kioti tractor.
Just get yourself a Ventrac 4500!!! front mowing is the only way to go!
Why did you buy a mower from Finland? They make good ones here.
What dealership sells it or who makes it
I took my safety shrouds off my lawn mower since they made cleaning and servicing much harder.
Toro ground master 16'. Cut 17 acres in 1.5 hours 😀
We wanna see the NEW Volvo