Bought an old Mott Flail mower, but I think it will not work...

[leonz]

Yes, it is a Mott, I have the manual for the J60 "Hammerknife" and it matches exactly. Flailmaster.com has identified it from the pictures.

I would bet you can still buy the adapter stub shaft that slips on the male 540 and and the female 1000 RPM end of the propeller shaft.

IF worse comes to worse replacing it with a 540 gearbox and smaller driven pulleys to obtain the 1000 rpm rotor speed- does it have 4 rows of grass knives or is it a staggered weldment rotor where it looks like a sine wave on an ocilliscope while running?

no sense in parting with it if its in good condition I would locate a JD dealer and ask if the 540/1000 rpm stub shaft adapters are still available and or cruise a lot of farm tractor sales web pages.

 

[smstonypoint]

no sense in parting with it if its in good condition I would locate a JD dealer and ask if the 540/1000 rpm stub shaft adapters are still available and or cruise a lot of farm tractor sales web pages.

I just googled and got this right off.

http:/http://www.wengers.com/parts/Farm-Tractor-Parts/John-Deere/2750/2750/PTO/DUAL-540---1000-RPM-PTO/STUB-SHAFT-REAR/01-T30803.htm/

Steve

 

[Eagleview]

I was able to get a manual for it and it states it needs 1000rpm on the PTO to mow properly. My tractor only has 540.

Do they make a PTO speed doubler?

Or should I sell this flail mower and look for something else?

Some flail mowers can run 540 or 1000 by swapping the drive pulleys top to bottom . Is the top pulley roughly twice the size of the bottom pulley ?

 

[leonz]

The link does not work; could you post the part number and brand if possible?

 

[smstonypoint]

The link does not work; could you post the part number and brand if possible?

I don't know what's wrong with the link.

The part # at Wengers is Part #: T30803/N.

That's an after market item for $140. They also list a used JD for $115 but say it is out of stock.


Steve