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    replacing a pitman stick on a John Deere 8w

    Took the pitman stick off of my John Deere 8W sickle mower to check for cracks and when I put it back on, I had trouble compressing the spring. Ultimately the spring expanded and broke the spring socket drilled into the end of the wooden pitman (some irony there... ), so I ordered another one...
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    Sickle Bar  attaching John Deere no 8 to 3 point hitch??

    bought an old John Deere no 8 sickle mower recently as a 'fixer upper', and I did not realize how off balance it really is; not heavy, but the arm really makes it 'tippy' - hard to even find a balance point when picking up with fork lifts. I am now wondering if I should even attach it to my 3...
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    Quick Hitches  what is best conversion device

    Have a class 1 tractor (Kioti 3054) and just bought a used class 2 sickle cutter which has 1 1/8' pins. What is recommended to convert? Was looking at Pat's device - are the hooks on the class one version large enough to support 1 1/8" pins? Any other recommendations?
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