Back in the 70's I mowed a 4 acre yard with an old IH. horse drawn sickle bar. As long as you kept the sections sharp and didn't let it get really high it did a great job. I never had anyone to ride on it. I pulled it with a 1939 B Allis Chalmers that I picked up and did a bunch of work on to get it back into running order. It had spun a rod bearing. I turned the crank with a dial caliper and a roll of emery paper. I ran that darn thing for seven years before I sold it. I love the old iron. It was built to be nearly indestructible. Things just aren't built like that anymore. Great job on bringing it back.
100 year old mower resurrected.
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Ridgewalker
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Very cool! Make sure to post pictures when you get it painted up!
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Oh SURE! Anybody can restore a 100 yr old mower. I want to see you restore the 100 yr old horse that used to pull it.:laughing:
NICE JOB! That's a real beauty and the gearbox looks very good. The sickle seems to cut a very good swath. I'm not sure I'd like to sit on the mower and eat dust for 8-12 hours a day, but you could probably get on/off the tractor and make it a single operator/no operator attachment. The first operator probably had to control a mule and the mower from that seat.
NICE JOB! That's a real beauty and the gearbox looks very good. The sickle seems to cut a very good swath. I'm not sure I'd like to sit on the mower and eat dust for 8-12 hours a day, but you could probably get on/off the tractor and make it a single operator/no operator attachment. The first operator probably had to control a mule and the mower from that seat.
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Its a crying shame so much of the old equipment has been scrapped. This sure is a good
way to show kids how to fix things instead of throwing them away. Teach them to turn
wrenches and take some pride in getting old tools running.
Maybe the next time the scrappers are driving slow down the road looking for easy
money to buy beer and cigs, we aught to tell them to push off.
Have your father teach the kids about this stuff. That is the real wealth in this
in this country.
way to show kids how to fix things instead of throwing them away. Teach them to turn
wrenches and take some pride in getting old tools running.
Maybe the next time the scrappers are driving slow down the road looking for easy
money to buy beer and cigs, we aught to tell them to push off.
Have your father teach the kids about this stuff. That is the real wealth in this
in this country.
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Hide glue doesn't count?
We're pretty sure we've figured out how to operate the mower without a rider. I've got a few too many coals in the fire as of late, but once I get a couple things out of the way, I'll do the minor modifications, test our theories and post the results.
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Wow that brings back memories. I don't know how many hours I sat on one of those mowing my parents field or my Uncle who owned the mower. Nice work guys.:thumbsup:
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One of my neighbors has mules and covered wagons he built with rubber tires. He goes out for trail rides with his mules pretty often. and has built two nice wagons from scratch. About two weeks ago, he bought a 1902 International Wagon. I stopped in to talk to him yesterday and he said he'd sent his wooden spoked wheels off to be redone by Amish craftsmen. I can't wait to see how nice they turn out. He's struggliing with the rest of the wagon, but says that he thinks it is 100% complete as far as parts go. It's mostly torn apart now and I hope he knows how to put it back together. I'm not sure how he is doing it, but I'd have to have photos. I think he's doing it by the seat of his pants.:confused2:
