Rotary Cutter Bush Hog Finish Mower

[RightWay]

I just bought a 5' Bush Hog brand finishing mower. The model and Bush Hog label is on the right side. It was an older model and used of course. It has no gear box. The model number on the side says 2001. It uses a large belt pulley and down to another beltwhich drives the three other pulleys with idlers. It uses two drive belts. I cannot find any information on the net about this mower anywhere or even a picture of it. All of the info and pics I find have gear box drives. I find the Woods model RM59 which is very similar to this one. Does anybody have any information on this Bush Hog brand finish mower? I would like to get a diagram of the set up on it. Thanks
Rightway

 

[kennyd]

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[RightWay]

Interesting enough, I contacted Bush Hog in Selma, AL. They do have a diagram and parts list for this bush hog finish mower. It is a model 2001 which of course doesnt coincide with the year that it was made. It is a 1978 model. The most astounding thing that I have found is there isnt anyone anywhere that I can find on the net that has a clue or any evidence or pictures of this particular model mower. You cant find any reference to it anywhere with Google, which is very unusual, because you can normally find something about anything on there. It has no gearbox. It drives off of the drive shaft with two belts, one from the big pulley 90 degrees down to another pulley and then one to the three blade pulleys. It's in great shape for its age and it works fine and will probably turn out to be a great cutting machine.