Rotary Cutter Bush hog made by International World Agritech Co.??

[kebo]

Hey Greg, sharp eyes there buddy! You know, there's a short story behind that floating pivot bracket. You are correct that it's installed backwards in the picture! What happened was when I went to look at the bush hog, the seller had it hooked up to a tractor so I could look underneath it, and also hear it/watch it spin up. The tractor he had it hooked up to could not pick the tailwheel up more than 18" or so off the ground. That concerned me, so he let buy the mower on a conditional basis that if it didn't work out to my expectations, I could return it for a full refund.
Well, after I got it home and hooked it up to my tractor, my tractor would not pick the tailwheel up any higher than what his tractor would do. Anyway last Saturday I took a picture of it, which is the one you see a few posts up. Later on that evening, when I got on this Attachment forum, and by huge coincidence there was another poster who had posted a picture of the exact same mower!! He was wanting to know what brand it was so I replied with what I knew about it. After looking closely at his pic, I noticed the floating pivot on his mower was opposite of the one in my picture. That's when it dawned on me that mine was the one that was on wrong! To add to this, the big bolt and nut that hold it the floating pivot was only finger tight, another clue that something might be amiss!!
So, I think that after I swap it around and get my centerlink adjusted right, the tractor will pick it up as high as I need or want it too. Since my tractor is now about 60 miles from me, I won't get to find out probably until this coming weekend.

As for the spindle on the tailwheel, it's not froze up. I had just backed the tractor up right before I took that photo so that's why it's positioned the "wrong" way.

And thank your for the information on the slipclutch! I printed that out today for reference. I think I will take the clutch apart before I start using it to make sure it's ok, then adjust it to the chart you posted here. I've already checked the oil in the gearbox, which was good btw. I do plan to service all the grease fittings and the PTO shaft before I start using it though.

Thanks again! You are one more reason this forum is a great place to hang around and learn stuff!!
Keith

 

[greg_g]

One other thing - and this was a fault with both International mowers I've owned - the transmission fill plug is not vented. In the heat of the summer I kept accumulating oil and dirt around the base of the transmission. Reason? Heat expands air inside the tranny (they're only 1/2 full of gear oil). The air will compress just so much, before it starts to push gear oil through the lower seal. It comes out where the tranny housing is bolted through the deck plates.

So I replaced the OE fill plug with a vent plug (obtained from International). I fortunately caught it before the seal was irreparably compromised - cleaned up the mess on the deck - it's never leaked since.

//greg//

 

[Builder]

I think they also might've made landscape rakes. I had a 6' International brand rake with the same kinda lame red paint job. It was a tough heavy rake.

 

[foggy1111]

Hmmm...not to hijack this thread....but I have a situation on that top link that has me wondering too. I hooked up my new KK rotarty cutter to my Harbor Freight Quick Hitch, which left me with a remaining top link supplied by KK. Is this supposed to be used for something...or just an excess part for me? I "assumed" it was excess...but most times I "Assume".......(you know the rest of the story).

The below photos show the link with my cutter and the second photo shows tractor hooked to my box blade...similar to the way I was hooked to my cutter.
Note the beautiful paint supplied by KK.

 

[greg_g]

the second photo shows tractor hooked to my box blade..

Don't know how you use your boxblade, but I want mine on a rigid mount. That adapter you put in there is going to let your box rock fore and aft as the tractor rises and falls. That piece is ok for a TPH rotary cutter, but I'd never use it for a boxblade. When I mounted the BB, I used the toplink hook that came standard with the QH

//greg//

 

[foggy1111]

Good point.....never gave it another thought.....as I have just been using my box blade for ballast right now. I had so much trouble getting that HF "hook" to fit...and had resigned myself to using the link. Now I need to re-fab some bolts to allow attachment of the HF "hook" before the weather changes. Thanks for the post.

 

[Slippy]

That was very nice to get the specs for the clutch. However, I suggest with the condition of the mower, its age, you will still need to make further adjustments as the springs will have weaken over time requiring further adjustment.
Good idea on the breather plug.

 

[ZetorShaun]

I have the duel blade 10 FT model from International World Agritech Co. You are a very lucky man to have one, it will never die. I was using it to chop down trees (kinda) and I damaged it quite severely (not my fault, well, yes it was). Maybe I was just tearing through the woods hacking away not paying attention.

Anyway, the owner was something of a wild man or something, he ended up selling off International World Agritech to some employees...it is now DN equipment:

About Us
DN Equipment Parts
110 Front St.
Mt. Orab, OH 45154
877-885-4300 toll free
937-444-4300 phone
937-444-4331 fax

They are super great people. I was close by on work travel and went by to pick up my parts. I met the guy who designed my brush hog and we talked about the venting issue too.

It was hard to find them and I bought extra parts just in case, I plan on having this brush hog lifetime. They have all the parts to the World Agritech line. Chop away with it!

 

[kebo]

I have the duel blade 10 FT model from International World Agritech Co. You are a very lucky man to have one, it will never die. I was using it to chop down trees (kinda) and I damaged it quite severely (not my fault, well, yes it was). Maybe I was just tearing through the woods hacking away not paying attention.

Anyway, the owner was something of a wild man or something, he ended up selling off International World Agritech to some employees...it is now DN equipment:

About Us
DN Equipment Parts
110 Front St.
Mt. Orab, OH 45154
877-885-4300 toll free
937-444-4300 phone
937-444-4331 fax

They are super great people. I was close by on work travel and went by to pick up my parts. I met the guy who designed my brush hog and we talked about the venting issue too.

It was hard to find them and I bought extra parts just in case, I plan on having this brush hog lifetime. They have all the parts to the World Agritech line. Chop away with it!

Hey Shaun, I actually came across the site for DN Equipment during my search for info on International World Agritech but for some reason I didn't bookmark it. I think it was because at the time I didn't realize that it was essentially the same company by another name. I have it bookmarked now though!! Yep, I am very happy with the purchase of the bush hog, I think it will serve me well. Will call them from work when I get a moment to check into a vented plug for the gear box. Thanks for the info!
Keith

 

[Slippy]

The about us link posted does not work. Got any more web information?