Hooking up my least favorite implement

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LouNY

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Well spent a couple of hours getting my boom arm mower hooked up and greased;

As she sits waiting
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Getting ready to grease the pto shaft, have to do before it's connected,
so it doesn't get greased as often as it should
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Toplink hooked, lift arms hooked and latched
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notice the amount of room between the tire and the mower
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All hooked up, the lack of clearance between the tires and the mower is why I have to grease the pto shaft before hooking up the 3 point
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Looking in over the top (as I'm posting this pic I see one of my sway bar pins isn't latched down,
better fix that before I lose that pin. It's an expensive pin ($16) as I recall
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Hooked up and boomed out a bit to grease it, lots of grease fitings I can get most of them in this position,
three fittings I'll have to extend it all the way out and rotate the head up 90*, a tube of grease and she's done.
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All ready to go only a short couple of hours on a nice warm morning 86 degrees actual with a real feel of 99 per my phones weather app.
Soaked in sweat time to go in the house clean up a bit and drink a few glasses of water.
Will wait to start mowing till tomorrow.

The cables that run back to operate all the controls for the mower.
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   / Hooking up my least favorite implement #2  
Those ARE some close tolerances - tire to mower. Actually - everything there in back is pretty darn tight. What do you mow with that unit - Lou?
 
   / Hooking up my least favorite implement
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#3  
I reach up on and down on the banks of my driveway and trim back the tree limbs that I can reach,
and then along my road frontage that the town doesn't get and my 3 pt brush hog can't reach.
Then I'll trim around my lawn into the woods the limbs and brush.
After that if the farm is running behind on their triming I'll go over there for a few days with it.
I can reach out about 8 feet from the tractor and up about 10 feet to trim limbs and brush
 
   / Hooking up my least favorite implement #4  
I have an Alamo/McConnel PA 91 that is no picnic either to put on the machine.
 
   / Hooking up my least favorite implement #5  

"Hooking up my least favorite implement" :oops:

But on the other hand the wear and tear on your body doing task another way.​

 
   / Hooking up my least favorite implement #6  
That unit saves a lot of time & work. However - I wonder if all that trimming would get done if you didn't have a unit like that. That's a whole lot of area that it can reach and trim.

Thanks for your response Lou.
 
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#7  
No if I have to use a trimmer or pole saw it only gets the worst done,
a bit in the spring and some in the fall.
 
   / Hooking up my least favorite implement #8  
What does such a mower weigh?
 
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#9  
My manual has it listed as .64 ton;
this is an English unit so if they are using a long ton of 2240 pounds,
it would be 1433 pounds,
using our standard ton it would be 1280 pounds.
Then I'm not sure if that includes the 35 gallons of hydraulic oil in the reservoir.
I'm guessing it's pretty close to 1500 pounds, my tractor with the loader and weights
is over 10,000 pounds and it will move around quite a bit if I'm not smooth on the controls.
 
   / Hooking up my least favorite implement #10  
Yes, a Pita, I can see that. BUT wow what a cool machine. You could come by and use that on my place ! I could keep you busy for an hour or two. :)
 
 

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