storing a rotary cutter vertically

[TMGT]

I have a 4ft cutter setting upright right now while I'm doing maintenance on the underside, just lifted the tailwheel with a chain on the loader, other then the pto shaft getting in the way it'll set pretty well on the 3pt frame. Just make sure to secure it too the wall well. Also don't forget to look at where the breather is for the gearbox, mine leaks oil if it's completely upright.

 

[Sysop]

All of the gearboxes I've seen (and paid any attention to) have the breather on top, but it is generally offset to one side or the other. Standing it on it's side, with the breather on "the high side" generally doesn't leak.

 

[TMGT]

The breather on mine is dead center of the top of the box, it's actually just a hole in the fill plug.

Now that the rain stopped maybe I can finally finish it and put it to use.

 

[RalphVa]

One thing that can happen is the oil from the gearbox could run out the breather hole at the top when stored vertically. I'd advise you to construct a dolly for the front of it out of 2x6 and six little STEEL castors to wheel it around on (concrete) when off the tractor. The thing is a beast if you just drop it and leave it, to get back on. Makes it easy then to wheel it around and stick it in a corner or way in the back somewhere. Or if in the way, just wheel it out of the way to get to what you need to.

Ralph

 

[kebo]

Beyond new. I'm at the stage where I'm just trying to not break anything - including myself.

That's cool! We were all new to tractors at some point. Some just got introduced at age 10, others like you and me a little bit older.

 

[jrm21]

Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions.

While not directly related to the original question, the answers did give me some ideas. Actually installed a woven wire fence this weekend. Used the hook on the FEL as an anchor point to stretch the fence. In moving fence posts, rolls of fence and a dozen other jobs around the property I got quite a bit of use out of the tractor. Only bought is last August, so this is the first real season of use (for tractor and myself). Suggestions here have definitely opened my thinking to some creative uses.

As to the cutter... lifting by the "tail" end would put the breather hole on the top. Having used the FEL hook on the fence, I am a little more confident the weld is good enough to lift the cutter. Am in the process of building a barn right now with a storage stall for equipment. Depending how things work out, I may try the dolly idea or the lift vertical idea.

Thanks again for the help.