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I'm in the market for a rotary mower and this one came up in the local CL.
It's supposedly a 60 inch, which should place is safely in the cat 1 I'd think, but I've asked the seller to measure across the pins.
I've a couple questions for the TBN experts, or at least the know-more-than-me folks:
1 - how do you attach a top link on that loop? or will that rotate 180 so I can use the two holes that are currently below the loop?
2 - looks like some substantial sheet metal damage on the top, right side (looking at picture). Can I just weld patches of metal over the holes with a perimeter bead and say "good enough?
3 - other things to consider?
4 - would you pay $75 for this? seller says "I have never used this mower. bought it about 12 years ago and never bought a tractor to put it on. It was supposed to work when I bought it" but you know CL.
In case it matters - I have 3 acres to mow maybe twice a year, and another acre that needs to be mowed probably 4-5x in the spring/early summer, with the goal just to knock grasses down... there's no brush involved, though there may be the occasional rock.

It's supposedly a 60 inch, which should place is safely in the cat 1 I'd think, but I've asked the seller to measure across the pins.
I've a couple questions for the TBN experts, or at least the know-more-than-me folks:
1 - how do you attach a top link on that loop? or will that rotate 180 so I can use the two holes that are currently below the loop?
2 - looks like some substantial sheet metal damage on the top, right side (looking at picture). Can I just weld patches of metal over the holes with a perimeter bead and say "good enough?
3 - other things to consider?
4 - would you pay $75 for this? seller says "I have never used this mower. bought it about 12 years ago and never bought a tractor to put it on. It was supposed to work when I bought it" but you know CL.
In case it matters - I have 3 acres to mow maybe twice a year, and another acre that needs to be mowed probably 4-5x in the spring/early summer, with the goal just to knock grasses down... there's no brush involved, though there may be the occasional rock.

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