Recent content by Shovelhead Johnson

I was being an idiot. I came to the same conclusion Russell and everything tightened up proper. Thanks for putting up with my unfounded rant. Lots of knowledge on this forum and I appreciate the responses. I bought this implement to try it on raking up walnuts. Pretty good crop this year...

See attached. Thanks Bee-Positive. I did indeed undo step one, but as you may be able to see, there is too much of a gap between the plates and the tines just flop around (see photo 005). That's why I think the holes were not drilled correctly when manufactured.

I just purchased (from Amazon) and took delivery of a Yitamotor 60" Pine Straw Rake. Being a retired mechanical engineer, I am usually pretty capable when it comes to understanding the design of things. I have to say that I am perplexed as to assembly of this new implement. Best I can figure...

Thanks notnew. I will endeavor to persevere. SJ

Thanks for the info on the hydraulics Wolfman. I'll give it a whirl. Having problems with the mower attachment to the tractor. I must have a fundamental misunderstanding of how this is supposed to work. Got to iron that out before I move onto the hydraulics. I'm starting to think that this...

Here's my drawbar set up.

Thanks Wolfman. Looks like I can only upload one at a time. Here's the mower. The guy I bought it from says I can bolt it to the drawbar (next photo). It's got hydraulics to operate the bar up and down, but I don't have the ports right now. He said I wouldn't need the hydraulics to run it...

OK Wolfman. I'll go get some pics. If I can figure out how to post 'em. I'm new to this forum stuff. Standby.

I've got a B7800 and would like to use an IH 120 sickle mower (7' bar) to mow around my pond and ditches. Anybody out there use this combination? It has a semi-mount, but could be converted to a 3-point hitch mount. Any advice? Maybe I should attach some pics. SJ