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Hugh McKay's Fault!

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Allan in NE

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Okay, I give. Hugh is right.

Clear down in 3rd gear to make a clean cut and still have 5 acres to go too.

Maybe I'd better yank the blades and give 'em a sharpening? Those bolts are left handed threads, I take it?

Allan

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Morning Allan

Both of my mowers that throw out the right side are right hand threads.

I believe yours would be right hand also.

Gary
 
Hey Allen.......If it is true that the one with the most toys when he leaves wins you are in the race for first place.
 
How many gears does that 284 have anyway, Allen? I thought only four?? But does it have a four with "High and Low" ??? Thanks, Cmore
 
Yeah,

8 forward and 2 reverse. Has a "hi-lo".

Same way with the PTO. Hi-lo for either 540 and 1,000 rpm.

Just like every other IH tractor. The harder ya work it, the better it runs. :>)

Allan
 
Wellll. the one on the right should be right and the one on the left should be left.

And that one in the middle must be ????????

Gary
 
Keyed and the shaft peened. It can turn either way no commum loose. I suppose it's sharpened on both sides?
 
If it is a Woods, it is left hand thread. You better have LOTS of impact or long pipe with 3/4" drive socket set. They will be tight. Blades do need to be pretty sharp on these old girls. I know on our 184, a 60" deck is about all it wants. Will not hardly mow in high 1st, but does OK in low 3rd or 4th.
Jim
 
Sell the horses and get cows. They will walk around and eat the grass. An additional benefit is that if times get tough and you have to eat one of them, your wife won't mind.

Greg
 
"I suppose it's sharpened on both sides?"

Should be, in case ya have to back up to catch a spot ya missed from turnin' that crate too tight.
 
Allan, I just sharpened the blades on my Woods 503 mower and the blade bolts were left hand. You should be able to tell if they are left or right hand by the direction the blades turn, since the idea is to keep the bolts from unscrewing when they turn. The problem I had was loosening the bolts while laying on the garage floor and reaching under the mower. Then the next problem was torquing the bolts to 200 ft-lbs (per the manual) while laying on your side reaching under the mower. Roger
 
Allan: OK, I'll take the blame, been a whole lot of folks with their belts running a lot cooler since I made an issue out of sharpening blades.

You really should put those horses to work. Back in the 1920s Willard Ervin of Stewiake, Nova Scotia, trained his driving horse to graze all his acre of grass around the house without damaging Mrs. Ervin's extensive flower gardens. The horse was also trained to go behind the barn to make his manure. Mr. Ervin once told his son, "You've made tremendous progress, you now buy gas to mow the lawn, and you buy gas to drive to town, the oil industry will get you." Mr. Ervin's son is still living, I'll bet he has given that statment some thought more than once in the past few months.
 
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