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i pull a 4ft brush hog. i want to get a bigger mower for the rough fields in texas i need one that can take a beating and not get destroyed from the fields with deep holes from cows walking
 
A lot depends on what and how thick and tall of stuff you are trying to cut.
Generally those are only good for 5 foot implements.
 


the grass is thick in some spots and thin in others but mostly dead grass but i mow 50 acre fields could a 10ft mower work
 
I have two "bush-hog" types of 3-point rotary mowers for use with my 8Ns. One is a Ford/Dearborn (can't remember which), the other is a TSC house brand. Both are five-footers. My 8Ns can pull the five footers with no problem in grass and weeds up to a few feet high. A four-footer wouldn't be as wide as the tractor tread width so would leave a partly unmowed path behind the tractor. Be sure to use an overrunning coupler on the PTO to keep the mower from pushing you when you put in the clutch. (These are just my observations and opinions after many years of mowing.)
 

never gonna power a 10 ft cutter with an 8N. a 5ft hos is probably the biggest you could get by with an N, and that's if the conditions are ideal.

you would need a serious machine to power a 10 ft cutter.
 
I run a 6' bush hog on a D19 Allis, and in tough going I'll make some diesel smoke.

I wouldn't try over 5' on an N.
 
If you could make a sickle bar unit work for your job you could go 7 feet. Just be sure knives and ledger plates on the guards are in good condition as opposed to being seriously worn.
 
Maybe do to only taking off about an inch or less on a pass helps.
Where he is going looks like where after I'm done.
 
(quoted from post at 14:25:18 12/09/15) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWHksbd7ry4
so is this a modified 8n or what
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It's not cutting anything tall or thick. If that grass was 2" taller, it'd bring than ford to it's knees. For rough cutting and tall stuff, listen to these guys. Only thing a bigger mower in thick weeds and grass will make you do is want a bigger tractor. And 50 acres sounds like a lot of time and gas going 5' at a time....

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
3pt or pull type? My brother has Dad's 8N. When he puts a 6 foot on the 3pt,it will raise but won't come back down. You have to leave it over night and let it settle. My 5 foot raises and lowers alright on it.
 
i got a 3 point so if i put a 6ft why wont it go down cause i need to raise it to get to were i need to mow
 
Our airport mower is a 15' bat wing pulled behind a Ford 5000. The spec says the mower alone takes 35 HP or so I hear.
 
I don't know. I'm not a Ford guy. All I know is,it's as if it won't let a valve open to let the oil out of the cylinder when it has too much load on it. Maybe it's just that one particular tractor. I just wouldn't want you to get yourself in a bad situation if they all do it.
 
Neighbor left me his 8n/loader/5' 3point rotary mower. Tractor had a tough time pulling the mower in grass about 1 foot tall. I sent the tractor and loader along with 3 others to the scrap yard several years ago and will continue to buy them and send them to the scrap yard.
 
It cuts the standing material but does not shred it like a rotary cutter. It would what is used in the first step to cut grass/legumes for hay years ago. If you are trying to keep shrubs and trees from coming in and the field has no woody plants yet it would do the job. If this work is being done for somebody else you had better find out if this is acceptable.
 
By the way there are plenty of examples concerning rotary mowers and sickle mowers involving 8N's on Youtube. Look at those then decide.
 
The 5000 is just under 70 PTO HP so it works out to about 23 HP per 5' cut which is approximately what the 8N produces. I would want more than 70 HP if the material is 24" tall or taller.
 
(quoted from post at 12:56:21 12/09/15) Neighbor left me his 8n/loader/5' 3point rotary mower. Tractor had a tough time pulling the mower in grass about 1 foot tall. I sent the tractor and loader along with 3 others to the scrap yard several years ago and will continue to buy them and send them to the scrap yard.
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Are you just being inflammatory? 2n, 8n, 9n would all bring a lot more than scrap price even when it was high.
 
I have a 6 ft woods finish mower behind my Jubilee. Depending on how tall I let the grass get,
first or second gear. I think the ford used the 8n rear end on the Jubilee, so 6 ft is about the
width of your 8n rear wheels. Depending on how tall the grass is you might get by with a 6 ft in
first. I think 8n's are about 20 hp and Jubilee around 30 hp. I also have a 6 ft woods belly mower
on Farmall C. It can handle mower in first gear no problems. Second if grass isn't too tall.
 
Hmmm, you're making me question getting rid of my 54" zero turn. I picked up a 650 and have been thinking about slapping a 6' finish mower behind it to mow my 4 acres, but I've got quite a few trees to navigate and that thing flies and is nimble. If the Ford can only pull in 1,2 gear, I may have to hang on to it. I was hoping to sell it and buy some implements!
 
I use a 48 inch mower to do my trim work first. First gear on Jubilee is 3 mph, second gear is 4 mph at 1800 rpms. A ztr will kill my back, too ruff. The Jubilee is a greater distance from the dirt and dust a mower stirs up.

I cut the grass on the left side of pic, neighbor and tenant cuts the right side with a ztr. You decide which is best. Some like to make excuses about neighbors mower.
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On something like a N series ford, it lets the pto on the implement freewheel when you push in the clutch, so you can stop when you want, instead of the blade of the mower acting as a flywheel and pushing you along. It mounts onto the tractor's PTO shaft and makes it a bit longer, so it may affect the geometry of 3pt. implements pto shafts a bit.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
Without the coupler, the mower will push the rear wheels forward because there is a direct link
between the pto and wheels on your tractor. The coupler will not let the rotary inertia of the
mower do that. Besides the size of the old pto on the N series is smaller than todays PTO, so the
coupler is also an adapter. I have one on Jubilee.
 
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