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I've run a 9' mower with my Farmall A (about 15 horsepower).

So, just about anything with a 540 PTO and a 3-point hitch will work!
 
A 25 or 30 horse tractor should be the minimum for stbility. How heavy is the grass you plan to mow? How steep is the side slope? If you're in more arid country where the grass is light a small tractor will work fine. If the grass is heavy and tangled, the drag from bar is gonna want to pull the front end of the tractor sideways. I put a JD #5 mower with a 7 ft. bar on a B Farmall and it worked OK until she found some heavy brome grass. Had to use the left brake to keep the front end in line.Jim
 
Power would not be the problem, weight would be for handling the side draft and if the mounted version keeping the front end on the ground.
 

I have an IH 1300 7 ft sickle mower on the rear of a 140 (3 pt and about 24 Hp). Works great! A 9 ft would also work.
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People that are having a problem with side-draft on a sickle mower have a problem... Either they are trying to cut too fast, or their sickle/guards are dull.

The only time my full mounted 1110 mower pulls me sideways is when I hook something, trying to cut too fast for the conditions, or when things get dull.

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Also, I've never had a problem with the lack of live PTO, or live hydraulics.
 
Steven, you are right about the dull cutter bar/ speed thing. However, here in Iowa we do have areas where the blome grass is extremely heavy and tangled. A cutter bar with new guards and sickle sections will cut it slowly but a little tractor will have trouble staying straight just from the cut material laying on the bar.

I Wish I had a side mount mower like the one in your pic. It'd be really nice for this guy with the stiff neck.Jim
 
fixerupper,

It's for sale for the right price... Or I have a semi-mount 120 balanced head mower for less... or I also have a 115 fully-mounted mower (needs some work, but a good fabricator could make the missing parts) for even less, yet!

Here's the 120:

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I do have a 120 but I didn't know the model # until you posted this pic. Thanks! The Oliver 88 runs it just fine. It's a real mowin machine compared to the JD#5 we ran for years. Not knocking the #5, there were a ton of them around here years ago. The 120 just seems to make it through the tough tangled stuff better.

The offer for the side mount sounds tempting, but it's too far from home. Jim
 
If you need a manual for it, I'd be willing to make some copies of pertinent pages out of mine... I also have the IH Blue Ribbon manual for the balanced head with all the specs, etc. for rebuilding.
 
That would be great. I've never entered my email before so I put it in the box. Is this the way it works? Jim
 
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