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Ted in NE-OH 
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Posted: 11 May 2010 at 9:21am |
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I am thinking on buying a CA putting on a 3-point hitch and a Rear Mount finish mower on it. Any one have one of these setups and does it work well. ie can the CA lift it without front end coming off the ground? Any help is appreciated.
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GregLawlerMinn
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Posted: 11 May 2010 at 3:28pm |
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I have run a 5' 3PTH Brush Hog type mower behind my CA. It lifts the mower just fine and the front end stays on the ground (altho it is "lighter" than when the mower is down). Think a finish mower would be lighter than a brush hog mower. I have a belly mount Woods L306 (6' cut) under the CA and it is a pleasure to cut grass with, never tried a rear monted finish mower tho. Would think a rear mower would be more difficult to turn corners and that the rear tires would tend to pack the grass ahead of the mower.
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Murph-NC
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Posted: 05 Jun 2011 at 8:32pm |
Old topic... but anyway... I use a King Kutter 5' finish mower behind my CA. Turns out the 3pt A-frame interferes with the PTO shaft due to how high the PTO is on the CA. So I simply tow it and hook the rear support chain to the top link mount. No lifting possible, but I don't really need to anyway. Greg is right, the tires do tend to press the grass down and leave streaks... the taller the grass the worse it is. My C with the belly mower is still my favorite though.
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Dakota Dave
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Posted: 05 Jun 2011 at 8:41pm |
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I had a 6' farm king on my CA. front got light when lifted. not a problem since I had to leave the top link off when mowing. mower is on wd45 now. The woods belly mower on the CA works much better.
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Posted: 05 Jun 2011 at 8:48pm |
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Murph, could you raise the top link part of the A frame so it didn't interfere with the PTO? I know it might alter the geometry of the 3 point, but I would think with a little "farmer engineering" a guy could make the 3 point work without contacting the PTO shaftand get the mower to set down properly anyway.
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Posted: 05 Jun 2011 at 8:51pm |
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I can know the Woods type belly mower is handier and does a geat job, but I have often thought if a guy had the 3 point, it would be way easier to do several different jobs through the summer with the same tractor. I guess some guys would just buy 3 tractors and put a different piece of equipment on each one and leave em.
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Murph-NC
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Posted: 05 Jun 2011 at 9:47pm |
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Yeah, I'd like to have my buddy work on the A-frame, but I've just got too many irons in the fire... maybe some day.
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Pat the Plumber CIL
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Posted: 05 Jun 2011 at 11:07pm |
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I have a 6' woods finish mower behind my NF D-17.It does a really good job as long as the grass doesn't get too tall.only leaves streaks when the grass is above 5"-6".Works really well on flat or slightly rolling ground.Some areas where ground goes up and down sharply the mower will dig in the front or lift up too high as back wheels go over hump.I have a 1,1/2 acre lot to mow that is flat a pancake.I mow it a different direction each time so I do not compact the same tire tracks each time.
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Posted: 06 Jun 2011 at 7:36am |
My top link doesn't interfere with the PTO it just don't follow the ground as nice as I like.as much as I mow I don't take the mower off. 3pt or not I need it every week at least twice, so just dedicate one tractor to mowing and switch implements on another. 
Edited by Dakota Dave - 06 Jun 2011 at 7:41am
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Posted: 06 Jun 2011 at 7:56am |
Same mower on a WD45. If your only getting one tractor a WD is cheeper than a CA turns just as tight. has hydraulics that will lift the mower without the blades turning . and a hand clutch that you can use to tease the mower back under the trees. 
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