Sickle mower options for CA

  For side mounts the #5 is a pitman mower and doesn't have much ground clearance.  My favorite mower that I've ever had on a CA is the 80S this is ideal for a CA as it mounts the mower head a little closer to the tractor and is out front where you can watch it.

   I once had an 82S with the CA, D10/12 mounts and hated it. As the mounts are primarily designed for larger tractors, the twin-wheel head is positioned quite far front the tractor and a CA is not a big enough tractor to counter all that weight hung so far out to the side. Also the complete mower as Allis designed it hangs on the two 5/8" bolt holes on the bell housing and can easily rip out the threads of these two holes. I got this 80S from a fellow that had brought it new mounted on a D12 and that is just why he considered it scrap iron. I made extra brackets that also tied the mounting frame to the two cultivator holes in the torque tube and the two out in front of the grill. This helped the weak mount, but the balance of all that weight hung so far out to the right made the little CA unsafe on even the slightest slope.