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Horse drawn implements and the Super A

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68 Mag

12-30-2001 19:24:44




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Hi. We have recently acquired an old EB (I know that stands for something...ideas?) horse drawn sickle bar mower. everything on the mower appears to be in good shape. I have about 5 acres I intend to mow with this contraption and our 1949 Super A. Is this a good idea, aka, how high is the risk of damaging the mower or drawbar on the A if I run at low throttle in first gear? Is there anything in particular I should watch for when hitching up the mower or when operating it? What would be the best way to attach the mower to the tractor drawbar?

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68 Mag

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ralph

12-31-2001 05:15:22




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 Re: Horse drawn implements and the Super A in reply to 68 Mag, 12-30-2001 19:24:44  
68Mag: I'll show my age some. Working horses were not as slow as may have been sugested. A military march as in a parade is approx 4MPH. Like a fast walk? Somewhat the same as mowing with horses. 2ed gear 3/4 throttle on an "A"? Check Fays data book for speed. R.



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Tom B.

12-30-2001 21:35:48




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 Re: Horse drawn implements and the Super A in reply to 68 Mag, 12-30-2001 19:24:44  
It was very common to pull horse drawn implements with a Farmall A in 40s +50s here in southeast.Sickle bar mowers,stalk choppers,small disc and all the old wagons.My dad just shortened the tongue and bolted on a bracket that would hook to tractor.Sickle bar worked real good but needed someone riding on it to raise blade if needed.If we pulled it fast,blade would plug and drag wheels and sometimes break wooden pitman arm.Lots of fun when I was ten but probably not now.

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Guy Fay

12-30-2001 20:06:03




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 Re: Horse drawn implements and the Super A in reply to 68 Mag, 12-30-2001 19:24:44  
EB is Emerson Brantingham. Not the worlds most common mower to come up with. On a horsedrawn mower, you'll want to be sure not to hit anything-the operator on the mower was responsible for lifting the cutter bar out of the way, hard to do if you are on the tractor, and I doubt there will be any kind of brakeaway on the bar. Make sure you operate slow, and check the bearings often to see if they warm up when you start. The difference of speed between horse and tractor can be surprising. If its one of the later EB mowers, it might be a problem, but an early EB I believe will have been built long before the idea of using a tractor came about, and the bearings will have been designed for horse speeds. One of Bert Benjamin's claims to fame was redesigning implements to be used at tractor speeds.

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