72-In Deere Mower Fits Old Allis Tractor
"It's a lot of fun to use and cost only about $1,200 to adapt to my tractor," says Ken Phillips, East Otto, N.Y., who belly-mounted a 72-in. pto-driven mower deck - originally designed to mount on an early 1980s Deere 850 tractor - on his 1939 Allis B tractor.
Phillips paid $500 for the deck which he bought from a local implement dealer. He used angle iron to make his own mounting brackets that bolt onto both sides of the tractor as well as onto the rear axle. The deck was originally designed to be belt-driven off the Deere tractor's pto via a gearbox. He mounted an overrunning clutch on the pto and attached the deck's original gearbox to it. The pto on the Allis tractor was located higher off the ground than the Deere pto so he attached a drop shaft and pulley to the bottom side of the gearbox. The drop shaft is belt-driven by the gearbox which in turn belt-drives the deck. A manually-operated steel lever, bolted onto the right side of the deck's frame, is used to raise or lower the mower.
"It works beautifully and makes a good-looking tractor-mower combination," says Phillips. "I built it because I always liked the Allis B tractor and wanted to use it to mow my yard. The only drawback is that I have to crank start the tractor. The original engine was in bad shape when I bought the tractor, and an engine rebuild kit would've cost about $450 so I replaced the original engine with an identical one off an old Allis combine. I bought the engine from a friend for $300. I chose the Deere deck because it's the best on the market. The gearbox and main belt and pulley came with the deck.
"The overrunning clutch prevents any æflywheeling' effect so that whenever I push in the clutch the deck blades can't continue to push the tractor forward."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Kenneth P. Phillips, 7261 Prill Road, East Otto, N.Y. 14729 (ph 716 257-3739).
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72-In Deere Mower Fits Old Allis Tractor MOWERS Mowers (31H) 22-1-20 "It's a lot of fun to use and cost only about $1,200 to adapt to my tractor," says Ken Phillips, East Otto, N.Y., who belly-mounted a 72-in. pto-driven mower deck - originally designed to mount on an early 1980s Deere 850 tractor - on his 1939 Allis B tractor.
Phillips paid $500 for the deck which he bought from a local implement dealer. He used angle iron to make his own mounting brackets that bolt onto both sides of the tractor as well as onto the rear axle. The deck was originally designed to be belt-driven off the Deere tractor's pto via a gearbox. He mounted an overrunning clutch on the pto and attached the deck's original gearbox to it. The pto on the Allis tractor was located higher off the ground than the Deere pto so he attached a drop shaft and pulley to the bottom side of the gearbox. The drop shaft is belt-driven by the gearbox which in turn belt-drives the deck. A manually-operated steel lever, bolted onto the right side of the deck's frame, is used to raise or lower the mower.
"It works beautifully and makes a good-looking tractor-mower combination," says Phillips. "I built it because I always liked the Allis B tractor and wanted to use it to mow my yard. The only drawback is that I have to crank start the tractor. The original engine was in bad shape when I bought the tractor, and an engine rebuild kit would've cost about $450 so I replaced the original engine with an identical one off an old Allis combine. I bought the engine from a friend for $300. I chose the Deere deck because it's the best on the market. The gearbox and main belt and pulley came with the deck.
"The overrunning clutch prevents any æflywheeling' effect so that whenever I push in the clutch the deck blades can't continue to push the tractor forward."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Kenneth P. Phillips, 7261 Prill Road, East Otto, N.Y. 14729 (ph 716 257-3739).
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