No.7 McCormic Deering Mower

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  • #46394
    Donn Hewes
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    First glance, You need a pitman stick (#7’s and #9’s are different lengths – get the right one), evener, Tongue and neck yoke. That doesn’t say anything about all the cutting parts. Knife, guards, ledger plates, etc. It is all available and pretty easy to work on with enough wrenches. It looks like a nice machine. You could check for slop in the wheels, also were the shaft comes out of the gear box. It should kick in and out of gear freely. If it is out of gear the shaft should spin freely. Good luck. Donn

    #46390
    Mark Cowdrey
    Participant

    I had no idea they made a High Gear #7.

    #46422
    HeeHawHaven
    Participant

    I didn’t get out there fast enough to buy it! Wish I did. It would have made a great project and goal for my animals and me.

    Dave

    #46419
    OldKat
    Participant

    @HeeHawHaven 9583 wrote:

    I didn’t get out there fast enough to buy it! Wish I did. It would have made a great project and goal for my animals and me.

    Dave

    Sorry to hear that Dave. I’ve had the same thing happen to me with stuff that I waited too long on.

    BTW: What is meant by the term “High Gear”? I noticed it cast into the housing and Mark commented on it. What does that term say about the mower?

    #46416
    Ronnie Tucker
    Participant

    be careful about changing the diameter of the wheel too much i tried 600x 16 on a no 9 ih it made the blade move to fast and in heavy hay would sometimes break the blade ronnie tucker tn logger

    #46392
    john plowden
    Participant

    Two Mowers for sale: one reg 7 – runs like a top – one new ideal 4 – runs – both are painted – 7 has been totally re done – guards knives ledgers bushings etc. – 4 was redone awhile ago -first 1500 gets them both –
    John

    #46393
    john plowden
    Participant

    sorry should have posted in for sale

    #46417
    jrward
    Participant

    I have been hearing about how heavy a mower is on the tongue my whole life and this thread brought back the question. How heavy is heavy? So I set up a pole out the back end of my pickup to hook my traces to so I could simulate the correct angle of draft and I also hung a load cell in the appropriate place to attach the tongue to. This way I could see how heavy the tongue is when the mower is in operation the results raised more questions than answers.

    Static weight, Blade up no operator- 66Lbs.
    Static weight, Blade up with operator- 40Lbs.
    Static weight, Blade down with operator- 30Lbs.
    Running on level ground in average hay- 5-10Lbs.
    running with blade lifted with foot lift. 50-60Lbs.

    This mower was a #7 high gear with 14 ft. wooden tongue and setup nearly perfect. I tried changing the tongue height and also the angle of draft and it seemed to make very little difference also found the heavier the hay, the lighter the tongue. The angle of draft seems to counteract all forces acting downward. I know mowers do sore horses because I have seen it but why?

    #46395
    Donn Hewes
    Keymaster

    I have never found the tongue weight to too much on a mowing machine. I think the vibration of the machines is just as much cause of sore necks as tongue weight. Some vibrate worse than others it seems to me. I am using a crazy wheel rigth now that I think is great. If you can’t find tongue trucks you might consider one of these, made by the Amish. I got it in Pa.

    #46384
    Rod
    Participant

    What is a crazy wheel?

    #46396
    Donn Hewes
    Keymaster

    Rod, If you want to see a picture look at the “mule” section. Thread called “horses and mules mowing”. If you do a lot of mowing with Halflingers I think this set up would be great.

    #46385
    Rod
    Participant

    That’s what I though it might be, I have setup my mower with one already. thanks.

    #46423
    HeeHawHaven
    Participant

    Any possible way this may work for me? Any thoughts? What should I ask? Or, do I just get it and make landscape art if it won’t work?

    http://boise.craigslist.org/grd/1454525477.html

    Dave

    #46415
    near horse
    Participant

    Hi Dave,

    If you’re planning on buying and using a McD mower in the future, it never hurts to have a parts machine around. At $65 you almost can’t miss and Kuna’s pretty close to Nampa – right? Good luck.

    #46420
    TBigLug
    Participant

    @near horse 12487 wrote:

    Hi Dave,

    If you’re planning on buying and using a McD mower in the future, it never hurts to have a parts machine around. At $65 you almost can’t miss and Kuna’s pretty close to Nampa – right? Good luck.

    I second this notion. Buy it “JUST IN CASE”!!!;)

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