Mower A Frame

[ColinV6]

Could someone who has bolted their A frame to their front mower permanently please grab a photo of exactly what they have done?
Thanks in advance

 

[s~~t shoveller]

Just drill right through the boxes of the a frame and channel on the machine.bought one like this,bolted up but changed it back to normal!never seems a problem but always fitted the long r clip thing so it can't come adrift...in theory!

 

[ColinV6]

Just drill right through the boxes of the a frame and channel on the machine.bought one like this,bolted up but changed it back to normal!never seems a problem but always fitted the long r clip thing so it can't come adrift...in theory!

Oh right... I assumed it would be cutting out the round spinning part which “helps” guide the frame in. Where I’m pointing here.

However this wouldn’t leave it being bolted on by much on the mower really. I didn’t want to start drilling the mower if I could help it. I also use the long R Clip but I’ve heard too many horror stories.

 

[Tomtrac]

Oh right... I assumed it would be cutting out the round spinning part which “helps” guide the frame in. Where I’m pointing here.

However this wouldn’t leave it being bolted on by much on the mower really. I didn’t want to start drilling the mower if I could help it. I also use the long R Clip but I’ve heard too many horror stories.

My a frame didnt have a wheely thing but after one operator lost a front mower off and half ran over it i needed to doo somert so i welded a piece off metal on the top about where your wheely thingy is with a hole in it
so when i put the frame in front machine the metal with the hole sticks threw the top off the female frame and i put a pin threw it
You can see its in from tractor seat when its up so a piece off mind never lost out off since

 

[ColinV6]

My a frame didnt have a wheely thing but after one operator lost a front mower off and half ran over it i needed to doo somert so i welded a piece off metal on the top about where your wheely thingy is with a hole in it
so when i put the frame in front machine the metal with the hole sticks threw the top off the female frame and i put a pin threw it
You can see its in from tractor seat when its up so a piece off mind never lost out off since

That sounds more what I was thinking of, I can cut off the wheel thing which will leave a hole anyways. Is that the same direction your meaning? So the bolt runs from back to front not side to side?

 

[Tomtrac]

That sounds more what I was thinking of, I can cut off the wheel thing which will leave a hole anyways. Is that the same direction your meaning? So the bolt runs from back to front not side to side?

Yes think i used an old/new galv gate catch pin
Because off the top off the femal frame being open and thin i used said pin as its long but to stop pin moving and top off frame knocking out r clip/linch pin to retain said gate pin i put a piece off water pipe on pin 50-75 mm upto head side then put it threw male frame and then more plastic water pipe then r clip/linch pin
It is to keep pin central so if a frame moving up down in femal frame the top off femal part doesnt push r clip /linch pin out
Gone on a little but do u see what i mean

 

[Tomtrac]

Yes think i used an old/new galv gate catch pin
Because off the top off the femal frame being open and thin i used said pin as its long but to stop pin moving and top off frame knocking out r clip/linch pin to retain said gate pin i put a piece off water pipe on pin 50-75 mm upto head side then put it threw male frame and then more plastic water pipe then r clip/linch pin
It is to keep pin central so if a frame moving up down in femal frame the top off femal part doesnt push r clip /linch pin out
Gone on a little but do u see what i mean

Ps i may off used same hole as you intend but i had to strenthen it by putting a piece off flat from left side over too right side to stop pin from pulling out off top off your whole
It was ok on something held up on arms but iff arms are in float and front machine following ground we have a lot off clicky and undulating ground so it can put a pressure on under side off pin

 

[ColinV6]

Yes think i used an old/new galv gate catch pin
Because off the top off the femal frame being open and thin i used said pin as its long but to stop pin moving and top off frame knocking out r clip/linch pin to retain said gate pin i put a piece off water pipe on pin 50-75 mm upto head side then put it threw male frame and then more plastic water pipe then r clip/linch pin
It is to keep pin central so if a frame moving up down in femal frame the top off femal part doesnt push r clip /linch pin out
Gone on a little but do u see what i mean

I think I sort of get the gist of what you mean, however a picture says 1000 words, or is your mower tucked away yet. Mine sits on the arms at a fixed height it’s a pottinger alpha motion so I assume this type is slightly less likely to part ways?

 

[s~~t shoveller]

You have me worried now too!twenty odd seasons and not yet though.roll on my new thread on here "whats the best front mower to replace the one I've driven over"!seems an ok idea as well but like I said ours was drilled right through and very secure so I'm guessing they took pins out to take it on and off as the bolts didn't run very easily either...good luck,sounds like I need it more though.

 

[ColinV6]

Could also use these holes which go right through mower, and just drill A frame to match....

 

[s~~t shoveller]

Yes that's how ours was fastened....

 

[ColinV6]

So I’ve fitted A frame back to mower this morning, and tightened up the latch on the actual mower. The A frame hook was so tight I had to hammer it home.
I can’t see any possible way of it coming off with the R clip also in there.

 

[yohan115]

So I’ve fitted A frame back to mower this morning, and tightened up the latch on the actual mower. The A frame hook was so tight I had to hammer it home.
I can’t see any possible way of it coming off with the R clip also in there.

I had an issue when the catch/latch was out of adjustment it half sheared the roll pin so looked like it was clipped in but was just catching and no more. Long story short mower parted company with tractor, got away with just bending the pto!

 

[Tomtrac]

I had an issue when the catch/latch was out of adjustment it half sheared the roll pin so looked like it was clipped in but was just catching and no more. Long story short mower parted company with tractor, got away with just bending the pto!

If its a held in one place headstock and ram lifts and lowers mower not arm then am shure it will be ok ours was held up by chains then arms lifted mower out off work

 

[Martin Holden]

So I’ve fitted A frame back to mower this morning, and tightened up the latch on the actual mower. The A frame hook was so tight I had to hammer it home.
I can’t see any possible way of it coming off with the R clip also in there.

The Yale type latch is always a part that gets overlooked. Whenever we install a new front mower, we take care to set this up properly. Using the right locking clip is important but they are fiddly little so and so’s!

 

[wrapthat]

Oh right... I assumed it would be cutting out the round spinning part which “helps” guide the frame in. Where I’m pointing here.

However this wouldn’t leave it being bolted on by much on the mower really. I didn’t want to start drilling the mower if I could help it. I also use the long R Clip but I’ve heard too many horror stories.

I just cut the roller out and put a pin through it and lynchpin, can’t get past it and quick to get off

 

[ColinV6]

I just cut the roller out and put a pin through it and lynchpin, can’t get past it and quick to get off

Great idea. Will do that. As you say, very easy to remove. However the A frame is for the mower only
So may as well stay on the mower.

 

[KB6930]

Now to throw a spanner in the works I know someone who had the top link wind out whilst cutting and didn't notice = written off mower. So make sure that's secure as well

 

[ColinV6]

Now to throw a spanner in the works I know someone who had the top link wind out whilst cutting and didn't notice = written off mower. So make sure that's secure as well

Beauty of the pottinger is the arms are always at a fixed height, so in theory there is always pressure on the link? I assume.?

 

[KB6930]

Beauty of the pottinger is the arms are always at a fixed height, so in theory there is always pressure on the link? I assume.?

Pressure will be different when you lift it to when it's working.
It would be a totally freak accident with someone that's just not a tractor driver at the helm and didn't notice but it's just something else to make sure the top link can't turn once set