Can I FIX my 20 YEAR OLD Rotary Mower? This thing is ROUGH!

Now your tractor sounds like a big block Chevy coming down the road!! LOL!! Great true farm video!

I have the same mower I bought used with the tractor. Mine looks even worse, had to cut the skit a bit because it was all mangled up.

2 concrete slabs and a 20 lb. hammer.
You could bend it enough to fix that racket.

Only and ALWAYS worth it if it costs less to fix than to buy new. That's how I roll, every single day. And buy used whenever possible. Auctions are a good way to acquire things you need from people who do not need them anymore. And they're fun too!

How much did the two blades cost? The supplier? Thanks, Tim in northern TN

I would have thought that you could dance like that. lol great video

Could u replace those blades with chains and make a flail?

Troy, down here at the southern end of the Appalachians we call the redneck way, southern engineering. My Dad had his masters degree in the field and he would have approved of your solution to the problem you faced. Stuff like this is the reason I love your channel well that and we speak the same language.

Call d&n in Mount Orab, Ohio They have all the parts you need for them in the future.

I don't think the spark is a great thing, just be careful working on very dry grass! 😅 However the dance did help me feel a little better about the sparks

Next time, before you drop your baby makers, remember you have teens age sons. Where is your help??

I know you should have used a punch or cold chisel

With the castle nut loose, it will either damage the shaft or take the bearings out.

Redneck ingenuity…. And the little dance was priceless. Love your videos.

Aren't angle grinders great?

Had the same thing happen with my skid steer brush hog- I cut a hole in the body of the hog to get a socket on the nuts( couldn’t get the stupid disc off the shaft)
Great job on yours though

The job got done and you didn't have to buy a new one! You might be able to take that disc off and set it on two blocks. Then get drive the tractor up on it to see ifyou could bend it back a little.

You have helped convince me to just go buy a new rotary cutter.

I’d recommend tightening that nut back up so you don’t tear up the spines coming off the gear box or in the disk OR worse the cotter pin wears into and the nut comes off and you have a disk and blade going somewhere.

Why can’t you just grind the bolt down enough for clearance?

That castle nut is made to tighten to a certain torgue and than the pin. Leaving it loose will ruin the spline on the shaft and you will be buying a new mower sooner than later...

My 20 ton manual press from horror fright could straighten that plate out. I use it primarily for bearings but it's useful for anything you need to smash, squash, or squeeze. It's almost 20 years old and has earned it's keep several times over. I think that mower was well worth the money and time to repair.

But it mowed the grass...awesome