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Ib with a Woods rotary mower?
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    Posted: 14 Nov 2022 at 2:52pm
The ib is so low and maneuverable it should make a decent lawn mower. Many still have sickle mowers, but they are not meant for lawns. What about rotary mowers?

Online, I see 1 sold at Mecum Auction with a L59, but belt was missing - possibly belt kept popping off custom mule pulleys?


Any experience with a rotary or sickle mower on an ib cutting your lawn?
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Bolens made a belly mower that had a frame under the PTO shaft with an angle drive gear box off the pto... then a horizontal pulley with a long belt that ran up front and around the 3 spindles... one belt...... I bought one and modified it to fit a B that had rotated axle housings to make it into an Orchard B tractor... Works pretty good... deck is 72 inches wide.... Not a lot of ground clearance.. Got to watch the ditches..

The IB has a 6 inch shorter torque tube.. Since i started with a  "Standard B" i have an extra 6 inches between the tires..




Edited by steve(ill) - 14 Nov 2022 at 4:13pm
Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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WOODS mowers use only a single belt to drive all three spindles.
If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere.
Real pullers don't have speed limits.
If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY
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Spent many hours on a IB with a L59 Woods mower on it. Haven’t had any issues with it.
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Originally posted by Matt (Jordan,MN) Matt (Jordan,MN) wrote:

Spent many hours on a IB with a L59 Woods mower on it. Haven’t had any issues with it.


How was drive pulleys setup done off the PTO? (Low ground clearance)
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Here are some more pictures of the same IB and Wood's Mower.

Not much clearance between the Tires to raise the Deck.


https://www.google.com/search?q=For+Sale+Allis+Model+IB+with+belly+mower.&sxsrf=ALiCzsY4JR-GiAsek6N2AGsw7ba_VNlssw%3A1668649237610&source=hp&ei=FZF1Y73hIoCEwbkPuaCJqAc&iflsig=AJiK0e8AAAAAY3WfJRcwDMEQ4IPi37rFyR-LRyCokZag&ved=0ahUKEwj9v73oirT7AhUAQjABHTlQAnUQ4dUDCBI&oq=For+Sale+Allis+Model+IB+with+belly+mower.&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAwyBwghEKABEAoyBwghEKABEAo6CQgjECcQRhD7AToECCMQJzoLCAAQgAQQsQMQgwE6BQgAEIAEOgUILhCABDoICC4QgAQQ1AI6CwguEIAEEMcBENEDOgsILhCABBCxAxDUAjoLCC4QgAQQxwEQrwE6FAguEIAEELEDEIMBEMcBENEDENQCOg4ILhCABBCxAxDHARDRAzoICAAQgAQQyQM6EQguEIAEELEDEIMBEMcBENEDOggIABCABBCxAzoGCAAQFhAeOgUIIRCgAToICCEQFhAeEB06CgghEBYQHhAPEB06BQghEKsCUABYw64CYPjsAmgAcAB4AIABqQOIAfE0kgEKMC4zNy4wLjMuMZgBAKABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz#imgrc=Kyo8O_0S4iAJIM
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That tractor running 12.4x24 tires added more ground clearance at the expense of rear tires very close to rubbing on mower deck.
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