 I, too have bush-hogged many years without an ORC! In fact, I didn'd even know they existed! Just thought the tractor/bush-hog combo did it as "the nature of the beast". Only time I scored an ORC was when I bought a new (woods) "bush-hog", and the PTO did not match up. (I still have the small one) Been meaning to change it, but since I have the original PTO pulley, and use it to run the Dreaded Ferguson Cord-Wood Saw, which is SAFE, if ya know how to use it! I won't be able to use it, unless I manage to convert the pully to the new larger PTO, which I have not done. (If anyone could tell me how to do it, I'd be grateful.) Anyway, got used to it, managed to use the inertia stored in the blades for many useful things. Actually not hard to do. Just makes ya aware of engine/transmission/pto speeds and the necessity to get them all the same before shifting. Just like the old 18-wheeler trannies. No syncromesh in those babies! Adept use of the PTO lever is essential! Of course, I am EXPERT CLASS DRIVER, and have been operating this tractor since I started operating tractors, since my Dad scored it new when I was very young! NOw, I have an ORC, just scored a nice new one last year..went for the QuickDisconect model, which required me to modify the PTO shaft to allow it to work, but once done, it makes it easier to hook up. And, it lets me take the ORC off when not using it! Good deal! So, don't apologise, "been there done that". Good to see someone else running without ORC! Still have the McClenny Cutter, one of these days, I'm gonna get it running again. It was twice the machine the Woods is. OLD=Good New=BAD!! Bent the H** outta the Woods the same day it was delivered trying to do the same stuffs that the McClenny Cutter did. Maybe take the Woods Gearbox/Pto/blades outta Woods and install in the MC. Would have fixed the MC, but the company has long gone outta business, like all good companies do! Man, I HATE CHANGE!! But that's different rant, hehehe!!!  This is the remains of The MC! Note the 1/4" steel sides/top of the deck! Did not bend, despite the "torture it took".
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