Just thought I give an update. I mowed about 5 acres of hayfield that has been fallow for 5 or 6 years, on uneven ground, here in the hills of Vermont. After 15 years of sitting outside I had a lot of freeing up, lubing and sharpening to do before I got the mower going. I ended up doing most of the mowing in first gear at full throttle. I tried 3/4 throttle in second gear but it was just to fast on uneven ground and it seemed to clog more. As far as the vibration goes, she had some shake to her but not too unbearable. I bought a jell filled seat pad and that seemed to help a lot. I saw 2 snakes, 3 rabbits, one ground wasp nest and two paper wasp nests. :-) I went through two teeth, 3 ledgers and a pitman arm before it settled down and resigned itself to being pulled out of retirement. It cut white pine, poplar, apple and maple saplings along with the brush and grasses without a hiccup. Well, maybe one. I got cocky and tried for a white pine that was a little too big. That's when I broke the teeth and pitman arm. It didn't cut it but it did pull it right out of the ground though! Oh well, now I know how big a sapling it will cut. :-) Despite the neglect and after I get through resealing the power head the old iron is in remarkably good condition after some TLC and will continue to run for a long time to come. I LOVE AMERICAN OLD IRON! It sure isn't like the crap they import from China these days.
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