It looks like that weld on the shaft was cracked for a long time on 3/4 of it. Stress over the years will do that.
Someone made a good point about the pto bottoming out and creating issues for you, something to look into. Especially with a chain for a top link, you can go through a valley and really shorten up the pto causing it to bottom out.
How dull are the blades on it, dull blades take more power.
Front of a mower should be a tiny bit tad lower than the rear. Or else your mower is working twice as hard, as it mows the grass in from Nt and then if the rear is lower it is also mowing it again on the rear.
I can tell if a tractor is going about full throttle by sound, but I dont know how to tell someone how to know that..... without the tach and without experience I dont know what to say. Most tractors pushing the throttle all the way is just a few 100 rpm more than it should be, so back off just a little less than wide open. But thats not a real good rule, just kinda often.....
Those big heavy weeds you are mowing through do take more power, Im sure you need to be in 2nd to get them cut down well. That type of vegetation is a real power sucker.
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