Bryan,
I had forgotten about that museum. They have some really strange mowers there, we often see some at the shows.
The mower racing is done on a field that is a bit boggy at an agricultural college not far from me and they even have 24 hour endurance races, haven't seen any mention of them in the States. Might be an interesting diversion for the next plough day, I hear they regularly run above 30 mph with cub cadets and old wheel horses apart from other local makes. The higher speeds are for the class 2 mowers it must be quite exciting doing those speeds 6 inches off the ground in mud and slime, always seems to rain when they race.
Steve,
Yes thanks I'd worked that out about the adjustable furrow width but there again as you say we seem to have more reversable plows over here, probably comes from having small fields and trying to keep the headlands as short as possible. Its amazing to see one of the big machines doing a wheel brake turn while the 6 furrow plow rolls over, its certainly faster than doing rounds.
Kraig,
Yes please I'll take any drawings and photos you have got!
Just been given the run around by honda uk on the phone while trying to get info or parts list from them, you would think I was asking for the drawings to the bank of england vaults.
Even the local dealer was as much use as a chocolate tea pot. So I will start making the hitch from scratch.
Robin