Old Ranch King aka MTD

Picked up this tractor today.  Mainly to see if the pickup mounted crane would handle it.  It managed but just.  Needs to be reinforced.

This is a bit of a strange tractor.  The grass catcher feeds out both sides of the deck.  It is a variable speed drive which I'm not found of.

The owner said someone welded on the exhaust and that caused a major oil leak.  That lead to knocking.

Need to decode this plate.

Took a few more pictures.

Weight Bracket

Grass Discharges on Both Sides of the Deck