I also have a 147 that I use with a QA42B that I converted into a QA42A. I actually left the the curved links on mine and they just barely clear the cast grill. They do actually scrape it sometimes if it is leaning on the side of a hill but nothing that prevents me from lifting it or binds it up. So I’m not entirely sure the reason they are interfering so bad on your’s. However, I would do what has been previously recommended and fabricate your own links out of flat bar and put a bend in them at the end to offset them around the grill.
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Cub Cadet 147 (first tractor), 108, Original
Others: Allis Chalmers 710, Massey Ferguson 10, John Deere 110
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