Tom:
You are right I was just doing some research and found more pictures of this tractor and was just going to post that picture but see you beat me to it. It is a 48 Inch and not a 40 Inch. Good thing I am not a betting Man....
Here is the other picture I found of the same tractor, it has some sort of fender brackets on it and also a home made PTO lever that would work better than standing between the wheels.
Joe