on 7/24/2007 10:31 PM Tomes said the following:
"willshak" om...

Tomes :

"willshak" ...

Tomes :

Me too. I like the lift system, looks easy once it is set up.
Gotta have that cross-piece though. I also remove my mower deck to
work on the blades, but on my JD it takes me about 2 minutes, easy as
cake. You also need to drink that beer.


My Murray deck takes about 15 minutes to remove, with or without beer.
:-)


On the JD it is turn the deck wheels sideways, lower the deck, pull the
J-pins holding up the rear, unhook the front bracket, remove the belt
that is now loose and roll it out sideways. That is all there is.
Putting it back on takes maybe 3 minutes. What else do you need to do?
Tomes

Lay on the ground. Remove 6 (bobby) pins. 1 for the front hanger rod pin
(then pull;the 8" rod out). 4 pins (2 each side) holding torsion rods
and hangers (some require the use of pliers because they are not readily
accessible to hands), 1 pin for the mower actuator rod. Remove drive
belt. Turn the steering wheel to left fully and angle the deck to be
able to slide it out between the front and rear wheels, which would not
fit if slid straight out. The deck wheels do not swivel.


Yow. I guess this is what I get for going with the JD. Glad I did.
Tomes

I have to do this routine twice a year. Remove the mower deck in the
late fall to be able to mount the snowblower attachment, which is even
more of a task since the tractor has to be elevated a bit to slide the
very heavy snowblower frame under the tractor. Then in the spring,
reverse the procedure. I guess the best thing about this (or the worst,
however you look at it) is that I have been doing it for about 12 years
with the same tractor, mower, and snowblower attachment.

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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