Well, like so many others I thought I'd never be able to fix my 60" MMM under my B3030 - first time I tried I *thought* I'd done it after 40 minutes of agony & frustration - only to have the PTO shaft spin off when I went to mow my meadow...
In fact I gave up - and came back here and read every post I could find on attaching this deck. I've tried several approaches, and this for me is the one that works - it now takes me 5-6 minutes every time:
1 - Ensure collar on the deck's PTO shaft is well greased
2 - Attach the PTO shaft to the deck.
3 - Use loader to push front wheels up.
4 - Shove/haul the MMM under the tractor
5 - Lower front wheels. Engine off.
6 - Attach the rear pins to get the deck lined up
7 - Using left hand reach under the left hand side and push collar on to PTO
8 - Attach front of deck.
The hard work is getting the deck in position... once the deck is under the tractor I can attach the deck and hook up the PTO in less than a couple of minutes. I wouldn't have succeeded without the info from TBN - so thanks everyone, especially the folks who pointed out that a well-greased shaft is the key to happiness
In fact I gave up - and came back here and read every post I could find on attaching this deck. I've tried several approaches, and this for me is the one that works - it now takes me 5-6 minutes every time:
1 - Ensure collar on the deck's PTO shaft is well greased
2 - Attach the PTO shaft to the deck.
3 - Use loader to push front wheels up.
4 - Shove/haul the MMM under the tractor
5 - Lower front wheels. Engine off.
6 - Attach the rear pins to get the deck lined up
7 - Using left hand reach under the left hand side and push collar on to PTO
8 - Attach front of deck.
The hard work is getting the deck in position... once the deck is under the tractor I can attach the deck and hook up the PTO in less than a couple of minutes. I wouldn't have succeeded without the info from TBN - so thanks everyone, especially the folks who pointed out that a well-greased shaft is the key to happiness