DO remove MMM when driving in rough terrain

[FN in MT]

I learned the hard way today WHY one should remove the MMM on their B series when driving in rocky, or rough terrain. I was up on my hilly area and somehow despite being in L range ran into a rock hidden in the grass and bent the rt side of the mower pretty badly. Hit the rock with the right frt height adjustment wheel. Bent the bracket and wheel in about 45 degrees.

To add insult to injury I found that removing the mower is NOT very tough or time consuming at all! Removed it , turned it over and surveyed the damage. I'm thinking I may be able to use a few 2x4's and a bottle jack...and push things back into place.

Worse comes to worse I have a buddy with a garage and a Porta-Power system for frame straightening, etc. THAT should work.

I am so pissed at myself for being STUPID and damaging the tractor. Live and LEARN I guess.

FN in MT

 

[BigD23]

FN...Sorry to hear bout your MMM...Been many a time I should have taken mine off and "got away with it"...Thanks for sharing and good luck with the straightening process.

Don

 

[radioman]

ouch !!! chalk it up to lesson learned!

 

[TripleR]

I have always been surprised at the strength of the decks on these things as I hung mine on my BX2200 several times without any damage and more recently got the one on my BX2660 caught on a small boulder when pulling it out of a ditch.

It is still a good idea to remove it when you aren't mowing and will be in some rough stuff, just be sure you ave some type of protection for your filters and transmission fan.

 

[FN in MT]

Should have been more specific....B2620 so no issues with the little fan, or other clearance isues.

FN in MT

 

[TripleR]

Should have been more specific....B2620 so no issues with the little fan, or other clearance isues.

FN in MT

I should have done a better job on reading.

 

[07 LMM LTZ]

How hard is it to remove the MMM on a kabota. I'm getting ready to buy a L3940 I am still torn to buy a MMM or a rear finish mower.

 

[TripleR]

How hard is it to remove the MMM on a kabota. I'm getting ready to buy a L3940 I am still torn to buy a MMM or a rear finish mower.

On the BX and B series, it is really easy, but I have no idea about any of the others. I use a 7 foot finish mower on my bigger tractors.

 

[Tollster]

Sorry to hear about your deck. I always try to remove the deck when ever the FL and BH are attached, unless I have some real easy work in the yard or drive. Parts just cost too much.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

My first Kubota was a BX2200 in 2003. FEL and MMM. I never took either one off. Did way to much with that tractor for a BX. One day I got it hung up on a pile of downed trees of all sizes. Got confident I could get out of anything with FEL. Wrong! I'd have been OK if mower hadn't been on it but it was and couldn't move in any direction. The next day when Roy showed up with his Cat Front track loader I told him to get my tractor out of the brush pile. He thought that was funny. The ground clearance was why I made my first trade a year later to a B7800 and found you can trade tractors just like cars. Got my smile back on Roy when his tracks froze on the track loader on the trailer. It wouldn't move an inch. I got my Kubota and lifted up on his tracks from the side till they broke loose enough to get it moving.