Rick, thank you, but couldn't find it. I think that was the master link to Messicks. Thankfully I figured it out, without reading the manual...
Pull about 5 spring loaded pins out, and with more than a little effort up it went. It sits on little supports in the rear, got the blades changed, cleaned a lot of gunked up wet grass off
the bottom of the deck and then went to put it back down. Oh, now this isn't so easy. Everything is so heavy when I pulled with all my weight on the "tipping" lever, nada.
Ok, power to the people. Cranked the engine up, raised the deck what must have been a tiny bit it had come down, and with a bit of a crash down it came. Two more pins set, all done.
Now I just have to get the right metric socket for the mower nut, it's bigger than one inch which was all my metric set went up to. So...with a wince i used a slightly loose SAE socket and the Dewalt impact gun got the job done. Sparks actually came out of there, that Kubota nut is seriously hardened. And despite boogering it up with the wrong size socket, shame on me :ashamed:, the nut appeared no worse for the wear. We all know using loose sockets doesn't end well. Definitely will get the right socket for next time. Had put about 50 hours on these blades and they were due for sharpening. No rocks here, so blades last longer if I can keep them away from sandy areas. Paint was so thick on the new blades I decided to put a fresh edge on them with the grinder.
Never going to complain about thick grippy paint on implements. The state of the art in implement painting in my experience can be pretty awful. Land Pride, Everything Attachments, for sure Tractor Supply, they all have peeled, and not rust peeling, whole areas just sheeting off, usually from an edge. US made, Chinese made, North Carolina made, no difference. I had every single edge on a four year old shiny red Northern Tools orchard sprayer peel off. All the flat areas were fine, every single edge was faulty. Someone who knows professional painting can tell me why that happened. Usually inadequate/rushed prep and often a complete lack of primer coat.
