GC1705 MMM deck!

[Diggin It]

Try this BEFORE you have the deck mounted so you'll have more room to move and see.

Take the end of the PTO that mates to the tractor and see how easy it is to align properly. Mine is keyed and only goes on at one position. I've had to rotate the shaft fully more than once to get it aligned which can be a real bear with the deck mounted.

Make sure you know how the shaft mates and how to operate the retaining collar.

 

[Imold]

I mow every Thursday so we will see how it goes next week, growth is a bit slower now with the cooler weather so I might be able to mow every 10-12 days now, I will have to see what it looks like next Thursday and go from there.



Jim.

 

[Diggin It]

I keep my MMM mounted most of the Summer/mowing season. I only take it off if I need to move over rougher ground to dig something.

 

[GeneV]

Disconnecting the deck is no biggie. As for connecting, I never mess with the wheels (mine are set somewhere mid-height), I just leave them as is and drive the tractor over the deck with no problems. But connecting the shaft is the major league pia for me, it just flat out sux. The best method I found to mate the shaft with the pto is to rotate the shaft using the deck belt, that way it rotates the shaft very easy as opposed to having to rotate it by hand. When I feel it catches the splines of the pto, then comes the struggle pulling back on the snap ring to slide the shaft on. I haven't found a good technique to make this process easier, hopefully it will come to me.

One thing I found on the deck, the housing holding the slide pins can get bent a little from holding up the deck, off-setting the pin a little bit so that it doesn't line up perfectly with the hole in the tab it's supposed to go in. If you notice it's hard to pull those pins out when you're taking the deck off, it will be even harder to put them in fully when you're mounting the deck, and the following time they won't even fully engage with the tab...meaning your deck is not properly attached to the tractor. If you see that happening, the simple remedy is to hook a pry bar or something along those lines under the pin, using the fin (just underneath my thumb in that pic) as leverage. Just pry up on that pin, which will bend the housing it slides in enough to line it back up with the tab. The pic shows how the pin wasn't going fully in the tab until I bent the housing back into place.

 

[Diggin It]

I don't think I'd like that kind of pin. Mine is a big J hook I can get my finger through.

I rotate the shaft using the deck belt also.

 

[Jshan82]

Where did you get your top from?

 

[Imold]

I keep my MMM mounted most of the Summer/mowing season. I only take it off if I need to move over rougher ground to dig something.

I removed the MMM because I am moving some class 5 gravel to a area that is not very level and the deck was bottoming out and the wheels were kinda being pushed into the ground, when I finish what I am doing I probably will not need to remove the deck for awhile being I am just in a area that is not tractor friendly that is part of a path.


Jim.

 

[Imold]

Where did you get your top from?

Here. All State Ag Parts.

 

[Imold]

I don't think I'd like that kind of pin. Mine is a big J hook I can get my finger through.

I rotate the shaft using the deck belt also.

The 54 inch deck on my Cub Cadet uses J hooks, so far I like the pins on the Massey deck.

 

[coldsteelva]

Another trick that I have found works really well for the mid-mount PTO drive shaft - if you need to separate the two halves (maintenance/clean/lube), mark their orientation with a silver Sharpie or paint pen - the halves go back together much more easily.