Mowing 755 Belly Mount Mower Mounting Problems

JD755 · Sep 5, 2013

The front portion of the driveshaft including the u-joint is ten and one half inches.

dearhunter270 · Sep 5, 2013

Thanks for you previous response.

What is the length from end to end?

JD755 · Sep 5, 2013

The overall length will vary of course since it is a slip connection. Later I could try to get farther under and measure the current as installed length.

BTW, welcome to TBN!

JD755 · Sep 6, 2013

Hard to get a real accurate reading. The deck is raised because the loader is installed and it's pretty tight under there for both viewing and holding a tape measure. The rear section of the drive shaft is six inches including the coupling collar. There is one inch of spline shaft showing. So the current overall length as installed with deck raised is about 17 and one half inches.

dearhunter270 · Sep 17, 2013

can anyone tell me what type of tractor a john deere 60" mid mower deck with numbers M02733x595*** goes to? I bought it to go onto a john deere 755 and nothing seems to fit.

thanks so much

JD755 · Sep 19, 2013

That serial number begins with the same M0273 as mine, so it might fit a 755. Problem is, the 60 inch deck fits a lot of tractor models and each of those requires its own specific set of mounting hardware. Your problem is very common when buying any used tractor attachments. You have to make sure all the attaching hardware is included and is correct for your model tractor. I know that can be difficult sometimes unless you can see it actually on your model before buying. If you can provide pictures of what you have we may be able to provide some guidance. That is a good sturdy deck and there are a lot of them out there.

dearhunter270 · Sep 19, 2013

thanks for the information. That explains why I have had so much trouble with it. It appears from seeing pictures of a 755 mower deck, the gearbox is on the left side of the center blade pulley where as on mine it is on the right. I have cut the drive shaft down shorter and when I hooked it up it does turn the blades even though the drive shaft is offset quite a bit. The arms that connect to the bottom brackets under the tractor were very tight to connect. This is probably due to the arms not being correct either. They curve down at the rear of the deck as if they are actually for a 750 tractor (when looking at pictures on ebay). This I believe is a simple fix as I think all I need to do is lengthen the rear lift arms to connect to the lowered deck arms. I know I will have to modify the front draft arms as they appear too short (by 2 to 3"). That or I spent $80 to buy the draft arms off a 655 tractor for a 50" deck which is currently on sale on ebay.

. I have enclosed a picture of what I have. Keep in mind that the rear of the arms will get lower as the front of the arms will be raised to connect to the tractor.