Mowing b2910 mid-mount mower

[Von]

Photo of rod for MMM on B27-2910

Glenn, leef,
Here are the photos of the rod I made to hold up the MMM on my tractor. I can't take credit for the idea, as I read about it on one of the forums. Anyway its about a 1/16" smaller than the pins that came with the tractor. I had the stock on had so I used it. I think it works better, as the little bit of play makes it easy to get the rod in. The rod is about 17" long and I just drilled a 1/8" hole and used a hitch pin to hold it in place.

 

[glennmac]

Re: Photo of rod for MMM on B27-2910

Von, thanks for going to the trouble of taking and posting the pictures. I think it is the best solution, and I hope the thread is helpful to others in the B27/2910 72" deck club. I probably would not have thought of the bend. Too simple and obvious.

I think I was in a hardware store once, so I'll go hunt for it tomorrow and see if they have an orange rod.

 

[Leef]

Re: Photo of rod for MMM on B27-2910

Von, Those are great pictures. Something definately isn't lining up on my tractor. I presume I will have to adjust the front mounting bar to shift the whole mower forward about 2". Then I presume the arms will lift it high enough to make the whole thing a piece of cake! Yea right? At least now I know that it can be done. I'll let you know.

Leef

 

[MReeter]

Re: Photo of rod for MMM on B27-2910

Leef,You might want to look at the brackets that are bolted to the tabs on the tractor.See if these have been installed correctly,might be such a thing as the brackets need to be reversed.That is if the holes for the pins that hook up the deck are not centered in the bracket itself.

 

[Leef]

Re: Photo of rod for MMM on B27-2910

Mike,

That's a good idea too. I won't be able to take von's pictures to the tractor for a few days, but I'm hoping to get this thing figured out so I can pin up the MMM and use the 3ph for the box blade. I'll let you know.

Leef