Mowing B7500 MOWER DECK PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!

milkman13 · Apr 13, 2003

I took the tractor out for about an hour of mowing. Didn't feel or hear any problems. When I went to leave I raised the the deck all the way and something didn't feel right when I moved. The metal tube that the left rear scalp wheel is mounted in is rubbing on the back tire, so then I lowered it just enough to get it off the tire and the right front wheel on the mower is riding on the ground all the time. Somebody please tell me something simple to fix this. Had to beg the wife so I could get it, if she finds out it's broke the first time I took it out I'll never hear the end of it. Anybody ever had this problem??? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

chrisjbell · Apr 14, 2003

Anybody ever had this problem??? 

Indeed I have. Sounds like one of your attachment points isn't hooked up right. Probably one in the front - the rear attachment points do most of the heavy work but the fronts are responsible for keeping the deck on an even keel.

Sneak out to the tractor late at night, remove the mower deck, and reattach it. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif You might not have to pull it all the way off - it could be obvious what is wrong and you can just reconnect whatever isn't connected. But if you don't see a problem, go through the installation instructions very carefully, step by step, and you should be OK.

This assumes that it was set up properly to begin with. It is also possible that the deck was put on with something out of adjustment. You should be able to fix whatever it is, but if it is a new tractor that is the dealer's responsibility.

I doubt very seriously if anything major is wrong. But it is always important to be worried about what the wife thinks /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif!

Jeff396 · Apr 14, 2003

My rear tires also rub on the tube when the mower is raised all the way. I have R-4's and have the axles set at their outermost position. I have my cutting height set at 3 inches and am able to stop the rubbing by simply dropping the deck just a bit. However, my castors are still well off the ground at that point. If the mower is not misadjusted, one option would be to move the left rear tire in one position. After 1 1/2 years of ownership I finally replaced the circle ring I destroyed after the tires rubbed on that tube first time I used the tractor. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Jeff

theboman · Apr 14, 2003

I have a 60" MMM and no rubbing at all. I have the Terra Turfs..I forget what you folks call them, it's not ag, or R4, or turf, but a more aggressive turf tire.

milkman13 · Apr 14, 2003

I went back out and looked at my tractor again. While looking at the 3-point hitch I noticed the arm on the right rear was lower than the one on the left. The right arm has screw extension device on it ( don't know what it's called ) and this was unscrewed from it's set position. I tightened it back up and that solved the problem. Apparently the vibration from mowing loosened it. Boy what a dummy I am. I'll be back out mowing tomorrow. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

chrisjbell · Apr 15, 2003

I tightened it back up and that solved the problem. Apparently the vibration from mowing loosened it. 

Yup, from what you described I figured that your deck wasn't on right...

 Boy what a dummy I am. 

Uh, do you want to guess the reason I thought that was the problem /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif?

Here, you might like this one. The day my tractor was delivered, I fired it up and engaged the brush hog (it had just come off the dealer's trailer, all set up and ready to go). I took great joy in cruising up my 300' driveway mowing the high weeds on the side that I'd cut with a line trimmer a few weeks before. At the top of my driveway it levels off and there's a concrete pad. I kept going up, slasher humming, and all the sudden I heard this *terrible* noise and the tractor stalled.

I was horrified. (You may know the feeling /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif). Turns out that I had the deck low enough that it hit the corner of the concrete pad when the angle of the tractor changed in relation to the brush hog. Took a pretty good sized chunk out of the corner of the pad. Didn't hurt the hog a bit (blades in that thing are hinged).

If only I'd known about TBN at the time I could have told someone. As it was, I didn't mention that to very many people (at the time) /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif