check chains

[djradz]

Is your mower setup anything like the pic in my previous post? If you're scalping, my guess is you don't have 4 caster wheels, or do you?

 

[bartman]

My KK finish mower 1 year-old has the 4 wheels on it.

I just think that the ridge (of the ditch) is scalped when I drive the center of the mower over it. If I let only 1/4 of the mower go over the ridge of the ditch it usually doesn't scalp it

I do try things all the time when I am behind the wheel like how far can I straddle the ditch befor I scalp it
Thought the check chains looked neat so I was wondering if they would hold up part of my deck to prevent the scalp job

Bartman

 

[Gfranklin]

gerard,

<font color=blue>It's when the mower is raised, 100% of the weight is on the three point arms and you hit a bump in the field (which then momentarily greatly increases the effective down weight on the arms and other componenets) that I'm glad I have the check chains.</font color=blue>

Are you using these to hold the implement in the up position during transport or storage?


Greg

 

[Bird]

<font color=blue>Are you using these to hold the implement in the up position during transport </font color=blue>

My B7100 came with a single chain attached to the left lower link arm and the manual said that was what it was for; transporting implements in the raised position.

 

[gerard]

<font color=blue>Are you using these to hold the implement in the up position during transport or storage?</font color=blue>

Not really, when transporting I leave the mower in the down position with the weight resting on the chains and not on the three point system. If I raised the mower then the weight would be on the three point mechanism and would somewhat defeat the purpose of the check chains. The chains have a dual purpose, 1- is to maintain a constant cutting height at the front of the mower without worrying about the position the three point lever is in or worrying about "bleed down". @nd it takes all the weight that would normally be on the three point arms/rockshaft, and transfers it all to the chains. (I had read some posts on this board from a tractor mechanic who said the rockshaft was the component he had most often had to fix on the three point system and it was due to carrying heavy implements while bouncing around, which momentarily may exceed the max carrying capacity of the three point/rockshaft. This was the reason I started using check chains. As previously stated, $20 is pretty cheap insurance!)/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Gfranklin]

Now you and Bird have me thinking. I don't have a bush hog yet but I do carry my tiller or something on the 3PH as ballast for the FEL. That's a lot of weight on the rockshaft just bouncing around for the ride. Check chains sure sound cheap enough.

Greg

 

[Bird]

I'm not sure I was very clear in my earlier post, but actually I did like Gerard, raise the implement with the 3-point, hook up the chain, then lower the implement to take the stress of the 3-point hydraulics and let the chain hold the implement up. That's what the B7100 manual said to do. Now don't ask me why the B2710 didn't come with a check chain or a notch to hook one into./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif And I never did add a check chain to it, even though I think they're a good idea.