Mowing Mid Mount Mower too High. How do I adjust?

[Nacademus]

Yep the lift lock is completely off. I am 1,000% sure of that. I will try opening up the lift speed valve some more. The deck does lift and lower about 8 inches or so, so its working. Its just not lowering all the way to the ground.

Thats weird. Where do your 3PT lifting arms go when you lower it? Are they contacting anything? Do you have a backhoe attached?

 

[Leejohn]

Did change tire size?

 

[tookielee]

So you lower it 8 inches, and it's still 6 or so inches off the ground?

 

[irvingj]

Boy, ya got me! I have no idea. Please do let us know when you get it figured out -- a real head-scratcher, this one!

 

[Diggin It]

I just bought a GC1723 with the drive over mid mount mower. I love the tractor but the mid mount mower wont go low enough. Right now at its lowest setting it is still cutting the grass 8 inches high. I have adjusted the cut height knob to no avail. Any ideas?

Have you ever had it off the machine? As a drive over deck, it must be able to go to the ground somehow. If you have not had it off and it does not go to the ground on flat, level ground, I'd suggest a call to the dealer.



Added thought, do the gauge wheels go to the ground but not the cutting deck? If that's the case, you should be able to adjust the gauge wheels.

 

[coldsteelva]

I just can't believe it is sitting that high - please provide a photo

 

[Nacademus]

I don'y have my Massey Ferguson 2326 mower deck manual with me, but I know some mowers have a stack of washer shims to adjust the blade height at the spindles. Maybe this applies here? I'll have to look when I get home to verify.

 

[country350]

I will have a chance to look some more at the mower after work Thursday. Its a brand new tractor so I am thinking it may just be an adjustment issue. Its just odd since the deck does go up and down ok. Its just has limited downward travel.

 

[coldsteelva]

The only things that could limit the downward travel are PTO lift arms impeded (if they can't drop, mid-mount can't either) - something underneath the mower deck - mid-mount suspension improperly adjusted.

 

[country350]

I just thought I would post an update. I had a chance to look at it more tonight and sure enough one of the hoses for the backhoe was restricting how far down the rear 3 points arms could go. Once I fixed that the deck dropped right down to where it should be. Now if this rain would stop long enough for me to go try it out I would be in business!