MMM Discharge Chute

[Tdog]

Has anyone come up with a simple way to raise the discharge chute when you need to get through tight places? I remember a thread some time ago where someone, with more savy than I have, devised a hydraulic lift for it. While that's not overkill, it is more than I will be able to pull off.
Thanks

 

[RonR]

I hooked a tarp strap under the bottom of the chute (with it in the up positon), then hooked it to the FEL bracket. The tarp lets the spring action hold tension on the strap. Workes fine to go through gates, load trailer, etc.

Cost: about a $1

ron

 

[RonR]

Here's a pic.

 

[Will_C]

I do the same as Ron.

 

[at_obuk]

I did the same as RonR & Will C.

Eric P.

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

Me too /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Tdog]

Thanx everyone. I've been using an old horse lead to tie up the chute. A bungie cord makes good sense. I guess I'll resign myself to it being up or down - - not something I can control from my seat.
I have yet to remove my MMM - - I don't have a concrete floor to slide it out on, so I just live with it. It can be a major pain sometimes.

 

[drzmatt]

I took the discharge chute off. Now it never gets in the way.

 

[milkman]

This has worked well for me, 3/8" allen wrench. I have lost one in three years use. Almost never mow with it down any more.

 

[Dabota]

Now that is ingenious milkman. I love a solution that is so obvious one wonders why everybody doesn't already use it.

 

[surfran]

You could probably make yourself a "thinga majobie" with a hook on the end to reach down and pull up when needed (heck put a hole in the end to grab also). Then just find a place to stow on the tractor when not using (this is the hard part).

One potential source of the "rod" is an old golf club. My father has a couple we use for playing horse shoes to pick up the shoes. Cut of club head, attach a bent piece of metal to the saft and voila a "thinga majobie" is born! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Lift till your hearts content........you could even coat with plasti coat if you didn't want to drill the hole so it would grip ok.

I used a bungy to hold mine up when my bagger is on or when loading on my trailer, but don't lift and drop regularly or I would probably build one myself.

Good luck and as always this advice si worth what you paid, so don't feel obligated to use it.......

 

[chucko]

I bent a small bolt at 90 deg and put 2 nuts on one end . It fits in the hole on the deck and in the hole on the chute...I will get you a pic of it later

 

[at_obuk]

I havn't mowed with it down since I dented on a tree when I 1st got the tractor. Now I use it as a safety reminder. Seems I have a habit of getting off the machine when it's running, many a time my left foot would step down on the go pedal as I'm trying to dismount. Not very safe. So now with the chute up it reminds me to exit orange left.

Eric P.

 

[TheKid]

Here's what I use. Just an old chunk of 2X4 with bolt going through it that drops into the hole on the deck. A couple of pieces of 1/4 " plywood on the ends adds just the right amount to raise the chute straight up.

 

[Tdog]

Even more good ideas - - thanks much. I'm looking to pull it up for tight fits, & leave it down the rest of the time. I mow around the house with lots of windows, not to mention dogs & family, so mostly I want the chute down.
I've thought about a stick with a hook on the end. The trick, as was pointed out, is to find a place on the BX to stow the stick when not in use. I'm still thinking.

 

[surfran]

Ok TDog, I think I have a solution. You can put magnets on the "thinga majobie" or velcro and mount it on the ROPS vertically.

What do you think? I was thinking magnets fastened permanately to the "thinga majobie".

I'll be eagerly awaiting pictures...... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif