Mounting a 60" mid mount mower to a FEL equiped B3200 help help!

[SteelonSteel]

Help help I'm being repressed by a crappy manual!

I bought the B3200 tractor new with a FEL (504).

I just bought the mower deck and waited over a month for it to show up. Now that I have it home with what is supposed to be the correct kit, the manual has got me confused. As I waited so long, I said I'd take it home on the trailer and not have the tractor picked up for install. They've been good to me but I just wanted to get going already.

The manual says you can leave the mid hanger bracket off if you're equiped with a FEL. I am. Later in the manual it shows hooking up the rear arms to the loader main frame that has corresponding bits like the disused mower kit's mid hanger bracket. Well my brandy new 504 FEL doesn't have said appendages. Not sure it they're mixing up their manual or the products were changed and the manual not matched. It looks like I can take out 3 bolts per side that hold the FEL main frame to through the tractor frame into the bell housing casting, install the mid hanger bracket right over the top of the FEL main frame that is already bolted over the tractor frame. This would leave my bolts 3/8 or 5/16" shorter into the threads of the bell housing.

Anyone been here before? I know it can be done, I've seen B3200 pictures with FEL and FEL frame mounted with a mower deck installed.

clue in the confused guy if you can.

Thanks in advance.

SoS

 

[SteelonSteel]

Got a call back from the Kubota service line. Brackets can bolt right over the top with the right length bolts.

They were more concerned that the dealer let me take a crated item home and not installed by the dealer. He said they're contractual obligated to install it. I kind of diffused that issue as the dealer is sending a tech out to check it out/finish. Whoops, that was my fault on the asking for it crated.