Mowing Mower deck mover

Hootie · Jul 19, 2006

I hung my MMM on the wall and some gear oil leaked. Does yours leak when it is on these axles?

Volfandt · Jul 19, 2006

It hasn't leaked any yet. It's got approx 150 hrs on it.

It's stowed on the axles around the end of Nov through sometime in Mar.

Volfandt

berlinbx23 · Jul 19, 2006

Mine also leaks when I have it on the axles.

KeithInSpace · Jul 21, 2006

Hang it on the WALL!!! Now you're talking! Of course I have so much hanging off the walls and ceilings already I'm surprised the whole thing doesn't implode.

Tom_H · Jul 22, 2006

I use the moweraxle wheels in winter. I take the MMM on and off a lot in summer while using other implements. The cars go out of the garage so I have work space. The anti-scalp wheels are set slightly high and I never rotate them to their perpendicular position. I have a dolly made of 1/2" ply and 16 2" swivel casters. When the deck is dropped to the dolly, the anti-scalps don't touch the ground and the deck rolls around easily on the dolly.

I have an electric hoist suspended from a reinforced truss. A short piece of heavy chain is looped around the axle of the front anti-scalp roller, and both chain ends hooked to the hoist cable. It lifts easily for deck cleaning, blade removal (to sharpen), or to swap out moweraxles. The front anti-scalp roller axle is plenty strong and the deck is well balanced when suspended from it.

bigdad · Oct 22, 2006

The way that my mower deck is shaped, the small mower axels wouldn't work. I had to make my own for clearance.
Ended up with a "Tricycle" setup. I used a pivoting dolly wheel for steering. it's nice to have the room with the deck vertical.