YM186D MMM -vs- 3PT finish mower questions

[curvecrazy]

First off.... My purpose is a do it all type machine with maximum convenience. I will mostly be mowing but would like to use a 3PT scoop bucket and definitely a 3PT snowblower and maybe a generator for home electric backup. fwiw

That being said/assumed....

If your intentions were the same as mine, and you had the option to get either the original Yanmar 60" MMM or a Woods 60" MMM attachment what would you get?

It appears to me having the MMM in place makes the tractor a mower and only a mower unless your willing to fool around removing the MMM attachment... correct???

Which are easier to mount/remove? What's involved in doing so? I assume you drop the mower and pull it out from under to the side?

Is there a finished cut quality difference tweenst the two?

It appears the rear 3PT can be used with the Woods as it drives off a PTO pulley arrangement. Is that true and if so can you use the PTO while leaving the PTO pulley in place on the PTO shaft?

Would it be better to just use a 60" 3PT finish mower for ease of removal and ability to quickly hook up/use tiller or snowblower?

 

[careyo63]

Hands down which way I would go when you see the pick. Adding or removeing nothing to it piece of cake :thumbsup: Frontier is made for JD. by Woods.Can't see from the shadow it's a GM 1060R Behind 24Hp.or 20 Pto If that matters.

Carey

 

[curvecrazy]

Anyone with experience with the yanmar brand oem MMM or the Woods brand MMM? I looked at the yanmar MMM and it looks like it would be quite a task to remove the mower to use other attachments. The yanmar version hooks to the 3PT hitch and extends under the tractor with a large steel beam. The front of the yanmar MMM deck is fastened by chains to the midframe. fwiw

Is the woods easier in this regard? The woods uses a pulley on the rear PTO shaft to run the mower. This would seem to me to leave the rear 3PT useable while leaving the mower in place. If I am understanding it right. It also looks like you might be able to just leave the woods mower PTO drive pulley in place even while running something else off the remaining extension of the PTO shaft.

Anyone know?

I also talked to Hoye's and they said parts for the Yanmar oem implements are hard to come by and at this point expensive to the point of qualifying thems searching to just buy a new MMM. fwiw True or no? Unfortunately I don't have the model number of the particular yanmar MMM.

 

[alvanko]

I have a Woods MMM under my Mitsubishi MT372D.
It puts down a great cut! Very heavy. Parts are available at any Woods dealer. It runs off of a front PTO, electric clutch, belt drive. The belt is expensive ($70?) but it will last for years (like 5 years).
I keep it greased and cleaned. Works great!
My Yanmar YM186D has a front PTO electric clutch, but I don't use it for anything. The rear 3-point mower is easier by far to remove but I prefer the MMM.

 

[Ductape]

I had the Woods belly mower on my 186D. It worked well, and was built like a tank. Not the most convenient thing if you want to do other tasks with your tractor though. On mine, i could NOT use the rear PTO for anything else with the drive pulley in place...... and it didn't just slip on and off. It went on with three bolts that compressed the pulley in place on the PTO shaft. In my opinion, buy a rear three point finish mower. They aren't quite as maneuverable in my opinion...... but a whole lot more convenient to use if you need to run other implements. A rear mower goes on and off in about a minute.

 

[curvecrazy]

Ok. So you can't use the rear PTO with the woods finish mower installed but you still can use the 3pt hitch. And the pull behinds are naturally easier to remove but you lose maneuverability.

Anyone with info on how exactly you remove the woods or yanmar MMM mower? Thanks George