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So I bought my tractor a couple months ago and took the MMM off immediately and put it away for winter. The dealer showed me how to attach/unattach the deck when I bought it. When I got home, I took it off in the middle of my paved driveway. I put it back on when I took it off just to make sure I knew how and then took it off and put it away for winter.
Yesterday I got the deck out with my load and go and put it in the same area of the paved driveway that I disconnected it at. I struggled. and struggled. and struggled some more.
Some was user error, some was because I had my toddler son wanting a ride on the tractor and having to keep an eye on him during this process as he was running around. My first error was i had it in 4wheel hi instead of low. I was like why is this struggling to climb over this. then it hit me and it went right over. But then i had trouble with the alignment as the deck pushed on one side when climbing over or dropping off. i could get the front arm of the deck in the hooks but the pto would not line up. I was inches away from getting the bars into the hook. i tried and tried. i was on the ground looking at things, on the tractor trying to attach it.
I ended up calling my dad who is a retired JD and small engine mechanic and service manager. He was walking me thru it and of course as I am on the phone doing the exact same thing I had been doing, i got closer than I had before I called him. I said its close. let me try giving it one more good jolt forward and that did it.
I took it out and did a quick test mow to set the height that I wanted to mow with. But I am definitely going to learn from this and from now on, remove the deck and put the deck on in the lawn so the deck wont move around as much. I am also going to remove the deck and put it on a few times when i have a few minutes so i can get more familiar with this.
I dont know what I did wrong that didn't let me connect but it seemed to me like i had to constantly be adjusting the 3 pt lever to try and get the height correct. I thought i just lowered that all the way down originally and it would lift the pto into place.
I tried watching a video but the first video i picked was very unhelpful as it just showed a person driving off and on the deck and didn't show any close up details of anything.
Yesterday I got the deck out with my load and go and put it in the same area of the paved driveway that I disconnected it at. I struggled. and struggled. and struggled some more.
Some was user error, some was because I had my toddler son wanting a ride on the tractor and having to keep an eye on him during this process as he was running around. My first error was i had it in 4wheel hi instead of low. I was like why is this struggling to climb over this. then it hit me and it went right over. But then i had trouble with the alignment as the deck pushed on one side when climbing over or dropping off. i could get the front arm of the deck in the hooks but the pto would not line up. I was inches away from getting the bars into the hook. i tried and tried. i was on the ground looking at things, on the tractor trying to attach it.
I ended up calling my dad who is a retired JD and small engine mechanic and service manager. He was walking me thru it and of course as I am on the phone doing the exact same thing I had been doing, i got closer than I had before I called him. I said its close. let me try giving it one more good jolt forward and that did it.
I took it out and did a quick test mow to set the height that I wanted to mow with. But I am definitely going to learn from this and from now on, remove the deck and put the deck on in the lawn so the deck wont move around as much. I am also going to remove the deck and put it on a few times when i have a few minutes so i can get more familiar with this.
I dont know what I did wrong that didn't let me connect but it seemed to me like i had to constantly be adjusting the 3 pt lever to try and get the height correct. I thought i just lowered that all the way down originally and it would lift the pto into place.
I tried watching a video but the first video i picked was very unhelpful as it just showed a person driving off and on the deck and didn't show any close up details of anything.