Looking for mower deck opinions

[litlmikeyl]

Hey everyone.

I'm currently looking at putting a newer mower deck under my 100 that is capable (read: originally designed) to side discharge, attach to a rear bagger or mulch. I all ready have a 42" older traingle deck that I use for both my yard & my field at the moment, but I would really like to use the tractor to cut & mulch the grass in the yard instead of my push mower because its SOOO much easier and saves a lot of time. Is there a newer model Cub Cadet deck that is in the 38" to 46" width range that is pretty good for at least the bagging & mulching operations? I understand there might be some fabrication involved to put the deck under my tractor, which is fine by me. Doing this also creates a good excuse for some more seat time. Unfortunately, I'm fairly well surrounded by the enemy, so anytime I can use the Cub I take advantage of the opportunity.

My neighbor has one of those Home Depot "green" tractors which works really well with the mulching & bagging operations. As a last resort, I could use the same deck he has as it would do the job but that would mean I'd be putting green tractor parts on my Cub which isn't a very comforting thought.

[R Bedell]

You could also modify your deck to something like this one. It is owned by Charlie Proctor of MN. IIRC Charlie custom fabricated the Deck End Bracket, used a standard bagger outfit from a new tractor, and mounted it.

[Matt G.]

CCC made a 46" high-vacuum deck and bagger, but you'd need a newer tractor. There is NO WAY it would fit under a 100. It's a very tall deck.

[litlmikeyl]

Thanks guys. I really like the custom bagger idea. Now, given that idea, I had seen on here in another thread about putting some sort of metal band under the deck that kind-of enclosed the blades? No idea what is was offically called, but would something like that make my 42" deck work better for the bagger/mulching?