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05-17-2012, 03:34 PM
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Ground Supported or Hanging Deck?
Quick 44A type deck question.
Are these decks ground supported, i.e. the rear wheels ride on the ground similar to a Simplicity or Wheelhorse - or do these decks hang from the tractor? Thanks!!!!!! Bill 
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05-17-2012, 04:23 PM
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Hang from the tractor. On level ground, IE: concrete or flooring set to mower deck to the correct mowing height you like then move the anti scalp wheels down till they are as close to the floor as possible without touching it. This should have you set up pretty good. The lift stop cam on the right side of the tractor can be adjusted to stop the deck at the exact height you want for mowing. I use a permanent marker to mark the spot once I get it right. This helps in setting it back correct if you have to take the deck off or put on other implements.
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05-17-2012, 06:12 PM
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I agree with DX3!! the wheel height is somewhat dependent on the terrain also.
Those wheels are supposed to hit "occasionally". Regular contact will wear them out fast!! If you mow rough terrain, set them a little higher, they last longer.
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05-19-2012, 07:09 AM
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I have a modified 50C deck and I have it setup to let the wheels rest on the ground when mowing.
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05-19-2012, 08:35 AM
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I turned my deck over. I measured for a 2" cut, and set the wheels to obtain that. So, the weight of the deck is on the wheels and not on the lift arms.
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05-19-2012, 10:38 AM
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I tried that last summer on my deck but I found out if you have a lot of humps or hills where the fall off is abrupt then you will scalp that knob off every time. I am now back to the hanger method and have added an electrical actuator to control the horizontal adjustment of the deck. My only short coming is that once I am mowing I do not have a good reference to basic level with the tractor. No matter how you look at it the hanger method with the very narrow lift points attachments is not very stable. When I get on a steep hill side and am mowing across the hill, the down hill side is always going to be slightly lower than the uphill side. This can be corrected with just a small input but then when mowing the other direction the input not only has to be taken out but added to the new down hill side. That is where the zero reference comes in to play. I was thinking of mounting a vertical pointer to the center of the deck coming up through the tranny cover via a left/right slot with a zero in the middle of it to tell me the bias of the deck in the real world. Any easier/better ideas from the gallery? I know this seems like over kill but it is so frustrating to mow and then look back to see white ruts on the down hill side of every mow line. You guys with wide flat lawns are lucky.
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