JD 23053 point hitch & Mower deck

butchy · Mar 28, 2020

I never use my 3 point hitch on my 2007 2305. I removed the 3 point hitch and afterwards I could not raise my mower deck. I noticed there is a steel piece that gets lifted by the left lift arm of the 3 point hitch.....that in turn pushed some rod forward that somehow lifts the 54" mower deck. Sorry for my pathetic description but I know you guys really know this stuff.
I had to reattach the left 3 point hitch arm so that once again it would lift my mower deck. Now I have a tractor that has one arm sticking out the back and looks stupid. Either I will fully reattach the 3 point hitch so it looks somewhat normal, or someone is going to tell me something I can do so that i can operate my mid mount mower deck with the 3 point hitch removed.
I noticed there is a lever to the left of my seat...a 3 position PTO selector lever...........does that have anything to do with this? I also read that there are mechanical lift mechanism to operate mower deck and a hydraulic lift mower deck operator. I assume I have the mechanical lift version.

Thanks guys, hoping for soemone out there to educate me.

jsb2b · Mar 29, 2020

The left 3-pt hitch arm uses a tab and rod to raise and lower the mower deck. That is why it's call a mechanical lift. JD sells an independent lift kit which replaces the mechanical rod with a hydraulic cylinder. It is actuated by the SCV control and you use one of the 4 hydraulic connections (I used the green one) on the right side floor board. My kit cost $150 in 2006. It was an easy install.

butchy · Mar 29, 2020

jsb2b said:
The left 3-pt hitch arm uses a tab and rod to raise and lower the mower deck. That is why it's call a mechanical lift. JD sells an independent lift kit which replaces the mechanical rod with a hydraulic cylinder. It is actuated by the SCV control and you use one of the 4 hydraulic connections (I used the green one) on the right side floor board. My kit cost $150 in 2006. It was an easy install.

Thank you all very much, I am ordering it Monday !!!!!!!!!!

KennyG · Mar 29, 2020

As noted you have the mechanical lift that uses the 3 point to lift the mower deck. Is there any reason you don't want the 3 point hitch on the machine? Technically it would be possible to fabricate a lift arm connector to replace the 3 point arm, but I would just leave the 3 point system intact.

The PTO selector just engages front, rear or both PTOs. Nothing to do with the lift. The independent lift system has a new hydraulic cylinder which is operated by the loader control. With this system you can independently control the 3 point height but you lose the loader curl function while using the mower lift.

Wvanatti · Mar 29, 2020

Not to hijack this post, I’ve always considered getting the hydraulic lift for my 2305. Any one know the part# to order ? And does the deck go any higher with it ?

chevy · Mar 29, 2020

Wvanatti said:
Not to hijack this post, I’ve always considered getting the hydraulic lift for my 2305. Any one know the part# to order ? And does the deck go any higher with it ?

The part number for the LVB25630. The same kit works on the 2305, 2320 & Gen 1 2025R. I do not know if it will raise the deck any higher.