Mowing Mower linkage easily damaged

[keeney]

I had the mid-mower off of my 4100, but I left the linkage on because I just had a quick couple of things to do with the loader. One of the pins that holds the linkage to the 3-pt lift arm fell out at some point and I noticed one of the mower links dragging on the ground. I dodn't think much about it at the time other than to stop and remove the other three pins and tossed the links in the garage on top of the mower deck. A few weeks later when my new sod was ready for its first mowing, I went to re-install the mower linkage and discovered that it had been bent like a raw pretzel. It took a few hours of hammering and cussing to get it back on the tractor and get the mower leveled again.

Point of the story - a few minutes of time to remove the links in the first place would have saved me hours of aggrevation.

- Rick

 

[Bob_In_MN]

Rick,

Not sure if the 4100 is set up the same as my 4010, but I thought the same thing was possible on my tractor. So--When I take the MMM off for a short time, I tie the links up using 2 pieces of rope. It removes a considerable amount of risk of damaging anything, but your way removes the risk entirely.

Bob