Deck height Snapper rear engine

Hay hay hay · Sep 4, 2014

I want to use this 33" mower for rough mowing around fences and out buildings. The deck is too low even in the highest setting. 2 little cables with spacers hold up the rear of the deck. I am in the highest spacer setting but want to go higher. Are the little spacers sold separately, and how do you put them on the cables? Any easy, home remedy, or hardware store parts fix for this would be appreciated.

Thanks Edd

Jiles · Sep 4, 2014

(quoted from post at 13:57:15 09/04/14) I want to use this 33" mower for rough mowing around fences and out buildings. The deck is too low even in the highest setting. 2 little cables with spacers hold up the rear of the deck. I am in the highest spacer setting but want to go higher. Are the little spacers sold separately, and how do you put them on the cables? Any easy, home remedy, or hardware store parts fix for this would be appreciated.

Thanks Edd

Is the grass too high for the power of the mower or are you just wanting to leave grass taller?
If the grass is too tall for machine, cut with sling blade or whatever before attempting to cut.
In my personal opinion, you are attempting to modifying a machine to do what it is not designed to do.
I would do this only if the machine is in bad shape to begin with---- something will break or worse, operator could be hurt!

Hay hay hay · Sep 4, 2014

The deck should adjust to a cutting height of 4" or 5". Currently it is max height of about 3 inches above the ground. Why? High cutting is not an unrealistic expectation for this 13HP mower.

jeffcat · Sep 4, 2014

Up at the farm I modified an old snapper to do the fence rows. This is back in the early 80s. I made a rear bracket and installed a cub cadet fuel tank for extra long range mowing. I added a wide bar to the bottom of the hangers where the chains hook . Added about 3 inches of height. Front needed some longer bolts and a little fancy bending. Kinda made two plates that wrapped around the front frame. Worked great for all of the time I used it.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 4, 2014

Whenever I do cable repair, I use the spacers and a swageing tool to fasten them to the cable.
It looks better than using the bolt type of cable clamp.

504 · Sep 4, 2014

Look for worn out bushings and bent lift arms.
If you want to make it a full time weed cutter, torch the front of the deck to open it up.

notjustair · Sep 5, 2014

There's kind of a scissor type lift under the belt cover. Pull that cover and make sure something isn't amiss there. I use an old Snapper the same way but just have it at the highest setting. Seems years ago people cut yards shorter cause there are lots of options to scalp it if you wanted to. I'm only familiar with the chain hold up mechanism. Yours must be newer than my '86. I have zero turns to use but use that old Snappy in the ditches and around fences because it has outstanding traction. You can't get it stuck!

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