Crazy Horse
Well-known Member
We have an "interesting" (maybe not the correct word) situation here. We came across a 3-blade 60" Kubota mower deck that was originally a belly mower for a yard tractor. Someone converted the mower to a 3-point hitch (class I size) and did a reasonably decent job fabricating everything. We just noticed that when operating behind our 3-point tractor moving forward, the mower itself is "backwards" (front to back), that is the rear of the mower deck is facing forwards as it is pulled behind the tractor. The guy who fabricated it had no choice since it is tractor PTO driven and the way the mower gearbox is facing he had no choice. So right now, the middle mower blade (which usually is at the front of the deck) is at the rear and the two outside blades (which are usually to the rear) are positioned at the front. It is designed to be a right discharge but because it is backwards, it is now a left discharge (well, I guess it's still a right discharge located on the tractor's left side really).
Question is this ..... what sort of cutting performance can we expect? Can we expect to use this with any success? I suspect it might have to be pulled more slowly, not sure about that. Just don't know what to think about all of this but someone with a lot of mowing experience can probably shed some light on where we are and where we are maybe going with this set up.
Thanks, Crazy Horse
Question is this ..... what sort of cutting performance can we expect? Can we expect to use this with any success? I suspect it might have to be pulled more slowly, not sure about that. Just don't know what to think about all of this but someone with a lot of mowing experience can probably shed some light on where we are and where we are maybe going with this set up.
Thanks, Crazy Horse