Posted by JRT on August 03, 2008 at 18:14:24 from (70.109.21.208):
I spent the better part of last week converting a 60" John Deere belly mower to a 3-point finish mower. The mower came off a 30 horsepower John Deere and I picked it up at a sale for $100.00. I thought all I had to do was weld on a 3-point assembly, fix the pto shaft to plug on to the pto of my old tractor and I would go to mowing. Not true. I finished it today and guess what? Will not mow a lick. Part of the problem is that it is not turning fast enough. I looked through the junk that came with it and part of the mounting equipment was some various pulleys. I figure without the pulleys, it turns too slow. I may have figured a way to fix this by putting the pulleys back on somehow and using a belt drive to turn up the speed but here is something I cannot figure out. The blades are turning the wrong way. The front pto on the john deere the mower came on had to have the pto turning in the opposite direction than on my tractor with a rear pto. Is that possible? I could fix this if I could reverse the gear box. There are bolt holes in the gearbox where you can mount it opposite to what it is now. I know nothing about gear boxes. can you invert it and reverse the direction? What are those extra bolt holes for. These questions may seem stupid but I need some help here. I have too much work in this thing to quit now. What a dissapointment. HELP .....
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