RE: (ET) Enough to drive me batty!

["Hazen, Dwight L" <hazen indiana edu>]

Marty,

Yep, the deck has to be true to cut good. Bill Gunn and I were talking the
other day about decks. We both agreed that sometimes it's best just to take
the deck apart inspect and replace (or bend back into the right shape) and
then resample. I got rubber rollers for mine this year. I like them so far.
Be sure and ask him about putting heat shrink tubing on the bar for the
rollers.  


  Dwight 

-----Original Message-----
From: marty canada [mailto:emcanada yahoo com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 12:30 PM
To: tractors GE
Subject: (ET) Enough to drve me batty!

Last year I acquired an extra mower deck. It was in much better condition 
than the one that came with my E-12. I checked it over and noticed it 
had the baffles for rear discharge and seemed to run very well. BUT it
would never cut level. I spent hours in the garage on a level floor
adjusting it to make the cut level. Never happened. I finally went back 
to using the old deck because it was level.
Today I decided to move the baffles over to the old deck to make it 
rear discharge. When I turned the new deck over to get to them I found 
the problem. Some when in the past the rear wooden roller must have
rotted out and was replaced, With a wooden BASEBALL bat. It had been cut 
in 
the correct lengths and drilled to go on the rod then the barrel of the 
bat was put on and each part had been put on as they were cut off.
The effect was a 3 1/2" roller on one end and a 1" roller on the 
other.  I am in the process of changing rollers.
Just thought everyone might need a good laugh today.

MartyC

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