Re: (ET) Mower deck crisis!

[Charlie <medievalist gmail com>]

Can you tell us what motors you used, James?

I would like to build a deck with modern motors, too... someday...  I
just can't decide if I should try to go brushless or not.

--Charlie

On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 3:57 PM, james <jmurray1232 rochester rr com> 
wrote:
> I decided to go the "converted" route with a few changes.  My mower deck 
> of
> choice is a brand new 54 incher...because bigger is always better....!  I
> discovered a source for new 1hp mower deck motors, mounted them to the 
> new
> deck, built a nice frame to contain it all and then  headed out across 
> the
> lawn....:-)
>
> That is when the wheels fell off the fantasy. :'( Seems a 54 inch mower 
> with
> a full width striping roller will not turn in front of our tractors. 
> Going
> straight was great, turning not so much.   So I would recommend  a fully
> suspended mower deck on casters.
>
> My other problem is the motor height.  I would love to shove my deck 
> under
> the middle of my tractor.  I have a new idea  mid mount one.  But it is
> exceptionally tall.  I would love to have one of the cub cadet Zeon mower
> decks to play with....!
>
> My current configuration has me towing my mower and this works 
> surprisingly
> well.   I have lots of run time and the modern 1hp motors don't seem to 
> use
> hardly any more juice than the old mower motors.
>
> Maybe at the swap meet in Vermont there might be some new inspirations!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 5/28/2014 8:30 AM, tb wrote:
>>
>> Several years ago when I needed a deck I started researching whether an
>> older ICE deck might be convertable, available, and relatively cheap, 
>> for
>> use on the E-T.  Another lister ended up providing me with a E-T deck 
>> so I
>> never finished the project, but still think it may be possible.  Anyone 
>> done
>> it?
>>
>> Thon
>>
>>
>> On May 27, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Graham Allan wrote:
>>
>>> I mostly just lurk here since I don't generally have that many troubles
>>> with my E15, but things have come to a head this weekend with my 
>>> decrepit
>>> mower deck!
>>>
>>> I had to do a fair bit of welding around the mounting arms last year,
>>> where the sheet metal was splitting - it was ugly, but held things 
>>> together
>>> in that area. However now the shell of the deck is just splitting apart
>>> around the front caster mount, and all around the side exit; even with 
>>> the
>>> side cover plate in place, it's generally weak and has been flexing a 
>>> lot.
>>> It looks beyond welding this time, unless I really have no 
>>> alternative, so
>>> I'm looking for a new deck or shell.
>>>
>>> I will be checking with our usual trusty suppliers, but these aren't
>>> exactly easy to ship so I wanted to post on the off-chance there might 
>>> be
>>> something around locally - I'm in Minneapolis/Saint Paul.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any leads!
>>>
>>> Graham
>>>
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