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Re: (ET) Front deck roller wheels
I’m looking forward to you solution.
I attempted this last year and ended up with a massive rectangular
structure, 4 wheels. Stopped and awaiting inspiration from clever people.
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> On Sep 24, 2021, at 5:11 PM, Dean Stuckmann via Elec-trak <elec-trak
> cosmos phy tufts edu> wrote:
>
> I assume that the springs are installed? If so, going to a heavier
> spring would transfer more weight to the front wheels.
>
> Take care,
> Dean
>
>> On Sep 24, 2021, at 4:37 PM, Chris Zach via Elec-trak <elec-trak cosmos
>> phy tufts edu> wrote:
>>
>> It's not a bad idea: You can buy the brackets that will support a
>> wheel on Ebay and I think the original decks were designed for this.
>> For some reason though they went with the bar.
>>
>> When going up a good hill I tend to lift the deck so it is just barely
>> off the ground. That puts a lot more weight on the nose of the tractor
>> and it steers better.
>>
>>>> On 9/24/2021 3:54 PM, joeaverage frontiernet net wrote:
>>> Hello again,
>>> On my maiden voyage with the E15 last night I saw a few maintenance
>>> issues and a design issue I want to try to address.
>>> When I try to turn hard on a slope, perhaps the grass is a little
>>> slippery - and it understeers.
>>> No sweat, I can imagine once I have my lift back together with a new
>>> strap, I can lift the deck a little and get my steering back.
>>> However the ends of the roller rod has these brackets that scrape the
>>> ground and they are surely part of the reason the tractor is not
>>> steering well.
>>> Has anyone put rear deck wheels on these front mowers? I recall a
>>> Sears (MTD) lawn tractor I once owned had deck wheels that had rounded
>>> edges that could be adapted to fit this deck I think.
>>> Surely this has been addressed already but I did not check the
>>> archives.
>>> Looking forward to your wisdoms.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chris in Tennessee
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