turbofiat124
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Dad bought a John Deere D170 with a 54" deck , tri-blade from Lowes the other day.
So he asked if I could install a mulching kit on it. Sure, shouldn't take but 5 minutes. WRONG!
So after 2 to 3 hours we gave up on it.
First issue: This kit comes with a metal guard or something that fits underneath the deck and has two mounting tabs. One in the front and one on the discharge side. No matter how much finagling, we can't get the mounts to line up with the holes. Put one bolt in and the other one won't line up with the hole in the deck and vice versa. It almost fits but not quite. We tried pushing on the guard at the discharge chute trying to force it into place but that doesn't work either.
Second it appears the center blade hits this guard. Unless it's because it's just not mounted correctly.
Third this thing has these squeegee like pieces that are supposed to mount to the front of the deck but there doesn't appear to be any holes for them.
The box says this kit is supposed to fit both 48" and 54" decks but I'm starting think Lowes sold him the wrong kit for the wrong mower. I can't find a part number for this kit. All it says is "TriCycler".
What's up with that?
So he asked if I could install a mulching kit on it. Sure, shouldn't take but 5 minutes. WRONG!
So after 2 to 3 hours we gave up on it.
First issue: This kit comes with a metal guard or something that fits underneath the deck and has two mounting tabs. One in the front and one on the discharge side. No matter how much finagling, we can't get the mounts to line up with the holes. Put one bolt in and the other one won't line up with the hole in the deck and vice versa. It almost fits but not quite. We tried pushing on the guard at the discharge chute trying to force it into place but that doesn't work either.
Second it appears the center blade hits this guard. Unless it's because it's just not mounted correctly.
Third this thing has these squeegee like pieces that are supposed to mount to the front of the deck but there doesn't appear to be any holes for them.
The box says this kit is supposed to fit both 48" and 54" decks but I'm starting think Lowes sold him the wrong kit for the wrong mower. I can't find a part number for this kit. All it says is "TriCycler".
What's up with that?