126/1211 Mower decks question

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by darkminion_17

Keep us posted with pictures when you start working on it, I an curious to see what you do with the drive pulley.

darkminion,

I will keep you posted. I have already seen the the "pitfall" with the drive pulley. The sub frame I will fabricate will have 4 sides the front side will have an opening to allow the belt to pass. Besides that it looks like It may be necessary to attach and incorporate an idler pulley on my sub frame to direct the belt away from the one lift arm that looks like the belt might come close to.. Not a big deal tho.

[darkminion_17]

You can try this...
Remove the front of the mule drive bracket that is on there now and put the NF one on in its place.
You will let me know how that works out?

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by darkminion_17

You can try this...
Remove the front of the mule drive bracket that is on there now and put the NF one on in its place.
You will let me know how that works out?

Ill take a look into that and let you know for sure.. Got wrapped up in another project today unfortunately but I will get to this one soon.

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by darkminion_17

You can try this...
Remove the front of the mule drive bracket that is on there now and put the NF one on in its place.
You will let me know how that works out?

I can't figure out why he didn't just try that before asking..... pretty easy thing to try. I think the foot rest bracket is in a different location though. I tried this before.....

[dodge trucker]

I hate bagging or raking. My solution? Mow in 5 days instead of a week, and your yard won't look like a hay field, you won't have much if any windrows....

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

I can't figure out why he didn't just try that before asking..... pretty easy thing to try. I think the foot rest bracket is in a different location though. I tried this before.....

Wow, Here I thought this was a forum for people who have had a lot of different cub cadets to share some wisdom with other cub cadet enthusiasts...

Gee, I wonder why he didn't just try that. Well, rather than just try things, whenever there is information available from others who have done what I am thinking of doing I try to educate myself. See this way I can learn from their mistakes and not my own. Selfish idea I guess but then again I thought that was part of what this forum was for to begin with.

The simple truth of it is I asked if anyone here had put this style deck on a 126 . I did not ask for anyone to speculate if it would work or not. I didn't ask if the engine would have enough power to run it. I certainly did not ask anyone to tell me what machine I should be using to cut my grass "J-Mech"

Thanks a lot for the help.. But I was looking for someone who has actually done or tried this.

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by cooperino

Thanks a lot for the help.. But I was looking for someone who has actually done or tried this.

I have. It didn't work. But I was interested in a direct fit with no major mods. Basically mix subframes, maybe change a pulley and go. I was looking for convenience only. You know, one goes down, type of thing. I only have 1 triangle NF deck, but like 3 or 4 A/C decks. The NF is a pin on, not a quick mount. Rescue11 did it. He already said it wasn't an easy swap..... but do-able. So, there you go.

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

I have. It didn't work. Rescue11 did it. He already said it wasn't an easy swap..... but do-able. So, there you go.

Ok. So you both tried and failed. Insert sarcasm here, I guess it just cant be done then.. I really do appreciate some of what said in forum. Pisses me off that you questioned why I didnt try changing bull gear. Why didnt you suggest that out of the gate?

I understand the forum much better now. Its more of a show and tell than a help troubleshoot..

I will post lots of pics after the conversion is complete.

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by cooperino

Ok. So you both tried and failed. Insert sarcasm here, I guess it just cant be done then.. I really do appreciate some of what said in forum. Pisses me off that you questioned why I didnt try changing bull gear. Why didnt you suggest that out of the gate?

I understand the forum much better now. Its more of a show and tell than a help troubleshoot..

I will post lots of pics after the conversion is complete.

You're trying to rig a deck on a tractor that it was never designed for and now you're being a dick because we can't give you all the answer. If you're such an expert how come you're on here asking how to do it instead of just doing it? If I wanted to do it I'm skilled enough to figure it myself, apparently you're not. Like your comment suggests, I'd be on here showing and telling how I did it instead of expecting someone else to figure it out for me.

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by olds45512

You're trying to rig a deck on a tractor that it was never designed for and now you're being a dick because we can't give you all the answer. If you're such an expert how come you're on here asking how to do it instead of just doing it?

Very nice.. Now a "Grand member" is name calling and swearing. First off, please show me where I claimed to be an expert. Second there are several different forums here for just that purpose of customizing and making things work outside the box. Im not being a dick because people can't give me the answer. If I am being a dick its because people are responding without being able to give an answer. In other words. If you don't have an answer don't waste time responding. It's pretty simple. Now you come along and you have zero input as well. Like I said. Because the 3 or 4 of you have not done this successfully you act as if it should not be done or can't be done. As far as your "expert comment" I have been a mechanic, welder, fabricator, and refurbisher for almost 30 years now. I own and operate a company doing just that on much, much larger equipment than garden tractors."www.primegse.com" Of course I could go ahead and just fabricate whatever I wish and make this work. What most of the people who responded missed is this. I asked if anyone had done this so I could prevent a mistake before it happened. If you had never tried this before or think it should not be done there was no reason to respond.