1200 Mowing Speed

[sawdustdad]

I've been mowing with a 108 for 35 years. Mostly in 2nd gear. Never thought it was too fast or too slow. Seemed just right. Well, it was too slow for short/light grass duty and too fast for tall/heavy grass duty. But seemed to be a reasonable compromise. My terrain is some flat, some steep hillsides.

Now I learn that my 1000 has a different gear ratio than the 108s.

Thanks for the education, as always!

PS-- I also can shift easily between 1-2-3 without touching the engaged creeper.

[Cub Cadet 123]

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[Texas Blues]

Originally Posted by jimbob200521

Anybody thought of a speed-up pulley for the deck? Same forward speed but higher blade speed = better cutting of thick grass.

Ok guys, like I mentioned earlier, I have a 50C deck with the smaller deck drive pulley. This morning I removed the pulleys and blades from the 50C. Turns out, on my 50A deck, the outer drive pulleys are already the smaller type, so all I needed to change was the center drive pulley. The blades on my 50C deck were pretty new. I sharpened them, it didnt take much. Turns out the 50C blades bolt right on and work fine although they look different. Those 50A blades do not look like they have ever been changed, probably wouldnt cut hot butter lol. So now, with the smaller pulley, and the better blades, the 1200 worked alittle better at 1st gear speed. The blades do spin noticably faster. I did have to run the tensioner adjustment on the mule drive all the way out. Actually I need to fabricate another adjustmernt rod, because it still should be adjusted alittle more to comensate for the smaller pulley. A new belt wouldnt hurt either.

Anyhow that experiment was worth doing, just thougt I would let ya'll know how it worked. Thanks again, TB