Recent content by Jerseygirl01

In the fall we had our local garage (farm equipment) service our BX1860, remove the mower deck, grease it and return both to us. We stored the mower deck inside the garage. Normally we would have plowed snow in our parking area but we had an easy winter and due to our ages (75 & 85) I hired out...

ipz2222 - I actually took two xerox copies of the FELs remove/reinstall instructions, slipped them into plastic sleeves, and they hang in the garage bay where we do the work. I think we review them every time we mow (when we take the FELs off) and still run into trouble. Our success rate is very...

You are so correct BigG. Just haven't got that in our immediate neighborhood. However, as the 71 year old "kid" in the family, I did end up solving the problem today. Here is your laugh for the weekend. Everything looked great except the one side just would not sit down enough to put the pin...

We remove the FELs inside our garage so it is on a level concrete surface. It's definitely flat and solid.

We had no problem removing the FELs for mowing but reinstalling it can be a bear. Looking for some advice. My guess is that my significant other does not run the RPMs at a high enough speed to get the hydraulic system balanced. We seem to end up with one of the attaching arms (the ones through...

There's supposed to be a speed control knob for the 3pth that also has a lock position that holds it at whatever height its at when applied. No soap??

I can't seem to move these two separately. When I try to raise the mower deck arm, the 3 pt hitch goes up or down with them. Any suggestions? It's a bx1860.