James
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- Comber, Down
As title which one's are best for regular swapping off and on the tractor ?
Easiest hooking on or off front and rear mowers?
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michael N123
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My fella rear mowers proper easy to take on and off there’s a button you press which lets pressure off the top link take that off then only one stand leg to put down and drop tractor arms with the hooks lifted up and it’s off
I take it on and off all the time as I only really use one tractor
I take it on and off all the time as I only really use one tractor
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
NOT a single rear Claas disco. What a pita
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
My lelys are easy enough
Front quicker than the rear on a a frame
Front quicker than the rear on a a frame
icanshootwell
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- Location
- Ross-on-wye
My Kuhn is the work of satan easily the worst bit of kit I got, I probably prefer to put the hedge cutter on.
- Location
- East Ayrshire
Bizarrely I've put mine on and off three times no bother at all this summer. Same tractor and I don't know what I'm doing different, but always been a ballache every year before.
My Malone disc mower is an A1 beetch to put on.. I have kind of sussed it now, but if I break the correct procedure... I have been known to swear a tad....My Kuhn is the work of satan easily the worst bit of kit I got, I probably prefer to put the hedge cutter on.
- Location
- Yorkshire
I've found a hydraulic top link makes all the difference to making the job easier
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Yeah, I imagine that would make one aspect of the Claas easier
Dave W
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- Location
- chesterfield
I always think the secret to putting a mower on is taking it off correctly in the first place.
Amazing how many people don’t know you have to disconnect a spring or put a pin in somewhere to square take tension off headstock
Amazing how many people don’t know you have to disconnect a spring or put a pin in somewhere to square take tension off headstock
James
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- Location
- Comber, Down
What makes it so bad?
James
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- Location
- Comber, Down
My Kuhn is the work of satan easily the worst bit of kit I got, I probably prefer to put the hedge cutter on.
Which model?
michael N123
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won’t most new mowers have a pressure release valve now?
I never adjust my top link to take off or on
I never adjust my top link to take off or on
- Location
- Down
Have a 2022 class rear and front mower and find no problem.back mower let pressure of lifting ram by a rope mechanism and lower on to one leg . Front mower is no problem either ,no stand needed just lock the ram with lever( front mower is a mover)
- Location
- South lakes
i would of thought you want the best mower to cut grass, not be bought to take off in record time and back on! maybe im missing something! does a lot not depend on how big, tractor etc! 
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
I don't have to do it or have done it that many times, thankfully, so I am not well versed.
Firstly need a bit of sleeper or block under back of mower to stop it falling back.
The ball pins are never quite equal heights, so one arm hitches up before the other. Obviously with the very nature of the mower, when lifting the arms to try and get the other on - it just pivots the headstock away.
No hydraulic link here - which would make it slightly less aggravating
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michael N123
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If you’ve 5 different jobs to do in a day faffing on swearing at a machine that’s hard to take on and off can get abit annoyingi would of thought you want the best mower to cut grass, not be bought to take off in record time and back on! maybe im missing something! does a lot not depend on how big, tractor etc!
- Location
- South lakes
and if it mows like a bag of shite! relibility etc