OT ish Toro WheelHorse 520H mower deck installation

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Thanks Dean - much appreciated -

- the video didn't answer my question - but it gave me some hints about my troubles. My deck attachment is identical to this video's model. but - big but - there's no way to lower my deck-height-pin to simply slide into the deck bar - on level ground -

- my lift pin is ~ 4 inches above that .. at its lowest.

ps: I got rabbit-holed by the 6 minute 1991 adverts and the rebuild & carb jobs on youtube .. it's amazing what's out there !

Remove front wheels?

Front wheels are not involved. in my problem. If I could lower my lift-pin another 4 inches - like the video - I think the Quick Attach would attach quickly ! ... but then I would be mowing golf greens ... John T.

Have you looked thru these websites for info ?

Thanks - I'll dig into those forums. John T.

Neighbor had a chain hoist mounted in his garage rafters so he'd just pull the battery on his garden tractor, drain the oil and then hoist the front up until the tractor was standing vertical. Grease job, changing/sharpening the blades etc was easy-peasy.

So the deck needs to be raised? How about a good, old fashioned shovel to use as a lever to raise it? Do you have some left over chunks of wood or bricks around to prop it up?

If you can't lower the bridge, raise the river. Why is it so hard to put some pieces of 2x4 or similar under the deck, lift one side at a time, get it to the height it needs to be? Save the wood or at least record the necessary height for next time.

I had a buddy who owned a small loader tractor - a size bigger than a "compact" tractor - with front forks attachment - - he'd drive his lawn tractor onto the forks ; set the brakes ; raise the loader up to 7 or 8 feet and clean & maintain the deck. I almost bought a lawn-tractor-lift a couple years ago -

I'm able to lift the deck onto the raise-lower pin - it's a bit heavy & awkward but the problem starts after that - in aligning the deck's Quick-Attach bar - difficult to explain or picture it unless you see it .. Thanks anyway. I'll try the WheelHorse links that were posted. John T.

On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 04:16:36 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman posted for all of us to digest...

That's what I would suggest; some 2x4's shoved under the deck.

I got diverted a few days ago. Something on tv reminded me of Credence Clearwater. One YouTube led to another. They let even Willie Nelson on that site.