BX1860 Mower will not engage

[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 what little plowing we needed.

With the early and rainy Spring, it is now time to mow so I re-mounted the mower deck on the BX 1860. Had trouble lining up the two parts of the PTO but finally got them together and the deck installed. When I tried to engage the mower - nothing. I need to look underneath the tractor when the mower is (in theory) engaged to see whether there is any movement in the PTO shaft. Ditto I need to take the belt guards off so I can see what the belts are doing. There are no strange noises, no load being put on the engine, and I did run the rpms up to 3200 when I tried to start mowing.

Any ideas?? This Kubota is 12 years old, always garaged.

 

[imnukensc]

Does the rear PTO work?

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Is the selector for mid PTO selected?

 

[skeets]

Yes like the man said check the PTO lever for the MMM,, dont ask how I found the same thing out

 

[Jerseygirl01]

Is the selector for mid PTO selected?

Feeling like a dope. When the men came to take our 2003 Cub Cadet for major servicing, I explained the problem to them. After stroking chins and eyeballing Kubota, they threw the PTO lever into the position for the belly mower and it fired right up. Part of my problems are coming from my husband's increasing dementia. He throws levers and turns knobs at random, leaving me to figure out what to do. I've at least learned to double-check the PTO lock knob as we usually never use it. He likes to turn it and I end up with the mower deck locked up. Thank all of you for taking the time to respond.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Feeling like a dope. When the men came to take our 2003 Cub Cadet for major servicing, I explained the problem to them. After stroking chins and eyeballing Kubota, they threw the PTO lever into the position for the belly mower and it fired right up. Part of my problems are coming from my husband's increasing dementia. He throws levers and turns knobs at random, leaving me to figure out what to do. I've at least learned to double-check the PTO lock knob as we usually never use it. He likes to turn it and I end up with the mower deck locked up. Thank all of you for taking the time to respond.

Thanks for taking the time to come back and explain things, you'll help someone else down the line!

 

[BAP]

Glad that you were able to get it figured out. Sorry to hear about your husband’s dementia, that’s an extremely tough road for the both of you.