Chuck,
Welcome aboard!! No the 46" blower will not fit on a 50" deck. The throat/chute on the 50" deck is deeper.
cje
Welcome aboard!! No the 46" blower will not fit on a 50" deck. The throat/chute on the 50" deck is deeper.
cje
46" PowerPak on 50" deck?
Greetings! I have been lurking here for about the past month after picking up my first John Deere LG tractor. It's an '88 318 with 990 hours that's mechanically sound (so far) and has fairly good paint still. It came with a 50" deck and a Berco 44" Deluxe 2 stage snowblower. I plan on doing a frame-up restoration after this winter and have already begun picking up decals, etc. for it. I'm very excited about it and am definitely looking forward to some seat time with it this winter.
Anyway, I have opportunity to pick up a 2 bag power pak for my 318, but I just received word that it came off a 46" deck. Would this fit on a 50" deck with/without modifications? If I needed to make modifications how extensive would they be?
Any insite would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Chuck
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Anyway, I have opportunity to pick up a 2 bag power pak for my 318, but I just received word that it came off a 46" deck. Would this fit on a 50" deck with/without modifications? If I needed to make modifications how extensive would they be?
Any insite would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Chuck
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Forget anything else, you have a 318
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I would be driving it around the block or something. I really looks good and It doesn't seem a candidate for restoration. I usually get something in a pile of weeds and in parts
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I have maintained all along that 318 is the best of the best. You are a very lucky man........WELCOME
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I guess I didn't make myself clear ... sorry.
I'm definitely going to keep the 318 and am very pleased with it
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It's going to stay in the family for a long time to come.
What I meant in the last post was that I had a 3-bag bagger lined up, but the motor was bad. Sorry for the confusion Jerry.
Here's a more recent pic. I'm currently painting the rims and 50lb rear wheel weights and I have a set of Carlisle True Power A/T for the rear and Carlisle True Power for the front waiting to be put on. I have a set of chains ready, but I'm going to try not to use them on my asphalt driveway. i also have 4 suitcase weights for the back once I make up a bracket for the tiller hitch.
I already repainted the headlight reflectors and bought a new lens. I also bought a small set of fog lights that are going to be mounted on the snowblower. The new headlight lens helped out with night vision, but the chute blocks a lot of light and there aren't any street lights out here.
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I'm definitely going to keep the 318 and am very pleased with it
What I meant in the last post was that I had a 3-bag bagger lined up, but the motor was bad. Sorry for the confusion Jerry.
Here's a more recent pic. I'm currently painting the rims and 50lb rear wheel weights and I have a set of Carlisle True Power A/T for the rear and Carlisle True Power for the front waiting to be put on. I have a set of chains ready, but I'm going to try not to use them on my asphalt driveway. i also have 4 suitcase weights for the back once I make up a bracket for the tiller hitch.
I already repainted the headlight reflectors and bought a new lens. I also bought a small set of fog lights that are going to be mounted on the snowblower. The new headlight lens helped out with night vision, but the chute blocks a lot of light and there aren't any street lights out here.
Cliff,
Yes, there is a later model 30 inch mechanical tiller that with various mounts fits the G100, GT235 and GT245, GX255, GX325, GX335, GX345, X465, X475, X485, X495, X575, X585 and X595 tractors.
The tines from these mechanical tillers are the same ones that bolt up to the 30 hydraulic tiller, but the mechanical unit has only eight of each left and right hand tines in the tiller width, whereas the 30 hydraulic tiller uses 10 of each. Deere part numbers on these tines are M87089 and M87088 respectively.
The newer mechanical tiller itself looks like this, but I have yet to find anything like a model number for it...
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Chuck
Yes, there is a later model 30 inch mechanical tiller that with various mounts fits the G100, GT235 and GT245, GX255, GX325, GX335, GX345, X465, X475, X485, X495, X575, X585 and X595 tractors.
The tines from these mechanical tillers are the same ones that bolt up to the 30 hydraulic tiller, but the mechanical unit has only eight of each left and right hand tines in the tiller width, whereas the 30 hydraulic tiller uses 10 of each. Deere part numbers on these tines are M87089 and M87088 respectively.
The newer mechanical tiller itself looks like this, but I have yet to find anything like a model number for it...
Chuck
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