Shaft driven vs belt driven mower decks
Shaft drive vs belt, pros and cons? - My Tractor Forum
Shaft drive takes up less space and properly designed and maintained it should last the life of the machine. Modern HD belt drives are very ...
Belt drive deck vs shaft drive deck | Green Tractor Talk
The cub sales guy is saying that his deck that is shaft driven does not have the hp loss of a belt drive deck.
Shaft driven vs belt driven mower decks - Worth extra cash? And ...
There is no comparison of a shaft drive vs a belt drive deck. The shaft decks are so much smoother and no vibration. They also have a mechanical ...
Shaft drive vs. belt drive? | Lawn Care Forum - Lawn Site
The advantages of shaft drive over belt drive are pretty much self evident. Shaft is a bit more efficient at transmitting power or torque with less friction ...
How To Choose a Lawn/Garden Tractor - Power To Implements
Belt drives are the simplest and cheapest drive systems (Figure 1). With a vertical-shaft engine, it is sometimes possible to drive the deck directly from the ...
Belt vs. Shaft | Weekend Freedom Machines
If the same is done with a shaft driven 345, you're going to bust a shear pin (hopefully), and hope the rest of the tractor has no serious ...
Thread: Belt or Shaft drive deck for ZTR
Wrong forum but anyway, both shaft and belt drive are used extensively, pluses for shaft drive is no broken belts, no belt slip, greater cutting ...
Belt vs Driveshaft. | Lawn Mower Forum
At the moment I have a JD X500 which has served me well. The choice is between a belt drive vs drive shaft for both the cutter deck and mower ...
Which Is BETTER? Hydro Vs Belt Driven Walk Behind Lawn Mowers ...
Today I wanted to share with you guys for just a few minutes about the differences between hydro walk behind lawn mowers vs belt driven ...
Driveshaft-Driven Cutter Decks | Product Features | Scag®
Using a driveshaft ensures there is no belt "slip" from the engine to the cutter deck. It enables you to retain proper blade-tip speeds in heavy, high-speed ...
Buying $6000 mower... what are pros/cons of belt or shaft driven?
I personally would go shaft driven. Seems to be less hassle and better power transfer. No slipping belts, no stretched belts, no need to replace belts. Shafts ...
What is the difference between a deck belt and a drive belt? - Quora
Deck Belt:Function: The deck belt, also known as a mower deck or cutting deck belt, is responsible for driving the blades on the mower deck that ...
Which easier to install: 47" belt-drive blower (x500 series) or shaft ...
The 700s use a shaft drive. Is attaching and removing mower decks and snowblowers significantly easier on the x540 versus the 700 tractors, or vice versa?
How Hard to Convert Belt Drive Mower to Shaft Drive?
When installing the gearbox on top of it there wasn't a lot of room left to lift the deck. You have to set up your own routing for the belt and ...
Is the drive belt the same as the deck belt? - Quora
The deck belt is the one that powers the blades and the drive belt powers the tractor's motion. The deck belt comes with the deck when you ...
belt drive toughness - Wheel Horse Tractors
Belt drive is great. I've got several IH Cub Cadet and the drive shaft is interesting, but IMHO, in no way is an advantage. Clutches slip.
Opinions - Cub Cadet Shaft Drive?? - Yesterday's Tractors Forums
Well-known Member ... The belt that drives the blades has a lot more stress on it, more prone to failure. The one we have has shaft drive ...
2-Belt Deck Drive System - Ferris Mowers Europe
The 2-belt deck drive system allows the use of fewer backside belt idler pulleys that, combined with a wider and smooth surfaced cast-iron backside belt ...
Lawn tractor mower belts: Kevlar vs standard ? | OrangeTractorTalks
I ended up going back to OEM spec belts for this location. The deck on mine is pto shaft driven, with a belt snaking around the pulleys on the ...
Front PTO drive shaft instead of belts for my 1811
Ariens ran a shaft to the deck but there were 2 belts (tandem) that ran from the engine down to a jack shaft that ran thru the front axle pivot ...