Mower with flip up mowing deck

The mower according to claim 17 wherein:

• a) tension on said drive belt can be selectively increased or released by said tension pulley by said manual handle;
• said drive belt being removable by hand from said motor drive pulley when said tension is released so that said drive belt swings free to allow said deck to transition from the mowing configuration to an access configuration thereof.

The mower according to claim 18 wherein:

• a) said tension pulley is mounted on a pivotal arm manipulated by said manual handle;
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• b) said manual handle has an over center lock position to secure said tension pulley in a tension producing position.

The mower according to claim 20 wherein:

• a) said mount comprises a first clevis mounted on said deck to allow selective movement relative to said deck from front to rear;
• said first clevis being pivotally joined to said support arm by a pivot pin.

The mower according to claim 21 including:

• a) a second clevis fixedly attached to said deck and at least partially surrounding said first clevis;
• said second clevis having an elongate front to rear slot for receiving said pivot pin.

The mower according to claim 22 including:

• a) a bolt secured to and extending rearwardly of said first clevis;
• said second clevis having a pass through aperture for receiving said bolt;
• and an adjustment nut located rearwardly of said aperture on said bolt adapted to allow an operator to adjust the position of the first clevis relative to the second clevis.

The mower according to claim 23 including:

• a) a gross height adjustment mechanism operating in conjunction with said fine height adjustment mechanism.

The mower according to claim 24 wherein:

• a) said gross height adjustment mechanism includes a pivot rod mounted on said frame and having a radially outward extending loop and a radially outward extending operator control handle;
• said gross height adjusting mechanism further including a hook fixedly mounted near a rear of said mowing deck that is sized and positioned to selectively engage said loop as said pivot rod is rotated so as to allow an operator to engage said hook and loop and then raise or lower said deck.

The mower according to claim 26 wherein:

• a) said front support arm and said rear support arm lower sections are approximately the same length and said rear support arm upper section and the distance between whereat said front and rear support arms join to said deck being approximately equal, so as to form a parallelogram configuration for maintaining the deck generally parallel to the ground while in the mowing configuration;
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• b) said rear support arm upper section being swingable free of said frame to allow said deck to transition to said access configuration when said gross height adjustment mechanism is disengaged.