What an ingenious idea to use the transmission 'idler' belt for this! For all our leg pulling and smart comments it turns out there is a certain elegance in the belt/drive layup.
Hello
prd and GF followers
I feel that is an important technical point, prd.
The serpentine belt drive connected the forward/reverse clutch pulleys,
but also gave drive to the cutter deck. But input to the forward clutch
seems to have been via a belt from the engine PTO.
This arrangement is too good for a back-yarder job - isn't it?
It's not an XL or Stallion - as Norm has said.
I feel prd needs to say its a Greenfield and give that scratch-it to himself.
Are you a gambling man prd ...?

I am certain from 'hard' experience that it is more likely from their sorebutt range of classroom furniture.
I see,
prd ...
But which came first?!!!: the CoolButt� or the SoreButt�?
I bet
old Theo was
behind that project too!