white mower deck

Traditionally, all of the implements were painted Power Red. Late in 1983, there was a switch to Power White implements that were intended to be sold with the Black Frame tractors of late 83, all through 1984. There is some speculation about a few of those Black Frame models being sold in 1985 with a serial number that falls into the 1985 range.

So..... here's my question to you. Is your tractor painted black on the frame and axles?

If the answer is no, then a Power White deck would be incorrect.

Just because your deck was originally white does not make it correct for a Power Red tractor. If a dealer was stuck with a white deck, then he would use any opportunity to get rid of it as long as the customer did not complain.


Aside from the deck itself, there is also the Mule bracket and deck harness. A Black Frame tractor would have a black Mule and harness. Only the deck shell would be white. If your harness was Power Red, then that too indicates that your deck should have been Power Red to go with a Power Red tractor .

Hydriv said:

Traditionally, all of the implements were painted Power Red. Late in 1983, there was a switch to Power White implements that were intended to be sold with the Black Frame tractors of late 83, all through 1984. There is some speculation about a few of those Black Frame models being sold in 1985 with a serial number that falls into the 1985 range.

So..... here's my question to you. Is your tractor painted black on the frame and axles?

If the answer is no, then a Power White deck would be incorrect.

Just because your deck was originally white does not make it correct for a Power Red tractor. If a dealer was stuck with a white deck, then he would use any opportunity to get rid of it as long as the customer did not complain.

Aside from the deck itself, there is also the Mule bracket and deck harness. A Black Frame tractor would have a black Mule and harness. Only the deck shell would be white. If your harness was Power Red, then that too indicates that your deck should have been Power Red to go with a Power Red tractor .

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The case its self is a power red 1980 444 and the mule and harness are black

This photo is from the early 1990s when is still looked nice in it's original paint

Thanks for the info
I think I will keep it a strange mixture of colours because that is how I have always known it in my 10 or 11 years of driving it and I'm only 18!

Last year I had some what I think is power white mixed by getting paint to match the rear wheels but I'm not sure if it looks a bit too cream but will prob use it

And yer I don't think anyone at the show will ever of seen a case other than mine so I could paint it green and no one would know it's wrong!

Got my 3 point to paint too and try to fit the tea pieces cuz at the min the one hose on the lift cylinder is too short

Photo of my power White ish wheels

hi again another few questions

in the photos below the rear of the mower looks to have been modified or hit with somthing hard, does anyone no of any mods like this?





and i see a lot of photos of CASE tractors with white wheels but when i did my wheels last year when i took the tyres off the rims were cream not sure why or if they ever were

I hate to tell you this but many of us have sent much better deck shells than the one you have, to the scrap metal yard.

If I had a deck like that one and the cost of obtaining a replacement from overseas was prohibitive, then I would use the old one as a template and construct another one out of new steel. The level of rust on that deck is high. I bet that if you had it sand-blasted, tiny pinholes would appear all over. My gut tells me that your deck is in such poor condition over-all that it's beyond salvaging. Trying to weld new metal to badly rusted metal is difficult and often makes for contaminated, weak welds.

If I were you, i'd show my tractor without the deck. That's what most people over here do. Then, I'd look around for some low-cost way to duplicate the deck shell. Perhaps a local school that teaches the "Trades" would be a good place. You would pay for the new material but the labour would be free. The Shop Teacher would make sure that the work was done correctly. The most important issue would be the welding. The deck must NOT be twisted. Assembly would require a dead flat steel table to clamp the shell to while small tack welds were applied. Constant checking with normal measuring instruments to make sure the deck is true before the final welding takes place is essential.

stevebgr said:

Have you really sent deck like these to the scrap?!, would be nice to be over the other side the pond where parts are easily available. When the pto cluch went we had to make new bits for it

USA decks last longer than UK because the Westwood mower we used to have had it's deck rust though years ago and was held together with rope!

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Small parts can be shipped to you for reasonable cost. Your Pound is still fairly strong against the US Dollar, so that helps. I have a photo showing a stack of half a dozen deck shells that I took to the scrap yard and sold. Shipping large heavy items such as a complete deck is expensive. The demand for used decks in my area is nearly non-existent. Those two facts played into my decision to strip those decks of all usable parts and then junk the shells. Every one of those shells were three times better than your shell. They could have been easily repaired and put back into service BUT... if there is no reasonable expectation of selling a repaired deck, then all they are doing is taking up valuable space.

Perhaps one of the reasons why decks do not fare well in England, has to do with your weather. Ideally, the grass should be dry when cut but we both know that can be problematic at certain times of the year. Wet, green grass clippings that are clinging to the underside of the deck will produce high heat and caustic chemicals that will quickly rust out unprotected steel if you do not remove them after mowing. Some owners have coated the underside of their deck with truck bed-liner material that can be bought in gallons and either brushed on or sprayed on. Perhaps it isn't a perfect solution but it is a solution none-the-less.