Surely you must be kidding.

Here is a link that might be useful: round and round

Had the same problem with my Dad's 265. You'd bounce, disengage the deck via the seat switch, and not notice until the next pass when you see the previous pass is uncut.

Solution: buy some high lift blades. They're louder. You'll know when they disengage.

Don't disable the RIO.

This has been discussed at length here. No one wants the responsibility that would come if you have a mishap with the safety devices disabled.

The seat is ok , reverse implement option , I will figure it out , think it is a switch on tranny ,
my other mower mowed in reverse this one will too.

This is the first thing that goes on my new JD.Under the reverse pedal is a switch loosen bolt and move it out of reach of pedal and under seat I just cut it off and add 2 wire nuts

Perhaps we will see some of these posts introduced as evidence in court somewhere, someday.

Some day we won't be mowing cause the left winger's will put a stop to all the carbon poluter's or charge a carbon tax so high you will buy goats, real PUSH mowers, or bridle the wife and kids to pull one. I wonder how much carbon dioxide a Volcano puts out when it erupts????? would that have something to do with gobal warming????.

I dont find it to be much bother on the Sears though I can just turn the key to the position where it doesnt work. The John Deere doesnt have this so it isnt even an issue.

Gentlemen , I guess I stirred up the pot , I agree with all of you , but I feel too much regulation is not good , by the way, I mow with out the guard on the mower LOL. The mulch kit does not allow anything to discharge . I mow very high 3- 3.5 inches. If I didnt mulch I would think twice about removing it.The kit prortrudes way out of the chute.

"I feel too much regulation is not good."
I really couldn't agree more, but, the regulations came about due to excessive (and often, frivolous) "litigation". You see it on TV all the time....."ambulance chasing lawyers" avowing to "fight for your right to justice", practically handing out business cards in the emergency rooms and mortuaries. One of the latest tactics I've noticed in some of these "commercials" is to portray how the "victim" was finally able to realize their "life goal" of owning their own "dream business. Paid for (of course) with the proceeds from a settlement from a law suit. These "shysters" encourage people to consider "suing the pants off" anyone for any reason (or even a false pretense, if it can be made to appear valid). Leaving yourself open to this kind of financial risk (by removing or defeating any safety devices provided by the OEM) is kind of like playing "Russian roulette". I guess the folks who would like to defeat some of the "safety devices" should stop asking about it in a forum and instead......discuss the ramifications with their own lawyer or homeowners insurance agent before deciding if the perceived (or imagined) convenience is worth possible financial ruin. So long as juries can be swayed or baffled by B.S. as to what an OEM can/should do to prevent injuries caused by their product, the unscrupulous lawyers will continue to salivate every time somebody fires up a lawn mower. Do you want to make their cases easier for them?

Very well put MOWNIE. You hit the nail straighter than I could of, been dealing with several of them for a long time for different reasons , money pit..

Hope you got your RIO fixed, i.e. disconnected. My JD never came with one and I have only killed a few kids so far ; )