WheelHorse By far the easiest
My 445 John Deere isnt bad either

I would say Simplicity is the easiest and the JDX400,X500(priorX500) and X700 series are preety easy as well as the new X500,X520,X534,X540

Here is a link that might be useful: Simplicity quick attach

My Conquest is pretty easy. Good luck.

My Mom`s Simplicity LTH with 44 inch deck can have it off in under 15 sec. Tractor has over 3000 hours and runs like new 16HP Vanguard.

i have never found one to be easy to take of until we got our cub cadet 2 pins bull the belt and deck out of the way and you good to go

Wheel Horse is one pin then remove the belt from the deck pulley. The 42" and 48" WH decks are heavy duty. They can handle rough mowing conditions but may be difficult to slide under the tractor with a bad back because of their weight. Many of the heavy JD decks have pivoting gauge wheels which makes positioning the deck under the tractor much easier because you can roll the deck instead of sliding it.

-Deerslayer

I'll put a vote in for my Huskee.
2 spring loaded pins ,slide the deck foward off the front hanger , remove belt off PTO and your done.

Hardest part of my simplicity is pulling the deck out from under the tractor,but thats not that bad either.

I ended up with a JD, but one of the things that impressed me about the Simplicity was the ease in removing the deck. Check the video below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Roll-out mower deck

The easist one I ever removed came off of my Dads Cub Cadet 1250. You just barely touched a tree, a stump or a bump and the thing came flying off.

I also have a Simplicity Conquest with a 44" deck. One lever and two pins and I'm done. My back is not the best and I can remove the deck in under 5 minutes. And that's taking my time.

Enjoy the journey.

eal51 in western CT

I plan on making a dolly with casters (when weather gets warm) so I can drop deck on it.... disconnect deck and roll it out without harming paint on concrete. Roll it back under and hook deck back up. Just a thought.

Ropari........... Jeez with all the tractors you had or tried to unload on here or Ebay you must have had a Gravely rider, the easiest of all?

Great to hear about all these easy deck removals. The worse has to be my JD Lt 160. The mower does a great job, but deck removal and installation takes me over half an hour. All the alignments have to just right or no go and it's a reach for some of them.

I've seen the Simplicity video before and it seems easy enough but there's no dealer anywhere near where I live. I have a GX335 with a 54" deck and as others have mentioned, it's pretty easy to remove and put it back on. Pull two pins, release belt tension, drop front hanger and it comes off, no tools required. The rotating gauge wheels, as also mentioned, means you can roll it out instead of dragging it on the concrete. It's so easy in fact that I remove the deck to clean it whenever I feel that there might be some build-up under there, which here in Washington is pretty often because you have to mow wet grass to keep up with the growth. The 54" deck is heavy but now difficult to handle because of the swivelling wheels. I just roll it out and flip it over to clean it. Even my wife does it sometimes. I understand that this system is also available on the 48" deck now.

John Deere GT275 48" deck; not difficult for a 48" deck.
Craftsman DLT2000 42" deck; easier than the GT275, but it's a smaller deck.
Simplicity, BIL has a 48" Broadmore, now thats the easy one.

Why fool with a MMM? Aren't there some front mount ZTR's that would be a whole lot easier to service the deck? Keep your Ingy's for other work and look for a package with good cutting and easy service deck, IMHO.

I've always found Simplicity the easiest to remove, but you should also consider how easy they are to put back on. Not all brands go back on as easily as they came off.
A couple of tricks I've used over the years with Simplicity is to put a 4x4, or 4x8 sheet of masonite fibre board, shiny side up, under the deck; depending on your tractor size, you may have to drive over it to get it positioned under the deck. It makes any deck easy to slide out and doesn't scratch the concrete or blacktop.

Another idea involves one of those 3-wheel casters for moving furniture, usually available at any hardware store. Position it where the front of the deck will be after it's removed from the hitch. It's low enough that the deck will still clear the underside of the tractor and makes moving it out very easy. With a Simplicity, you've now got the rollers on the rear and this caster up front to help the deck roll.

FJ

not sure why it takes somebody that long to do an lt 160...maybe its the freedom that takes forever....

my lt 150 38c comes of in a 3.5 minutes....i can go from a mower deck to a snow plow, weight bracket, and chains in 10-15 ish. the chains take up most of this.

ccb

My back isn't in the greatest shape either, the mmm on my ole 1855MF is HEAVY so I made a couple of ramps so I can drive over it, then remove the ramps and snap the linkage and driveshaft on. The idea of a small cart that the mower lowers onto is a good idea too. I made one for my tiller so I can lower it onto the cart, disconnect it and roll it into a corner. I'd figure out a way to make your machine easier for mmm removal and use the money for more implements. You can never have too many implements.

I used an old mechanics creeper for removing the deck of my Gilson,it worked great.

I just turn the gage wheels on my John Deere and roll it out from underneath the tractor. Very easy.