Ted,
The K301 really did not bother me at all. Actually, he made a 1282 out of it. I know the deck could be fixed by cutting the rear gauge wheel brackets off a junk 44" deck. I'm sure Travis or Don has some laying around. But why did he cut them off to begin with when he had the rear tires and rims to put on the tractor without cutting it up. But when he told me it had a new, high output engine putting out 20 hp, he kind of pushed me to be stupid. And then he tells me it has the rear PTO. I must have been blind because I sure did not see it. It did have the cast rear end though. The wide rear tires and rims were extra if I wanted them. The unit did look nice but a little more than I wanted to spend.