Hubnut,
I am running an L306 under CA Ginger with the SFW.
The front tire bulges from the weight, but I am not sure that's not because of low tire pressure (because I have never checked the pressure).
I still have the front weights on, too, (for no good reason). Runs so well I hate to change anything on it.
Does have a tendency to "plow" with the SFW in sharp turns on soft ground. But that might happen with dual fronts or even wide front wheels (?) Airing up the front tire and removing the front weights should help with that.
As others have said, the belt alignment on an L306 is the headache. Having used both, I prefer the multi-belt setup of Haney with the Arts Way mower more than the single-belt L306.
Took me a while of tinkering with pulley alignment (and burning up one belt in the process) to get things on the L306 CA working, but seems OK now. I welded about 6 inches of 3/8 allthread to the side of the head of the bolt for the lower idler pulley (with an attending smooth bore collar to the bracket) so I can tighten the belt tension with a nut now before cinching down the lower idler pulley bolt. That's been helpful. I have also found that with the pulleys in better alignment, I don't have to run the belt as tight and it does not run as hot as the first belt did.
CA seems to have plenty of power for the L306, but it's not a bush hog. I did not hook up hydraulic lift to the L306. And I don't have a hand lift, either. Mowing height is fixed for now with just a length of chain running between the L306 deck and a bolt screwed into the torque tube. I used a floor jack under the front of the mower deck to get it where I wanted it and then connected the chain.
I would not like my setup near as much if it did not have a working hand clutch, though. With the hand clutch I can keep the RPM and blade speed up when entering high grass and use the hand clutch to ease into it in stages.
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