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Read articles →This is a real-time, first-attempt hookup of a new Frontier GM2084 grooming mower to a 4044M, including price paid ($3,550), unloading it off a trailer with pallet forks and a chain, fumbling through the wrong hitch adapter, then getting the PTO connected correctly. It ends with a brief, admittedly-too-wet test pass in a ditch, not an actual pasture-mowing demo. Best for buyers curious about hookup quirks and honest trial-and-error, not performance results.
An owner documenting his own first-time experience setting up new equipment on his property, with no polish or prior expertise implied.
The buyer paid three thousand five hundred and fifty dollars for it at a John Deere dealership.
He used pallet forks on the tractor and also hooked a chain to the pallet corners to pull it off smoothly.
Yes, his first attempt using a hitch adapter was wrong; he then switched approach and connected the PTO shaft correctly.
No, it only shows a brief test pass in a wet front ditch, not a real pasture-mowing demonstration.
![GM2084r Grooming Mower Setup on John Deere 4044m [Way Harder than Expected]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zd-_zkK_Zvg/mqdefault.jpg)