Onetap wrote on 20/05/2013 :
On Monday, May 20, 2013 10:19:00 AM UTC+1, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I have given up on trying to get the tractor mower to collect the

clippings, it has just been far too wet the past couple of years - the

cuttings just stick in the collection duct and build up until it

extends into the cutting deck then jams the blade. The jammed blade


Have you tried cutting it with the collector disengaged (if your mower can do
that), leaving it for an hour or two (in dry weather) and then going over it
to collect the dry cuttings?

Grass is 85 or 90% water, drying the cuttings for a while should make it
easier to collect.

The collector is a very large one on the back almost 3' square. Leaving
it off, there is a flap which is supposed to allow it to flow through
the duct, then dump it back on the grass. Except it just builds up in
the duct, fills that up then gradually chokes up the blade. The duct is
about 2' long and a hell of a job to clear out when it is impacted.

Last year I tried modifying it by fitting a flap to stop it even
entering the duct, but it still choked up with the air pressure from
the fan. Now I have removed the entire duct and it just blows the
clippings straight out of the deck. Hopefully that should fix it.

It works fine collecting, if and when the grass ever gets dry enough.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
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