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Posted by PaPaPeng on June 30, 2005, 8:43 pm
I have a walk behind gas lawnmower with a belt drive. Love it.
However I dislike it for often clogging with grass and I dislike
having to empty the rear bag every 10 minutes or so. My solution is
to use a crossbar to prop the rear chute cover partly open whereby it
discharges the grass out and downward back onto the lawn. That way I
can make an uninterrupted pass to cut the grass until the gas tank
empties. My lawn size is two tanks of gas and 2 plus hours of work. I
leave the grass to dry for a few days, rake them and it fills around
9 large garbage bags. Its a lot of work for one guy my age.
I am thinking of modifying a lawnmower blade so that it functions as a
propeller type device to pick up the dried cut grass and fling them
into the rear bagger. My current idea is to bolt or rivet a backward
pitched paddle on the upper side of the blade. It will work (?) like
the impeller in a vacuum motor. Has anyone done this before? Any
other suggestions as to making such a modification?
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Posted by m Ransley on June 30, 2005, 9:04 pm
You should realy try a mulching mower, so much easier, one pass and you
are done.
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Posted by Joseph Meehan on June 30, 2005, 9:19 pm
m Ransley wrote:
> You should realy try a mulching mower, so much easier, one pass and
> you are done.
I also vote for this one. Not only that, you can save on fertilizer.
All those grass clippings you are throwing out is great organic matter to
build the soil and contains much of the fertilizer you put down during the
year.
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Joseph Meehan
Dia duit
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Posted by Luke on June 30, 2005, 9:48 pm
On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 01:19:06 GMT, "Joseph Meehan"
>m Ransley wrote:
>> You should realy try a mulching mower, so much easier, one pass and
>> you are done.
>
> I also vote for this one. Not only that, you can save on fertilizer.
>All those grass clippings you are throwing out is great organic matter to
>build the soil and contains much of the fertilizer you put down during the
>year.
Good advice, maybe more expensive initially than a new blade or
jerry-rigged device, but more economical and practical in the long
run.
--
Luke
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Posted by Duane Bozarth on June 30, 2005, 9:05 pm
PaPaPeng wrote:
...
> I am thinking of modifying a lawnmower blade so that it functions as a
> propeller type device to pick up the dried cut grass and fling them
> into the rear bagger. ...
Just buy a high lift blade of the right size...
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