[AT] Mower deck treatment

[Jerry Rhodes]

Dick, no matter what you do to the underside of the deck it should be 
cleaned each time used, I have a friend in the lawncare business, he runs 4 
to 7 machines daily and he has a routine that he dose each time they used a 
mower.
He has a 1/2" x 6' pc of pipe straped to the cement drive in front of his 
shop, the pipe has holes drill in the top every couple inchs, they blow off 
the machine 1st with air hose, he then drives the machine over the pipe and 
turns on the water, it spray up under the deck, he will start up the 
deck..i.e. turn on the blades, about 2 minutes at the most, this cleans the 
underside. His though is if he can't afford take a few minutes the clean he 
machines, he can;t afford to have they, good luck

Jerry NW Ohio

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Day" <ddss at telebeep.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Mower deck treatment


>I would love to be able to do that. Unfortunately, if we let it accumulate,
> it cakes so bad that the mower barely cuts.  We thought it was a problem
> with our old mower because of a poor deck design.
>
> Oh well, thanks for the replies.
>
> Dick
>
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> From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 9:26 AM
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>
> Sounds like you have the same sort of conditions we do in s.e. NC.  I can
> honestly say I have never worried about this issue, not even once.  If I 
> am
> doing any work to the deck (changing blades, etc.) I just scrape whatever 
> is
> in my way off with a screwdriver.
>
> Al
>
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> From: "Dick Day" <ddss at telebeep.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 10:47 PM
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> Subject: [AT] Mower deck treatment
>
>> Does anyone do anything special to keep grass from sticking to the under
>> side of their mower decks?  Out here, where the soil is very sandy, the
>> wet grass clippings mix with loose sand and form an almost concrete-like
>> material that builds up on the mower if you don't keep the underside 100%
>> clean after each use.
>>
>> In the past, I've tried painting Slip-plate on the deck under-side.  Even
>> that did not help.
>>
>> My wife's new John Deere X304, even with a newly painted deck, allows
>> grass to build up if it's not cleaned after every use.  It has a
>> power-wash adapter on the deck but all that does is get the under-side 
>> wet
>> and removes very little grass.  Since the deck is not heavy, I remove it
>> from the mower after each use and power-wash it.  There's got to be a
>> better way.
>>
>> The link below is for a Teflon product called Clean Machine designed just
>> for this. Ever heard of it?
>>
>> http://www.sears.com:80/shc/s/p_10153_12605_07133977000P?blockNo=1&blockType=G1&prdNo=1
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Dick Day
>>
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