Is this much grass buildup normal.

[Pooh_Bear]

I got out a couple of days ago playing with my tractor.
I made two passes in the ditch across the road.
One pass up a few hundred yards, then one pass back.
Wasn't much to mow, I was just playing mostly.
This is what I had when I got back and parked the tractor.

Is this normal. Been a long time since I mowed with a tractor.
I don't have a guard on the front of the mower.
The blades stick out a little as they come around.

I don't reckon this buildup is really a problem.
Just wondering about it.

Thanks.

Pooh Bear

 

[Av8r3400]

Am I bieng paranoid, or is that situation pretty scary looking? Blades come out a bit in front of deck?!? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

You <font color="red"> NEED </font> a guard on that or you're gonna get a rock thrown at the back of your head!! Possibly injuring or even <font color="red"> KILLING </font> you, Bear.

BTW there should be a cover on the driveshaft too.

 

[Pooh_Bear]

Yeah, I been wondering about that too.
When I was mowing the ditch it grabbed an old milk jug
and slung it really hard across the road. Like a cannon ball.
I'm thinking about how to add a guard to the front of it.

I don't understand how it could not have the blades stay under the deck.
But that's the way it works.

If it don't rain too much tomorrow I'll try to get a picture.

What would be the purpose of a cover on the driveshaft.

Pooh Bear

 

[ducksjunk]

I don't know how far out the blades come, but I would extend the front of the deck and add a skirt of conveyor belting or similar. Other option is to shorten the blades a little(Maybe they are the wrong ones for that machine)
As for the guard on the PTO shaft it is to prevent it catching your pant leg and inhaling your testicles. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
R.

 

[Av8r3400]

The spinning drive line could also pick up debris and start throwing things around too. Plastic sheath/cover for the shaft and u-joints is cheap at any "Big Box" farm supply store. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Soundguy]

The pto shield helps prevent you from being would up in the shaft.

here's a pic of a guard I made out of truck mudflaps

Soundguy

 

[Dargo]

Oh, the mice in my barn really love it when I leave my mower sit over the winter with grass like that on it. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif This last spring I had 4 different "families" of mice nesting on my mower. Great. My kids and wife saw them and said that I just couldn't "kill the little baby mice". /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif I just transplanted them. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Bully]

got to save the mice for the family cat. It's like playing Nentendo to them. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Dargo]

Soundguy, I like your mud flap conversion. Before I had a cab tractor, I'd been beaned on the back of the head a few times when mowing. I figured the cab would stop that non-sense. However, on second thought, a busted glass in the cab would be mighty 'spensive! I need to find me some old discarded mudflaps now! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Pooh_Bear]

I like the mudflap idea.
Gonna seriously look how to do that.
That's a great idea.

Thanks.

Pooh Bear