Ring under a Batwing Mower

[EddieWalker]

I'm not ready to buy a batwing yet, but I enjoy looking at what's out there. One of the things that I don't understand is the ring that goes around the stump jumper. What does it do?

 

[RickB]

Keeps the blades from damaging the deck.

 

[farmeratheart]

I would venture that it is to help with lift under the deck for finer material ?

Frank

 

[blee03]

I would venture that it is to help with lift under the deck for finer material ?

Frank

Yeah I’d guess the same
Helps create a suction or vacuum to lift the grass or brush up into the blades for a better cut?

 

[RickB]

When Bush Hog introduced the feature it was touted as protection for the deck.
you don’t see mower deck baffles to the center (inside) of the blade cutting edges.

 

[zzvyb6]

I would have called it a mulching kit. Any way to compare similar size mowers to see the residue stream ?

 

[Steppenwolfe]

I just brought this home last week. Land Pride. Looks different underneath.

 

[5030]

Not a clue. My LP is just like Steppies.

 

[mrmikey]

Keeps the blades from damaging the deck.

Yup, we had a couple of 20' batwing mowers we used for roadside and median clearing we pull behind a NH TV145. Couple years after purchase the decks were beat to death and I mean beat so much so that we scrapped one. Next one we bought had the rings under and it made a whole lot of difference to the amount of damage......Mike

 

[txndncowboy]

I just brought this home last week. Land Pride. Looks different underneath.

I got to where I hated hooking up my batwing because of all the safety junk on it. I took a risk and got this Easy Connect PTO Adapter and I'm so glad I did. It works great.

 

[YanmarFever]

My riding lawnmower has the same ring underneath it, I also THINK its to create a vacuum that lifts the grass so it cuts better?
We had a bush hog 3210 and it didn't have the ring.

 

[EddieWalker]

Keeps the blades from damaging the deck.

Thank you. I was looking on youtube last night and Rhino said that the "Deck Ring" was an option to protect the deck.

 

[npalen]

I had assumed that a stump jumper does as its name implies. Run over a stump and it raises the mower up and over instead of tearing up the spindle and gearbox. Dunno.

 

[npalen]

I got to where I hated hooking up my batwing because of all the safety junk on it. I took a risk and got this Easy Connect PTO Adapter and I'm so glad I did. It works great.


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You may get flamed for buying this. It seems that anyone trying a new product to improve the pto hook up process is a wuss.

 

[oosik]

"a wuss" ...... or just a lot smarter than the rest of us.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Not a clue. My LP is just like Steppies.

We've got that goin' for us...

 

[Steppenwolfe]

I got to where I hated hooking up my batwing because of all the safety junk on it. I took a risk and got this Easy Connect PTO Adapter and I'm so glad I did. It works great.


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I've looked at a couple different variations of that; is it fail safe?

 

[txndncowboy]

I've looked at a couple different variations of that; is it fail safe?

It appears to be. It has a plastic keeper you snap in place that keeps it from accidentally opening if that's what you would call "fail safe". It is very well made and it's been a life saver for me. I'm using my batwing again.

 

[txndncowboy]

You may get flamed for buying this. It seems that anyone trying a new product to improve the pto hook up process is a wuss.

Yeah, old age tends to make a person a wuss I guess. The true wusses are what made manufactures add so darn many safety coverings to begin with. This just gets around the dang things. The thing I like most is being able to VERY EASILY rotate the thing just a little to be able to hook it up. No fighting the splines or needing 3 hands.

 

[Hay Dude]

Yup, we had a couple of 20' batwing mowers we used for roadside and median clearing we pull behind a NH TV145. Couple years after purchase the decks were beat to death and I mean beat so much so that we scrapped one. Next one we bought had the rings under and it made a whole lot of difference to the amount of damage......Mike

Yep, deck rings. An early attempt to save the deck from when you cut over rocks, stumps, hard debris.
Then John Deere came out with the dual deck. Protects entire deck from underside dents. I have 10 years + on 2 of them and no dents or cracked/peeling paint.
A beautiful thing.