Mower Deck

[Josh C]

Have a question concerning the underside of your mower deck? How do you keep it from clogging up with grass, crawfish mounds and ant piles?? I live on 15 acres out in the country, so I don't have a perfect yard to cut all the time. When my mower deck starts to clog up, my mower starts to bog down because it cannot throw the clippings out. I know many of you guys live in the country and I'm sure someone has a solution to keep the deck clean. It hate cleaning out the deck with a pressure washer every time I cut the grass.

Thanks.

Josh

[wtretrievers]

I'm listening too!!!!!!! a ZTR aint no fun lifting up high enough to clean & scrap all that crap out!

[bigheadboo]

I have a boat launch in my yard. When it need cleaning I put left side in a little bite and the blades pump water out the discharge.

[PaulMyers]

After cleaning the underside of the deck, spray it with a silicone spray. The grass and dirt will not stick to the underside after that. I spray mine twice a year and have no issues with grass or dirt sticking.

[Josh C]

Originally Posted by PaulMyers

After cleaning the underside of the deck, spray it with a silicone spray. The grass and dirt will not stick to the underside after that. I spray mine twice a year and have no issues with grass or dirt sticking.

What spray do you use? Do you prepare the deck any before you spray besides cleaning it?

[PaulMyers]

Originally Posted by Josh C

What spray do you use? Do you prepare the deck any before you spray besides cleaning it?

Just clean and let dry. I'll post the name of it in about an hour when I get home.

[PaulMyers]

Originally Posted by Josh C

What spray do you use? Do you prepare the deck any before you spray besides cleaning it?

Josh, this is the spray I use.

[krazykat]

I have always thought of trying the silicon spray but never have. Now, I will. This is the type of post that keeps me coming back to this site. Thanks!

[Josh C]

Originally Posted by PaulMyers

Josh, this is the spray I use.

Thanks.

[Reggoh]

I have the same issue with those darn crawfish mounds... I have an electric lift in my shop that I use to lift the mower to clean but it's still a pain in the butt to do it every time.

[davidpuddy]

I used to put a sprinkler under the deck running for about a half an hour. Really seemed to knock the clumps of grass and dried dirt off with little to no effort.

[B-Stealth]

Mow more often..

JJ I have somewhat the same problem with a much smaller lot, I cuss myself every time I let it too high.

[marty f]

Originally Posted by Josh C

I live on 15 acres out in the country,
Josh

I use a brush hog on mine, but not sure if you have a tractor. They make small yard tractors that will drive a small brush hog.

[Josh C]

Originally Posted by marty f

I use a brush hog on mine, but not sure if you have a tractor. They make small yard tractors that will drive a small brush hog.

I have a commercial ExMark ZTR.

[Moejunur]

I use the drive up ramps that i bought at Walmart for a car.
Lifts the front enough to get down under and clean the deck.
Also spray the underside of the deck with Silicon Spray i get at lowe's

[keakar]

the biggest problem is the time of day you are cutting it.

large lots have endlessly damp grass so cut in the afternoons and not the mornings, this lets the overnight dew and the blades of grass to dry off and dry out some before cutting so they don't stick to the deck. this is the same for crawfish mounds, if they stick its because they and the grass is still too wert to cut.

I don't have near the lots you guys have but I never clog up, never need to or clean out the deck anymore, and it stays clean. this "drier" condition cutting also helps keep my blades sharp and I only need to swap out and/or sharpen the blades every 2 years but cutting in the afternoons instead of mornings.

its only natural to want to cut in the cooler mornings when it feels best on us doing the cutting, but when I used to cut in mornings with cooler weather my deck got clogged up with inches thick, still "moist" grass and I had to clean it after every use

[PaulMyers]

On my Gravely, the bearings are sealed. You change the entire spindle.

[H2OFwlKlr]

Originally Posted by PaulMyers

On my Gravely, the bearings are sealed. You change the entire spindle.

On my John Deere, they are greaseable. I still can't bring myself to drill a hole in my heavy duty deck, for that water hose adapter.