Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

greybeard said:

Others, it causes problems with engine and drive train fluids moving where it shouldn't.

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Uh-oh.... I'm female - I don't know nothing about drive train thingys and moving fluids, lol. I just knew I got some wire wrapped around the blade and I wanted to get it off before I had to tell DH I broke the mower, lol!

Bruce said:

I don't mow when the grass is wet and it still glues itself under the deck. Not quite as bad with the side chute as with the mulching kit on but still inches of grass every time I mow filling everything that isn't touched by the blades.

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Yep. About 80% of green grass' weight is from water.

What brand mower & size deck do you have?

Latestarter said:

The mower has that hose attachment wash out feature, which I'll never use as I expected it was nothing more than a sales gimmick. Without direct water pressure on the matter being removed, and done immediately after use before it has a chance to dry, it's just going to get wet and set like concrete. I've never much worried about it anyway... I clean it out once a year at the end of the mowing season.

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The guy that fixes your deck/blade problem is gonna love you for that. Don't let your warranty lapse. We charged $100 if we had to wash all that crud out to fix the problem.

I don't remember which model you have, but there were tech advisories from both Kubota and Cub Cadet telling customers to not use the deck wash connections. Led to early deck rusting and just weren't working anyway.

greybeard said:

Yep. About 80% of green grass' weight is from water.

What brand mower & size deck do you have?

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Craftsman (made by Husqvarna) 24 HP, 54" deck

We got an ATV lift from Harbor Freight. It was on sale so came in around $70 or so. I haven't used it for the mower deck yet though.

waiting on dippin' dot

Me too... No change... No indication...

Got up to go get a snack and drink. Looked out the window and Dot was laying down on her side and one of the kids was sniffing at her rear... So I immediately grabbed for the camera, got some goat snacks (animal cracker/cookies and a bowl of sweetened puffed wheat cereal) and went down to the pen. Of course Dot and all the others came running to the fence to see what grampa goat (moi) had brought them... Still no real swelling, no discharge, still eating... Not ready to give em' up yet.

I had no idea goats would fight over puffed wheat cereal. It was a BIG hit! They gobbled it right up. Kinda strange to see a bunch of goats trying to push over a cattle panel fence to get within reach of a bowl of cereal. You'd think I was starving them or something... My hands were completely salivated on and needed to be washed when I got back in the house.