Hi all,
With the mulch kit being fragile plastic moldings, we don't use them during leaf season. I don't believe it will take too many sticks, pebbles, and acorns to eventually destroy them.
Last week, the summertime mulch kit and mulching blades came off and the standard blades and anti blowout kit went on, along with the MC519, for the fall.
The anti blowout kit seems to make the biggest difference when making a right hand turn. With the powerflow blower at the right end of the deck, the left end is most susceptible to losing some material. This is exacerbated when turning to the right for some reason.
At least this was my experience with our former 54" deck on our 2305. Maybe this 48" deck on the x324 doesn't have the problem so much but I wouldn't know because I got the anti blowout kit right along with the tractor when new. It used to drive me nuts having to run around sucking up all of the little streaks of leaves scattered all over so getting the kit was a no brainer.