sixdogs
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- Joined
- Dec 8, 2007
- Messages
- 13,207
- Location
- Ohio
- Tractor
- Kubota M7040, Kubota MX5100, Deere 790 TLB, Farmall Super C
How late do you mow grass for the season and what do you do to the mower for fall maintenance? Seems I'll be mowing in mid November. It was fun in March but the welcome is now worn out.
I would like to pull the mower deck on my B7800 Kubota to scrape the old grass out, change the mower gear oil, clean anything rusty and put on some new blades or at least sharpen the old ones. I'd also like to change the engine oil and anti freeze. Trouble is, the grass just keeps growing around here and I wonder if I should do the maint now and just go back to mowing or wait out the last mow?
When is your last mowing for your area and do you wait for that to do any maintenance? Maybe you just mow the last time and put things away as is? I figure the old packed grass is more likely to cause rust and problems with the deck because the grass holds the moisture but I'm not sure on that. Plus, the dead grass that falls off over the winter seems to be the perfect mouse housing material and I'd like to discourage that.
What do others do or think on mowing and maintenance time frame?
I would like to pull the mower deck on my B7800 Kubota to scrape the old grass out, change the mower gear oil, clean anything rusty and put on some new blades or at least sharpen the old ones. I'd also like to change the engine oil and anti freeze. Trouble is, the grass just keeps growing around here and I wonder if I should do the maint now and just go back to mowing or wait out the last mow?
When is your last mowing for your area and do you wait for that to do any maintenance? Maybe you just mow the last time and put things away as is? I figure the old packed grass is more likely to cause rust and problems with the deck because the grass holds the moisture but I'm not sure on that. Plus, the dead grass that falls off over the winter seems to be the perfect mouse housing material and I'd like to discourage that.
What do others do or think on mowing and maintenance time frame?