Rear Finish Mower Bagger for a Rear Finish Mower? Will this work?

[Neophyte]

Hi All,

I currently have a 3PH 72" REAR-discharge RFM. I like the mower but it sure does leave a mess of grass clippings behind it because I tend to cut the grass when it's a little too long.

I have a small lawn tractor with a bagger but it is much too small for my lawn. Far too many trips to dump the clippings and it clogs up far too often, which is frustrating to the point where I don't use it.

I was pondering the idea of purchasing a 3PH 72" SIDE-discharge RFM along with a cyclone rake or equivalent lawn vacuum/bagger. My thought was to rigid mount the cyclone rake to the top/back of the RFM and run the hose with mower deck adapter to the side-discharge chute.

Would this work well?

Does anyone see any major issues with doing this?

Has anyone ever done something along these lines?

Do any manufactures make anything along these lines? Something that combines a bagger with an RFM?

Thanks for your input in advance.

 

[bjr]

I abandoned the whole bagging concept after years of struggling with a 30" Dixon mower/bagger. The chute would continually plug no matter what I tried. I now use a tow behind lawn sweeper, works great. It has way more capacity then the two bags on the Dixon and can pull it with the Dixon. It is a 42" Agri-fab brand and cost a little over $300. I mow and then sweep. bjr