oosik
Super Star Member
I finally finished all my thinning/chipping for this year and my poor 'ol shoulders are almost back to normal. Sooo..... I've got big piles of pine chips all over the 80 acres and normally they just sit there and moulder down.
Last night, in the middle a pretty good sleep, I had this great idea. I have a John Deere G100 riding lawn mower and its a REAL PITA to clean the snotty grass that accumulates in the underside of the cutting deck.
So this morning I drove the mower out and parked it on top of one pile of chips. Engaged the blades, ran the rpm's to max and slowly lowered the deck. SAFETY NOTE: be sure you wear safety glasses.
The operation wasn't as bad as I thought it might be - at first it kicked out a large wad of chips but as time went on the chips bounced, banged & flew around the cutting chamber before being discharged. I let it sit this way for around five minuets and then drove it off, shut it down and peered underneath.
It has cleaned all the icky grass build up and shined things up like it was almost brand new. Since pine chips are soft to start with - it had no appearent negative affect on the blade sharpness either. For me - this sure makes what was a nasty job, a whole lot easier and it does the cleaning a whole lot better.
Last night, in the middle a pretty good sleep, I had this great idea. I have a John Deere G100 riding lawn mower and its a REAL PITA to clean the snotty grass that accumulates in the underside of the cutting deck.
So this morning I drove the mower out and parked it on top of one pile of chips. Engaged the blades, ran the rpm's to max and slowly lowered the deck. SAFETY NOTE: be sure you wear safety glasses.
The operation wasn't as bad as I thought it might be - at first it kicked out a large wad of chips but as time went on the chips bounced, banged & flew around the cutting chamber before being discharged. I let it sit this way for around five minuets and then drove it off, shut it down and peered underneath.
It has cleaned all the icky grass build up and shined things up like it was almost brand new. Since pine chips are soft to start with - it had no appearent negative affect on the blade sharpness either. For me - this sure makes what was a nasty job, a whole lot easier and it does the cleaning a whole lot better.