Add-On Plate Lets Mower Deck Mulch

Add-On Plate Lets Mower Deck Mulch FARM HOME Lawn Mowers 31h 38 Adding a simple plate over the discharge chute turned Vaughn Werning’s riding mower into a mulching machine “I had a push mower before with mulching capability and I liked how it worked Then I bought a riding mower that didn’t have it ” recalls Werning “I like to be able to mulch leaves in the fall It beats raking ” Werning wondered if he couldn’t simply close up the grass chute so he did He went to his scrap pile and found a piece of fairly heavy gauge tin “I cut out a shape with tabs to fit in the discharge chute ” says Werning “It’s held in place by the spring-loaded chute No wires screws or fasteners were needed ” The biggest challenge in the fabrication was getting the right curve in the plate notes Werning He also had to close up a hole on the back side of the chute “I plugged the hole with a block of wood ” says Werning “The mulching plate works fine and there was no real cost involved ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Vaughn Werning 3149 14th Ave N Ft Dodge Iowa 50501 ph 515 571-2396

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