Leaves blow out front of WB

[Wayne Offiler]

Solutions to this problem have been discussed before; but could not find info doing searches.
So, here goes. I have a Bunton 52" hydro WB, high lift blades on the bottom, Gator magnums on the top. (in conjunction with Grass Gobbler/Leaf gobbler bagging). Problem is, most of the leaves are blown away from the front of the deck, instead of going under it. I remenber others had this problem. How was it solved?

[Eric ELM]

Either take off the double blades or slow down the rpm's a bit. You have lots more air movement now, so slowing down the rpm's will help.

[GREG R]

John Deere makes a mulch kit for their
wb and it comes with two rubber flaps
that mount to the front of the deck
to keep debris in the deck. I found
out that this helps with the bagger on and
helps with striping, so I leave them on all
the time, like a small L-shape bracket
with a 2 inch rubber flap hanging down.
might want to check it out...or not.

[dfor]

Wayne,
I also have a Bunton, 54", that I bought new last April. Not sure if we have the exact same mower but I was also having the same problem as you. Definitely take off the high lift blades, and just use the gators. That is what I used last fall and this spring and it helped out alot.

[BRL]

Also make sure that your deck has a positive pitch. This means that the front of the deck is lower than the back of the deck. If the front of the deck is higher than the back of the deck, this is negative pitch and creates blow out at the front of the deck.

[Esby]

take off the doubles and go with gators. its good advice