And instead of blowing clippings out of beds and hard surfaces after mowing you just have to blow the line of clumped grass when the grass passes through three chambers and hits the flap.

They never worked here. Turf is too thick and fast growing. Mulch kits on all mowers where beds and hard surfaces are plentiful.

 

I noticed a clumps, but made another quick pass and blew them away from the beds.

 

Can the Grassflap be run partially open?

 

Yea. Here a second pass just exacerbates the clumping. Need a full kit to be able to do a return pass in thick turf and clean it up.

had them on 3 mowers. Just made huge mess. Probably Spring wasn’t best time to test

 

Yes, but you have to stand on the pedal half way. It does not lock into half open position.

 

Thank you for responding. That will work for standers and z's but not for a walk behind. This specifically is the only thing that has kept me from getting a Grassflap for my Turf Tracers.

You will find that keeping the chute cracked the one of grass is no longer an issue as the deck picks it up on the next pass.

 

Partially open was worse. I had mine on Toros and a Gravely over 15 years ago, can’t recall name of flap but running it partially open just shot the grass clumps downward. Huge mess.

Can see it working in thin or moderately growing turf but here everything heavily irrigated, sprayed etc etc. Turf is thick and fast growing always.

Tried it on Leaves and just took longer than full kit to dust them up. Certain these things work somewhere but not here

 

Partially open was worse. I had mine on Toros and a Gravely over 15 years ago, can't recall name of flap but running it partially open just shot the grass clumps downward. Huge mess.

Can see it working in thin or moderately growing turf but here everything heavily irrigated, sprayed etc etc. Turf is thick and fast growing always.

Tried it on Leaves and just took longer than full kit to dust them up. Certain these things work somewhere but not here

OK...we get it, it doesn't work for you. It works for plenty of others, including us.

 

Do they still make the motorized ones? Flaps I had cost fortune and used motors w/toggle switch that you could run like power windows to open to any point you wanted.

Mechanical seemed overkill

 

Do they still make the motorized ones? Flaps I had cost fortune and used motors w/toggle switch that you could run like power windows to open to any point you wanted

GrassFlap is a specific brand. Pay attention.

 

Yes. One I had was similar. They had problems w/motors burning out so maybe no more.

For the thread nannies. You know who you are.

https://www.lawnsite.com/threads/power-chute-vs-grass-flap.380178/

 

Were you thinking of Masterchute?

 

Looks like the one. I remember the perforated plate but wasn’t colour coded.

DC was the “major mower manufacturer” that patented the very first OCDC in their History of the OCDC tab

 

did not know the DC patent was 1966. That means it expired in 86. Aftermarket never caught on until much later

 

Grassflaps on all mowers here. Work great. Couldn’t imagine running without one any more...had powerchutes prior and had constant issues with motors, wires, flaps...owner of the company was an ahole.

Be sure your cable is routed properly though. No hard bends. Went through a stretch last year we broke a handful of cables, but none recently.

 

I’ve used the trimmer trap ones and grass flap (walkbehinds) grass flap is great. If your using sulky can float it open with one foot too. Trimmer trap is nice too but hands coming off the control is necessary. Doable but why bother.

 

OK...we get it, it doesn't work for you. It works for plenty of others, including us.

Works great for me too!

 

Yes. Don’t work here. Need keep it closed more than open w/all the beds/hard surfaces. Too bad because nice to be able to shoot sometimes.

Kits on everything now