custom bagger gets clogged

exotion

exotion

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I have a little murray 40" I got for free and I took a bagger of a very old montgomery ward mower and mounted it on there it uses wingnuts and fits snug to the deck I had to cut a bit of metal out to make the hole on the deck as big as the chute and a custom topper for it so it doesn't blow grass everywhere.

Well it works fine for a while then it starts getting clogged up. Then because of the design with the wingnuts it takes a few very annoyed minutes to unclog. It has 3in1 blades on it and I'm thinking about getting high lift blades but I do not want to make the 40 dollar commitment yet. I barely use this machine (one property with some fields and large lawn) it only gets about 2 hrs use weekly.

So basically I am asking if there is much I can do to help. Or am I doomed because its all custom? Also it does leave some grass strands still standing in fields but not the turf so am also thinking a new belt (don't know if it has ever been replaced)
 
mowerman05 said:
try spraying modeck on the inside of bagging tube, may make it a little slipperyso it dond clog
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I've never heard of that I might try it. Couple days ago I cut a little of the deck off to make the discharge hole as big as the tube. And I used it today with some thick wet grass it worked great I'm going to test it tomorrow on a large field and see what it does if it works well ill make the commitment to get the hi lift blades.

I realize this is not the top end machine but it was free and I plan on upgrading in a few years.
 
exotion said:
I've never heard of that I might try it. Couple days ago I cut a little of the deck off to make the discharge hole as big as the tube. And I used it today with some thick wet grass it worked great I'm going to test it tomorrow on a large field and see what it does if it works well ill make the commitment to get the hi lift blades.

I realize this is not the top end machine but it was free and I plan on upgrading in a few years.
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Well my high lift blades got here today just in time for me to take the weekend off ill give them a good test on Monday :)
 
exotion said:
Well my high lift blades got here today just in time for me to take the weekend off ill give them a good test on Monday :)
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Awesome they worked great and now this machine is getting super heavy use commercially about 9 hours a week lol that was a joke
 
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