Export thread

Hello, I have been recently looking at a replacement mower. Does any of you use the 72" powerfold deck? I am looking to buy one with the 725DT6 power unit and powervac collector. It looks to be very well made. I mow as a contractor for our school district. About 5 acres here this includes our football field. I have talked with several Grasshopper dealers and they said that 725DT6 will run that 72" with no problems. Right now I have a 721D with a 61" deck and vacuum collector. what are your thoughts??

Wow! No Grasshopper 72" deck users out there? Hard to believe

There are some contractors and large property owners here that might use a 72 inch grasshopper deck but it's mostly homeowners here using smaller mowers.

When you get to 6' you are usually talking golf courses, cemetaries & government sports field.
They either have in house factory trained technicians or send them out for servicing.
A 6' deck makes them too wide for most trailers so moving them becomes a flat bed tilt tray operation or custom built trailer so not many contractors use the full 6' decks.
We have very few here who post that run anything wider than 50"

SERIOUS CUTTING MACHINES !!

https://ocala.craigslist.org/grd/d/21-torro-grounds-master-2/6535795900.html

https://ocala.craigslist.org/grd/d/23-torro-grounds-master-1/6536460319.html

I have a 61" on my mower. A 6 foot deck would be way too big getting around trees and other things in my acreage. I can see where that big of deck would be useful if you don't have many obstacles to mow around...russ

173abn said:

I have a 61" on my mower. A 6 foot deck would be way too big getting around trees and other things in my acreage. I can see where that big of deck would be useful if you don't have many obstacles to mow around...russ

Click to expand...

I live in "Horse-Country" ( Ocala Florida ) a lot of places have Squre MILES instead of Square ACRES, some places use multiple "Gang-Style mowers !

Meterman93 said:

Wow! No Grasshopper 72" deck users out there? Hard to believe

Click to expand...

I just joined this forum and noticed your inquiry. I do have a 72" powerfold deck that I use on my property. I live on my farm and have a very large yard. The 72" powerfold deck works excellent, but my mower is a 930D2 model, so I can't give you any advise on how your size mower will work with the 72", but I would bet it could handle it ok, I would ask Grasshopper first. As far as my experience goes with this 72" deck I can tell you it cuts very well and fast I compare it to having a Corvette with blades! Hope this helps.

Meterman93 said:

Hello, I have been recently looking at a replacement mower. Does any of you use the 72" powerfold deck? I am looking to buy one with the 725DT6 power unit and powervac collector. It looks to be very well made. I mow as a contractor for our school district. About 5 acres here this includes our football field. I have talked with several Grasshopper dealers and they said that 725DT6 will run that 72" with no problems. Right now I have a 721D with a 61" deck and vacuum collector. what are your thoughts??

Click to expand...

Sounds like your mowing mainly flat open areas, with that in mind the 725DT6 will work great. Where a person would get in trouble would be mowing side hills due to the weight of the deck. Definitely would be very efficient on the football field. As far as mowing around obstacles (trees, landscape) I've had 42/48/52/61" decks and as long as you maintain traction as to not tear up turf the 61" actually gets around obstacles better than the smaller decks.

I have a 72" powerfold 725DT. So easy to sharpen blades, clean under deck etc. Its great.

I am running the 72" power fold deck and a vac pickup. One of my problems is mowing grader slopes and getting the same cut height, when mowing in the other direction, where the cut lines meet. Another problem I am having is, there is sometimes a small ridge of cut grass clippings left on the right side of the mower. If anyone has ideas on how to correct my problems, please let me know.

Are you using the deck mount floating bushings? What kind of blades are you using? I use medium lift when using the vac. I’ve never had any clippings left on either side of my 72” deck. You might want to make sure your PTO shaft is turning 3100 RPM

Thank you for the information. I am using the Grasshopper medium lift blades. Not sure about the bushing, I will learn what they are. As for the PTO speed, how does one tell what speed it is running? I do run the Grasshopper at full speed, but I do not know what that is.

Those floating bushings will allow the deck to “float” side to side to prevent scalping and uneven cutting. A must for a 72” deck operated on uneven terrain. Contact your dealer they are about 4 or 5 dollars a piece? As for RPM’s what power unit are you using? I have a 725DT. No load RPM’s is 3600. With the PTO running full load is 3100 RPM. Use a tachometer to determine these settings. Very easy to do. If you don’t have one of these you can purchase one at any of your local auto parts stores. I can get you a NAPA part if you would like.