Solution To Mower Fires

Solution To Mower Fires MOWERS Mowers (31H) 26-1-36 We've had the same problem as the farmer in your last issue who had a mower fire. Here's how I solved the problem. Cut the skirt off the trailing edge of the mower. This lets the cut material exit sooner and reduces the power used. Never put oil in the gearboxes. Fill the gearboxes full of the same grease that you use in other parts of the tractor or mower. With this program my gearboxes do not even get warm. The result is that I can cut 4-ft. CRP grass at about 8 mph using a 13-ft. Bush Hog mower and a 100 hp tractor with no more fires. (L. Simpson, P.O. Box 97, Amsterdam, Mo. 64723 ph 660 267-3622)

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