Re: (ET) Why does our mower mulch better in reverse?

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What's a noggler ?Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE device------ Original 
message------From: CharlieDate: Fri, May 24, 2019 8:32 PMTo: Elec-Trak;Cc: 
Subject:Re: (ET) Why does our mower mulch better in reverse?Nothing beats 
the gas Craftsman set up for leaf collection?  I beg to differ!  I had 
one. It was OK.   But the I5 dragging the mighty Noggler picks up more 
leaves, chops 'em finer, and holds roughly ten times as much material.  
Admittedly it's ALMOST as loud as a gasser and it's bloody huge, but it's 
all electric.And I don't have to run it in reverse, either.;)--CharlieOn 
Fri, May 24, 2019, 1:49 PM Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com> wrote:Well, 
I think one could reverse the arms and mounts and hook the deck up 
backwards. The problem is the roller bar would probably get bent when you 
hit the first pothole or small tree branch.Mowing in reverse during leaf 
season seems to be the best way to go. Mow forward one row, back up for 
the row, then do the next one. Cuts down on the load as you're cutting in 
one direction, mulching in the other.Still nothing beats the gas Craftsman 
tractor, bagger, and a pair of 55 gallon drum liners. Which of course has 
a dead starter gear again.On 5/24/2019 1:44 PM, Hank Ralston wrote:> 
Mike,> > I have the GE 3 half circle baffle installed including the plate. 
 > Village will not pick up grass cutting as each new residents finds out 
> too late.> > I see that there are some other mounting holes in the deck. 
 That is > what we tried to use when I had a rear section added that 
really didn’t > work well.   Agree with an earlier comment regarding 
caution about > putting too much strain on the motors.  The appropriate 
way would be to > find 3 more dish like housing to retrofit underneath.  
My engineer > schooling never took in the science, and even it did it 
would be 5 > decades out of date.> > We reasonably small lot, so reverse, 
as needed,  it will be.  Just need > to tighten the steering.> > Thanks,> 
> Hank> > *From:*Mike Finck via Elec-trak [mailto:elec-trak cosmos phy 
tufts edu]> *Sent:* Thursday, May 23, 2019 1:50 PM> *To:* Elec-Trak 
Tractor <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>; Hank Ralston > >> *Subject:* Re: 
(ET) Why does our mower mulch better in reverse?> > Hank,> > When you say 
"mulch insert" are you describing the blank plate covering > the 
discharge? My only thought goes to the baffle system underneath. > There 
are two baffles, one to be used for side discharge,(sort of blocks > cut 
grass from blowing/moving towards the rear of the deck. The second > 
baffle is for rear discharge and is mounted towards the front of the > 
deck leaving the rear open towards the rear discharge. I imagine the > 
"wrong" baffle might result in better mulching in reverse.> > MIke> > On 
Thursday, May 23, 2019, 9:19:58 AM EDT, Hank Ralston >  Hank RalstonAgency 
com>> wrote:> > Our ET15, 3 head deck with mulch insert the mulching is 
best in > reverse.  A reason why?   Any remedies for this?> > Thanks,> > 
Hank Ralston> > *Office:****(585) 697-0880 *> > 
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