Re: (ET) Which way do the blades go?

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

I usually forestall that problem by sharpening only one blade at a time.  
The one time that I didn't do so, I just checked the rotation direction 
with one blade mounted. 

If you have an assistant you can probably watch as he'she shuts off the 
deck, but the blades stop fast.  BE CAREFUL, those blades love the taste 
of 
human flesh.

I didn't have an assistant handy so I defeated the dynamic braking.  Did 
this on the Avco R36 rider - I don't know whether you could defeat the 
dynamic braking the same way on a normal tractor, and I'm too lazy to look 
at the circuit diagram at the moment. :-\

Had the work light shining under the deck already.  Turned on the mower 
(chock wheels, trans in neutral, weight on seat, CAREFUL).  Then I stopped 
the mower motor by opening its breaker so the dynamic braking wouldn't 
happen, and peeked under the deck in time to watch the blade coast down 
and 
stop.  

Then I shut everything down, unbolted the blade, and turned it over so its 
business edge led the charge. 


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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