Side Discharge VS Rear Discharge Mower Deck

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[@lestapp9582]

This is my 12th season using a 727K front deck Grasshopper. They are great mowers. For better disbursement of the grass using a side discharge deck, remove the black deflector. The downside of doing this though you will experience more blow back of grass especially if it’s windy. Great video. Thanks for taking the time to share your projects with everyone.

[@TKCL]

Thank you for the feedback and watching!

[@robertmorris3919]

Yep, you’re right Andrew… I had no idea a rear discharge was even a thing. Excellent video!

[@TKCL]

Glad to share something new for you.

[@johnmiller2278]

Awesome! I would definitely buy the rear discharge. I like the way it just laid the grass down, plus the way it looks afterwards. Thanks for sharing Andrew.

[@TKCL]

I love how there was no dust.

[@ryanzynda5114]

Great video. Thank you for sharing. 😊

[@TKCL]

Thanks for watching!

[@MiladAmoei]

I am amazed by all the beauty there🤩

[@TKCL]

Thank you, we feel blessed to have this place.

[@radmilamiljanic5977]

Great presentation, prof:))

[@TKCL]

Thanks for watching!

[@r.a.redacted0000]

Excellent Review!

[@TKCL]

Glad you liked it!

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

Love my homemade 60" pull behind that has >> NO

[@roybdaman]

Yes, the grasshopper is an amazing piece of equipment with multitudes of attachments not to mention some great snow blowers for those who live up north. Thx for the video.

[@TKCL]

Couldn't agree more! They make excellent equipment. Thanks for watching.

[@Drunken_Hamster]

Pretty sure if they changed the layout and pattern of the blades (and discharge) a rear discharge could mulch up the grass as well as a side with 3-4 blades. Plus, with 4 blades as an option you could get a REALLY nice wide cutting pattern.

[@billbray8797]

You are going to be in the dog house for using Tiffany's mower.

[@TKCL]

Shhhhh, she didn't know lol.

[@jackweeks8099]

Very interesting!

[@TKCL]

Glad you think so!

[@rongray4847]

Hi Andrew, interesting video. You explain everything so well even I can learn something. 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦

[@TKCL]

Thank you for watching

[@robertmalis4493]

I don’t see too many downsides to the rear discharge. I think I’d love to have a rear discharge. Great video Andrew.

[@TKCL]

I'm wishing I had one myself.

[@larrykoons2848]

To be fair, I did not read all of the comments. As an owner of a 2014 623, I absolutely love my Grasshopper. And, I hope the you are aware that you can get a 'mulch kit' for your side discharge deck and effectively turns it into a rear discharge deck. Love your content.

[@TKCL]

I am aware, I might need to try it one day. They absolutely make great mowers!

[@calebsamuel2214]

Okay before I even watch this video love your content and channels I have been binge watching this channel the last three to four days yes I’m I new subscriber you and you batter half have Given me such a fire to try something new and get back out there been down a while from my sic kidney transplant just lost all drive and just want to thank y’all please keep doing what you’re doing . And you have such a beautiful property. God bless y’all

[@buildersrx8903]

Fight through that kidney transplant. Those meds are rough but hope you find the fight and get back out there!!

[@calebsamuel2214]

Thank you brother I plan on it life is to short to let it pass by

[@calebsamuel2214]

Forgot to ask you. What kind of pine tree’s did you plant on your property . God bless

[@TKCL]

We hope you heal quickly and thank you for watching the channel. Those bushy pines are sand pines and the tall ones are slash pines.

[@bigcountry15151]

Andrew I know the Florida sunshine we get beats down on you while out there mowing, maybe look into getting a canopy for your grasshopper, they do make a big difference.

[@TKCL]

So many tree limbs here, I don't think it would last.

[@pampilgrim2274]

Hi, Andrew! This is an outstanding review. When I was young, I always did the mowing. I would have chosen the rear discharge. If you haven’t already, look at Daniel’s post from yesterday about his and Houston’s trip to Atlanta. I don’t know who was happier-Daniel or Houston.

[@TKCL]

LOL I will have to check it out, I did see a thumbnail where he went to the Braves game.

[@bengraham6433]

You forgot (unless i missed it) to mention that when going around things you don't have to go a certain direction past them to either keep the clippings out, or keep from hitting the chute on things. My parents had a Toro Wheel Horse with a rear discharge deck when i was growing up and that was always my favorite thing about it, direction didn't matter. Great video as always, thanks!

[@TKCL]

You are exactly right.

[@hrlee2381]

Your property sure is pretty. You have done a great job developing your property.

[@TKCL]

Thank you so much, we feel blessed to have it.

[@LatitudeSky]

As a person living in the south, mowing every week was mandatory because the grass would quickly grow and cover all the cars we had up on cinder blocks. Side discharge was a disaster because the discharged grass would smother the grass it landed on, and soon the whole lawn was covered in dead clippings six inches deep. Ended up with a Craftsman rear-bagging push mower and wow was that thing amazing. The bagger kept it neat and clean and it fit exactly into those paper leaf bags. Used a lot of bags every week but it did such a clean job, my lawn actually won an award. Ha. No longer own a house. I live in an apartment and they pay people to mow. Every time I smell that fresh-cut grass aroma, I get the urge to go mow. I miss that chore.

[@TKCL]

I absolutely love mowing grass.

[@RxJeffery]

Wonder what mulching blades on a rear discharge would look like?

[@TKCL]

Not sure, I don't typically run those. I might have to try that sometime.

[@ShaneZettelmier]

I like the idea of a rear discharge, I hate dealing with the Win-rows and always trying to worry about where my grass is going to spray. I know on a lot of zero turn rear discharges. What you get is a bunch of grass piling up on the mechanicals underneath your mower itself, just a lot dirtier on your drives and chassis. I’ve got a blower for that and I blow it all off anyway. I think I would like it. With my side discharge I get Winrows still they’re just to one side instead. lol I’m also guessing that the rear discharge would probably be a little more forgiving when you have to mow wet grass. It would be interesting to see. I think I need one of each

[@TKCL]

Very valid points, I am also curious about thick wet grass.

[@alanruechel2240]

Thick wet grass and rear discharge, lots of clumps worse than side

[@gearslingers1490]

I’m running a Ferris F800x mower similar to yours I will say the best investment you can get for it is the sun shade/ canopy that mounts to the top roll bar defanly keeps the sun and heat off of you on those dog days of summer defantly a game changer. And keeps you from getting burnt.

[@TKCL]

I've been back and forth about one, we have low hanging limbs all around the property.

[@gearslingers1490]

@@TKCL same here get a quality one and it will take it no problem you will be amazed at the mess it keeps off you when going thru the low hanging branches

[@byronholmes2496]

Good day to all, peace.

[@TKCL]

Good day!

[@brucemitchell5637]

I would love to see a video of the grasshopper with a leaf vac attachment for bagging clippings!

[@TKCL]

If I can get my hands on one, I'll try it.

[@patriciamuskevitsch8359]

Best for our mowers is the flail mower on the big tractor. Makes even the horse pasture look like a golf course.

[@TKCL]

I ran a flail for many years.

[@PJ-uv9fr]

I always had to double mow the pasture with my old side discharge regular riding mower ( hated windrows). I think the rear discharge would have been much more suitable, but cost prohibitive in my case. Nice comparison👍

[@TKCL]

They each have their pros and cons.

[@Corey-dy2cq]

Kelley you should sell the equipment for someone. Excellent teaching.

[@TKCL]

Thank you for watching

[@b-lopez394]

Kelly, As big as your property, I think if you get yourself a herd of goats, you have an all terrain, rear discharge, self fertilizing lawn mowers. they even clean under the trees around your property😀.

[@TKCL]

Lol maybe so.

[@09X19]

The finish mower on my small tractor is rear discharge and leaves an impeccable cut in fine northern grass. Better than my simplicity ZT in my opinion. And yes you stay way cleaner.

[@TKCL]

Thanks for sharing

[@patrickmalone6833]

Grasshopper is the best mower imo. Been using since the 90s

[@TKCL]

I totally agree, they are not ad well known as they should be.

[@joebufford2972]

This is cool and I understand how this works but I can't stand on that unless there's something better!

[@AdamDeal-KF0PRI]

Holy moly you need a rake and a bailer! you could get alot of bails off that!

[@TKCL]

Yes I could, and we are in a drought. When it's wet I could probably get a 100 bales out of that field.

[@AdamDeal-KF0PRI]

@@TKCL that would be plenitful!

[@auburnaviator6167]

Thanks for the cliffhanger. Now I guess I’ll have to stick around till the next episode… lol. I woulda been here anyway. Thanks for the episode. Does grasshopper make a mulching deck with no discharge port where all of the clippings get continuously cut by each blade? It requires a different lifting blade and more consistent cutting intervals to not let the grass get as tall but provides much smaller mulchable clippings that are almost impossible to see day after mowing. My JD midmount tractor has a mulching deck that I absolutely love!

[@TKCL]

That I am not sure about, you would need to check with them or take a look at their website. You are going to enjoy the next mower episode, I got my hands on something AWESOME!

[@HalfPintsStumpGrinding]

Fast ol Son, Fast. 🤘

[@TKCL]

Sure is!

[@jeremiahs45]

Rear discharge has my vote for sure. Maybe you can trade your side in on a 72 rear

[@TKCL]

I'm thinking 🤔

[@HamiltonvilleFarm]

Had no idea they made a rear discharge

[@TKCL]

A lot of people don't know that. It's not for everyone, but for some I bet it's perfect.

[@Drunken_Hamster]

Also, what you're saying around the 17m mark about the overlapping grass gets even worse when you do a standard clockwise pattern. It sucks because with a side discharge, you can't go counter-clockwise or you'll plaster a customer's house, pool, pond, driveway, or even them (if they're outside) with grass if you do, so you HAVE to go clockwise, which makes the cut toward the end get worse as you have to mulch everything up for the 50th time. I really like the concept of rear discharge, and I think it should be done on 2 and 4 blade decks, the most. With the 4-bladers, you could have a wide 75-80 inch cut AND at least one level of mulching if you have all the blades alternating their counter rotation with a roughly 20-30 inch wide discharge pattern between the wheels. On a 2-blade deck, you could just have them counter-rotate towards the center in that same width of pattern and kinda get maybe a touch of mulching for any clippings that fail to exit. Also, nothing's stopping you from getting a spacer and running 2 blades per shaft, one with gator teeth and the other with a standard lifting edge (or a super lifting edge), too.

[@TKCL]

Sometimes it's not possible to cut in the same direction, but sometimes it is. If it's often a problem, rear discharge is the way to go for sure.

[@edbodell6912]

The rear discharge deck, you said, allowed you to mow faster. You can always double cut! Go the other direction to cut the cut pieces. Better look

[@TKCL]

Very true, but I believe I would be fine with the finished product as is.

[@josephcampbell007]

i will say the low lift blades have cut down a lot of the sand being pulled up by my mower. I wonder if mulching blades would be an option on the rear discharge deck.

[@TKCL]

Not sure to be honest, but I was running low lift in the side discharge. Way more dirt and sand than the rear discharge and it was running high lift.

[@ShaneZettelmier]

I had to replace a window once from hitting a little piece of wire with the lawnmower. lol

[@TKCL]

I've been very lucky thus far.

[@ShaneZettelmier]

@@TKCL I’m much more careful now I make sure I’m always aiming away from the house, but with a rear discharge, you don’t have to worry about that.

[@Corey-dy2cq]

It's a compact front PTO tractor without the weight. Think mowing, snowblower, tiller........I don't know about that....what is your sneak preview? We shall see.

[@TKCL]

You are right in a sense. Wait until you see this awesome attachment that I have coming.

[@5150cash]

You need to take some of the grass clippings and give it to the chickens

[@robertmalis4493]

That is a great idea cash the chickens would love it

[@5150cash]

@@robertmalis4493 yes sir they would be happier the pigs in 🤢🤢💩

[@TKCL]

We've been letting them out to eat grass.

[@5150cash]

@@TKCL ok ya they will go back into there coop at night

[@MrBp8888]

Guess I own a hybrid.. 1500 hour side discharge with worn out baffles 😂

[@TKCL]

Lol with 1500 hours I think that's expected.

[@rushapelto7072]

Here's my question... I've been in the landscaping industry for 20 years and I'm curious if you have tried the xblades kit or meg mo system or the oregon g5 and g6 gator blades or the copperhead gator blades to help with all the discharge? I've tried them all and enjoyed them all to there pros and cons

[@TKCL]

No I have not, I need to try some of those. The Meg Mo blades are too expensive to justify.

[@rushapelto7072]

@TKCL it will be an apple to an orange once you do with the gator blades. I found out that the oregon have alot of lift even on wet grass after its rained and produces a clean cut. The copperhead does the same thing but not much lift if you have to double cut to get the clups out so thoes shine for leaves. Yes the meg mow is expensive but I found out its less metal to swing around on the pulleys then the xblades kit and it really does what it says as long as u sharpen the knives as they call them... your your scenario if you cut your fields every time I'd sharpen bi weekly

[@Corey-dy2cq]

But that diesel is a beast too. I have a 20 hp Kohler Command that is almost 20 years old with a 5' side discharge deck. I bet I could finish my few acres twice as fast with that mower side or rear discharge. I mow ditches and some dusty assed rough terrain. I just can't justify the cost. Hell I could by a TYM package with a backhoe for a little more than I would pay for a Grasshopper mower.

[@TKCL]

Two different machines, one is a jack of all trades and one is purpose built to excel in grass cutting.

[@andrewanderson1436]

Have you done a full much comparison with this

[@TKCL]

No I haven't, I only had this deck for a short time.

[@jperin001]

Can you stack double blades on that rear discharge to make smaller clippings for the win?

[@TKCL]

I would be wary of doing that due to the extra strain on the shaft and bearings. That would need to be verified with the manufacturer.

[@HalfPintsStumpGrinding]

Would mulching blades work on the rear discharge deck?

[@TKCL]

Not sure to be honest, I'll have to ask about that.

[@tubby6339]

Is that a low lift instead of mulching blades on the rear discharge?

[@TKCL]

Rear had a decent lift lip, I'd call that more high lift. They also offer ultra high lift. I had low lift contour blades on the side discharge. I find those work very well.

[@joebufford2972]

😊😊😊 you need Tiffany to help you

[@robertdubois1814]

That field of bahaya grass could be another source of income ???.... square bales or round bales???

[@TKCL]

It's going to be for cows, what we planted it for.

[@shawnmacdonald8539]

Are you youseing gateor blades or scage blades

[@TKCL]

These are grasshopper blades

[@Corey-dy2cq]

Bottom line if it's that tall and tough it's a bush hog job.

[@TKCL]

And I do cut that field with my tractor, but not everyone has or needs one.

[@MiladAmoei]

😅😅😅😅