416H mowing finally

[WHGuy413 2,772]

Finally no rain to mow in. Other than some stripes not being straight it certainly mows nice. This one was my grandfather's and my little family lives in his house to boot. Chances are I could let go of the wheel and he would take over steering from up there in the big lawn in the sky. He used to mow this yard 2 some times 3 times a week all summer long after my grandmother passed away. I think out of pure boredom. He liked to keep it nice and short but then it would burn out and he would complain for days lol. I mow it once a week and we havent ever had a burn spot. 

Edited May 18, 2019 by WHGuy413

[peter lena 9,231]

i like cutting at the highest  setting, your grass height , equals your root system. i just keep after it and its solid and very green. stay after the underside cleaning , on a bright sunny day like you have ,its a perfect time to drop the deck turn it over for scraping and penetrating oil spray it down with the hot sun on it. the heat of the underside will draw in the oil to the metal and help kill off the grunge.  check your blades for sharp, maybe grease spindles , check belts . all of this will make your deck live, stay after it , pete

[jonw440 196]

Im sure your grandfather is smiling!

I was born and raised in Greenfield (until 1982 when I left for the Army). I went to Bement school from k-9th grade,

Lawn looks awesome!!

[lynnmor 7,787]

You mentioned some stripes not being straight.  First adjust out as much of the play in the steering gears as you can.  Check toe-in and adjust that as well, if you have little or no toe-in, the tractor will tend to wander.

 

Those Onans collect grass on the intake grill, I need to clear it almost every lap.  You have a bit of grass accumulating and I just wanted to remind you because it is so important.

[ebinmaine 72,346]

Great to see it out and working Matt.

 

 

 

3 hours ago, jonw440 said:

Im sure your grandfather is smiling!

I was born and raised in Greenfield (until 1982 when I left for the Army). I went to Bement school from k-9th grade,

Lawn looks awesome!!

I'm originally from Athol/Orange/Petersham.

Some beautiful country down around Barre.

 

[WHGuy413 2,772]

8 hours ago, peter lena said:

i like cutting at the highest  setting, your grass height , equals your root system. i just keep after it and its solid and very green. stay after the underside cleaning , on a bright sunny day like you have ,its a perfect time to drop the deck turn it over for scraping and penetrating oil spray it down with the hot sun on it. the heat of the underside will draw in the oil to the metal and help kill off the grunge.  check your blades for sharp, maybe grease spindles , check belts . all of this will make your deck live, stay after it , pete

Yeah this tractor gets regular services. I work on the grounds crew at a very prestigious school and went to school for landscaping so that's one of the reasons it only gets mowed once a week. Lol 

[WHGuy413 2,772]

5 hours ago, jonw440 said:

Im sure your grandfather is smiling!

I was born and raised in Greenfield (until 1982 when I left for the Army). I went to Bement school from k-9th grade,

Lawn looks awesome!!

I work just down the road at the Academy.

[WHGuy413 2,772]

4 hours ago, lynnmor said:

You mentioned some stripes not being straight.  First adjust out as much of the play in the steering gears as you can.  Check toe-in and adjust that as well, if you have little or no toe-in, the tractor will tend to wander.

 

Those Onans collect grass on the intake grill, I need to clear it almost every lap.  You have a bit of grass accumulating and I just wanted to remind you because it is so important.

The stripes not being straight were on me. I was day dreaming and enjoying the rare sunshine.  I clean the grill thing every few minutes. I'm always worried about it so it constantly gets cleaned. I knew someone would pick up on that in the picture tho!