Roy Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Pictures are of the tiller flap I made for the tiller on my 725. Haven't tried it yet but expect it to work OK. Wish I had made it a little longer. Note the matching color of the red silicone rubber. Borrowed the idea from MPH but used rubber instead of steel. Tiller flap: Next pictures are of the mower deck flexible discharge chute deflector I made. The color match isn't as good as the faded tiller color. Chute deflector:
JoeJ Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 8DReal nice Roy. I got some white rubber that will work just fine on my 410 deck. On the tiller flap,,,I saw where a fella used a kind of serrated edge on a Troy-Bilt flap,,,It feft a real nice looking bed!!;)
comet66 Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 That rubber chute deflector is a great idea. Maybe if they came OEM like that people wouldn't feel the need to remove them.
Roy Posted August 23, 2007 Author Posted August 23, 2007 "Where'd you get that nice color rubber?" The plant I retired from was going to trash a partial roll of the rubber. I had them trash it in the back of my truck. :) Unfortunately the red silicon rubber is not as flexible as standard Neoprene so I don't expect the mower chute deflector to last 8 years like the original one I made. The red rubber should last fine as a tiller deflector. A metal, serrated deflector, ala Troy Built, would be nice. Used what I had for materials. Thanks all for the kind words.
MPH Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 "Borrowed the idea from MPH" So ya gonna returen it now that your done Roy?:D:D Looks real good, learned about the 3rd time I backed up with mine to disengauge the tiller first, didn't do much damage but sure scared me.
Roy Posted August 25, 2007 Author Posted August 25, 2007 Don't think so Marty. Once an idea is stolen it is gone for good. :D
Robert Kehoe Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 I like the mower deflector. I took the metal one off because i tore the trees up so bad
keifer2k3 Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Good idea! I've nicked alot of my tress. My discharge is on the right. I wonder if you could attach a piece to the left side somehow without drilling? Not only protect the trees and things but the paint and metal. Of course it would have to look good too.
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