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Reinstall Blade and Test Mower

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I broke the tractor! Let's do some "blacksmith work" And an Unexpected Setback!

What happens here

Reattach the sharpened blade to the mower spindle, ensuring the retaining nut is tightened securely with the impact wrench. Carefully lower the mower deck back into its operating position using the hydraulic controls, making sure it locks into place properly. Start the mower and begin cutting the lawn. Observe the grass for any signs of uneven cutting or scalping. The improved blade should allow for a relatively even cut, temporarily resolving the issue until a new blade can be installed.

Goal: Mount the repaired blade and verify mower functionality.

Tools and materials

  • DeWalt 20V Max XR Impact Wrench DeWalt — Tightening the blade retaining nut
  • Hearing Protection 3M — Ear protection during operation
  • Safety Glasses — Eye protection during operation
  • Sharpened Mower Blade Ventrac — The blade being reinstalled
  • Ventrac 4500Y Mower Ventrac — The equipment being used

What they say

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the blades on the mower now all right well fire up the ventrac and we'll lower our deck back down it's really slow going down so it doesn't get damaged when this deck works is there's a hydraulic cylinder right here and then there's a little lever that locks that in place to keep it from raising up you push this down and that is your belt tensioner so it's easy to change belts basically I think it's just one belt that runs through the whole thing that's what it looks like so you put that in you lock this down and then there are two pins that go right here on the little rotating apparatus and then you close it up and you're good to go ready to mow so one of the coolest things about that Finnish mower is the striping as you can see down through the yard it's all striped up beautifully super awesome weather it scalps this much or not we're going to go ahead and mow now you can see and you'll see in the drone footage you see this darker grass well that's where the grass has gotten too tall over in the orchard area so that's something that we really want to address if it does scalp it'll only scalp it for like two days and I'll probably won't even be able to tell it next time I mow with the new blades it'll do just fine we're gonna pull off all three blades that have already been used put three new ones and keep the two spares so I already told you I've been spoiled I've been spoiled from the zero turn so I have a John Deere commercial zero turn mower in no way does it make my lawn look like this you'll get some awesome shots from the drone about the striping of the lawn it really really looks awesome and I can buy a striper for my zero turn also but I can't sharpen my blades and tip it up like that let's talk about the severity of the scalp you can see it scalping right there and it's just because that blades down about that much further than the rest of the blade I don't think it's gonna make a bit of difference at all I think it's gonna help with the striping actually so get busy check out this drone footage it's gonna be awesome beautiful it's put some cool music with it

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