I may be the last one to the party with this idea, but if so please excuse my late arrival. We live on some acreage about 20 miles west of Spokane, Wa. Our yard was not graded and groomed, but carved out of the woods surrounding the house. Due to the threat of forest fires we made a green zone of about 4 acres around the place, although we still have plenty of trees in the yard they are spaced and uplifted. At first glance the yard appears flat and for the most part it is, but there are lots of small humps, drops, and bumps in it. Lots of rock in this area and they move up and down during the winter / summer. When ever we mow the yard it had a lot of scalps in it and was not attractive at all. Tried a few different mowers but they all did about the same. The best being a Toro 14Z38. It lasted for more than 24 years but is having some issues which we will be addressing. We now have a Husky TS348XD, this had the fewest complains in reviews so we chose it for multi purpose use.
It did about the same as the others on mowing leaving plenty of scalps in the yard. I added some aluminum bar stock 2 inches x 5 inches x 1/4 inch to each wheel on the deck. The bottom edge is radius to prevent digging in. See the photo, thus extending the four anti gouging wheels down about 1 1/2 inches. The plates have a couple of holes for adjustment. This greatly improved the appearance of the yard after mowing with the height set on 3 inches. These keep the deck rolling on the yard and not bouncing up and down creating the scalps. I am pretty sure this would work with any mower deck welded or stamped if you are experiencing a similar issue with an uneven yard.
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It did about the same as the others on mowing leaving plenty of scalps in the yard. I added some aluminum bar stock 2 inches x 5 inches x 1/4 inch to each wheel on the deck. The bottom edge is radius to prevent digging in. See the photo, thus extending the four anti gouging wheels down about 1 1/2 inches. The plates have a couple of holes for adjustment. This greatly improved the appearance of the yard after mowing with the height set on 3 inches. These keep the deck rolling on the yard and not bouncing up and down creating the scalps. I am pretty sure this would work with any mower deck welded or stamped if you are experiencing a similar issue with an uneven yard.
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