I save a fair amount of grass for the compost heap. I have a trail behind vacuum that sucks the grass out of the mower deck to collect the grass.
To hook it up to my new mower I used the bracket that mounts the discharge chute to rig up a collector for the grass vacuum tube. A new bracket to let me re-mount the discharge chute is kind of spendy. My old mower never had a side discharge chute - I guess it's a safety item? I'm getting mixed messages as to the usefulness of the chute. A lot of guys take it off as soon as they get a new mower. What do you guys do? Leave it on or take it off.
The chute is always in the way and I've already rigged up a rope to lift it when I'm mowing close to something.
