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Originally Posted by stevej37

That's about what I've done the last few years....it's a real chore.
Flipping the mower over (after removing it) can be fun with the rollers on the deck.
Then scraping the dried grass off is more fun yet.

I have a Zero Turn. I watched a video on changing the blades, and in the video, the guy lifted the front end and put something under the wheels. I was surprised (but it makes sense) how light the front end is (the thing is basically rear engined).

I have 2 things that I can do. THe top of my deck has a nipple on each side. I can stick a hose on the nipple while the mower and blades are running and it is supposed to clean the underside of the deck. It seems to do a pretty good job. I can also lift the front end (lift with your legs not your back) and then set the front tires on a couple of upside down 5 gal buckets. Then I can lay on the ground or garage floor and easily get to the bottom of the deck to get any especially nasty spots scraped. I use something long enough so that nothing more than my arm is under the thing even though it's quite sturdy.

Using this method to change the blades with a battery impact wrench is also very easy.

I eventually want to pull the deck to clean it, inspect it, etc....

I need to thoroughly read the manual for my mower too. I've skimmed it looking for specific items or things that looked important, but not really read it.