Close the hopper top which will cover the open tops of the bags. Helped me significantly to install a bagger on my LT133.How do you assemble the parts on the lid where the shut goes in the lid for a John Deere STX38? Well, maybe this will do the trick. I’d highly recommend this pricey, but very useful bagger to anyone who has a ton of leaves to pick up.Would a mulcher blade work better with the bagger. One kit had just the uptube, the other had the uptube and hi-lift blades as a package (presumably sized for either a 38″ or 42″ set up.) Finally, I got the PowerFlow chute end off and saw the cutting marks (UGH!). I’m such a genius.
Well, with joy, sometimes comes pain. I’m sure this can be corrected using the deck leveling adjustment, but then every time I switch the deck back to mulching (instead of bagging) I’ll have to level the deck again. I occasionally use a sprayer attachment, how is this done. All Winter and once Spring rolls around, all those piles of shredded up leaves are still on the lawn. Nothing changed, it just started blowing grass around the left side of the hopper lid and out of the right air exhaust. I found both to be clear and well illustrated.5) Lastly, and this is just a “Nit” – In the last picture of the original “How To” posting it appears that the front of uptube isn’t fully seated into the channel on the mower deck.
See, wasn’t that exciting? Thanks for taking the time to post pics.Excellent write up.
The belt cover of the blower clears the belt just fine. I’m such a genius. I generally clean the indicator flag at least once per mowing of my 1/4 acre. The corner of the discharge chute of the deck needs to be cut too but the mark is not sufficiently clearing the belt. Then it got clogged my first time out.
Heck you never know…someone might actually “Google” how to put together a 7-bushel rear bagger for a John Deere X300 and my site may pop up. It's free and you can unsubscribe at any time!Echoing previous comments… Great Posting!!! These days, the issue isn’t so much mowing the lawn, but picking up the leaves. I didn’t want to spend $400.00 dollars to have it installed and thought I’d attempt it myself.
Mine keep falling off each time I open the rear bagger to empty the bags.The X300 Mower has some other uses and another driver so I need to know how difficult is to remove the grass catcher assembly when straight mowing? Take off only the two screws on the paddle side of the indicator and pop up the top part of the indicator. It works fine, however I can’t understand why the bagging system is offset to the same right side of the mower as the Power Flow assembly is installed. When I ordered my X304 with the bagger the dealer neglected to put the high lift blades on the mower.
The basic design is OK, but then comes the sticky grass, which sticks to the paddle in the airflow, making it heavier, and falsely indicating lower air flow. Thank you. I just don’t think I need to modify and remove that much of the chute to be able to easily remove and replace the chute on the PowerFlow end.
If you have a bagger, you need a high lift blade for it to work properly.Can someone tell me what kind of glue they use to glue the rubber gaskets on the lid of the rear bagger? I’m consider installing a weight of some sort on the left side of the mower to compensate for all of the bagging system weight that is on the right side.
Simply place your email address in the box below and I'll deliver each and every post I write directly to your inbox. With that said, the entire deck tilts slightly to the right which means the left side is up higher than the right side by appx 3/8 to 1/2 inch. You must clean the paddle frequently. Today I’ll cut an inch or two off, not an entire section that is marked. It requires a little more for the belt not to rub against it. Some comments on my experience:1) Some folks reported difficulty in getting the supports to fit together – My unit fit together pefectly, with no need to force things. I have not experienced any negatives about them and I am actually enjoying doing the leaves and cutting the grass a heck of a lot more than I thought I would.It’s a wonderful thing to be able to ride around and after a half hour look at a nice, clean lawn with no leaves on it.Just bought a x304 a few weeks ago and the bagger worked perfect. Anyhow thanks for posting the pictures and details, very helpful I have the exact same unit as yours.Can someone tell me which grass bag will fill up first. I will appreciate hearing any and all comments and suggestions.