The RUN down on MY Walker Mower: the GOOD and the BAD 

My number one tip to fix the alarm it’s a must. I’ve had three walkers over the years and love them.

I’ve got a t27 which is great but when you mow up thick leaves, go slow and use 1/3 to 1/2 of the deck width. You will find that’s quicker than blowing, mulching and double handling the leaves. The bin alarm is a must. When mine goes off you need to stop immediately but leave blades running for about 5 seconds to clear the blower tube.

When it clogs up, instead of raising the deck and cleaning from underneath, use a blower to clear the clogs. Put the tip of the nozzle in the chute and easily unclog it.

Walker makes outstanding mowers just purchased a new T 25i and love it 😍 👍🏻

I raise my front deck as high as i can and the back deck at the 2.5" mark works grate

Usually I find that if you’re going to fast and are trying to pick up a lot of debry that’s when it will clog up so I usually go slower and watch for the tell tale signs that it is clogging

The alarm is common, quick easy fix they're like $20 I always keep a spare they go out occasionally. As far as the fire, I've heard of many guys having that issue. I never have but that being said I blow my machines completely off after every lawn and that seems to help. I hated dealing with those clogs during leaf season. This year with the Versimow x blades, haven't had that once and you see the leaves I deal with. Can't wait to try in the Spring because I get that same clog in thick wet grass. I would mess with that lever. Mine doesn't pop out on either machine. There's adjustment bolts to them that hold tension inward. Glad you're enjoying it, they're a love/ hate machine but I'll never go back.

What I do Kevin..is I mulch up first ..so i will go over the property once or twice then I begin to suck up ..helps tremendously with clogging . 👍👍

Also I made a 1” dowel with a 2” L bracket screwed to the end and it makes cleaning GHS at the mowing end a breeze.

I have a 40 year old Walker and it still does a wonderful job. The previous owner was a lawn and garden service and his employees beat the crap out of it but I have fixed many things that they damaged. I have learned to listen for the change in sound when the box is filling up plus I reach around on the right side and try to lift the box. I have learned what it feels like when the box is nearly full of leaves or grass. I also only take half swaths when doing heavy leaves and raise the deck up higher than when mowing. Even though the deck is higher it still sucks the leaves up with no problem. I do not have the dump system that you have nor do I have the type of easy lift deck you have. As I said, mine is very old, It has the 16 horse cast iron Kohler and runs great for a 40 year old mower. I have had it for about 30 years now. She aint pretty but she sure knows how to dance.

Love my Walker

For leaves I run it high one sweep then lower it a notch and run it again and again run it a notch down....

Kevin, Another suggestion for leaves is to lift the front of the deck up 1 or 2 holes on the adjustment. This seems to help. Also only take about 1/2 the deck when they is so much then come.back and make another pass with deck lower. I am glad you are happy eith your purchase.

For clogs I usually use my leaf blower and blow our the chute from bottom and top. Lift the front of the deck one notch. When your in the thick leaves go slower. I usually mulch with one Walker then Suck them up with the other Walker.

I get rid of the fill switch all together, it can contribute to clogging I had trouble keeping working any way. You can tell when you gone to far. I also check or monitor the air flow coming from the back of your box raise the spring flap a little when that air low stop your about ro stop up or already have. Install the discharge screen that allows more air to flow thru the catcher. Raise the front of the deck higher than the back, and if it clogs on me I sometimes just go ahead and mulch the leaves while it's clogged. I haven't tried reverse rotation deck yet I would think that would be a good choice for dense leaves.

Also depending on the age of the mower make sure you check the voltage regulator is relocated to the motor bay. If you don’t and the rear tails go flat you will rip it off

Its great, no spray saves time blowing grass spray and clean up on job site. I have the clog problem as well. I assumed it was wet grass clumping but even dry grass does. It takes a lot of time to unclog it several times. I raise the deck. Clean out deck shoot, leave back box up, run motor in park, cut on blades in to blow out schute tube. But deck shoot always gets clogged quickly.

I find that turning into the leaves with the side of the deck cuts down on clogs because the blades get a better shot at crunching up the leaves before the reach the blower intake, only problem is the wheels might peel out the turf if you’re not careful but this can be avoided with practice. Another idea is when you’re sucking up leaves go a bit slower and leave the back of the hopper (bin) open so that they blow out and then suck them up after once they’re smaller.

On thicker layers of leaves I mulch first with gator blades then go over it with the bagger to pick up all I can, which is about 15 percent of the original volume of leaves.

When I was in business doing leaf cleanup I would have someone first mow the yard right ahead of me with a mulching deck then the walker does the actual clean up. Both mowers being used at the same time works fast. I see on your video you have already figured this out .

That bar across the outlet is causing most of your trouble. You somehow need to streamline that like you would port and polish an old carburator but you need to maintain structural integrety as it looks like a link. Good luck

Tilt the front of deck 1 notch higher than the back. Helps keep leaves go thru the chute instead of clogging

42" deck is great for getting into more gates and not clogging on heavy stuff

Seems the muffler slots allow leaf debris to get behind the shield , perhaps a sheet metal shield add to the out side in an upside down L shape would help , or making the slots larger to allow the debris to escape the oven before flames happen .

Great vid Kevin 👍👍✌️

I have never had mine muffler smoke I as for the lrm make sure it has the paddle on it won't sound it a way fix as for 5he clog just go slower on the et levels or blow the leves around spread them out

Get the buzzer fixed and install the larger hole screen in the hopper or take the screen out all together. If your mower can't discharge it won't suck as well. Also replace your blower belt.

The x blades for the walkers chops the grass and leaves and it will make less dumping and plus when its fall time and alot of leaves we take half swipes . But I really do love the walker just not the price lmao

Awesome mower!!!!

I would use mulching blades and cross cut setup if possible

countryside vlogs had the same probablum, get the xblads

I don't know much about Walker's, but would Gator blades work on that, maybe help chopping them up a little better and easier to pass through the chute. But I see Country Side mentioned something about the X blades also.

It's a finish cut mower.... not really intended to suck leaves. The smallest debris can and will ruin your blower. We repair them all the time.

Randy at country side is who I would ask

Use a 48 in deck they have a wider shute so it does not clog as easy.

As its been said the mower makes a more muffled sound when its about full. Try setting the front pins a few notches higher than the back pins for deep leaves then set them to the same height for a final cut. Also check out the versimow products. Defently look into getting the shredder blades and plug for the summer months.

Ya gotta love a walker!....I have a 20 yr old MTD 48 ghs kubota diesel walker. Hour meter went at 800 hrs so no telling how many hours this thing has. All in all I’ve spent 2500 dollars in it this year. It was my wife’s grandpa’s so anyway. It done awesome all mowing season. Got into leaf season and it just wasn’t performing. It would clog every 5-10 minutes. I almost sent into the lake at one property! I was so frustrated. When I would flip the deck up to clean under and into the chute going to the blower I was feeling a piece of loose metal (on the chute from the deck to the blower there’s a piece of what I call flashing that’s about 1-2” thick around the house where it meets the blower. That piece of metal is just riveted on there. Probably due to its age it was just worn lose and wasn’t allowing the debris to get into the blower. Long story short put a new chute coming from the deck to the blower fan and it sucked harder than a hook on some mlk drive trying to make a buck! One thing I noticed helps to is to make sure the vents on the side of the deck stay clean too. They can come compacted and doesn’t allow the deck to breath or circulate as good. That and just keep the screen clean and keep your ground speed as fast as the conditions allow for. I’ve liked my walker this year but I really haven’t just loved it. It’s one of those tools I think you do need though. Cuts and striped like nothing else. But it’s slow and mud and isn’t worth a flip on any bit of slope. I want to add a 48” scag with clamshell I think to go along with my 61” cheetah 37 vanguard. I’m also planning to pick up the new exmark commercial 30 X series next year which is suppose to have the improved transmission and bigger engine. But a walker mower or an equivalent has it place no doubt. Guess you could say I have a love hate relationship with my walker. But like my dealer says can spend a little here an there on it or fork over 16-20k for a new one lol

Mulching first is fine and dandy but you have to spread them as well before you sweep them. It thins them out and allows them a time to dry out a bit before you hit them. So, when you use your mower, put your side discharge on, to thin them out. Most important is go slow. the machine has to have time to sweep, swallow, and then digest the leaves just like you do when you eat a salad. If you swallow whole you choke and going fast will do that to your bagging system.

Try having a new $14000 walker with the flames 😳. As far as clogging, I pitch my deck 1/4 to a 1/2 inch higher in the front. If mine clogs I turn it into a mulching deck, hit everything, unclog it, then hit everything again and it doesn’t clog. Love/hate machines

I use a walker and when it clogs for me that usually means that the hopper is full, the best way to do it is use a blower on the chute from the deck to the blower in the machine then do what you were doing and run the blower with the hopper up

I solved the muffler fire problem by taking the front off the muffler cover.

Yes, leaves will catch fire, this has happened more than once, Walker sent out a protective horizonal plate, which I added, but still you have to be careful about doing dry leaves!

The walker mower is a great idea but hopeless in wet weather , for the price they should work better, I sold mind due to clogging wet grass , they need a belt to carry grass to catcher not a blower, take a look at Husky

1:24 Slow down when you go through leaves, it won’t clog as much. Especially when the leaves are wet.

Your height adjuster handle problem is because the adjustment bolt and nut (located at bottom of handle) aren’t adjusted properly, not allowing slot pin at upper part of handle to fully drop into desired height slot.

Worked for a company and the walkers were ALWAYS in the shop. We spent more time on loaner mowers than the company mowers. I use Toro personally and havent had really any issues that were major. We just moved to a ranch to caretake and theres a brand new (residential) R21 Walker. 16 hours on it. I mowed for 10 minutes yesterday and it broke. They use a strut as a belt tensioner instead of a traditional spring. Strut is blow rendering the mower inoperable. I also spent 2 years working for a small engine shop/ mower dealer. We absolutely hated working on walkers so much to the point the owner today doesnt work on them at all. Too much labor time and most customers dont like the sticker shock when they come to pay the bill. He sends them down the road to the walker dealer. We didnt like working on them because of how tight they pack stuff and to do almost any engine work youve got to pull the motor. We saw gear box failures, collection system failures, electrical issues the most. The blades were also more expensive. The machines themselves cost more as an initial investment and due to the complexity of the design they cost a hell of a lot more in maintenance than say a typical style zero turn of good quality. This is my unique experience and everyones mileage will vary.

What brand of blade sharpener do you have there sir

As far as it clogging up, if you have a bunch of leaves, your better off going slow or just blowing them. You should be able to notice a change in sound once the mower gets full. I have used walkers for years and also have an exmark ultra vac, the walker is by far a superior mower.

When u come to a largerpile lift the deck up

Very nice. Just bought a walker today 48 ghs what year is yours?

Would Gator blades help?

When leaves get really thick for us we just run a z mower with a mulch kit and run the walker behind it to suck up the mulching. Works quite well

I run walker mowers myself for my lawn care business, and what I would say to do for the clogging so quickly issue would be to make sure you have proper tension on the pto belt as well as having correct engine rpms at full throttle. With the pto engaged at full throttle I believe the factory spec is 3700+-. 3900 no load. That should help, I use 48 decks and I think they can handle more with the wider debris opening and shoot.

It clogs a lot just go slow. And have your mower as high it goes it will pickem up or go backward or just spread em out

So I bought a walker 42” this summer and it took some getting used too. But with the leafs I just raise my deck as high as it’ll go and suck up the deep leafs. Then after I do that I drop it down a notch or 2 and finish sucking up the stragglers and it does good! The clogging stuff sucks!!! Lol I just go slow and hope the leafs aren’t wet. And my walker doesn’t have the heat shield around the muffler so it doesn’t trap the leafs against the muffler. But like everyone else says it’s for sure a love hate relationship haha

Look into the fully bagging deck. That deck is the reverse rotation correct

I'm surprised to hear the scag shreds leave better than the walker.

Next time use mulching blades it will help......

Haha, I'm thinking right at the beginning of the video, why are you baptizing your Walker with Mountain Dew

I do not have a walker but did have some thoughts. I would suggest cutting off the exhaust heat shield at the bend in the bottom. This would allow the leaves to fall out better. I would think. I also noticed that your leaves were not shreaded very well. Does walker offer mulching blades ?

how many hours did your walker mower have when you bought it

Just leave the deck clogged to mulch up everything first but unclog the rest. Then just give it another pass and it won’t clog.

why are they so expensive? the ones im looking at are $12,000

Would it be worth it to just put a bagging system on the Scag?

I hate this mower was one of the worse investments I ever made but I did sell it and bought a brand new Wright and bout a leaf sucker attachment but where I live in NY this particular machine gets beat up and cause a lot of problems might work well for others but I have no use for this machine EVER again but much success it’s whatever works for your set up but this machine I feel not worth the $$$ they want for them

I find that it's better to use half the deck instead of hitting the leaf piles head on, sort of like eating and apple when you lost your front teeth as a child. nibble at it

You have to drive slower so it can process the leaves

You cant expect any mower to pick up that volume of leaves.

Slow down going through leaves and really tall grass. Your feeding it too quickly.

fire/ fabricate a extrduded metal screen

simply answer SCAG Bagging System