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I'd suggest that using a wire brush on a fabric bag will make the situation worse and seriously shorten the life of the bag. I've never heard of anyone needing to wash them that regularly, but if I had to I'd leave the empty bag on the mower and use blower on full power from outside or failing that use the homeowners hose pipe ?
If tipping sideways, make sure you know which way to go. We just use plastic kitchen spatula's to scrape any compacted wet grass out and then they get power-washed as when needed underneath.
If you only tip it about 45 degrees......... I just put the petrol can under one side of the roller................ shouldn't be a problem which way you do it though if there's going to be a problem, it will be with the airfilter downwards. I'd never tip it on its side though or on end........there really is no need and can only lead to problems.. the oil is likely to run into the exhaust or the carb depending on which way you tip it. As Gary says, a kitchen spatula (don't let the missus catch you!) is fine..... I use a 1" paint scraper. You really don't need to be too fussy though about getting the last bits of grass off........... they really won't make any significant difference.
As for the underside that gets cleaned when the mower feels heavy when loading onto the truck.
A dirt bag with a dirty undercarriage then :D ?
Maybe the mowers could pick up a bit better/easier but I've never had a problem with it. Long nasty wet grass excepted.
My comment was meant more to illustrate that I think some people really do make their lives far too complicated:)
Also I think as I use 6 mowers every week non of them actually get that much use
Tongue-in cheek, Richard, tongue-in-cheek. I'm sure you do take an occasional jetwash shower.....