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  Adam Pilgrim June 7, 2012 at 5:47pm

  Hi Gary - if these are the 'newer model', with the half width discharge into the grass bag, then yes, they don't collect in the wet - or in my experience all that well in the dry!

  Non genuine blades have a larger 'wing' area and can help - as will power washing grassboxes regularly.

  I use older Harrier 48's and 56's with full width discharge, these will fill the box to about half full in the wet before clogging - if is soaking wet, the Honda HR216 comes out because it will collect virtually anytihng - but then customers ask where the stripes are.....
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  Gary RK June 7, 2012 at 5:48pm

  I assume you are referring the latest generations of Hayters, powered by non-side shaft B&S engines and have the half width rear chutes ?

  If so, that's what most experience, hence the high second values of the older full width chute Hayter's - we do anything to repair them :-)

  Two possible options - 1/ see if you can source non-oem high lift blades and/or tweek engine speed. Both options have downsides - warranties, noise & potential higher engine wear.

  Just my views and should be attempted unless you know what you are doing and understand consequences...
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk June 7, 2012 at 6:03pm

  its great spinning and sliding uphill  :0)
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  Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd June 7, 2012 at 6:29pm

  I used to use Hayters and have switched to Etesia for most of my cutting and I have a Honda Pro for stripes which mostly copes in the wet.
  
  I found that even with the slightest bit of dew on the ground the Hayters would struggle.
  
  Nick.
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  Kieran Ray June 7, 2012 at 7:03pm

  We operate 1 hayter harrier 48 with the newer discharge shoot, we decided to speed up the engine on it to increase forward speed for big square lawns. Its a variable speed model so we can slow it down on the smaller lawns, its our best wet collector as long as we don't go too fast. Well until last week when I managed to smash a hole in the plastic cowling!
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  David Cox June 7, 2012 at 7:27pm

  I hate plugging etesias as I feel like a broken record - But they are my survival line for cutting grass in the wet, even today, in Driving rain, I was emptying full grass boxs. They really do just pack the grass into the box, and the box construction seems to help, as the air holes do not seem to get layered with slimey wet grass so quick, so the box can still fill. (bit like loosing suction on a vacum cleaner).

  (Even if the carb on mine is perpetually breaking).

  For stripes, I use abit of old rubber car mat, cut to width, attached to the underside front lip of the grass box - voila!
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    PAUL > David Cox April 11, 2018 at 11:58pm

    Hi David, sorry for bumping a very old thread but how did you attach the rubber strip to the underside (ie did you puncture the rubber to attach or some way else?)
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  Gary, GS Grounds Maintenance June 7, 2012 at 7:48pm

  Here here, Etesia's are king of the wet lawn!
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  Tim Haywood June 7, 2012 at 7:59pm

  My Viking roller mower brims the grass box no matter how wet the grass is.
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  andy @Doughty Garden Maintenance June 7, 2012 at 8:25pm

  I have a Honda HR194 roller drive which works well in the wet (and leaves good stripes with it's heavy metal roller) The grass does tend to stick to the deck after a while in really wet conditions, but a quick scoop out and it's fine,

  It's bigger brother the HR214 chomps through anything wet or dry and rarely clogs up.

  Old machines but worth their weight in gold!!