Dodgy electrical connections, foil tape repairs, and diesel in a gas can. This video really pulls at my heart strings...

Hi I'm from the UK I found your channel by chance and I must admit I really enjoy your videos keep them coming all the best Peter 🇬🇧

I’m here from watch Wes work I usually watch him alone . But me and my wife have taken a interest in your videos so I really enjoy us finding things to watch together.

I started watching your channel because I picked up my first john deere lawn tractor then I found out you are local so I started watching more love the content

Just started watching your channel after Matt’s Recovery. Enjoying your channel, learning a bunch - keep up the good work. Thanks

I love the beginning of this the most. The drone shot of all the farm equipment parked across the road from our house and then flying back across the just harvested field to your house. Vey cool, and the new toy looks like a handy one!

I had the very same blowout issues with my 54 inch power flow unit I took a old set of mulching blades for my mower used the shop press and reduced the wing angle by about half got a much cleaner pick up much less blowout much happier with the unit real easy fix. Real nice unit always thought I’d like to have one of them good luck with it!

Not sure you want good suction on the gravel. You may find yourself mowing and bagging rocks. I would recommend blowing the leaves onto the grass and picking up there. We are halfway through leaf harvest and have about twice the pile you have. 25 mature trees on just under an acre. Great video as always, keep up the great work.

You need high lift blades . They have fins on the back of them that create suction and lift . Also maybe add some rubber flaps along the sides of the deck to trap the air underneath it . We normally mulch our leaves right onto the lawn . The problem with mulching them is you have to not let the leaves get thick on the grass . We find that mulching the leaves gives the lawn some extra nutrients for over the winter. We also apply nitrogen to our lawn in the spring around late April and then in the fall around mid October. We use hay and pasture nitrogen from tsc it's cheap and effective as long as it is applied before it rains. Great video keep up the good work !

Wow you are so amazing my dream is to drive a John Deere 318 or John Deere 332 or a 755 I love all the tractors you drive I hope in day I could be like you.

Hi Neil, when your on the driveway/ stones, lower the idle of just the tractor, let the suction of the collection system pull up the leaves and keep the mower deck low and drive at slow speed. I do this all the time with my cyclone rake set up.

for those of you who hate the leaves spitting out the sides get some baling rubber or used conveyor belt and cut skirts to carriage bolt onto the inside of the deck and leave 1/2 gap from bottom of skirt to the ground. you can go 3/4 of the way around the deck but the front always has to be open for best results in my experience to let leaves and sticks enter the deck i have found.

Great video, amazing shots at the end, too! You are the hardest working man, and you never give up in spite of of all the set backs!

It’s a great system, makes picking the leaves a lot easier and fun 😉👍🏻. Have a great Sunday Neil 🙋🏼‍♂️🙂👍🏻

You got it going!! It works pretty well. Loved the video. Great job!!

Don't worry - we'll bump you up to a viewer level Wes would envy! The fuel solenoid issue footage was visceral - I could feel the wind biting as you questioned your life choices. Then there was that rush when you saw what caused it and that you could fix it in the video. This is what makes KZfaq so fun for me - seeing how problems get fixed, but fast forwarding to the solution!

I started watching you first. Thanks for sending me to "Watch Wes Work." I live in the next county across the Ohio state line from you so I can appreciate all the weather and farming going on. Keep up the great videos. Love your shop.

Fantastic, I’ve been wanting to see this baby go! She’s a keeper. That dump feature is enviable. Rube Goldberg would be proud!!! As you know, my system is totally different… but I have a few tips that might still apply: - When I have piles or windrows I do one of two things differently. Disconnect the intake from the mower and chop the leaves. This also spreads them out and reduces their volume. Or, raise the mower and take a pass over the top of the pile. This stops the bull dozing and reduces the high volume that causes clogs. With either method, the time spent in the extra pass will be made up by quicker travel and/or less hassle. - My volume of leaves is considerably higher. (I have a video coming out this week with a short clip at the end showing what I’m dealing with.). I’ve found that it takes me less time to mow and chop the entire yard first… then vacuum up the mess. It also reduces the volume by 75% and speeds up composting. However…. I can’t dump from my seat like you can! - The mower needs grass to stop it from blowing out the bottom. When you run it across the driveway it can’t seal and push it out the chute. The lift on your blades is creating more air than the bagger can handle. I change out my high lift blades with a flatter version for leaf work. My 60” deck is then perfectly matched with the 8” tube between it and the blower. Now, about throwing in every shot you can think of… Totally awesome. One would have thought that the producers of “Top Gun” had done that segment! Thanks Neil!

Neil, love the leaf vac system and fantastic 5 ⭐ video, and the hydraulic dump is awesome, now it's been my experience they do work better with a mulching deck or mulching blades, it been years since I used one hope that helps God bless y'all from Gaffney South Carolina viewer

I am in the process of getting my grandfathers 140 H3 back going. He made and sold extra heavy duty leaf collectors in the late 70's. I have the one he made for himself. If you do not have big trees you will never appreciate this video like you should. Thanks

Thanks go out to Allis Chalmers for donating a vital part for this rebuild. LmAllisChalmerao. Good job and I love watching your channel!! P.S. don't throw out the steering wheel.

Really appreciate the struggle moments being recorded. We all like to show just the successful bits. Nice to see the stuff we all face. Great montage footage

I really miss hand raking the old way...NOT! Good video Neil.

If MacGyver were a country boy, his name would be Neil Koch! Keep it up Sir!

Great job on getting everything working! I wish I had half of your mechanical skills. BTW, your lawn looks fantastic!

Fuel shut off solenoid. You can manually turn on and off with a choke cable.

I watch wes and he is the reason I'm watching ur channel he is a dam good mechanic and makes good vid too enjoying urs too👍

Another great video. Great job saving the collection system. I watched a video about early cotton pickers. The hopper systems are very similar in design and operation.

Agreed, Watch Wes Work is a fine channel.

Awesome 👌 I've got a MCS on a 425 aws and love it

I found you from Tractor Time With Tim. And the dog fence video. Pretty cool system wish I had it when I installed my fence. I had to rent a trencher. Enjoy your videos, we'll see you on the next one. Thanks

I have a Dixon Zero Turn and with clam shell power fan bagger. Just got it fine tuned and works good for leaves. Nearly hands free. Love your videos. Love your Deere’s 😜

Way better than hand raking! The grass allows the machine to pull a better vacuum than the stone, not sure if there’s anything you can do about that, my walk behind bagger does the same thing. Stay safe, have a great day, and may God bless…

Thank you for your awesome videos. My wife and I have been binge watching this week! Your editing and storytelling is superb! I have a lot to learn, thanks again, keep em coming 😀

Great video my Dad built a material collection system for his old wheel horse we found the blades they made for running the machine with a bagger worked best for leaf collection it created a lot more suction it worked well enough that it provided enough suction on its own to pick up his leaves clean from his yard and driveway

i was one of those who subscribed due to watch wes work. i very much enjoy your channel.

Great content Neil. I enjoyed the beginning the most, because it sheds light on the reality of projects not always going as planned. I just broke out my MCS yesterday and had to completely go through the fuel system. Tank, filter, lines and carb. So my leaf collection day turned into an engine maintenance day but that's how it goes. Too often most you tubers edit out the reality part and show the highlight reel and I think to some it can be discouraging when their project doesn't go as smoothly as it is portrayed on video. On a side note, one of the guide tubes on my MCS is bent. I do have a replacement. Looking at yours, can you think of the easiest way to replace that? Seems like laying it on its front would be the only sensible way and pulling it down out the bottom. Perhaps a project for AFTER I am done using it this season!

Neil I run exmark mower what you need to do is what I did I cut a metal frame and a piece of lexan and cut the corresponding hole in the plastic housing up at the top so you can look over your shoulder and see when your collection unit is full it saved me a lot of plugged tubes you know when to go dump

This channel is awesome just because of the toys you have just for a homeowner. I have an exmark zero turn with a dump from the seat bagger. It makes a lot of jobs easier, only some are easier to just blow it all.

Get a push blower and get the driveway leaves onto the grass then run the JD with the leave attachment. You will save a boatload of time. Edit: Or even blow the bulk into the cornfield surrounding the property?

Diesel creek got me watching Wes and then your channel, I run a cyclone rake but from my experience gator blades mulch better so bagger fills less but the downside is less suction, hi lift blades work well but hardly mulch my oak leaves, the only way you can add more suction on gravel is lower your deck then your picking up rocks and could damage your bagger impeller, I’d recommend blowing leaves into grass, also found it better to back over large leave piles it shreds them or just take half a deck but run over from non discharge side

Thanks for this video. There is a MCS for sale near me, and I've been waiting to see if it's worth the price. This was helpful to see it in action. Great editing as always!

Thankmyou formsharing, I learn a lot, always a pleasure watch your project 👍👍👍👍

I know it’s a old video but this is how I do my lawn I’ll chop the leaves first then suck them up no shoot getting clogged and the hopper will hold a lot more leaves , try a high lift blades that made a big difference on my machine

I've used one of those set ups before and it worked about the same as yours did. I also watch Wes, he's always interesting to watch and I enjoy his humor too. Thank you Neil for all your great videos as well we always enjoy watching.

Have you ever just mulched them into the lawn? I have done this for years in the northeast where we get more trees. About every 3 days in peak leaf season I mow the bulk of it. Come spring you wouldnt even know they where there. Also adds nutrients to your lawn with out chemicals.

Thanks, Neil for your content. Here because of WWW. You both have great entertainment. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺💯

I originally found your channel looking up firewood videos but have since fell in love with all your content. Im not going to lie I got alittle too excited when I saw your dump truck full of wood, so hopefully that means a firewood video in the future, but if not that's still fine with me. Im glad you got the leaf collection system working good!

I have a rider with a bagger but not as much capacity and I have to unload by hand, am I a little jealous? I am happy to see you are getting more subscribers, you deserve them (you put a lot of work into your videos). WatchWesWork is a great channel as well!

Old tractors, gotta love em.

The 755 looks much nicer these days! Great content thanks very much!

I just found your channel an hour ago. I grew up on a farm outside Van Wert and ended up buying my own 80 acres. I had a 955 as my only tractor. It was way too small but I only farmed a small part of it. I found your place on Google maps. It looks great. My brother actually lived not far from you at one time.

taryl fixes all is another good lawn mower repair channel.

Check the switch under seat safety precaution the leaning on seat breaks connection and mower will not run bypass switch

So much better than pulling the trailer behind the mower. You definitely got to love the hydraulic dump.

When going from grass to dirt, stone, or cement/pavement you need to drop the engine throttle/RPM to almost an idle the vacuum engine stays full throttle. I vacuum approximately 3,000 bushel of chopped leaves every year

Came across your channel the other day. Great videos! I love it when you don’t know what you are doing but slowly figure it out. That’s always rewarding.

Hands free dumps! Dag on! That does sound awesome! A clean get away!

The hydraulic dump is a dream alliance of mine maybe someday, great videos and good quality you always have good content in your videos please keep it up

You got lucky finding that loose connection so fast! I was driving Dads John Deere 770 out the road one day and the fuse blew for the fuel shutoff solenoid mid stream. Luckily I had a bungee cord to tie it open with to get on out to our house. I don’t know if there is a perfect solution for leaves, but that thing did good overall! Take care!

Win for the John Deere repair that didn't require proprietary software!

Hi Maude I like to watch Wes. I tell people i have a love/hate relationship with my JD MCS14 and power flo collection system. It is supposed to be dump from the seat but the hopper doesn't always empty. The dump is only about 1 foot off the ground so leaves cannot be stacked. At 1 point the dealer suggested I try mulching blades.

John Deere makes leaf blow out kits for some of their mower decks or maybe I should say use to. I had put one on my x495 deck some years ago and it did help. Keep up the good videos enjoy watching them.

I don’t know why, but that was fun to watch. Definitely gonna save you time each year. Foul tape to the rescue again. Going to check out wes and probably have to work faster for more video time. Waiting for the next video. Thanks Neil

pro tip your debris/clippings piles make great erosion control for bad spots in your feild & does a better job after it gets tilled in the preceding year

Good job troubleshooting the solenoid... And I think that is a badass sweeper. Just install mulch blades to chop up those leaves and your vacuum should preform much better. I love this channel!!!

Anything that makes life easier is a great thing! Nice job. I need to build some kind of lawn sweep for my 3pth

Another great video Neil! Stay safe my friend.

Morning Neil! I noticed the ozone layer diminished considerably recently. Watched the video and realized why 😂😂😂. Jk. Great job, Have a great Sunday!

Who gives thumbs down!?!? Good stuff again. I’ll go check out Watch Wes Work 👍🏽.

More fun than waiting for a windy day and driving old greeny in circles and let the gator blades send tiny pieces to where ever the wind takes them

Neil, you might want to look into motorcycle chain lubricants for loosening any throttle cable. Chose one which goes on wet and then becomes a solid lubricant. My experience with WD40 is that it works fine for the short term but it soon evaporates and you are back in the same situation as when you started. It also work fine for bikes ATVs etc..

16:53 check the baggers impeller fins. poor suction means the fins are bent over &/worn down. the fins need to be as close to the housing wall as possible for good suction, but you don't want pure fin going to the housing for clump s that will bog/shut down the machine/plug it and damage the fins. the edge of the find that propels the debris up should have saw tooth design of 1/2" 3/4" which helps chew up clumps and sticks and other debris that tries to bind there, like dirt that is going to build up there or wet grass that sticks to the walls in this nice freezing cold. i got a picture of a brand new dr horton truck tow leaf loader with a brand new impeller like this , that the edges where the tube pulls in debris from is already rounding over and it is over 3/8ths thick steel and has only loaded a grainer truck about 8 times so far this week. that frosted clumped grass is the worst offender at making the clumps destroying it.. this is why lawncare companies end their contracts nov.1st so they don't destroy their equipment on frozen debris which is the absolute hardest on these machines and rain soaked the 2nd worst.

You snagged a really nice unit especially with a Kawasaki 210 engine

Hello from the Netherlands thanks for the video Neil

nice crop rows and fields there mr farmer, looks like a good harvest despite the drought and flood conditions all at the wrong times this year.

Absolutely beautiful place you have. I made my leaf sucking machine , looks like a track vac, has a 22hp Honda engine for suction attached to a trailer. My Moto is, don’t buy it, build it

I have a MCS like yours on my 318. The difference is the blower run off of the rear PTO. I just bought it in early winter so I didn’t have a chance to test it. I do have a leaking cylinder on it.

Good job man that’s awesome! Your 755 is beautiful! I’m 38 grew up mowing on a 420 but love the 7_8_955s

You never mentioned, for those of us that are newer to your channel, what the pile of leaves and grass are for? As a gardener, you got the brilliant makings of a compost pile, but you’ve got some serious acreage. Surely not enough compost for the fields your drone was zooming over.

10:30 mulcher blades such as gator & or the mulch plug for the deck air trap zones helps prevent that plugging from happening. smaller particulate doesn't trap together velcro like as easily.

To avoid blowing debris away, lower the deck height and increase blower rpm. Also slow down when approaching deep piles - try not to just 'dozer' them along.

Have you looked into a towed sweeper? They work quite well,but fill up quickly. I have a push type that I used to use on my city lawn. Might be better than your mower for the leaves on stones. These days,I clean up leaves with a battery mower and catcher.

More great videos Neil - I've been working on my JD and not watching enough KZfaq. Hard to tell if you are wearing ear protection, I got a pair of bluetooth 3M earmuffs for my birthday, and they are amazing - I can listen to a podcast at a reasonable volume while my diesel just hammers away. You might want to consider some "ears" to protect your hearing...

I came to you from Kleeman’s channel after the bucket mod. Found Wes’ channel from Dirt Perfect. Enjoy all of them. Watching Neil work is up there with the best of them.

Man I have to get off mine and go through about a 10 step process to dump (Cyclone system). 10 acres of trees thats about 50 times per mow! Mine needs grass to seal the deck to the ground to make suction if that makes sense. It won't do much on the pavement or gravel (yours did way better) I wondered if I put something on the deck to like a sweep to cut down on the air around the deck... Probably just need to go deal with it instead of watching KZfaq lol! Great video Neil!

Well it's about time you got to finally play with your (new) toy son! I knew it was one of your finest videos when the heat tape came out. Pure poetry. Now Wes would have heat-shrink all over the place and provided charts and graphs for full impact. All in all though, congrats on your leaf assassin. I hear there are some little, blue pills available to get your "spinny thing" straight and moving like crazy. Just saying. Enjoy your holiday my friend and love home to all!

IED put some kind of a rubber around the bottom of the deck so it won’t let stuff blow out as much if anything worth a try maybe

nice job Neil....great video!!

Future tip. When those shutoff solinoids go bad thay can kick out like that.

The deck on my 316 has terrible suction as well. I'm used to modern machines that allow me to"blow" the driveway and road with a quick pass. I guess I might try the 325 deck under it.

For mowing on a normal ride on mower you need to rev the tractor up to full throttle

The power dump feature is awesome, but the plugging up was no good. I have a regular JD powerflo 3 bin system on my X7, and pushed way more leaves than you did and it never plugged up. I was impressed! Having high lift blades and the blower right at the deck makes all the difference. You might try to find a way to get more suction out of your blower motor, that would help, or take smaller bites.

Another great video there, Neil!

Another great video, nice montage It was so long the corn was gone in the last 2 dumps lol

I’ve been waiting to see the leaf collector in action, pretty cool

I hate leaves. 8” vacuum tube on my belt driven triple bagger attachment gets clogged if the leaves are in any way damp of if grass has grown. I call it quits the weekend after Thanksgiving even though the oaks aren’t done yet.

So Neil, my question is? Your I guess essentially mowing while your picking up leaves? ......... WOW!!! Do you know what kind of compost your potentially making? Does your wife like to garden? I will mow my grass and pull my lawn sweep behind my mower in the fall and mix my green and brown together and generally by garden season I have this nice black soil that I use around all my plants! It does wonders. Keep up the great content look forward to seeing the comparisons with your other units!

I'm glad the foilage is right!!

New gator/mulching blades would help alot! Never tried highlift blades may be something to look into. When you get to the mounds of leaves raising the deck may help. Does seem like a slow process. Love the Deere! Seems like the perfect machine for your needs! A lil spray bomb job on the grille would make it look like a different tractor!