Rocks definitely suck and don't mix with these, I have laid both blades, and all the hardware down after getting a decent size rock in there once. Also had a tail wheel fall off, and hit it on the next round, was dusk, last round too, always figures, and that did some damage. Fortunately at one place I had an excavator for a weekend and took all projecting boulders out, no more gouged, or bent blades.
I used to do as you mention, naah, just run it, its just a rotary cutter, they're tough, and I will admit, though having run one of these since I first was able to run a tractor, I did not know the first thing about them, 'cept how far one could fling a softball sized rock!
Barring rocks, unseen junk and so on, when in areas I know there are rocks, I just lift the deck up high, not worth it, bent, broken blades, sheared bolts, damaged deck etc.
When I finally got around to changing the blades on the mower, and adjusting it up nice, it made a huge performance difference in tall thick grasses, I picked up another gear on the 850 ford, and the mower ran smooth, none of that shaking when you first engage the pto. I thought it was well worth doing, was funny to compare the old blades to the new, and see so much more grass fly out, and a better job done by it.
A lot of people don't really take care of these and you can sure get a beat up, wore out one 2nd hand, but I went through mine, kept the gear oil changed, blades recent or sharp, adjusted right, tightened the bolts on the gearbox to the deck and on the gearbox itself, no more leaking, so far the lower oil seal on the output shaft is dry, its an older, probably mid 80's, but with a little effort, it cuts and performs like a new one.
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