Woods Equipment RD990X manual Troubleshooting, Trouble Shooting, Mowing Conditions

TROUBLE SHOOTING

MOWING CONDITIONS

PROBLEM	POSSIBLE CAUSE	SOLUTION
Grass cut higher in center of	Height of mower higher at rear	Adjust mower height and attitude so
swath than at edge	than at front	that mower rear and front are within
		1/2 inch of same height. See
		instructions on page 11.
Grass cut lower in center of	Height of mower lower at rear	Adjust mower height and attitude so
swath than at edge	than at front	that mower rear and front are within
		1/2 inch of same height. See
		instructions on page 11.
Streaking conditions in swath	Conditions too wet for mowing	Allow grass to dry before mowing.
	Blades unable to cut that part of	Slow ground speed of tractor but keep
	grass pressed down by path of	engine running at full PTO rpm.
	tractor tires	Cutting lower will help. Adjust tractor
		tire spacing if possible.
	Dull blades	Sharpen or replace blades.
Material discharges from mower	Material too high and too much	Reduce ground speed but maintain
unevenly; bunches of material	material	540 rpm at tractor PTO, or make two
along swath		passes over material. Raise mower
		for the first pass and lower for the
		second and cut at 90 degrees to first
		pass. Raise rear of mower high
		enough to permit material to
		discharge, but not so high that
		conditions listed above occur.
	Grass wet	Allow grass to dry before mowing.
		Slow ground speed of tractor but keep
		engine running at full PTO rpm.
	Rear of mower too low, trapping	Adjust mower height and attitude.
	material under mower

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