Exmark Quest Bagger manual Bagging Speed, Bagging Long Grass, Bagging Wet Grass, Signs of Plugging

holding the handle on the bottom of the grass bag, allowing the liner to slide out.

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1. Cloth grass bag 2. Bag (liner)

Bagging Speed

Most often you will bag with the mower throttle in the Fast position and drive at a normal ground speed. However, in extremely dry and dusty grass, you may want to slightly reduce the throttle speed and increase the ground speed of the mower. The bagging system may plug if you drive too fast and the engine speed gets too slow. On hills it may be necessary to slow the mower ground speed. This helps maintain the engine speed and bagging efficiency.

As the bagger fills, extra weight is added to the back of the machine. If you stop and start suddenly on hills, you may lose traction and steering control or the machine may tip.

•Do not start or stop suddenly when going uphill or down hill. Avoid uphill starts.

•If you do stop the machine when going uphill, disengage the PTO. Then back down the hill using a slow speed.

•Do not change speeds or stop on slopes.

Bagging Long Grass

Excessively long grass is heavy and may not be propelled completely into the grass bags. If this happens, the discharge tube and chute may plug. To avoid plugging the bagging system, mow the grass at a high height of cut, then lower the mower to your normal cutting height and repeat the bagging process.

Bagging Wet Grass

Always try to cut grass when it is dry because your lawn will have a neat appearance. If you must cut wet grass, use the conventional side discharge feature of the mower. Several hours later, when the clippings are dry, install the complete bagger attachment and vacuum up the grass clippings.

Signs of Plugging

As you are bagging, a small amount of grass clippings normally blow out the front of the mower. An excessive amount of clippings blowing out indicates that the bags are full or the system is plugged.

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