1.62

GRASS CUTTING FAULTS

1.62

GRASS CUTTING FAULTS

FAULT

POSSIBLE CAUSE

REMEDY

Areas of uncut grass at point of overlap between cutting cylinders.

Turning too tightly.

Mower sliding sideways when travelling across face of a slope.

One end of cutterhead out of ground contact caused by:

-Poorly routed hoses or wrongly positioned hydraulic adaptors.

-Pivot pins seizing.

-Grass build up under cutterhead.

Reduce turning radius.

Mow up/down slope.

Reroute hoses/reposition hydraulic adaptors.

Free off and grease pivot pins.

Remove grass.

Ridge lines in the cut across the direction of travel over full width.

Forward speed too high.

Reduce forward speed.

Cylinder speed too slow.

Increase mower engine speed.

Height of cut too low.

Raise height of cut.

Ridge lines in

the cut

Cylinder is running slow.

Refer -TROUBLE SHOOTING

grass across the direc-

 

for remedy.

tion of travel over the

 

 

cutting width

of one

 

 

cylinder.

 

 

 

Step in cut grass height at point of overlap between cutting cylin- ders.

Inconsistent height of cut setting on one cylinder.

Raise/Lower position control not in float position.

One end of cutterhead out of ground contact caused by:

-Poorly routed hoses or wrongly positioned hydraulic adaptors.

-Pivot pins seizing.

-Grass build up under cutterhead.

Check and readjust height of cut setting.

Operate position control to float position.

Reroute hoses/reposition hydraulic adaptors.

Free off and grease pivot pins.

Remove grass.

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