Woods Equipment RCC42 manual Troubleshooting, Mowing Conditions

TROUBLESHOOTING

MOWING CONDITIONS

PROBLEM	POSSIBLE CAUSE	SOLUTION
Grass cut lower in center of swath	Height of cutter lower at rear or	Adjust cutter height and attitude
than at edge	front	so that cutter rear and front are
		within 1/2" of same height. See
		instructions.
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
	grass pressed by path of tractor	keep engine running at full PTO
	tires	RPM. Cutting lower will help.
	Dull blades	Sharpen or replace blades.
Material discharges from cutter	Material too high and too much	Reduce ground speed but main-
unevenly; bunches of material	material	tain 540 RPM at tractor PTO or
along swath		make two passes over material.
		Raise cutter for the first pass and
		lower to desired height for the
		second and cut at 90° to first
		pass. Raise rear of cutter high
		enough to permit material to dis-
		charge but not so high to cause
		conditions listed above.
	Grass wet	Allow grass to dry before mowing.
		Slow ground speed of tractor but
		keep engine running at full PTO
		RPM. Cutting lower will help.
	Rear of cutter too low, trapping	Adjust cutter height and attitude.
	material under cutter	(See Cutting Height Adjustment,
		page 13.)
Cutter will not cut	Shear bolt sheared	Install new shear bolt.
(Shear bolt drive only)
Cutter will not cut all the time	Slip clutch slipping	Adjust slip clutch according to
(Slip clutch drive only)		instructions in Adjusting Slip
		Clutch (Optional), page 18.
Grass cut lower in center of swath	Height of cutter lower at rear or	Adjust cutter height and attitude
than at edge	front	so that cutter rear and front are
		within 1/2" of same height. See
		instructions.

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