TROUBLESHOOTING
MOWING CONDITIONS
PROBLEM | POSSIBLE CAUSE | SOLUTION |
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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 |
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| within 1/2" of same height. See |
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| instructions. |
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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. |
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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. |
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| Raise cutter for the first pass and |
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| lower to desired height for the |
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| second and cut at 90° to first |
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| pass. Raise rear of cutter high |
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| enough to permit material to dis- |
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| charge but not so high to cause |
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| conditions listed above. |
| Grass wet | Allow grass to dry before mowing. |
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| Slow ground speed of tractor but |
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| keep engine running at full PTO |
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| RPM. Cutting lower will help. |
| Rear of cutter too low, trapping | Adjust cutter height and attitude. |
| material under cutter | (See Cutting Height Adjustment, |
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| page 13.) |
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Cutter will not cut | Shear bolt sheared | Install new shear bolt. |
(Shear bolt drive only) |
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Cutter will not cut all the time | Slip clutch slipping | Adjust slip clutch according to |
(Slip clutch drive only) |
| instructions in Adjusting Slip |
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| 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 |
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| within 1/2" of same height. See |
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| instructions. |
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MAN0224 (Rev. 7/29/2005) | Troubleshooting 21 |
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