Grass Cutting Faults - Toro 02740 Operator's Manual

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FAULT
Areas of uncut grass at
point of overlap between
cutting cylinders
Ridge lines in the cut
across the direction of
travel over full width
Ridge lines in the cut
grass across the
direction of travel over
cutting width of one
cylinder
Step in cut grass height at
point of overlap between
cutting cylinders
Some uncut or poorly cut
strands of grass

GRASS CUTTING FAULTS

POSSIBLE CAUSE
Turning too tightly
Mower sliding sideways when
travelling across face of 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
Forward speed too high
Cylinder speed too slow
Height of cut too low
Cylinder is running slow
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
Cutting cylinder is partially out of contact
with the bottom blade
Cutting cylinder is in heavy
contact with the bottom blade
Height of cut is too high
Cutting edges of cutting cylinders/
bottom blades are rounded
REMEDY
Reduce turning radius
Mow up/down slope
Reroute hoses/reposition hydraulic adaptors
Free off and grease pivot points
Remove grass
Reduce forward speed
Increase mower engine speed
Raise height of cut
Refer to TROUBLE SHOOTING for
remedy
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
Readjust cutting cylinder to bottom blade
Readjust cutting cylinder to the
bottom blade
Lower height of cut setting
Back lap or regrind to restore cutting edges
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