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Troubleshooting cutting conditions – Scag Power Equipment TURF TIGER STT61V-29DFI User Manual

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Section 5

CONDITION

CAUSE

CURE

STRINGERS - OCCASIONAL
BLADES OF UNCUT GRASS

Width of Deck

SGB020

Low engine RPM

Run engine at full RPM

Ground speed too fast

Slow speed to adjust for conditions

Wet grass

Cut grass after it has dried out

Dull blades, incorrect sharpening

Sharpen blades

Deck plugged, grass accumulation

Clean underside of deck

Belts slipping

Adjust belt tension

STREAKING - STRIPS OF
UNCUT GRASS IN CUTTING
PATH

Width of Deck

SGB018

Dull, worn blades

Sharpen blades

Incorrect blade sharpening

Sharpen blades

Low engine RPM

Run engine at full RPM

Belt slipping

Adjust belt tension

Deck plugged, grass accumulation

Clean underside of deck

Ground speed too fast

Slow speed to adjust for conditions

Wet grass

Cut grass after it has dried out

Bent blades

Replace blades

STREAKING - STRIPS OF
UNCUT GRASS BETWEEN
CUTTING PATHS

Width

of

Deck

Width

of

Deck

SGB019

Not enough overlapping between rows

Increase the overlap of each pass

TROUBLESHOOTING CUTTING CONDITIONS