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Troubleshooting cutting conditions – Scag Power Equipment SW User Manual

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Stringers - Occasional

Low engine RPM

Run engine at full 3600 RPM

Blades of Uncut
Grass

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 tensions

Streaking - Strips of

Dull, worn blades

Sharpen blades

Uncut Grass in Cutting
Path

Incorrect blade sharpening

Sharpen blades

Low engine RPM

Run engine at full 3600 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

Width of Deck

SGB018

CONDITION

CAUSE

CURE

Width of Deck

SGB020

Width

of

Deck

Width

of

Deck

SGB019

Streaking - Strips of

Not enough overlapping

Increase the overlap of each

Uncut Grass Between

between rows

pass

Cutting Paths

TROUBLESHOOTING CUTTING CONDITIONS