Exmark METRO 21 MPKA21 - Manual (Page 22)

Operation
• Overlap cutting swaths instead of cutting a full
swath with each pass.
• Set the cutting height on the front wheels one
notch lower than the rear wheels. For example,
set the front wheels at 2 1/4 inches (57 mm) and
the rear wheels at the 2 3/4 inches (70 mm).
Cutting Leaves
• After cutting the lawn, ensure that half of the
lawn shows through the cut leaf cover. You may
need to make more than one pass over the leaves.
• For light leaf coverage, set all the wheels at the
same cutting height setting.
• If there are more than 5 inches (12.7 cm) of leaves
on the lawn, set the front cutting height 1 or 2
notches higher than the rear cutting height. This
makes it easier to feed the leaves under the lawn
mower deck.
• Slow down your mowing speed if the lawn mower
does not cut the leave finely enough.
• If you mow over oak leaves, you can add lime to
the grass in the spring to reduce the acidity of the
oak leaves.
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