Roadway Cutting - Against Traffic - Schulte GX-150 Operator's Manual

OPERATION
10.6 Roadway Cutting - Blade Rotation
On roadway cutting the grass tends to be thicker and longer as you go down the ditch, away from the road. As
the tractor drives through the uncut grass, the grass is tramped forward and down by the tractor tires. Ideally
the blade rotation should pick up or stand up the tramped grass as it cuts it.
In the example shown, the tractor is traveling to the right, the grass will be tramped down in that direction. A
clockwise rotating blade set will do a better job picking up and cutting the grass tramped in the right track than
in the left track. The counter-clockwise rotating blade set will do a better job picking up and cutting the left track
than it will the right track.

10.7 Roadway Cutting - Against Traffic

NOTE: The following description is for a single lane
highway (one lane of traffic in each direction).
If the GX-150 with standard rotation is used
"against traffic", it may leave a strip of longer grass
in the left tire track. If the cutter is to be consistently
used for cutting "against traffic", it is recommended
that the center section gearbox and blades be
changed to a counter-clockwise rotation. This will
help pick up the left tire track which is lower in the
ditch, where the grass tends to be heavier.
GX-150 03/21 Operation Section 4-39
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