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Do not attempt to mow heavy brush and weeds and
extremely tall grass. Your tractor is designed to
mow lawns, not clear brush.
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Keep the blades sharp and replace the blades
when worn. Refer to Cutting Blades on page 19 for
blade sharpening instructions.
Mulching
The mulch kit, already standard on your tractor,
includes special blades to recirculate grass clippings
beneath the cutting deck. The ultra-fine clippings are
then forced back into the lawn where they act as a
natural fertilizer. Observe the following points for best
results in mulching:
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Never attempt to mulch if the lawn is damp. Wet
grass tends to stick to the underside of the cutting
deck preventing proper mulching of the clippings.
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Do not attempt to mulch more than 1/3 the total
height of the grass or approximately 1-1/2 inches.
Doing so will cause the clippings to clump up
beneath the deck and not be mulched effectively.
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Maintain a slow ground speed to allow the grass
clippings more time to effectively be mulched.
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Always position the throttle control lever in the fast
(rabbit) position and allow it to remain there while
mowing. Failing to keep the engine at full throttle
places strain on the tractor's engine and does not
allow the blades to properly mulch grass.
NOTE: It is not necessary to remove the discharge
chute to operate the mower with the mulch kit installed.
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To operate the cutting deck without mulching,
simply remove the mulch plug by unthreading the
plastic wing nut which fastens it to the cutting deck.
This will allow the clippings to discharge through
the side-discharge opening. See Figure 6 .
Carriage Screw
Plastic Wing Nut
15
Bell
Washer
Mulch Plug
Figure 6
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