If your lawnmower is four stroke which it is , tip the mower so that the spark plug is pointing skyward, never tip it on its side with the spark plug to the ground. I cannot work out on which side to tip my lawnmower. What type of lawn mower blade is the best?
High-lift blades, also known as a basic blade, regular blade, or a 2-in-1 blade, are perfect for mowers with a bagger. A low-lift blade is a popular choice for those with dry, shorter grasses or those with sandy soils. What is the best lawn mower blade to buy?
What's the difference between a mulching blade and a regular blade? Blade Shape The primary difference between a mulching blade and a regular blade is shape. These design differences give a mulching blade the ability to keep grass clippings circulating under the mower deck, allowing the blade to cut the clippings repeatedly into smaller and smaller pieces.
What are high lift mower blades? High-lift blades have deeper curves on the ends, which create enough suction to circulate and expel the clippings. The higher air flow also helps prevent clogging when mowing tall or wet grass. A high lift blade is a unique style of blade designed with larger wind wings which increase airflow.
What makes a good mulching blade? Mulching blades feature more curves and an increased cutting edge. The curved surface and increased cutting edge allows the blade to cut the grass and bring it into the deck where it is cut several more times before falling back onto the lawn in much smaller pieces. Some mowers nowadays even have spindles mounted in the deck that prevents the blades from hitting each other.
Yes because you are running a timing belt it can be subject to wear and tear. If your belt stretches over time it can affect the timing of the blades. You need to keep the belt taut in order for it to perform correctly. A broken belt does not usually damage the blades as they simply stop turning and a trip to the mower shop for a new belt.
The blade orientation is set by the manufacturer when the machine is assembled and the blades are held in place by alignment pins. A lot of blades are set parallel but there are also a large number of machines that run their blades in a north and south position.
Blades are lined up when they are fitted to the new machine and held in place by the spindles and the pins so you should not have to touch them. The way they are set up when they leave the factory is the setting needed to give the best possible cut. If you have an older machine and you are not sure of the orientation of your blades you should be able to find this information in your instruction manual.
One suggestion that I would make is that if you are working on the blades you pull them off one at a time. This will help you with placement when returning or replacing the blade. The most obvious sign that you need to check your blades is generally bad looking mow.
This can include things like missed bits in between the blades and a general scruffy cut. This is going to mean that your blades may be out of alignment or you may simply have blunt blades. If you care getting scalping or an uneven cut it is more likely to be issued with your deck wheels.
No, there are machines that do not need timing as the blades do not cross over each other. There are a lot of different machines available and a lot of contractors prefer non-timed blades due to the fact that the belts are half the price and they are a lot easier to fix. The most common cutting decks are the two and three-blade versions. We have discussed the two bald decks so I will now talk about how a three-blade deck works.
When a mowing deck has three blades it does not need timing. This is because there is no chance of the blades hitting each other. Just like driving a car across a pothole or traffic bump, the faster you go the more it is going to jar you, and the same is true when going faster on a mower.
We regularly hear from customers that they love the increased speed and cut quality of their new zero turn but it is beating them to death. It would take a lot of words to explain exactly what it is, but let's just say you owe it to yourself to sit on a mower with this MyRIDE feature before making a buying decision. It is game changing comfort at a fraction of the price of back surgery. What about Hills and Slopes. Riding tractors and zero turns have two entirely different problems when traversing across slopes.
Because of the riding tractor's pivoting front axle under the engine, this puts the pivoting point for this heaviest end of the machine right in the middle under the engine. If instead the front axle were fixed perpendicular to the engine then the pivoting point would be the down hill edge of the front downhill tire and it would not roll so easily, but that would lead to traction issues in the rear on uneven ground which is why front engine rider front axles are always designed to pivot.
Zero Turns on the other hand have the engine and drive tires on the same end of the machine which allows the frame to be fixed without creating traction issues.
This makes the typical zero turn mower very resistant to rolling on its side, much more so than the typical riding tractor. However, a zero turn has a new problem on hills that tractors don't. That problem is steering. With a riding tractor the operator can change the angle of the front wheels via the steering wheel to pull the front of the tractor up the hill.
With a zero turn you wield the nose of the machine with leverage from the rear of the machine. This is very similar to the way you wield the nose of a grocery cart with leverage on the grocery cart handle. Imagine for a moment if you were pushing a grocery cart along a sidewalk that was sloped to the right. If you pushed equally on both sides of the handle then the grocery cart would run off the sidewalk to the right side.
To make it stay on the sidewalk you would need to push harder on the right downhill side and may even need to pull back some on the left uphill side. Something you would do without even thinking about it is to spread your hands apart as far as possible to give you more leverage to more easily steer the grocery cart. With a zero turn mower, the equivalent to spreading your hands apart on the grocery cart handle is spreading the rear tires further apart. This is why narrower zero turns, like a 32", are pathetic at handling hills.
There are some other factors, like having a lower center of gravity and bigger tires. Another factor is how slippery the turf is. A zero turn mower always has better traction when the turf is dry and therefore challenging areas should be mowed when traction conditions are at their best, not first thing in the morning when there is dew on the grass. What about towing yard equipment. It is not unusual for customers to tell us they thought zero turn mowers were not supposed to be used to tow.
The overwhelming majority of TORO zero turns include a towing hitch and those that don't include it already, have one available as an accessory. These mowers and hitches are appropriate for towing typical yard implements like aerators, yard trailers, etc.
Like anything they have their limits and you shouldn't be launching boats with your lawnmower.
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