Re: (ET) Large Frame Mower Deck

[Don Cohen <bond007d netsync net>]

I can attest to this one! When I first got my deck and tried it out, I 
couldn't understand why it was cutting so bad. It was mangling the grass 
and leaving strips. Mowing in reverse or going over the same spots more 
than once seemed to help, but the cut was still terrible and I wasn't 
about to spend all that extra effort to mow. The blades didn't look that 
bad, but I ordered new ones from Bill Gunn and thought for sure that would 
fix the problem. Well, the problem was the same. I called Bill and asked 
him what the problem could be. He said he didn't understand why that would 
be happening unless the blades were spinning in the wrong direction. I 
checked that and sure enough, they were all spinning backwards! I reversed 
2 of the wires on top of the PTO outlet and that got them spinning in the 
right direction, but then I lost dynamic breaking on the blades. Can't 
remember how I fixed that, but the point is that now I get practically 
perfect cuts (except when turning) - as good as any other mower I have 
ever used. Oh, I also had to change one of the blade mounts. At some 
point, someone had used installed one from a different deck and it was 
actually thicker/longer than the other two, causing that blade to sit 
lower than the others and thus an uneven cut in the one blade path. So, 
check those mounts as well to make sure they are all the same.

Regards,
Don C.


At 09:05 PM 7/5/03 -0400, Garry & Terry Freese wrote:
>A very important item, Make sure the blades are turning in the correct 
>rotation.  Due to dynamic braking, this is a 2 man operation.  I have 
>seen many of motors either not wired correct on top with the wires 
>reversed.
>Garry East TN
>
>
>  At 05:37 PM 7/5/2003 -0700, D Howell wrote:
>>Andrew, as I mentioned yesterday, I have the same cut problems as you 
>>do.  Here are the responses to your survey.
>> 
>>Deck model #  - 26AA42LA
>>rear discharge
>>with baffles
>>number of spacers - 2
>>OEM deck
>>I-5 serial # - 26CE20CA
>>I also measured the length of by blades.  They are 14 1/4 inches long.  
>>They appear to be in the same plane and are sharp (sharpened them 3 
>>weeks ago).  
>> 
>>Darryl Howell
>>Smyrna GA
>>
>>Andrew Poush <agp vt edu> wrote:  
>>I was thinking about this some more and I realized that there are more 
>>questions I need to add to the survey. So to repeat all the current 
>>questions plus the new ones:
>>So now to a question: 
>>Does anyone out there use a large frame deck to successfully cut the 
>>lawn in only one cut?
>>And a survey: 
>>Can all those with large frame mowers tell me: 1) How many cuts does 
>>it take to do your lawn? 2) Side or rear discharge? 3) With or 
>>without baffles? 4) What is cut height (number of spacers below front 
>>wheel caster bearing)? 5) What numbers and/or text appears on the 
>>deck nameplate? 6) Is deck OEM? 7) If it came with the ET, what is ET 
>>s/n?
>>
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Don Cohen
DC Electronics
Shinglehouse, PA