Re: (ET) Mowing heavy grass....

[Christopher Zach <czach computer org>]

Interesting; I have been cutting some pretty thick grass with the E20 as 
of late (neighbor's median strip, very dense) and the E20 powers through 
it. Then again I typically will mow at gear L, speed 4, slowing down to 
LL speed 6-8 when it gets really hairy.

Are you mowing in D? I've found that to be way too fast and resulting in 
an "eh" level of cut. Also hard on the deck if you hit something.

Chris


Elie, Larry (L.D.) wrote:
> I'm too slow wise and too soon old.
>
> I've run ET's for something like 10 years.  They aren't made for heavy
> grass; the motors shut down on the themal cutoff eventually, and
> re-start in a few minutes.  But I was short one of the long screws, so
> had the cap off a motor.  When I mowed, I noticed the OTHER 2 MOTORS
> shut down, but that one never did.  The bearings felt fine.  Oh.  I
> pulled the other 2 caps off.  I mowed 1' plus grass for over an hour and
> it never shut down.  The thermal switch is in a little oven, if the cap
> is off, the themal switch stays cool.  No, I didn't damage a motor; GE
> must have left some margin in, or perhaps the motor is just disapating
> the heat better without the cap.
>
> Larry Elie
>
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