Re: (ET) Mower cutting height

[David Brandt <ev_dave13 yahoo com>]

Take a look at what I did with the old (standard) deck.  http://www.davesevs.com/E15restoration/19%20result.htm

 

I carried that forward to the new one - pics are on the ET website. http://www.elec-trak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4335

 

 Depending on the length of all thread you use you have infinite adjustability, as high as you want.

 

David Brandt

From: Bill Alburty <willaim kc rr com>
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2011 11:04 PM
Subject: (ET) Mower cutting height

The GE engineers were not so clever when they designed the mower deck height adjustment on the E-12. Re-arranging the 1/2 inch nylon spacers on the front casters is easy with the deck flipped up, but adjusting the rear roller brackets requires wrenches and is not so quick. I very seldom need to be changing the cutting height so I can live with it. But my problem is  I can't  get it high enough. My maximum cutting height is about 2 1/2 inches. I can't believe it was designed to have that limitation, especially for the rural user. I'm trying to grow tall fescue which is supposed to be cut at 4 inches. Do I have to get larger diameter casters and weld extensions on the roller brackets? Or make 1 1/2 inch shims for the motor mounts? Thats all I know to do. Are those shims available somewhere?
Any suggestions?

Thanks for any help,
Bill Alburty E-12 Kansas

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