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MOWINGTIPS
• Under certain conditione,such as very tall
grass, itmay be necassary to raisethe
height of cutto reduce pushing effort and to
keep from ovedoading the engine and
leaving dumps of grass clippings. It may
also be necessary to reduce ground speed
and/or run the lawn mower over the area a
second time.
• For extremely heavy cutting, reduce the
width of cut by overlapping previouslycut
path and mow slowly.
• For better grass begging and most cutting
conditions,the engine speed should be set
in the fast position.
• Pores in cloth grass catchers can become
filledwith dirtand dust with use and
catchers will collectless grass. To prevent
this, regularlyhose catcher offwith water
and let dry before using.
• Keep top of engine around starter clear
and clean of grass clippings and chaff.
This will help engine air flow and extend
engine life.
MULCHING MOWINGTIPS
IMPORTANT: For best perfom'Bnce, keep
mower housing free of buiR-upgrass and
trash. Clean UNDERSIDE OF MOWER
HOUSING after each use. See "Cleaning"in
MAINTENANCE section ofthis manual.
• The special mulching blade will recurthe
grass clippings many times and reduce
them in size so that as they fallonto the
lawn they w'_ldisperse intothe grass and
not be noticed.Also, the mulched grass will
biedegrade quicldyto provide nutrientsfor
the lawn. Always mulch with your highest
engine (blade) speed as this will provide
the best recurringaction of the blades.
• Avo'KIcuttingyour lawn when itis wet. Wet
grass tends to form clumps and interferes
with the mulchingaction. The best time to
mow your lawn is the early afternoon.At
this time the grass has dried and the newly
cut area will not be exposed to the direct
sun.
• For best results,adjust the lawn mower
cutting heightso that the lawn mower cuts
oft only the top one-third of the grass
blades. If the lawn is overgrown itwill be
necessary to raise the height of cutto
reduce pushing effort and to keep from
overloading the engine and leaving
clumps of mulched grass. For extremely
heavy mu_ing, reduce your width of cut,
mow slowly and raise the rear of the lawn
mower one wheel adjuster setting higher
than the front.
* Cedain typas of grass and grass conddJons
may requirethat an area be mulched a
Secondtime to completely hkle the
clippings.When doing a second cut, mow
across or paqoondicular to the firstcut path.
• Change your cuttingpattem from week to
week. Mow northto southone week thon
change to east to weet the next week. This
wiUhelp prevent rnattingand graining of
the lawn.
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