Toro 03681 - Height of Cut Chart Terms

6.Re-securerollerbracketandspacerstounderside
ofsideplatemountingangeswithnutspreviously
removed.
7.Verifythatbedknifetoreelcontactiscorrect.
Tipmowertoexposefrontandrearrollersand
bedknife.
Note:Thepositionoftherearrollertothe
reeliscontrolledbythemachiningtolerances
oftheassembledcomponentsandparallelingis
notrequired.Alimitedamountofadjustmentis
possiblebysettingthecuttingunitonasurface
plateandlooseningthesideplatemountingcap
screws(Figure11).Adjustandretightencapscrews.
Torquethecapscrewsto27-33ft-lb.
Figure11
1.Sideplatemountingcapscrews
HeightofCutChartTerms
HeightofCutSetting(HOC)
ThedesiredHeightofCut.
AggressivenessofCut
CuttingunitAggressivenessofCuthasasignicant
impactontheperformanceofthecuttingunit.
AggressivenessofCutreferstotheangleofthe
bedkniferelativetotheground(Figure12).
Thebestcuttingunitsetupisdependentonyour
turfconditionsanddesiredresults.Experiencewith
thecuttingunitonyourturfwilldeterminethebest
settingtouse.Aggressivenessofcutmaybeadjusted
throughoutthecuttingseasontoallowforvariousturf
conditions.
Ingeneral,lesstonormalaggressivesettingsare
moreappropriateforwarmseasongrasses(Bermuda,
Paspalum,Zoysia)whilecoolseasongrasses
(Bent,Bluegrass,Rye)mayrequirenormaltomore
aggressivesetups.Moreaggressivesetupscutmore
grassoffbyallowingthespinningreeltopullmore
grassupintothebedknife.
Figure12
1.Rearspacers
3.Aggressivenessofcut
2.Sideplatemountingange
RearSpacers
Thenumberofrearspacersdeterminesthe
aggressivenessofcutforthecuttingunit.Foragiven
heightofcut,addingspacers,belowthesideplate
mountingange,increasestheaggressivenessofthe
cuttingunit.Allcuttingunitsonagivenmachine
mustbesettothesameaggressivenessofcut(Number
ofrearspacers,partno.106-3925),otherwisethe
after-cutappearancecouldbenegativelyaffected
(Figure12).
ChainLinks
Thelocationatwhichtheliftarmchainisattached
determinestherearrollerpitchangle(Figure13).
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