Toro 74790 - Operating Tips; Mowing Techniques and Blade Maintenance

OperatingTips
UsingtheFastThrottleSetting
Forbestmowingandmaximumaircirculation,operate
theengineattheFASTposition.Airisrequiredto
thoroughlycutgrassclippings,sodonotsettheheight
ofcutsolowastototallysurroundthemowerbyuncut
grass.Alwaystrytohave1sideofthemowerfree
fromuncutgrass,whichallowsairtobedrawninto
themower.
CuttingaLawnfortheFirstTime
Cutgrassslightlylongerthannormaltoensurethat
thecuttingheightofthemowerdoesnotscalpany
unevenground.However,thecuttingheightusedin
thepastisgenerallythebestonetouse.Whencutting
grasslongerthan15cm(6inches)tall,youmaywant
tocutthelawntwicetoensureanacceptablequality
ofcut.
CutaThirdoftheGrassBlade
Itisbesttocutonlyaboutathirdofthegrassblade.
Cuttingmorethanthatisnotrecommendedunless
grassissparse,oritislatefallwhengrassgrows
moreslowly.
AlternatingtheMowingDirection
Alternatethemowingdirectiontokeepthegrass
standingstraight.Thisalsohelpsdisperseclippings
whichenhancesdecompositionandfertilization.
MowingatCorrectIntervals
Grassgrowsatdifferentratesatdifferenttimes.To
maintainthesamecuttingheight,mowmoreoftenin
earlyspring.Asthegrassgrowthrateslowsinmid
summer,mowlessfrequently.Ifyoucannotmowfor
anextendedperiod,rstmowatahighcuttingheight,
thenmowagain2dayslateratalowerheightsetting.
AvoidingCuttingTooLow
Ifthecuttingwidthofthemoweriswiderthanthe
moweryoupreviouslyused,raisethecuttingheightto
ensurethatuneventurfisnotcuttooshort.
UsingtheSlowerCuttingSpeed
Toimprovecutquality,useaslowergroundspeed
incertainconditions.
StoppingtheMachine
Ifyoumuststoptheforwardmotionofthemachine
whilemowing,aclumpofgrassclippingsmay
dropontoyourlawn.Toavoidthis,moveontoa
previouslycutareawiththebladesengagedoryou
candisengagethemowerdeckwhilemovingforward.
KeepingtheUndersideofthe
MowerClean
Cleanclippingsanddirtfromtheundersideofthe
moweraftereachuse.Ifgrassanddirtbuildup
insidethemower,cuttingqualityeventuallybecomes
unsatisfactory.
MaintainingtheBlade(s)
Maintainasharpbladethroughoutthecuttingseason
becauseasharpbladecutscleanlywithouttearingor
shreddingthegrassblades.T earingandshredding
turnsgrassbrownattheedges,whichslowsgrowth
andincreasesthechanceofdisease.Checkthe
cutterbladesdailyforsharpness,andforanywearor
damage.Filedownanynicksandsharpentheblades
asnecessary.Ifabladeisdamagedorworn,replace
itimmediatelywithagenuineTororeplacementblade.
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