Toro Greensmaster 3120 - Mowing the Green

MowingtheGreen
Important:Iftheleakdetectoralarm(ifequipped
onyourmodel)soundsoryounoticeanoilleak
whilecuttingonagreen,immediatelyraisethe
cuttingunits,drivedirectlyoffthegreen,and
stopthemachineinanareaawayfromthegreen.
Determinethecauseoftheleakandcorrectthe
problem.
Beforemowinggreens,ndaclearareaandpractice
performingbasicmachinefunctions(e.g.,startingand
stoppingthemachine,raisingandloweringthecutting
units,andturning).
Inspectthegreenfordebris,removetheagfrom
thecup,anddeterminethebestdirectiontomow.
Basethedirectiontomowonthepreviousmowing
direction.Alwaysmowinanalternatepatternfromthe
previousmowingsothatthegrassbladesarelessapt
tolaydownandthereforebedifculttotrapbetween
thereelbladesandthebedknife.
CuttingtheGreen
1.Approachthegreenwiththefunctional-control
leverintheMOWpositionandthethrottleatfull
speed.
2.Starton1edgeofthegreensothatyoucanuse
theribbonprocedureofcutting.
Note:Thisholdscompactiontoaminimumand
leavesaneat,attractivepatternonthegreens.
3.Pushforwardtheraise/lowermowleverasthe
frontedgesofthegrassbasketscrosstheouter
edgeofthegreen.
Note:Thisproceduredropsthecuttingunitsto
theturfandstartsthereels.
Important:Thecentercuttingunitdrops
andraisesslightlyafterthefrontcutting
unitsdo;therefore,youshouldpractice
gainingtherequiredtimingnecessaryto
minimizethecleanupmowingoperation.
Note:Thedelayinraisingandloweringthe
centercuttingunitdependsonhydraulicuid
temperature.Coldhydraulicuidresultsina
longerdelay.Astheuidtemperatureincreases,
thedelaytimebecomesshorter.
4.Overlapaminimalamountwiththepreviouscut
onreturnpasses.
Note:T oassistinmaintainingastraightline
acrossthegreenandkeepingthemachinean
equaldistancefromtheedgeofthepreviouscut,
imagineasightlineapproximately1.8to3m(6
to10ft)aheadofthemachinetotheedgeofthe
uncutportionofthegreen(Figure24).Include
theouteredgeofthesteeringwheelaspartof
thesightline;i.e.,keepthesteeringwheeledge
alignedwithapointthatisalwayskeptthesame
distanceawayfromthefrontofthemachine.
5.Asthefrontedgesofthebasketscrosstheedge
ofthegreen,pullbacktheraise/lowermowlever
rearwardandholdituntilallthecuttingunits
haverisen.Thisstopsthereelsandliftsthe
cuttingunits.
Important:Timethisstepcorrectlysothat
youdonotcutintothefringearea,yetcutas
muchofthegreenaspossibletominimize
theamountofgrasslefttomowaroundthe
outerperiphery.
6.Tocutdownonoperatingtimeandtoeasethe
lineupforthenextpass,momentarilyturnthe
machineintheoppositedirection,thenturn
itinthedirectionoftheuncutportion.This
movementisatear-shapedturn(Figure23),
whichquicklylinesthemachineupforyournext
pass.
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Figure23
Note:Trytomakeasshortofaturnaspossible,
exceptduringwarmerweather—awiderarc
minimizestheturfbruising.
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