Adjusting Cutting Height
Tom's exclusive SmartWheel ® provides a simple
method for determining the proper cutting height.
The SmartWheel has two cutting scales --
SPARSE/NORMAL and LUSH -- to ensure the best
height-of-cut setting in any mowing condition
(Fig. 16). Use the SPARSE/NORMAL scale during
the warm summer season for the majority of your
mowing. The LUSH scale is for thick, moist,
succulent grass that grows most often in the spring.
In general, it is recommended that:
• Grass length should usually be cut at the C, D or
E settings or maintained at two to three inches in
height.
• Cutting helow tile C setting is not recommended
unless grass is sparse or it is late fall when grass
growth begins to slow down. When cutting long
grass, you may need to use a higher
height-of-cut setting and a slower walking speed;
then recur the grass at a more normal setting. If
grass is too long and leaves clumps on top of
lawn, mower may plug and cause engine to stall.
• The SmartWheel calculates the proper setting to
ensure that no more than 1/3 of the grass blade is
cut off.
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Before starting the engine and beginning to
mow, push the mower into the grass. Stop when
the letters on the SmartWheel ® design on the
rear left wheel are upright (Fig. 16).
Using the color coded SmartWheel design
(Fig. 16), compare the tips of the grass blades to
the colors/letters on the wheel. Whichever
color/letter the tips of the grass blades
correspond with is the proper cutting height.
Squeeze the mower's height-of-cut lever toward
the wheel and move it to the corresponding
color/letter on the mower housing (Fig. 17). For
easier adjustment, lift housing up so wheel is off
ground. Do not put fingers under housing
when lifting. Ensure pin on height-of-cut lever
engages slot in housing. Adjust all wheels to the
same color/letter setting.
Note: Front wheels can be adjusted to 1/2
inch. Move adjusting lever past "A"
and release pin into slot in housing, It
is not recommended that the 1/2 inch
height-of-cut setting be used on a
regular basis.
POTENTIAL HAZARD
• Adjusting height-of-cut levers could bring
hands into contact with moving blade.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
• Contact with rotating blade can cause
serious injury.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
• Stop engine and wait for all movement to
stop before adjusting cutting height.
• Do not put fingers under housing when
adjusting height-of-cut.
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