Toro TITAN ZX Series - Operating Tips for Bagging; Bagging Speed and Technique Recommendations

RemovingtheBagger
CAUTION
Failingtoremovethefrontbaggerweights
andoperatingthemachinewithoutthebagger
attachmentmaycauseanunstableconditionwhich
couldresultinalossofcontrol.
•Alwaysremovethefrontweightswhen
removingthebaggerattachment.
•Neveroperatethemachinewithoutthebagger
attachmentandthefrontweightsstillinstalled.
ThebaggercanberemovedbyrepeatingtheSetup
sectionsfromallinstalledbaggerrelatedkitsinreverse
order.Ifweightsareinstalled,alwaysremovethefront
baggerweightswhenremovingthebaggerattachments.
Note:Itisonlynecessarytoremovethecutoffbafe
wheninstallingamulchingkit.
OperatingTips
TipsforBagging
Size
Rememberthatthemowerislongerandwiderwiththis
attachmentinstalled.Byturningtoosharplyinconned
placesyoumaydamagetheattachment.
Trimming
Alwaystrimwiththeleftsideofthemower.Donot
trimwiththerightsideofthemowerbecauseyoucould
damagethebagger'schuteanddischargetube.
CuttingHeight
Donotsetthemowercuttingheighttoolowbecause
longgrasssurroundingthemowercanpreventairfrom
gettingunderthemowerandenteringthebagging
system.Ifenoughairdoesn'tgetunderthemower,the
baggingsystemwillplug.
CuttingFrequency
Cutthegrassoften,especiallywhenitgrowsrapidly.
Youwillhavetocutyourgrasstwiceifitgetsexcessively
long.
CuttingTechnique
Forbestlawnappearance,besuretoslightlyoverlap
themowerintothepreviouslycutarea.Thishelps
reducetheloadontheengineandreducesthechance
ofpluggingthechuteanddischargetube.
BaggingSpeed
Mostoftenyouwillbagwiththemowerthrottlein
theFastpositionanddriveatanormalgroundspeed.
However,inextremelydryanddustygrass,youmay
wanttoslightlyreducethethrottlespeedandincrease
thegroundspeedofthemower.Thebaggingsystem
mayplugifyoudrivetoofastandtheenginespeed
getstooslow .Onhillsitmaybenecessarytoslowthe
mowergroundspeed.Thishelpsmaintaintheengine
speedandbaggingefciency.Mowdownhillwhenever
possible.
CAUTION
Asthebaggerlls,extraweightisaddedtothe
backofthemachine.Ifyoustopandstartsuddenly
onhills,youmaylosesteeringcontrolorthe
machinemaytip.
•Donotstartorstopsuddenlywhengoinguphill
ordownhill.Avoiduphillstarts.
•Ifyoudostopthemachinewhengoinguphill,
disengagethebladecontrol.Thenbackdown
thehillusingaslowspeed.
•Donotchangespeedsorstoponslopes.
•Neveroperatethemachinewithoutthebagger
attachmentandthefrontweightsstillinstalled.
BaggingLongGrass
BaggingLongGrassExcessivelylonggrassisheavyand
maynotbepropelledcompletelyintothegrassbags.If
thishappens,thedischargetubeandchutemayplug.
Toavoidpluggingthebaggingsystem,mowthegrass
atahighheightofcut,thenlowerthemowertoyour
normalcuttingheightandrepeatthebaggingprocess.
BaggingWetGrass
Alwaystrytocutgrasswhenitisdrybecauseyour
lawnwillhaveaneatappearance.Ifyoumustcutwet
grass,usetheconventionalsidedischargefeatureofthe
mower.Severalhourslater,whentheclippingsaredry,
installthecompletebaggerattachmentandvacuumup
thegrassclippings.
SignsofPlugging
Asyouarebagging,asmallamountofgrassclippings
normallyblowoutthefrontofthemower.Anexcessive
amountofclippingsblowingoutindicatesthatthebags
arefullorthesystemisplugged.
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