Export thread

I bought a 2014 cheetah 52" this season I'm having problems with it not cutting high grass I have replaced the worn belts new high lift blades and moved the baffle up one notch from factory setting and still not cutting good the grass I'm cutting is somewhere in the range of 8-12 inches tall.Can anyone help please

Have to move slow, or mow it two or three times.

Grass that tall lays down, front caster wheels push it down. Hard to get a quality cut on grass that long in one pass with any mower. Make sure deck isn't plugged with clippings, listen to engine and slow down if it's bogging. Do a second cut at 45 or 90 degrees.

I would like to see that. Something is going on apparently because a Velocity Deck should take that down with NO Problem.

Darryl G said:

Grass that tall lays down, front caster wheels push it down. Hard to get a quality cut on grass that long in one pass with any mower. Make sure deck isn't plugged with clippings, listen to engine and slow down if it's bogging. Do a second cut at 45 or 90 degrees.

Click to expand...

The Velocity Plus Deck normally cuts that tall of grass in one pass clean with no stringers. Have cut Bahia grass that tall all day long with one. Normally the blades have to be changed/sharpened in a couple of hours cutting like that but it will cut it clean.

Don't think you're cutting the same grass in Alabama as the OP is in Tennessee. Scags are good mowers but I'm sure there are conditions where there would be cut quality problems at that length. Ain't no way you're cutting foot tall grass in one pass this time of year where I am in the Northeast without cut quality problems with any mower! You'd have to be a freaking magician...

Darryl G said:

Don't think you're cutting the same grass in Alabama as the OP is in Tennessee. Scags are good mowers but I'm sure there are conditions where there would be cut quality problems at that length. Ain't no way you're cutting foot tall grass in one pass this time of year where I am in the Northeast without cut quality problems with any mower! You'd have to be a freaking magician...

Click to expand...

Or where I live. You'd have to bale the clippings as there's nowhere for that much cut grass to go.

Wish I had taken pictures yesterday. I cut some stuff that was thigh deep.

Cut it 5" high

Had to go over it a second time though.

It was a mixture of clover and rye grass and other stuff.

I have a 61 inch Scag TT, a 52 inch V-ride, both with Velocity decks, and an old Grasshopper with 61 inch deck.

If it's Bahia or dandelions, you are better off to make two passes with all of them. I can make two passes at speed and the cut will look better than one very slow pass.

jekjr is right about the sharp blades, though. Keep them sharp and you can pick up the speed quite a bit.

One thing that just came to mind on this issue is that some where the baffle under the deck might have gotten lowered. Raise the mower and the baffle in the front of the deck can be raised in 1/4" increments. Optimum setting for cutting tall stemmed grass is all the way up or possibly even removed. That might be the answer to you problem.

I definately would try that because a Velocity Deck is supposed to cut tall stemmed grass without having the issues you are having.

Our newest Tiger Cat is not cutting y’all grass like the other 3. This morning we found that the bagel is not raised on it. We are raising it as I type. To cut y’all grass it has to be up or off.

The bagel?

Darryl G said:

The bagel?

Click to expand...

Yes please be so kind as to excuse me. I was typing on my phone without glasses and auto type changed baffle to bagel. We raised the baffle and it made a significant difference in how it was cutting taller stuff.

jekjr said:

Yes please be so kind as to excuse me. I was typing on my phone without glasses and auto type changed baffle to bagel. We raised the baffle and it made a significant difference in how it was cutting taller stuff.

Click to expand...

C'mon now, it's still funny.

jekjr said:

Yes please be so kind as to excuse me. I was typing on my phone without glasses and auto type changed baffle to bagel. We raised the baffle and it made a significant difference in how it was cutting taller stuff.

Click to expand...

Oh, lol. I normally don't say anything about typos when I can figure it out but couldn't in this case.

I tried removing the "bagel" on my Turf Tiger, but can't stand the dust and grit from the front of the deck that resulted. It was like a sandblaster blowing right in my face. I do believe it cut the tall stem grasses better, but as I said, I couldn't stand the dust and grit directly in my face.

Steve0853 said:

I tried removing the "bagel" on my Turf Tiger, but can't stand the dust and grit from the front of the deck that resulted. It was like a sandblaster blowing right in my face. I do believe it cut the tall stem grasses better, but as I said, I couldn't stand the dust and grit directly in my face.

Click to expand...

Are you trying to mulch? We so not have that problem if the discharge is open. When you put a mulch plate over the discharge it is terrible I agree.

Steve0853 said:

I tried removing the "bagel" on my Turf Tiger, but can't stand the dust and grit from the front of the deck that resulted. It was like a sandblaster blowing right in my face. I do believe it cut the tall stem grasses better, but as I said, I couldn't stand the dust and grit directly in my face.

Click to expand...

Did you try running it with it in the highest hole adjustment also?