Scag or John Deere for cutting long thick grass

[PeterJones]

I have an 8 year Cheetah 29hp briggs stratton and 52 inch deck and its out of action for a few weeks. In the meantime I'm borrowing a 2 year old John Deere Z930m, 24Hp and 60 " deck.

I've noticed the Z930m cuts long thick grass much much easier than the Scag. Just wondering if this is simply a function of the bigger deck - or something going on?

Cheers, Peter

 

[SeniorCitizen]

If the belts and other mechanical s are equal, the ability to discharge the cuttings would be suspect.

 

[PeterJones]

Thanks SC,

Actually you may be spot on. The Z930 certainly seems to throw out more grass and further irrespective of the grass length.

I generally I blow out the collected grass under the deck spasmodically but there is certainly a build up of old grass below the deck. Do you think this build up of grass could effect to performance of the scag deck?

Cheers, Peter

 

[bertsmobile1]

The newer machine is probably in slightly better condition.
Blade type cam make a massive difference in long grass , particularly the cutting edge .
Then threre is the discharger chute position & size
A deck designed to do nothing but throw will cut a lot better than a universal deck designed to cut, bad, mulch & throw equally as poor .
Pressed decks universally cut better than fabricated decks as the roof of a pressed deck is designed to accomodate the extra volume of grass passing from the left blade past the middle to the right.