Uneven mowing with Z225

MidwestSteve

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Saw some other helpful posts here so decided I'd ask about my situation. Something with my Z225 is creating uneven mowing, so bad that when I mow I do a checkerboard pattern to even it out.

Deck measures level to the ground on all sides.

Any ideas?

 

StarTech

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You don't measure the deck height but the blade heights. Also all blades need not to be bent. Skirting can be at different heights than the blades themselves.
 

slomo

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You are probably on to something but most of this looks like typical 0-turn turf tire rutting. They are 2,000 plus pound machines compacting the snot out of the turf. Main reason I do not own a 0-turn. Well many more like impossible maintenance and so on. Don't forget the 300+lb person on board.

Go back to push mowers if you want a professional looking manicured lawn. Heck they even come with bags these days LOL. Buy another one for the wife. His and hers pushers, so romantic.
 

bertsmobile1

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And to me they are tyre ruts not an uneven cut
Too low at the front or too high at the front then you get a pair of curves cut by each blade as the sides cut a different height to the front or back
Not balanced left right then you get a saw tooth pattern
You have square edged roughs and that is your tyres compressing the ground & flattening the grass .
 
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