12/26/2023 0 Comments Lxfree rotating![]() I have gone back and forth with them over the issue and will not let it down until my machine cuts as it should or until they return it and allow me to buy something else. I on the other hand noticed an inconsistent cut in-between the wheels where the blades meet and asked the dealer to come pick it up. ![]() Others might have just but and not realized that there was a problem. I just purchased a brand new mower that arrived with blades that were not on the same plane. It is entirely possible that your belt is slipping, spindle is bad, deck is warped, idler tension is weak and so on. 5) Considering all of this, if you are still having issues then your mower may in fact be defective or in need of repair. 4) If you are in fact mulching, you must consider the basic rules of mulching: always when dry, never more than 1/3 he clippings, engine at full throttle and slow your travel speed. It does use more engine HP but these mowers usually work just fine. The higher the lift on the blade, the more vacuum and discharge velocity the deck will have. A high lift blade is designed to cut grass and move said grass out from the deck through the movement of air out the side discharge. 3) If you are installing mulching blades and you do not have the mulching plug installed this could very well explain your uncut strip problem. 2) since your deck is designed to side discharge the blades rotate in the same direction they must in order to clear clippings out from under the deck. There are manufacturers that make mowers, rather decks, that are designed to keep the grass underneath and deposit the clippings back down to the ground beneath the blades (e.g. With the mulching blades AND blockoff plug (and baffles if included in the kit) it will mulch but it still not a true mulching mower. With the stock blades (high lift) it is actually a 2-1 mower, side discharge or bag. ![]() 1) your mower is not a "mulch" mower, rather it is a 3-1 mower. ![]() I'm certainly not going to sell it or give it to someone and transfer the problem to a new owner.Ī couple of answers to your questions. If the John Deere dealer and/or I can't get this S-240 to cut my grass properly by the end of this year I'm going to buy a different brand of lawn tractor next spring, one that will properly cut the grass, and put this S-240 in storage and use it as an emergency backup. My neighbors have to cut their lawns only once to get it right and it takes them one half or one third the time to do it. The Craftsman, Troy-Bilt, Simplicity, Toro, Ariens and Cub Cadet lawn tractors used by my neighbors don't have this cutting problem. If not, then all I can say is that I should have bought the Cub Cadet I was looking at when I was shopping for the lawn tractor. Therefore, I don't know if the installation instructions apply to my mower.ĭoes anyone know if both blades on the S-240 rotate in the same direction or opposite directions? If John Deere has been selling me the wrong blades that may explain the problem with the uncut strip of grass. I don't know if my S-240 is considered to be a 42 inch "mower" or a 42 inch "mulch mower". However, every set of blades I have bought for this mower, regardless of the brand or type and including John Deere blades, are exactly the same, with no marking to indicate direction of rotation. The latest set of John Deere mulching blades I bought had installation instructions that say that 42 inch mulch mowers have blades that rotate in opposite directions and to make sure that the proper blade is installed on the correct side. That's two or three times the gas, two or three times the wear and tear on the mower and two or three times the necessary amount of time I spend cutting the grass. It doesn't matter how fast the mower is traveling when cutting the grass. It doesn't matter that the tires have equal air pressure on both sides. It doesn't matter that the spindles are perfectly OK and the blades are not bent or damaged in any manner. I have to cut my grass at least two times and sometimes three to get everything cut. My local John Deere dealer has informed me, after checking it two times, that there is nothing wrong with the mower, that everything is working as it should. The S-240 ALWAYS leaves a strip of grass uncut, regardless of which brand or type of blade I use. I waited decades for my first John Deere lawn tractor and after using it for 92 hours I must say that it is a huge disappointment.
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