I purchased a new JD 72" 960m this year.
When I had a crew cutting it for me, they used Hustler mowers and always had nice stripes when done.
I didn't see the same results when I got my mower this year so I then added the rubber flap striping kit by JD. Still didn't look like the landscape crew; I asked them if they used striping kit and they do not.
I've heard a million theories on this, but nothing seems to work. I even have the rubber flap in its lowest position. It shows some slight striping but not much different than w/o the flap.
Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong or is it just have to do with the deck physics? Meaning air flow, etc? I can't imagine why the rubber flap wouldn't give similar results than the landscape crew when essentially you are just pushing the grass down in opposite directions when you make a pass.
I'm lost...
When I had a crew cutting it for me, they used Hustler mowers and always had nice stripes when done.
I didn't see the same results when I got my mower this year so I then added the rubber flap striping kit by JD. Still didn't look like the landscape crew; I asked them if they used striping kit and they do not.
I've heard a million theories on this, but nothing seems to work. I even have the rubber flap in its lowest position. It shows some slight striping but not much different than w/o the flap.
Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong or is it just have to do with the deck physics? Meaning air flow, etc? I can't imagine why the rubber flap wouldn't give similar results than the landscape crew when essentially you are just pushing the grass down in opposite directions when you make a pass.
I'm lost...