Bought the John Deere Z445 with the plastic mulch kit and the mulching blades a few weeks ago. Love the machine but have problems with the cut.
I mow in the 3" setting and my grass is pretty thick, but even when I tried it on the neighbors lawn who cuts lower and has thinner grass I still have issues.
What happens is that the where the knifes 'overlap' the mower leaves a strip of uncut grass. Also the rest of the cut is uneven and looks chopped.
I mow pretty slow.
I called the dealer who is very good about it, they picked the machine up, cut half of the plastic away and let me try it again. It seems to be better but still not a 8 out of 10 or even close to a 10 out of 10.
When I checked underneath the deck the grass is so packed in there after 3 cuts that it created its own 'kit' but the cut is better but still bad. Still have an uneven cut where the blades meet.
Anyone else have issues with a 48" deck. Anything you recommend?
I mow in the 3" setting and my grass is pretty thick, but even when I tried it on the neighbors lawn who cuts lower and has thinner grass I still have issues.
What happens is that the where the knifes 'overlap' the mower leaves a strip of uncut grass. Also the rest of the cut is uneven and looks chopped.
I mow pretty slow.
I called the dealer who is very good about it, they picked the machine up, cut half of the plastic away and let me try it again. It seems to be better but still not a 8 out of 10 or even close to a 10 out of 10.
When I checked underneath the deck the grass is so packed in there after 3 cuts that it created its own 'kit' but the cut is better but still bad. Still have an uneven cut where the blades meet.
Anyone else have issues with a 48" deck. Anything you recommend?