cruzenmike
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I am just looking to see if anyone else has had any cut quality issues with the XT1 or XT2 4" riding mowers? I recently purchased a brand new LX42 and went out to do my first cut and the lawn looks terrible. Of course it is cutting every blade of grass as the blades are sharp and I am mowing nice and slow. When I get done mowing there are additional stripes in each pass. Not only is the stripe not even with the others, it is has a different color/appearance. Before my first mow I made sure that the deck was level but because it appeared to be a leveling issue I parked the mower on my poured concrete garage floor and check both side to side and front to back and it is about as perfect as it can be. 3 inches on both sides at 3" setting and 3/16 inches higher in the back than the front. Just to be sure I went ahead and parked it on my other garage floor and checked again and it is still on point. I dropped the deck down 1/2" and made another pass and it still does not cut level. Tire pressure is also good, 10psi in the back and 14psi in the front. The spindles are not loose and the blades appear to be straight although I did not remove them. It has cut this way since the first pass I have made with it.
Does anyone have any ideas?
I have included some pictures of the cut this mower is leaving behind as well as a picture from both of my previous mowers. All of these cuts were at the same height (3") and in the same area of yard.
I appreciate anyone's feedback.
Mike
New Cub Cadet LX42
2009 Cub Cadet LTX1050
2006 Exmark Lazer Z CT
P.S. - I know that the "striping" between these mowers will obviously be different/more pronounced but both my old mowers left a perfectly level cut. Also, I left out that I had a Toro Timecutter SS4225 with the same engine, both 42" 2-blade stamped deck and it did not have any issue.
Does anyone have any ideas?
I have included some pictures of the cut this mower is leaving behind as well as a picture from both of my previous mowers. All of these cuts were at the same height (3") and in the same area of yard.
I appreciate anyone's feedback.
Mike
New Cub Cadet LX42
2009 Cub Cadet LTX1050
2006 Exmark Lazer Z CT
P.S. - I know that the "striping" between these mowers will obviously be different/more pronounced but both my old mowers left a perfectly level cut. Also, I left out that I had a Toro Timecutter SS4225 with the same engine, both 42" 2-blade stamped deck and it did not have any issue.