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I have a Craftsman Pro 46" riding lawn mower, model 247.270390. There are some moderate inclines in my lawn and when I am mowing across an incline, even at a shallow angle (that is not directly across the incline) the low side of the cutting deck mows shorter than the high side. See the attached pictures. The Inline picture of the front lawn shows it somewhat undulates so that the path shown in the other front lawn picture goes across this undulation.
Last fall before putting the mower away for the Winter I did the leveling procedure on the deck and I did have to adjust it a little. I wonder if there is a known issue with this mower not maintaining level mowing on a lawn with these inclines or if I just have to live with it. I mostly try to mow with my 21" Honda self-propelled walk behind mower as I like the pattern it creates (as seen in the "...Front Lawn Inline" photo) but since I have 29,000 square feet of lawn and it takes me two or three days with the Honda, I often only have one day to mow between rainy days here in the Pacific Northwest and have to use the Craftsman. This past Friday I tried mowing directly up or down the back lawn inclines and that helped a lot but it seems the mower should be able to mow level if mowing across the inclines.
One thing I was wondering is if I lowered the anti-scalp wheels down to the point where they are riding on the turf all the time, would that help the situation.
BTW, I am using the high-lift blades I purchased from Jack's Small Engines as suggested in this other thread:
www.lawnmowerforum.com
Thanks,
Don
Last fall before putting the mower away for the Winter I did the leveling procedure on the deck and I did have to adjust it a little. I wonder if there is a known issue with this mower not maintaining level mowing on a lawn with these inclines or if I just have to live with it. I mostly try to mow with my 21" Honda self-propelled walk behind mower as I like the pattern it creates (as seen in the "...Front Lawn Inline" photo) but since I have 29,000 square feet of lawn and it takes me two or three days with the Honda, I often only have one day to mow between rainy days here in the Pacific Northwest and have to use the Craftsman. This past Friday I tried mowing directly up or down the back lawn inclines and that helped a lot but it seems the mower should be able to mow level if mowing across the inclines.
One thing I was wondering is if I lowered the anti-scalp wheels down to the point where they are riding on the turf all the time, would that help the situation.
BTW, I am using the high-lift blades I purchased from Jack's Small Engines as suggested in this other thread:
Craftsman Pro 46" chute clogging
I purchased a Craftsman Pro 46" riding mower with Kohler engine about a year ago as I purchased a house on 1 acre and have eventually installed 29,000 square feet of lawn, Perennial Ryegrass. I live about 50 miles north of Seattle WA. We have an in-ground irrigation system and I have it set to...
www.lawnmowerforum.com
Thanks,
Don
