Dealer & Mower Recomendations

[Ric]

I think my earlier post is being misunderstood. I did say having a second set of blades wasn't a bad idea, just not a necessity. Was I the only one who noticed that bertsmobile suggested a third set of blades for a home owner with 2.5 acres? That was the point I was trying to make. Why have three sets of blades? There would be a reason for it if the op were a lawn care professional.

:laughing: Even doing lawn care for a good number of years I've always maintained my blades. Right at the moment I'm doing a lot of lawns every week and have been for the last ten years and I've never kept three sets of blades for any of my mowers, and never with me when on the job. I agree with Shughes there's no need for the home owner to stock up on multiple parts or blades. There's no crisis mode for the homeowner, he has no schedule to keep, unlike the LCO who should carry or keep all kinds back up equipment.

 

[Jgreenlee81187]

Hi I just purchased a tiger cat 52 inch cut with a 22 horse Kawasaki. It's the fx691v motor. I've been told by 3 different dealerships including the one I purchased it from to crank the mower at full throttle, to shut it off at full throttle, to engage blades at full throttle, and disengage at full throttle. I've never heard such a thing on any other lawn mower but I have been told if I didn't do it that it would eventually blow a head gasket. Seems backwards to me. Also, the owners manual says to crank normally, half throttle when starting and idle when shutting off. I would just like to get some feedback on this and see if any other scag owners have been told this.

 

[1striper1]

Was I the only one who noticed that bertsmobile suggested a third set of blades for a home owner with 2.5 acres?

I'd bet most on here are like me and read about 5% of what Bert posts. Bert.......get to the point!

You have too much time to type on your hands down there! Or are you using voice recognition?

 

[Ric]

I'd bet most on here are like me and read about 5% of what Bert posts. Bert.......get to the point!

You have too much time to type on your hands down there! Or are you using voice recognition?

I'm glad somebody else noticed Bert's post. I was beginning to think it was just me. :smile: 5%? I don't think I read that much.

 

[Shughes717]

Hi I just purchased a tiger cat 52 inch cut with a 22 horse Kawasaki. It's the fx691v motor. I've been told by 3 different dealerships including the one I purchased it from to crank the mower at full throttle, to shut it off at full throttle, to engage blades at full throttle, and disengage at full throttle. I've never heard such a thing on any other lawn mower but I have been told if I didn't do it that it would eventually blow a head gasket. Seems backwards to me. Also, the owners manual says to crank normally, half throttle when starting and idle when shutting off. I would just like to get some feedback on this and see if any other scag owners have been told this.

Follow your owners manual. Some say you should shut your mower off at full throttle to prevent back fire. I have shut mine off both ways. I do let it idle for a few minutes to cool off a bit. I engage the blades on my mower at about half throttle, but I have done it at full throttle as well. The only issue I see with doing that is possibly causing the belt to slip a little. I do disengage the blades at full throttle. I haven't had any issues there.