"Pete E. Kruzer" wrote in message
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I have a Toro 22" recycler with the automatic pace yourself drive
system. I sent this email to Toro.

The above model Toro starts fine, runs fine, but doesn't cut worth a
damn. It is the worst cutting of the mowers I've owned (two Lawnboys,
and another Toro 2 cycle Suzuki engine.) This new mower is fine as long
as you go forward, but if you stop, or ESPECIALLY put the mower
backwards, it leaves large clumps of grass. And never pulling it
backwards is not possible.


1) Are you actually going over uncut grass going backwards, or are you just
moving it backwards over just-cut grass in order to move the mower over to
make a forward-moving cut?

2) Is it cutting grass, or is it cutting clover? Mulch or bagged? The fine
choppings created in mulching don't disperse in clover and weeds anywhere
near as well as they do in grasses. Grass mulch is drier than chopped up
clover, plaintain, and ground ivy.

3) is the blade on right side up? (pull plug wire, tip back mower, and pull
the starter while watching the blade. Is it going cut edge first?)

4) Is the blade bent or warped? (Like, when the kid who took it off the
truck dropped it on the blade dragging it off the truck.) One side up and
one side down on the blade will mess up the airflow in the chamber.

2) Is it side discharge or rear discharge?

3) is the throttle wide open? (carb adjustment may give too low an RPM to
mulch properly)

4) Does the manual show a second short blade crosswise to the cutting blade
(the "mulch blade" used to swirl air to force the clippings back through the
blade on many mowers) - and is it on upside down?

5) don't clean it so much. More crud (within reason - a fine layer) means a
rougher smaller chamber means more air turbulence.

background -

If the cutting chamber is non-symmetrical front to rear, it won't cut
grass the same pulling it back into uncut grass as it does moving it
forward - no matter who made the mower. (Some older push power mowers had a
round metal plate on the back inside of the chamber to make the chamber
round.)

If you must mow pulling the mower backwards into uncut grass, then you will
need to find a round chamber mower.

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Toro bought Lawnboy some time ago.

I swear my Gold Lawnboy doesn't have the "lift" of my older lawnboy. decks
looked the same outside, but they stand the grass up differently.

It's not much better than a Sears or the old Toro.


FWIW



I keep the underside clean. I was wondering
if there was an upgrade on the blade or something that would prevent
this problem. To be honest with you, I wish I had never purchased this
mower. Just because of its poor cutting.

Among the answers from Toro was this one:

-Set the cutting height on the front wheels one notch lower than the
rear wheels. (i.e., set the front wheels at 2 inches and the rear
wheels at 2 3/8 inches.)

What's the logic behind this suggestion??