Mowing height

[garyt]

I just recently purchased a Bunton 36 inch walk behind and when I got it home with it sitting in the garage I sort of became worried about the mowing height.

It has a fixed deck. The blades are set at 3 1/2 inches from the ground and the deck outside edges are 3 inches all the way around. I was thinking that the preferred mowing height in my area is 2 - 2 1/2 inches. If I did this then the blades would be lower than the deck area.

Wouldn't that cause blow out and be more dangerous than normal? Should I lower the front tires some instead of having the deck even all the way around?

Thanks in advance for the help!

 

[PTP]

You should be able to lower the deck at the front castors and at the rear drive tires. The rear might take a little bit of extra work but on most mowers it can be done.

Generally, mowing height is not adjusted by changing the depth of the blade within the deck.

 

[Jpocket]

You should be able to drop the deck down, and get you fine adjustment from undr the deck.

 

[marko]

Post a pic of your front casters (wheel). Should adjust height there. We can tell you how. Or post model # that you have. I highly doubt they would make a 36" with no adjustment.

 

[K c m]

I don't understand why you would drop the whole deck to cut at certain heights. I just raise or lower the blades by taking casters from the top and putting them on top of the blade. There isn't any difference in cut at all!

 

[rodfather]

Most WB's have 1 - 1.5 inch adjustment in the front wheel casters. That should be enough for ya IMO...

 

[chopsticks33]

yeah i had an ancient WB where you adjusted deck height with front wheel casters and there was something in the rear i never did figure out...adjusting the front should work out fine though...

 

[lawnboy dan]

another reason why toro pro line is a vastly superiour wb. easy to change the cutting height

 

[garyt]

Thanks for all the good info!

There is a way to lower the front wheel casters. The arm bolts to a bracket on the deck and this bracket has multiple holes. I just didn't see anything on the rear and I was afraid that it might have too big of a difference in the front to rear.