Good afternoon,
I have a Woods RM550 finish mower that has started mowing poorly (see attached pictures). I know the grass is pretty long in the pictures, but I used to be able to mow this height of grass at a pretty fast speed and it wouldn't miss a blade.
All the wheels are set at the same height (4" cut I believe), the blades are OEM part number 18881 and installed correctly, the belt is OEM, I'm mowing at 540 PTO and traveling at a reasonable speed. It was looking like the grass was getting pressed down by the tires and not getting sucked up so I tried OEM 34615KT high suction blades and then some aftermarket super suction blades and that didn't help; might have been worse actually.
It mows poorly even on shorter grass and only does better if I move at a complete crawl. But again, this thing used to tackle tall grass at a good speed and not miss anything. The mower runs smooth, it's not bogging down, spindles seem fine, doesn't have any obvious damage to the baffles, etc. I've had two different tractor repair guys look at it and they couldn't find anything wrong with it.
Any ideas on what could be causing this?
I have a Woods RM550 finish mower that has started mowing poorly (see attached pictures). I know the grass is pretty long in the pictures, but I used to be able to mow this height of grass at a pretty fast speed and it wouldn't miss a blade.
All the wheels are set at the same height (4" cut I believe), the blades are OEM part number 18881 and installed correctly, the belt is OEM, I'm mowing at 540 PTO and traveling at a reasonable speed. It was looking like the grass was getting pressed down by the tires and not getting sucked up so I tried OEM 34615KT high suction blades and then some aftermarket super suction blades and that didn't help; might have been worse actually.
It mows poorly even on shorter grass and only does better if I move at a complete crawl. But again, this thing used to tackle tall grass at a good speed and not miss anything. The mower runs smooth, it's not bogging down, spindles seem fine, doesn't have any obvious damage to the baffles, etc. I've had two different tractor repair guys look at it and they couldn't find anything wrong with it.
Any ideas on what could be causing this?