tall grass with field mower

[TripleR]

Tim,

While it don't deal with your original question here's something I ran into in a similar situation. The grass was higher than the tractor and I was running full PTO rpms. I had sharpened my blades and was taking it easy. All at once I noticed the heat indicator was dangerously high, so high in fact that the tractor shut itself down to cool.

Driving through the tall grass had caused the grill to become clogged with seed, leaves and etc so much that my tractor overheated. Now I watch that much more closely and keep the grill cleaned out as much as possible. Just thought I'd share that with you.

Good luck.

Good point/reminder, we have had situations in which we run a leaf blower out to the tractors to blow the junk out then give them a good cleaning with compressors at the end of the day.

 

[Ford tractor]

Always mow with the front lower than the back. Always.

The higher the grass, the greater the tilt.

 

[sikboater]

Finished the field today.. figure out that is was tryin g to cut it too short... Once I raised the mower up the grass would not get wrapped around....

Thanks for everyone's help.. here is a picture of the tall grass...

 

[eastexan]

.. here is a picture of the tall grass...

Looks like Johnson Grass. Tall, tough, and invasive.

 

[SSdoxie]

Finished the field today.. figure out that is was tryin g to cut it too short... Once I raised the mower up the grass would not get wrapped around....

Thanks for everyone's help.. here is a picture of the tall grass...

Give it a week or so let cut grass dry up then go over again with mower set down where it was. You will have a nice looking cut.