How do I lower the blade for a shorter grass height?
990645
When you are sanding behind the mower, in position to mow, there is a lever on the left side of the mower. It has a ball on the top and is just forward of the left rear wheel. The height of the blade is adjusted by moving this lever into the different slots.
990646
There is a lever located on the left side of the mower. There is a series of slots which one can adjust the grass heights. Good luck!
990647
it is a one lever system, very easy and not like other mowers. simplest i have seen.
990648
There is a lever on the side of the mower which raises and lowers the deck height. I believe there are five different height options.
990649
A lever on the left side has several notches to raise and lower the mower for different cutting heights.
990650
If you're mowing, it is a single 1.5" ball with a lever, on the middle of the left side of the mower. It has notches for height adjustment, and is much easier than the old mowers which had an adjustment to fight with on every wheel. If you pull that ball to the left and push it all the way toward the front of the mower, it will set you to a low scalping cut - shorter than you usually want.
2184694
The blades at their lowest point are at about 5 inches to 5 1/4 inches. The center piece (we do not have a light) is about another two inches maybe 2.5.
2073763
hmmm, mine can be hard to push if the grass gets too high (and also may need to go over it a few time in this case) but I'm 5'-0" and about 110lb, so the fact that you can barely push yours on low grass doesn't sound right at all....the only adjustment other than blade height is the handle bar, but I doubt that would make much different.
129189
I would not know about putting larger wheels on it, but on the back left hand side there is an adjustment lever that I have used to set for different heights of grass. And there is a measurable difference between the low and the high cut. It is actually recommended to place it on the higher setting for the first mowing of the season in case it is a delayed mowing.
2078217
Pat, There's no real trick just be sure that small turned up slots are on the top of the blade and everything else will fall into place. If you have a deflector to cover the grass discharge it will greatly improve the performance of the cut & mulch.
1304416
Anyone resolved the issue with the height adjustment? I have the same problem -- the mower does not raise/lower when the handle is squeezed...
1846951
There is no lock on the blade height. I haven't noticed any movement up or down once the blade height is set.
629917
No, that doesn't happen with ours. If I set the mower too low, then it doesn't cut evenly. But that can be remedied by setting the blade higher. We are quite pleased with the mower and have had it for almost a year.
179499
We made the adjustment described in instructions to get it to go higher. In the preset high position it cut too low. We had freshly sodded Bermuda at the time we bought it last year. It will go from scalping the grass to a nice cut that looks like a golf course. Sorry I can't give specific inches, but it is probably around 2" at the highest when we use it at full growth season. Very nice mower.
272614
Push the little switch on the side down near the bottom of the blade and then close it..
398119
You cut pretty deep near the concrete into the lawn. Approx 2.5 inches at tops. I don't cut that deep. However, you can and I have tossed up a pretty deep trench when the blade is lowered
755857
You need to put enough weight on it to push the blades about four inches into the ground. Rocking it back to uproot the weeds would require less effort, I think.
20672
I was baffled too when my first attempt to adjust it was made (largely because I refused to refer to the manual.) It turned out to be the easiest mower I've ever had to adjust. Standing behind the mower, looking towards the front, there is an orange lever on the right that when squeezed will produce an upward height adjustment. To get it lowered again or to find the preferred height setting, while squeezing the aforementioned lever, apply pressure by hand at the front of it. That's all there is to it; good luck!
1487691
I would contact the nearest authorized service dealer. The height adjustment is one of the few things that didn't break on my two mowers.
1002511
The only time mine did that was because I had the settings too close to the ground. As soon as I moved the settings up I mowed fine. When my lawn is really long, I have to put it at the highest setting.
118220
Lowering the front wheels will lower the deck and therefore cut closer to the ground. Initially you'll cut more grass then previous mowings, but it's really dependent on how often you are mowing and how fast the grass grows.
1851484
The blade is only two positions, up or down. There are two height adjusters on either side of the blade that I used to set it up an 1" so that it would slide over a crack in my driveway. I think you could set the skids to allow 2"?