Just recently bought a Kubota z422 zero turn. No issues with the mower cuts great have about 15 hrs on it now. I was just wondering the deck height most ppl cut on. Im asking because to get the cut I like on both yards I cut, I have to have it set on 2. Which is fine I just don't like only having two lower options below that. I feel like that 2 setting im on should be more of 3 or 2.75. Just wondering what others cut on and what your thoughts are or what I could do Thanks.
Z422 deck height
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depends on the grass, the terrain and the yards' owners
I prefer to cut higher and more often, isn't as hard on the mower and uses less fuel. I typically don't go below 3.75 except for the fall when I scalp it pretty good on 2 and let it go dormant.
I prefer to cut higher and more often, isn't as hard on the mower and uses less fuel. I typically don't go below 3.75 except for the fall when I scalp it pretty good on 2 and let it go dormant.
Yeah I just feel like maybe from the factory it was set up where 2 should really be 3 if that make sense. There is noway I could cut on 3.75. The photo is a yard I cut on 2 it's not very low at all.
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Z422 here as well…My “lawn” is not good quality grass…when it’s high after periods of rain, a 3.5 setting is good. Another part is all steep hill and usually dry and dusty and the grass doesn’t grow as long….its a dustbowl but it gets cut at 2.5ish. Part of the flatter area is lush grass because water drains down to there and there is more shade…I go to 4.5-5 depending on how long it is. Almost time here in central NH to get the mower out of the shed but still a ways from mowing…today I drop the snowblower off the BX AND remount the FEL. Plow comes off the Mule today too.
I have the 422 as well, hard to tell from the picture but my guess is that looks more like a 3” cut, which is the setting I use.. Have you tried different settings to compare the cuts ?
Yeah that's what im thinking if I was to put it on 3 in that yard it would barely cut anything. I just think maybe the deck was just set up a little high from the factory. Scared to make any type of adjustment on the deck because in my mind it would never be right again.