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1. Christopher Sorrell

   

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   11/3/2016 8:11 AM

   I have heard about using an "Aggressive Setup" for greens mowers and I would like to learn more about how this is executed. I have a bit of information but would like to be better informed before trying it. If anyone knows some resources that would help me in this, please share them. Thanks for the help.

   
   
   
   
2. James Smith

   

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   11/3/2016 1:11 PM

   I'm going to follow this thread too.

   
   
   
   
3. Joshua Sawyer

   

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   11/3/2016 1:11 PM

   Probably not as in depth as you are looking for, but with my JD 220E's, the aggression of the cut is all about the setting of the front roller and the attitude on the bed knife. Repositioning the front roller into the various slots will change where the bed knife touches the reel (from a side view) after you make your final reel to bed knife and HOC adjustments. This basically allows either more or less of the reel to reach the turf canopy as you are cutting, thus, more or less 'aggressive'. The manual should give you some ranges to play with...we generally stay slightly aggressive year round.

   
   
   
   
4. Thomas Higgins

   

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   11/4/2016 6:11 PM

   Great topic. I honestly dont have much to give information wise but I've heard about needing to fine tune the 220E's. I've also been informed that fixed head mowers may be better than floating in the long term. I'm just curious if anybody has experience with that comparison (float vs. fixed) Ive been using floating head for 1 year now and I always find myself lowering bench HOC. Bent/Poa greens. Fixed head seems to be more aggresive with the cut thus less grooming and verticutting. Just wondering if anybody has experience with this, thanks

   
   
   
   
5. Charles Lafferty

   

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   11/6/2016 5:11 AM

   fixed heads are about .010-.015 lower actual cut versus a floating head so a fixed head at .130 is actually .115 and conversely if a floating is .115 it is closer to the .130 of the fixed. Depends on thatch and moisture but that is a good rule of thumb. Get a prism to verify what your difference is. Also on the jac eclipse there is the ability to move the engine which shifts the weight of the machine forward or back which can make a difference and make the cut "more aggressive"

   
   
   
   
6. Jeffrey Whitmire

   

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   11/6/2016 7:11 AM

   Below is a link to a great article explaining these concepts.
   
   http://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/ticpdf.py?file=/article/whitlark-daniels-managing-2-5-16.pdf

   
   
   
   
7. Jeffrey Sexton

   

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   11/6/2016 6:11 PM

   Toro has a black, aggressive bedknife bar for their greens mowers. We use the red bedknife bar because the black was too aggressive leading to excessive scalping.

   
   
   
   
8. Roland McPhearson

   

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   11/7/2016 6:11 AM

   Christopher Sorrell said: I would like to learn more about how this is executed.

   
   
   My definition of "aggressiveness" is: BCD Behind Center Distance (The position of the cutting edge of the bedknife in relation to the bottom of the reel)
   
   How it is executed depends on what mower you have.