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1. Kim Brock

   

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   4/26/2013 7:04 PM

   What is the ideal ground speed for mowing? Just trying to set the pedal so all operators mow at the same speed. I have Toro 3150's. Thanks.

   
   
   
   
2. Jeffrey Gaylor

   

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   4/26/2013 7:04 PM

   Four washers on top

   
   
   
   
3. Casavant Gerry

   
   4/28/2013 11:04 AM

   Love to see this with all the current talk and technology regarding reel rpm speed / mower speed. We run old 3100's and have always just kept mower ground speed down (especially a few feet around hole location and down hills where guys tend to freewheel to get the job done faster, but not more efficiently)
   At full engine rpm, operator control, or fool proof pedal adjustment via washers/spacers, optimize what we used to just call "clip of the reel" ... i think they have a new term now, can't recall it right now. and at this full engine rpm, your reel speed is maximized.

   
   
   
   
4. Michael Rogers

   

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   4/28/2013 12:04 PM

   Kim, It depends upon reel speed and how many blades are on the cutting unit. If the blades are x distance apart, the machine should travel x distance in the same amount of time.
   
   I tink.
   
   Michael

   
   
   
   
5. Keith Lamb

   

   3 posts
   
   4/28/2013 12:04 PM

   Pages 12-16
   http://www.toro.com/customercare/commercial/education/pdf/09168sl.pdf
   
   Mowing speed should be set for ideal clip rate. Refer to owners manual or dealer.

   
   
   
   
6. Andy Jorgensen

   

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   4/28/2013 5:04 PM

   Make sure your staff isn't jamming something against the lever so they can mow in transport. Always amazes me how golf course staff tries to skip corners.....like they are getting paid piece rate or something.

   
   
   
   
7. Mark Van Lienden

   

   14 posts
   
   4/29/2013 8:04 AM

   At one course I was at we had a lever on the side of the mower that regulated the speed.It had tournament speed verticut speed it was also numbered 1-7 I think.Does anyone remember these from the 1980's?

   
   
   
   
8. Melvin Waldron

   

   43 posts
   
   4/29/2013 10:04 AM

   Mark Van Lienden, CGCS said: At one course I was at we had a lever on the side of the mower that regulated the speed.It had tournament speed verticut speed it was also numbered 1-7 I think.Does anyone remember these from the 1980's?

   
   
   I remember those.
   
   We used to have someone on the GKIV's would mow with the reels turned off in order to finish faster. Usually on the weekends so they could leave sooner. He was moved to bunker raking, which didn't always sit well with what he had been drinking the night before.
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
9. Corey Eastwood

   

   80 posts
   
   4/29/2013 11:04 AM

   Mark Van Lienden, CGCS said: At one course I was at we had a lever on the side of the mower that regulated the speed.It had tournament speed verticut speed it was also numbered 1-7 I think.Does anyone remember these from the 1980's?

   
   
   GM 300, it worked well as long as the operator did not know what it was.

   
   Corey Eastwood CGCS, Stockton Golf & CC, Retired
   
   
10. Andy Jorgensen

    

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    4/29/2013 1:04 PM

    Melvin Waldron, CGCS said:

    Mark Van Lienden, CGCS said: At one course I was at we had a lever on the side of the mower that regulated the speed.It had tournament speed verticut speed it was also numbered 1-7 I think.Does anyone remember these from the 1980's?

    
    
    I remember those.
    
    We used to have someone on the GKIV's would mow with the reels turned off in order to finish faster. Usually on the weekends so they could leave sooner. He was moved to bunker raking, which didn't always sit well with what he had been drinking the night before.
    
    Mel

    
    
    
    Mel,
    
    I know that guy. He used to work for me too!!