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| Publication Type:
| Professional |
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| Author(s): | Osterhaus, Carl J. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Service Education Manager, The Toro Company |
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| Title: | Rotary mower blades: It's not just about aftercut appearance |
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| Section: | Turf technician tips
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| Source: | Florida Turf Digest. Vol. 24, No. 2, March/April 2007, p. 28. |
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| Publishing Information: | Winter Haven, FL: Harvest Publishing Corp. for the Florida Turfgrass Association |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Rotary mowers; Mower blades; Mowing quality; Equipment maintenance
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses parts of the rotary cutting unit blade that "need to be checked to make sure that the blades are structurally sound and also to make sure that there is no other blade condition that can make the entire machine require more power to operate and decrease the overall efficiency of the unit." States that "from an overall safety standpoint, the area of the blade referred to as the sail needs to be inspected...Anytime a blade is removed for sharpening, this area of the blade needs to be thoroughly inspected and replaced if wear is noticed." Also states that "if the blade is bent, the cutting unit will require more power to operate...The structural integrity of the blade is also suspect." Concludes that "[superintendents] need to make sure that there is nothing...wrong with the blade that can impact the overall safety of the machine or the efficiency of the machine's operation." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Reprint appears in The Super News, December 2007, p. 11, 14
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Osterhaus, C. J. 2007. Rotary mower blades: It's not just about aftercut appearance. Fla. Turf Dig. 24(2):p. 28. |
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