Husqvarna 960 73 00-25, Owner'S Manual

9

TIPS FOR IMPROVED BAGGING 

OPE RA TION:

Follow the mower operation instructions in your tractor 

owner's manual.
When operating your grass catcher on a lawn where grass 

and leaf bagging equipment has not been used, you are 

picking up thatch and debris that has accumulated for long 

periods of time. The amount collected and the total time 

of operation may be greater than you will experience with 

regular use of your grass catcher.
•   Always run throttle at full speed when bagging.
•  Select a gear low enough to give good mower cutting 

performance, good quality cut and good bagging per-

 for man ce.

NOTE

: It may be necessary to overlap width of cut to suit 

your conditions.
• 

If grass is extremely tall, it should be mowed twice. The 

first time relatively high, the second time to desired 

height.

•  Use left hand side of mower for trimming.
•   Plastic trash bags can be inserted inside grass catcher 

containers for ease of debris disposal. To remove the 

plastic trash bags when full:

a.  Disengage blades, shift into neutral, en ga ge the 

par king brake and stop the engine.

b.  Raise seat. Unlatch and raise cover.
c.  Remove one container at a time by grasping 

con tai ner handles and pulling toward the rear, off 

of the tube rails.

d.  With the container resting on the ground, close 

and secure the top of the plastic lawn bag.

e.  Tip the container on its side and slide the filled bag 

from the container.

f.  Install a new plastic lawn bag with the edges of 

the bag draped over upper lip of the container.

g.  Repeat for other containers.
h.  Reinstall containers making sure  right con tai ner 

overlaps left container at center supports.

j.  Close cover and secure latches over center support 

tubes.

•   Avoid cutting wet grass or in the morning while the dew 

is still heavy. Grass clippings collected under these 

conditions tend to be sticky and adhere to the walls of 

the flow path causing clogging.

OPERATION

•   Your bagger is equipped with a full bagger indicator. 

Movement of the wheel increases as the bags fill. The 

wheel will be spinning fastest just before the bags fill 

completely. When the wheel stops, it indicates that the 

bags are full and the chutes have become clogged. 

NOTE

: To help prevent clogging of chutes, check/empty 

bags when the wheel is spinning fast. Experience will teach 

you the best time to empty the bags.
 

Care should be taken not to damage the parts and that 

the wheel spins freely at the beginning of each use.

• 

If the grass catcher fails to pick up cut grass or leaves, 

it is an indication that clogging has occurred in the 

system or that the grass catcher containers are full. 

Usually this is indicated by the stopped movement of 

the full bagger indicator.

a.  Disengage blades, shift into neutral, en ga ge the 

par king brake and stop the engine.

-  Raise seat. Unlatch and raise cover. 
-  Slide out containers and dispose of clip pings . 
-  Replace containers, close cover, and latch.

b.  Unlatch chutes and check for clogging.

-  Remove all debris in chutes.
-  Reassemble and latch chutes

c.   Check to insure full bagger indicator has not be-

come clogged.

-  The air passage hole must be clear of debris. 

Gently insert a small twig or wire into pas sage way 

to clear.

CAUTION

•  Do not operate mower with grass catch er 

par tial ly installed.

•  Disengage blades and stop engine be fore 

leav ing tractor seat to empty con tain ers, 

un clog ging chutes, etc.

•  Close cover before starting.

•  Disengage mower when crossing drive ways 

or gravel surfaces and other areas where 

thrown objects could be a hazard.

•  Do not attempt to vacuum up cans or other 

potentially hazardous pro jec tiles.