Originally Posted by Linctex
Originally Posted by Triple_Se7en
Wet grass or low compression in my eyewitness accounts. I wished something simple like an air filter was the culprit.
or the "insert XYZ safety organization mandated reduced RPM for consumer safety"
I had a girlfirend a while back that bought a new Toro self-propelled that was gutless - RPM was less than 2000! I "modified" the governor and it began to cut like a mower should.
Yup, I've seen a lot of mowers mainly big box store models come in that are running barely above idle, and the customer thinks it has a major issue because it stalls out in thicker grass. One quick tweak using a tach and they are good to go. I usually set them around 3000-3100 RPM. That seems to be the best for blade speed, fuel economy, and if it is self propelled not making the self propel so fast that it's unusable.