Originally Posted By: river_rat
That looks brutal combined with the dark paint. I have to repaint some areas on my red Snapper anyway; this picture does tempt me to try a "murdered-out" (utterly black) look.
But for now, I'd be happy just being able to lower this snapper..
It's a self-propelled Hivac, though I've started to mostly mulch because I've now got Bermuda grass.
Even though there are already a few uneven spots where the deck scrapes the dirt, it's mostly too high on the lowest setting.
At least for the last/first bagging mow to cut down the yellow grass to get the new green started low down, I'd like to get it quite a bit lower.
There are "drop spindles" for some cars where the stub axle is higher on the steering knuckle so that the car sits lower with unchanged suspension position, but I'm unconfortable doing anything with the rear drive axle in that regard. For the rear, it would at least have to swivel only on the usual adjustment axis in order for the belt to work without changes.
Are the front wheels actually on the full-width front axle, or is that just a connector between the adjustable parts?
Since I need to do this only once a year, lowering only the front axle and moving a little slower to ensure all gets cut by the lower front (much like one sometimes mulches with the rear lower) ought to work.
I've not tried putshing the adjustment arms past the lowest notch. Is there something there to keep them from going further?