Maintaining Your Equipment

When Mowing for Money, it is important to keep your equipment running in the best way possible so that your quality of work is very high. High quality pays high and gets you more customers so it is important that this is what you strive for. The blades on the mower are one of the main things that maximize mowing quality. If you are mowing with dull blades, you are sure to have poor quality and make them not satisfied. It is important to change your blades every 25 hours of mowing time in order to keep them in top quality. When removing the blades take them off and resharpen them with a grinder. Be sure to sharpen them at the same angle as they started in order to make them cut well. Put the blades back on and that portion of maintenance should be good to go. Now it is time to grease all your grease fittings. To find all of them, refer to your owners manual for their location and how often they should be greased. This is an important step for keeping the mower running because without grease, the moving parts have no lubrication to keep them from wearing out due to friction. Next changing the oil regularly is important. The owners manual should tell how often the oil needs changed so keep it changed whenever it says. Always use the type of oil recommended to keep it running up to spec. Another important piece of maintenance is cleaning your air filter. When mowing grass there is a lot of pollen and dust in the air that gets trapped in the air filter. It is important to get this cleaned out to keep your engine running cool and having plenty of air to breathe. This will ensure maximum power from your engine to keep the grass cut well. If you stay up on you maintenance and always follow your owners manual, you will be sure to be Mowing for Money.