Roger,
Thank you for the posting a picture of you on your new RZ3016. We are glad to hear that you are enjoying the mower. The stamped deck on these mowers do have some holes around the spindle. These were designed for the purpose to air cool the spindle and help air flow for discharge.
For future readers of this post, when mulching grass, clippings are being cut several times and need to eventually find an exit. In most cases the clippings are thrown out the bottom of the deck and left behind to help provide nutrients to the ground. For best results, adjust the mower cutting height so that the mower cuts off only the top one-third of the grass blades. For extremely heavy mulching, reduce your width of cut and mow slowly. These tips may help limit the amount of the clippings escaping through your deck, but from your picture it seems you are taking the correct steps.
Once again, thank you for your comments and the picture!
In answer to your answer you must think I'm really stupid to believe that the holes in the deck were put there to keep the spindle cool. What about the hundreds of companies that sell mowers with out holes in there decks they don't seem to have any problems keeping there spindles cool. And my clippings are not being cut several times. Most of the grass that comes up through the holes have only been cut once. There is a real design flaw here and until it's fixed I don't think this mower will ever win any awards and that's for sure.
i so agree with you I bought a RZ 5426 and been in the shop tiwice now with only 4 hours on it because of what i call flaws in my mower but never get any response from Husqvarna at all. I to will never recomend this mower or give any awards untell Husqvarna will take these complainsts seriously
Roger,
Thank you for the posting a picture of you on your new RZ3016. We are glad to hear that you are enjoying the mower. The stamped deck on these mowers do have some holes around the spindle. These were designed for the purpose to air cool the spindle and help air flow for discharge.
For future readers of this post, when mulching grass, clippings are being cut several times and need to eventually find an exit. In most cases the clippings are thrown out the bottom of the deck and left behind to help provide nutrients to the ground. For best results, adjust the mower cutting height so that the mower cuts off only the top one-third of the grass blades. For extremely heavy mulching, reduce your width of cut and mow slowly. These tips may help limit the amount of the clippings escaping through your deck, but from your picture it seems you are taking the correct steps.
Once again, thank you for your comments and the picture!