Selecting Accessories; Checking The Engine-Oil Level; Checking The Cooling System; Checking The Hydraulic System - Toro Groundsmaster 3500-D Operator's Manual

Using an Atomic Blade
Attributes: This blade provides excellent leaf
mulching.

Selecting Accessories

Optional-Equipment Configurations
Grass cutting: 1.9 to
4.4 cm (0.75 to 1.75
inches) height of cut
Grass cutting: 5 to
6.4 cm (2 to 2.5 inches)
height of cut
Grass cutting: 7 to 10
cm (2.75 to 4 inches)
height of cut
Leaf mulching
Pros
Cons
Checking the Engine-Oil
Level
Before you start the engine and use the machine,
check the oil level in the engine crankcase; refer to
Checking the Engine-Oil Level (page
Checking the Cooling
System
Before you start the engine and use the machine,
check the cooling system; refer to
Cooling System (page
Angle-Sail Blade
Recommended in most
applications
Recommended for thick
or lush turf
May work well in lush turf
Recommended for use
with the mulching baffle
Even discharge at
a lower height of
cut; cleaner look
around bunkers and
fairways; lower power
requirements
Does not lift the grass
well in high height-of-cut
applications; wet or
sticky grass has a
tendency to build up in
the chamber, leading
to poor quality of cut
and higher power
requirements
39).
Checking the
46).
High-Lift-Parallel Sail
Blade (Do not use with
the mulching baffle)
May work well in light or Has been shown to
sparse turf improve dispersion and
after-cut performance
on northern grasses
Recommended for light
that are cut at least 3
or sparse turf
times per week and
less than 1/3 of the
grass blade is removed.
Recommended in most
Do not use with the
applications
high-lift-parallel sail
blade
Not Allowed Use with combination
sail or angle-sail blade
only
More lift and higher May improve dispersion
discharge velocity; and appearance in
sparse or limp turf is certain grass cutting
picked up at a high applications; good for
leaf mulching
height of cut; wet or
sticky clippings are
discharged efficiently
Requires more power to Grass will build up in the
run in some applications; chamber if attempting to
tends to windrow at a remove too much grass
lower height of cut in with baffle in place
lush grass; do not use
with the mulching baffle
Checking the Hydraulic
System
Before you start the engine and use the machine,
check the hydraulic system; refer to
Hydraulic System (page

Filling the Fuel Tank

Use only clean, fresh diesel fuel or biodiesel fuels with
low (<500 ppm) or ultra low (<15 ppm) sulfur content.
The minimum cetane rating should be 40. Purchase
fuel in quantities that can be used within 180 days
to ensure fuel freshness.
The fuel tank capacity is approximately 42 L (11 US
gallons).
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Mulching Baffle
Can be used any time
that rollers build up
with grass or large, flat
grass clumps of grass
are seen; the scrapers
may actually increase
clumping in certain
applications
Reduces roller buildup
in certain applications
50).
Roller Scraper
Checking the