Yo, Yo... that sounds like and reminds me of my school boy days back in the early 60's, when one who owned a Coca-Cola one (Yo-Yo) automatically was inducted into the boy's club. After reading this post I got motivated, however, held back commenting until I managed to get some positive results in a similar dilemma... mine was a mulcher vs. the mower.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD