Walk behind Mow Faster

[KennyV]

Most grasses are going dormant around this time of year... and do not come back until spring...

I am going to have one more cutting before I switch my mower deck to a snow blower... I try to wait as long as I can, hate to think that winter is already this close...

late Spring will see mowing every 4 days or so, early summer it starts slowing down to once every 6 to 7 days...
mid summer depending on weather it again might slow a bit to every 10 days ... Late summer 10 days to 2 wks, mowed a little longer to keep the ground shaded ... fall comes around too soon and it eventually gets 2wks plus... and then its snow time... for some places LOTS of snow... :smile:KennyV

 

[lizard]

Most grasses are going dormant around this time of year... and do not come back until spring...

I am going to have one more cutting before I switch my mower deck to a snow blower... I try to wait as long as I can, hate to think that winter is already this close...

late Spring will see mowing every 4 days or so, early summer it starts slowing down to once every 6 to 7 days...
mid summer depending on weather it again might slow a bit to every 10 days ... Late summer 10 days to 2 wks, mowed a little longer to keep the ground shaded ... fall comes around too soon and it eventually gets 2wks plus... and then its snow time... for some places LOTS of snow... :smile:KennyV

So how many times a year would you cut the grass in the same area ..like I cut the same area 20 times a year?:smile:

 

[KennyV]

So how many times a year would you cut the grass in the same area

around 30...
starting first of April and ending in the fall with less grass but lots of leaves to mulch up so it could be 32... :smile:KennyV

 

[lizard]

You must love it, to be doing it so much.......but you do have a nice tractor.:biggrin:

 

[KennyV]

You must love it, to be doing it so much.......but you do have a nice tractor.:biggrin:

Love mowing... LONG ago I thought of lawn mowing as work...

Don't know exactly when I quit thinking of it that way... but it MAY have happened when I got better equipment to do it IN...

My lawn mower also has a cab... it is a Kubota 4 cylinder diesel powered commercial ZTR with a 72 inch deck out front ... fast, clean, insect free and quiet... Love it, thats what I mount my snow blower on for winter... :smile:KennyV

 

[lizard]

Do you make serious money, like I make $600 per day......average around $80 per hour for Lawn mowing in Australia.:smile:

 

[KennyV]

I only mow my own lawn and land, I do my neighbors place occasionally but not for hire.
I am fortunate to have serious good equipment to do it with...

:smile:KennyV

 

[lizard]

Sounds like a dream come true, but I use to have a Broad acre farm.......its easy in Big tractors to get things done real quick.:wink:

 

[Two-Stroke]

In Australia in the West of Australia........professional contractors mowing household lawns use Reel Mowers but they are between 4000 to 6000 dollars.
Private home owners just own a Rotary mower which you can buy brand new from $200.Have seen American movies that have Reel mowers.......why have they disappeared?:laughing:

I think reel mowers lost popularity because the blades are so difficult/expensive to keep sharp. I had one once and couldn't figure out how to sharpen it myself and didn't want to pay to take it somewhere. The one great thing back then (I was about 14) was that, with a horizontal drive shaft, the motor could be used on a go-kart.:thumbsup:

The big walk-behind mowers that the pros use here probably cost over $4000.

 

[KennyV]

I think reel mowers lost popularity because the blades are so difficult/expensive to keep sharp. I had one once and couldn't figure out how to sharpen it myself and didn't want to pay to take it somewhere. The one great thing back then (I was about 14) was that, with a horizontal drive shaft, the motor could be used on a go-kart.:thumbsup:

The big walk-behind mowers that the pros use here probably cost over $4000.

The newer reels are a lot easier to sharpen... they redalily come out of the carrage frame and can be quickly and accurately turned on a common lathe..
much easier than the older systems...

Your right Two-Stroke, Horizontal shafts are a lot easier to work with...:thumbsup:

Well over $4000 for the walk behinds... very quick and last thousands of hours...

To be fair my ZTR is actually in the Industrial class, and If I would have had to pay list price for it... I would never have been able to justify getting it... but it is a monster mower and will operate a lot of different quick change attachments... It is WAY more machine than I should have just to do my own mowing... :smile:KennyV