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Striping! Gotta love it!!

Aug 17, 2013#1

BHLC

Gotta love when the mower leaves a good cut.

Aug 18, 2013#2

M

mowerman05

nice looking cut:drink:

Aug 18, 2013#3

lawn mower fanatic

BHLC said:
Gotta love when the mower leaves a good cut.

Lawn striping is great! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Aug 18, 2013#4

Carscw

Looks nice. It is good to see that not everyone cuts to short.

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Aug 18, 2013#5

qa12852

Here is a picture of a friends house that I just finished mowing the other. IMO nothing looks better than a striped yard.

Aug 18, 2013#6

chobbs1957

BHLC said:
Gotta love when the mower leaves a good cut.

Looks really good! :thumbsup: How about a pic of your machine's striping attachment?

Aug 18, 2013#7

Carscw

chobbs1957 said:
Looks really good! :thumbsup: How about a pic of your machine's striping attachment?

Looking at the pics I think this is just how his mower cuts without a striping kit. As you can see tire marks.

Most all mowers will stripe if your cutting at the proper hight.

Most people cut to short

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Aug 18, 2013#8

qa12852

Here is a picture of my homemade lawn striper. I used 5 inch wobble rollers Taft are used on boat trailers. For the frame I used electrical channel bracket. I have it mounted to the mower using clevis pins. That way it can be removable and gives some play when going up and down hills and bumps. The mower left ok stripes, now with this they are more definitive and vibrant.

Aug 18, 2013#9

BHLC

No attachment, the bob cat machines just cut this way, I'm at 3 1/4"

Aug 18, 2013#10

Carscw

BHLC said:
No attachment, the bob cat machines just cut this way, I'm at 3 1/4"

It does a good job.
I jumped up to 3 1/4 this past week.

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Aug 19, 2013#11

BHLC

Here's another one from today

Aug 23, 2013#12

TaskForceLawnCare

Here's a couple for you guys no strip kits needed, mow at 4"-4 1/2".

Aug 23, 2013#13

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
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Here's a couple for you guys no strip kits needed, mow at 4"-4 1/2".

Nice lawns! :thumbsup:

Aug 23, 2013#14

BHLC

Looks great. Good and green! How many of you double cut?

Aug 23, 2013#15

Carscw

I do not double cut but I do change direction every cut so I still get the checker board look no matter how your looking at.

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Aug 23, 2013#16

exotion

I end up double cutting sometimes when mulching if I am mulching to much I have to run over it again

Aug 23, 2013#17

TaskForceLawnCare

We don't double cut but do change direction every week. Some yards checker board really nice. Others are just shaped so weird we just cut one direction. It depends on the treatment cycle our customers pay for to on how green i can get their turf, which helps the stripes really stand out.

Aug 23, 2013#18

Ric

Found these on another forum

Aug 23, 2013#19

TaskForceLawnCare

Just done these all walk behind no stripe kit. I treat this yard as well.

Aug 23, 2013#20

lawn mower fanatic

No stripe kit on my Honda...:dance1:

Aug 23, 2013#21

TaskForceLawnCare

You have to be the best LCO I've ever seen with a push mower. You've those Hondas cutting like a boss.

Aug 23, 2013#22

Carscw

lawn mower fanatic said:
No stripe kit on my Honda...:dance1:

<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16659"/>

Looking very good a whole lot better than last year. You now have skills. It is not easy to keep your lines good like that.

You now have bragging rights

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Aug 23, 2013#23

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
You have to be the best LCO I've ever seen with a push mower. You've those Hondas cutting like a boss.

When you only use push mowers you get good at it. :laughing:

Carscw said:
Looking very good a whole lot better than last year. You now have skills. It is not easy to keep your lines good like that.

You now have bragging rights

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Thanks! :smile:

Aug 23, 2013#24

BHLC

That does lay them nicely!

Aug 23, 2013#25

BHLC

Taskforce, do you move the trampoline every time?

Aug 23, 2013#26

BHLC

Here's a couple from today

Aug 23, 2013#27

BHLC

And one more

Aug 23, 2013#28

TaskForceLawnCare

No i just make one of my guys shove a push mower around under it. Trampolines are a pain in the neck. I charge people an extra $10 every time they have one in their yard because its a hassle and i hate them because they clutter up what could be a nice yard.

Those yards look nice, stripe threads are always fun.

Aug 23, 2013#29

exotion

TaskForceLawnCare said:
No i just make one of my guys shove a push mower around under it. Trampolines are a pain in the neck. I charge people an extra $10 every time they have one in their yard because its a hassle and i hate them because they clutter up what could be a nice yard.

Those yards look nice, stripe threads are always fun.

I just mow around them and ignore them when they finally move them I charge them 10 dollars for field mowing

Aug 23, 2013#30

lawn mower fanatic

exotion said:
I just mow around them and ignore them when they finally move them I charge them 10 dollars for field mowing

I weedwack under them as far as I can reach.

Aug 23, 2013#31

TaskForceLawnCare

exotion said:
I just mow around them and ignore them when they finally move them I charge them 10 dollars for field mowing

That's hilarious I wish i could i could just throw in a pond and charge them a disposal fee.

Here's another yard from today. Kinda weak but it's a small yard hard to get solid stripes. I treat this one also.

This was all blue grass at one point but they keep using Scott's service to treat it and i mow it. We're treating next year though shes convinced finally that I'm better then Scott's since i treat other yards in her neighborhood and they look 10 times better.

Aug 23, 2013#32

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
That's hilarious I wish i could i could just throw in a pond and charge them a disposal fee.

Here's another yard from today. Kinda weak but it's a small yard hard to get solid stripes. I treat this one also.

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This was all blue grass at one point but they keep using Scott's service to treat it and i mow it. We're treating next year though shes convinced finally that I'm better then Scott's since i treat other yards in her neighborhood and they look 10 times better.

Nice edging, too!

Aug 23, 2013#33

exotion

lawn mower fanatic said:
I weedwack under them as far as I can reach.

I don't even bother to do that same goes for above ground pools those cloth gazebo things (those I mow inside of no weedeating tho) its a waste of my time and hazardous to there property. One trampolene they finally moved because the grass was so tall it was growing through it.

Aug 23, 2013#34

lawn mower fanatic

exotion said:
I don't even bother to do that same goes for above ground pools those cloth gazebo things (those I mow inside of no weedeating tho) its a waste of my time and hazardous to there property. One trampolene they finally moved because the grass was so tall it was growing through it.

I bet that was fun to mow!

Aug 23, 2013#35

exotion

lawn mower fanatic said:
I bet that was fun to mow!

Ehh I just ran over it side discharge a couple times then bagged the clippings took probably 10 mins

Aug 23, 2013#36

BHLC

TaskForceLawnCare said:
Those yards look nice, stripe threads are always fun.

Thank you!

Aug 23, 2013#37

BHLC

I have a total hate and dislike for the soft side walmart pool that anyone can throw up in their back yard! I will not trim around them for fear of cutting a hole right through!

Aug 23, 2013#38

exotion

BHLC said:
I have a total hate and dislike for the soft side walmart pool that anyone can throw up in their back yard! I will not trim around them for fear of cutting a hole right through!

Yah.... my wife thought it was brilliant when she put one in my back yard....killed my grass. And now I hand pull all the long grass I will only do that in my yard

Aug 23, 2013#39

BHLC

exotion said:
Yah.... my wife thought it was brilliant when she put one in my back yard....killed my grass. And now I hand pull all the long grass I will only do that in my yard

Thanks wifey! Mine constantly moves the kids basket ball net onto my grass! Kills it too

Aug 23, 2013#40

TaskForceLawnCare

I hate those pools also, i do like blowing clippings in them though. Weed killer will melt/soften the cheap plastic too. I wont get close to them with a string trimmer either.

Aug 24, 2013#41

BHLC

One of today's, bad angle but you get it

Aug 24, 2013#42

TaskForceLawnCare

BHLC said:
One of today's, bad angle but you get it

Angle looks fine and just as important it looks like the fastest way to mow that property.

Aug 24, 2013#43

BHLC

It is the easiest way but doesn't show as well

Aug 29, 2013#44

djdicetn

Ok......striping question for those in this thread(strictly ZTR mowing). I "hear" some say "mine just stripes naturally" without a striper flap, roller or chains and I think......hmmmmm....gotta be a reason why a Bobcat, Dixie Chopper, etc. stripes "out of the box" and say a Toro, Gravely, etc. doesn't. Could it be deck design, blades used, mulching kits................OR............c'mon fess up........could it remotely/possibly be the "pitch of the deck" when it was leveled???? I'm referring to what is commonly called "heeling the deck"...aka.....getting the blade tips east/west the same height on both sides of the deck(to level the deck) and the front blade tips facing north(at the front) higher(usually 1/4") than the southern blade tip(at the rear). The "conventional" deck leveling calls for a "regular pitch" where the front is 1/4" LOWER than the rear to have the leading edge of the blade cut the grass. Now my Gravely manual mentions a potential better cut when "heeling the deck" but states it requires more engine power pitched that way. It does not elaborate further nor does it imply any "connection" to "striping" lawns. But for some reason I am suspicious that inherently if the back edge of the deck is the lowest point to "contact" remaining/already cut grass blades.....isn't it "possible" that the edge of the deck itself would ever so slightly "bend the remaining grass blades" and therefore produce a striping efect????? If the Bobcat, Dixie Chopper, etc. came from the assembly line/dealer with the deck "heeled" that would explain the "natural striping effect" now wouldn't it. Otherwise, I'm all ears as to what makes them "special". Now my Gravely "naturally" leaves a "path indication' with evidence of the tire tracks on each side(looks like a professional cut but I would NOT consider it a "striping effect"). I just purchased a mulching kit that I am installing over the Labor Day weekend to futher improve the lack of any clippings evidence. The only thing left that I desire to accomplish is to be able to produce striping effect "when I want to". That being said, the "flaps" on the back of the deck are kinda "permanent" so unless you went through a lot of trouble removing/replacng them you would "stripe all the time", the Gravely hex striper roller kit can be raised/lowered, but it is "pricey" and I could always look into a chain striper setup. I am VERY curious(since the Gravely manual mentions it) that if I change my deck pitch from "conventional" to "heeled" I may get a decent striping effect without additional expense(of course that would still be kinda "permanent" too, unless I change the pitch back and forth...also a lot of trouble). I will more than likely purchase the Gravely hex striper(best all-around solution to striping when wanted) before I retire in October...but thought I'd stir up a debate about whether "heeling your deck" will stripe your lawn or not(and it may explain why some ZTR's do it "naturally"). What are everybody's thoughts on this?????????

Aug 29, 2013#45

TaskForceLawnCare

All that might work i couldn't tell you, since all our decks are even and some of the stripes are from my walk behind mower pictured below. It takes a few things to all fall into place. We use high lift blades occasionally use gator blades depending on conditions. Blade velocity is another factor along with deck design and how it's baffled. Then there's cutting height i never cut below 4"s it helps the wind velocity created by the deck lay the grass over after it cuts it.

Aug 29, 2013#46

BHLC

On Toro's YouTube channel they advise to pitch the deck forward to achieve a vacuum affect on the grass... I don't use toro. My ferris ztr has a rubber stripe flap that simply lays the grass over, it works best at 3 1/2", my bobcat on the other hand says to keep the deck level, it is just that! It stripes better than both my ferris's ever could.

Aug 31, 2013#47

BHLC

August 31 2013

Sep 1, 2013#48

TaskForceLawnCare

Sep 1, 2013#49

BHLC

TaskForceLawnCare said:
<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16893"/>

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Those look great! I just realized my pictures are terrible!

Sep 1, 2013#50

TaskForceLawnCare

I literally just use my iPhone, lol. Plus i try to stripe in an East or West direction so they light will help the stripes show up

Sep 3, 2013#51

J

joshs handyman

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Sep 3, 2013#52

lawn mower fanatic

joshs handyman said:
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Those attachments don't work. If you need help, look here: http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/site-discussion/31-how-create-photo-galleries-upload-photos.html

Sep 3, 2013#53

metz12

lawn mower fanatic said:
Those attachments don't work. If you need help, look here: http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/site-discussion/31-how-create-photo-galleries-upload-photos.html

where are your pictures fanatic? i havent seen any recent ones!

Sep 3, 2013#54

lawn mower fanatic

metz12 said:
where are your pictures fanatic? i havent seen any recent ones!

Yeah I haven't taken my camera with me for awhile. When I do I'll take some.

Sep 3, 2013#55

Lawnboy18

WOW! You guys in the U.S.A have big yards to mow!:confused2:

Here are some yards that I mow with a push mower

Sep 3, 2013#56

BHLC

Lawnboy18 said:
WOW! You guys in the U.S.A have big yards to mow!:confused2:

Here are some yards that I mow with a push mower

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Those are nice.:thumbsup:

Sep 3, 2013#57

TaskForceLawnCare

Every time i try stripe like that with a push mower it's all crooked and silly looking. You guys have those push mowers under control and do some nice looking work with them.

I prefer sitting down, i tried to stripe last week and my employees thought i was going to fire them because i told them i wanted to push mow one day, i was trying to compete with guys that are really good with your push mowers. Needless to say i didn't do well enough to take a picture. So I'm back on a dixie this week. Kudos to you guys that can push mow like that I'm outta practice i guess.

Sep 4, 2013#58

lawn mower fanatic

Lawnboy18 said:
WOW! You guys in the U.S.A have big yards to mow!:confused2:

Here are some yards that I mow with a push mower

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Those look great!

Sep 4, 2013#59

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
Every time i try stripe like that with a push mower it's all crooked and silly looking. You guys have those push mowers under control and do some nice looking work with them.

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I prefer sitting down, i tried to stripe last week and my employees thought i was going to fire them because i told them i wanted to push mow one day, i was trying to compete with guys that are really good with your push mowers. Needless to say i didn't do well enough to take a picture. So I'm back on a dixie this week. Kudos to you guys that can push mow like that I'm outta practice i guess.

It's not easy keeping them straight sometimes!

Sep 4, 2013#60

djdicetn

lawn mower fanatic said:
It's not easy keeping them straight sometimes!

Especially after that 3rd or 4th beer....right:0)

Sep 4, 2013#61

lawn mower fanatic

metz12 said:
where are your pictures fanatic? i havent seen any recent ones!

Here are some straight lines. Ignoring the weird patch of grass in the pic, what do ya think? :tongue:

Sep 4, 2013#62

metz12

kinda looks like a ufo landed there or something. but it looks good!

Sep 4, 2013#63

lawn mower fanatic

metz12 said:
kinda looks like a ufo landed there or something. but it looks good!

Small UFO...but ya! :laughing:

Sep 4, 2013#64

TaskForceLawnCare

Here's a couple pictures from this evening. I also treat both these yards.

Sep 4, 2013#65

M

mowerguy

Here is one as I finished up this evening

Sep 4, 2013#66

TaskForceLawnCare

mowerguy said:
Here is one as I finished up this evening

Those look awesome I'm considering switching my few mowers over to Scag i love the cut they leave and distinct stripes.

Sep 4, 2013#67

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
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Here's a couple pictures from this evening. I also treat both these yards.

Great as usual! :thumbsup:

Sep 4, 2013#68

lawn mower fanatic

mowerguy said:
Here is one as I finished up this evening

I like that mower!

Sep 4, 2013#69

TaskForceLawnCare

lawn mower fanatic said:
Here are some straight lines. Ignoring the weird patch of grass in the pic, what do ya think? :tongue:

<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17008"/>

Was there a tree at one point where your UFO spot was? Thats kind of what it looks like to me, or the grass has been patched in there in the last year.

Sep 4, 2013#70

TaskForceLawnCare

Oh and i still can't believe your skills with a push mower. I need work on my push mower skills to get to your level. Even though we don't push mow much I'm a little envious.

Sep 5, 2013#71

Carscw

lawn mower fanatic said:
Here are some straight lines. Ignoring the weird patch of grass in the pic, what do ya think? :tongue:

<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17008"/>

Does not get any better than this.
I know guys been doing yard care for years and can not keep their lines looking that good.

You got crazy skills

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Sep 5, 2013#72

Carscw

TaskForceLawnCare said:
Oh and i still can't believe your skills with a push mower. I need work on my push mower skills to get to your level. Even though we don't push mow much I'm a little envious.

The kid has some talent will not be easy to match his lines.

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Sep 5, 2013#73

C

CZLawnCare

Heres some i did with my exmark commercial 30

Sep 5, 2013#74

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
Was there a tree at one point where your UFO spot was? Thats kind of what it looks like to me, or the grass has been patched in there in the last year.

There was a little outdoor fire pit thing like in the below picture that was somewhere around there but I thought it as over farther, but I might be wrong. I only started mowing this yard in the spring and there was never a tree there, but there could have been before that.

Sep 5, 2013#75

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
Oh and i still can't believe your skills with a push mower. I need work on my push mower skills to get to your level. Even though we don't push mow much I'm a little envious.

Carscw said:
Does not get any better than this.
I know guys been doing yard care for years and can not keep their lines looking that good.

You got crazy skills

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Carscw said:
The kid has some talent will not be easy to match his lines.

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Thanks a lot! :smile:

Sep 5, 2013#76

lawn mower fanatic

CZLawnCare said:
Heres some i did with my exmark commercial 30

Nice! I like the wide stripes in that before/after pic! :thumbsup:

Sep 5, 2013#77

djdicetn

lawn mower fanatic said:
Thanks a lot! :smile:

Some would refer to it as "your calling":0)

Maybe, since you are so good at it, you should advertise to cater to those homeowners seeking the striping effect on their lawns(and......charge extra for it)!!!!

If(when) I get my striper kit I'm gonna make my front yard look like Wrigley Field:0)
And......practice figuring out how to make different patterns/shapes.....although doing it with a push mower like you do that kinda stuff would probably be easier to accomplish. Hmmmmm, there you go, figure out how to "stripe the homeowner's initials into their front lawn"....that would be a big seller:0)

Sep 5, 2013#78

Carscw

djdicetn said:
Some would refer to it as "your calling":0)

Maybe, since you are so good at it, you should advertise to cater to those homeowners seeking the striping effect on their lawns(and......charge extra for it)!!!!

If(when) I get my striper kit I'm gonna make my front yard look like Wrigley Field:0)
And......practice figuring out how to make different patterns/shapes.....although doing it with a push mower like you do that kinda stuff would probably be easier to accomplish. Hmmmmm, there you go, figure out how to "stripe the homeowner's initials into their front lawn"....that would be a big seller:0)

It is his calling.

There are plenty of homeowners that will pay the extra cash to have their yard push mowed.

There are not many people that still use push mowers now everyone uses the big mowers takes longer to take it off the trailer than it does to cut the grass.

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Sep 5, 2013#79

djdicetn

Carscw said:
It is his calling.

There are plenty of homeowners that will pay the extra cash to have their yard push mowed.

There are not many people that still use push mowers now everyone uses the big mowers takes longer to take it off the trailer than it does to cut the grass.

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

My dad always told me..."find a niche in your trade and exploit it"(now he further explained that this doesn't mean take advantage of your "customers" or "employer" because that's not right.....just use your unique skillset to take advantage of "opportunities" to set yourself apart from the "masses that do what you do"...the money will follow). Now all lmf has to do is the exploit part!!

Sep 5, 2013#80

lawn mower fanatic

djdicetn said:
Some would refer to it as "your calling":0)

Maybe, since you are so good at it, you should advertise to cater to those homeowners seeking the striping effect on their lawns(and......charge extra for it)!!!!

If(when) I get my striper kit I'm gonna make my front yard look like Wrigley Field:0)
And......practice figuring out how to make different patterns/shapes.....although doing it with a push mower like you do that kinda stuff would probably be easier to accomplish. Hmmmmm, there you go, figure out how to "stripe the homeowner's initials into their front lawn"....that would be a big seller:0)

I know my Honda stripes well to begin with, but I was close to buying a lawn striping roller for my mower but was afraid it might hurt the transmission because they weigh around 25-30 lbs.

But is it any worse than using a bagger? Toro | Lawn Striping System (20601)

Sep 5, 2013#81

djdicetn

lawn mower fanatic said:
I know my Honda stripes well to begin with, but I was close to buying a lawn striping roller for my mower but was afraid it might hurt the transmission because they weigh around 25-30 lbs. But is it any worse than using a bagger? Toro | Lawn Striping System (20601)

I sure wish the Gravely Hex Striper Kit was $90...it's $240(ouch, that's gonna be a hard sell to the wife:0)

Sep 5, 2013#82

Carscw

lawn mower fanatic said:
I know my Honda stripes well to begin with, but I was close to buying a lawn striping roller for my mower but was afraid it might hurt the transmission because they weigh around 25-30 lbs. But is it any worse than using a bagger? Toro | Lawn Striping System (20601)

Does you Honda have a flap in the back that drugs the ground?
You can bolt a piece of 1 inch pipe to it.

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Sep 5, 2013#83

lawn mower fanatic

Carscw said:
Does you Honda have a flap in the back that drugs the ground?
You can bolt a piece of 1 inch pipe to it.

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Yes it does (see pic) and I was thinking about it (like the below video).

Sep 5, 2013#84

Carscw

lawn mower fanatic said:
Yes it does (see pic) and I was thinking about it (like the below video).

<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17059"/>

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcMD72YAv-I

I never filled it with sand or used the ends caps but I can see how it works good.

And of course I don't like the double cut wide lines

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Sep 5, 2013#85

lawn mower fanatic

Carscw said:
I never filled it with sand or used the ends caps but I can see how it works good.

And of course I don't like the double cut wide lines

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Figured you wouldn't! :laughing:

Sep 5, 2013#86

BHLC

lawn mower fanatic said:
I know my Honda stripes well to begin with, but I was close to buying a lawn striping roller for my mower but was afraid it might hurt the transmission because they weigh around 25-30 lbs. But is it any worse than using a bagger? Toro | Lawn Striping System (20601)

Ahhh! Just hook it to your belt!

Sep 5, 2013#87

M

mowerguy

TaskForceLawnCare said:
Those look awesome I'm considering switching my few mowers over to Scag i love the cut they leave and distinct stripes.

I love this mower. I picked it up this spring. I don't have a striping kit for it not do I plan to get one. This thing stripes really well! I would highly recommend looking at these mowers!!

Sep 5, 2013#88

Lawnboy18

Here is today's lawn stripping with the YBravo (awsome mower) :

Sep 5, 2013#89

C

CZLawnCare

Nice job, almost makes me wanna go buy a ybravo myself lol. Heres one i did

Sep 7, 2013#90

Lawnboy18

CZLawnCare said:
Nice job, almost makes me wanna go buy a ybravo myself lol. Heres one i did

That looks very good! When I looked at your photo, the house architecture and the street curbs looked a lot like the ones where I live! It turns out that you live in Quebec! I do also live in Quebec!

Sep 7, 2013#91

lawn mower fanatic

Here's one from this morning....

Sep 7, 2013#92

chobbs1957

:thumbsup:

Sep 7, 2013#93

C

CZLawnCare

Forreal? Which part of quebec?

Sep 7, 2013#94

Lawnboy18

CZLawnCare said:
Forreal? Which part of quebec?

The South side

Sep 7, 2013#95

metz12

lawn mower fanatic said:
Here's one from this morning....

sweet. and you know thinking about it, how does your other hondas cut look compared to the hrx?

Sep 7, 2013#96

lawn mower fanatic

metz12 said:
sweet. and you know thinking about it, how does your other hondas cut look compared to the hrx?

Well I was running my older Honda HRR with super dull blades, but it clumped a lot more than the new HRX. I haven't used it with the sharp ones yet, but it still won't cut as nice. The grass blades might be cut just as cleanly and all, but there would still be clumps.

Sep 7, 2013#97

metz12

oh alright. i gotcha. i wouldnt want clumps on my lawn either. just stick with the hrx!

Sep 7, 2013#98

lawn mower fanatic

metz12 said:
oh alright. i gotcha. i wouldnt want clumps on my lawn either. just stick with the hrx!

Definitely! It's faster, cuts better, and has more features.

Sep 7, 2013#99

metz12

it should for how much it costs!

Sep 7, 2013#100

lawn mower fanatic

metz12 said:
it should for how much it costs!

But you used one and liked it...didn't you?

Sep 7, 2013#101

metz12

oh the thing is great. the cut quality is awesome too. if i was in your situation of having alot of yards that only needed a push mower, i would use that one. i wouldnt buy one as a homeowner because i feel its a more professional mower. for that price i would buy a toro personal pace mower, a nice straight shaft echo/stihl trimmer and the small stihl backpack blower (forgot what model). and it would add up to that mower.

Sep 7, 2013#102

lawn mower fanatic

metz12 said:
oh the thing is great. the cut quality is awesome too. if i was in your situation of having alot of yards that only needed a push mower, i would use that one. i wouldnt buy one as a homeowner because i feel its a more professional mower. for that price i would buy a toro personal pace mower, a nice straight shaft echo/stihl trimmer and the small stihl backpack blower (forgot what model). and it would add up to that mower.

:thumbsup:

Sep 7, 2013#103

C

CZLawnCare

Not sure what you mean by southside lol

Sep 8, 2013#104

Lawnboy18

CZLawnCare said:
Not sure what you mean by southside lol

Lol, I am not too far from Ottawa and you?

Sep 15, 2013#105

lawn mower fanatic

From yesterday:

Sep 15, 2013#106

metz12

lawn mower fanatic said:
From yesterday:

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i did a lawn the other day and it looked great but my camera battery was dead when i took it out of the case. :thumbdown: it looked awesome and i did it with my free toro!

Sep 15, 2013#107

lawn mower fanatic

metz12 said:
i did a lawn the other day and it looked great but my camera battery was dead when i took it out of the case. :thumbdown: it looked awesome and i did it with my free toro!

Can you make it look that good next time it needs it?

Sep 15, 2013#108

metz12

lawn mower fanatic said:
Can you make it look that good next time it needs it?

of course! i got a bunch of complements on it too because its right on a main road and alot of people i know saw me do it.

Sep 16, 2013#109

A

afoulk

metz12 said:
of course! i got a bunch of complements on it too because its right on a main road and alot of people i know saw me do it.

Advertising at its best:thumbsup:

Sep 16, 2013#110

exotion

One from today with my old toro

Sep 16, 2013#111

lawn mower fanatic

metz12 said:
of course! i got a bunch of complements on it too because its right on a main road and alot of people i know saw me do it.

Nice! :thumbsup:

Sep 16, 2013#112

metz12

exotion said:
One from today with my old toro

there ya go, good stuff right there

Sep 16, 2013#113

djdicetn

lawn mower fanatic said:
Nice! :thumbsup:

OK, lmf...I'm gonna try to post some pics of my cut this past weekend with my Gravely's new mulch kit. Give me your opinion on whether my yard looks "mildly striped" with nothing but the new mulch kit(no striper attachment). Looks pretty decent to me:0

Sep 16, 2013#114

Carscw

djdicetn said:
OK, lmf...I'm gonna try to post some pics of my cut this past weekend with my Gravely's new mulch kit. Give me your opinion on whether my yard looks "mildly striped" with nothing but the new mulch kit(no striper attachment). Looks pretty decent to me:0

Not bad for a homeowner LOL

Looks good your getting the hang of it

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Sep 17, 2013#115

djdicetn

Carscw said:
Not bad for a homeowner LOL

Looks good your getting the hang of it

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Yeah, that second picture on top that has the "brown spot" in the grass is actually the clippings I cleaned out from under the deck two weeks ago after mowing when the grass was still a little wet from raiin(still not a "huge amount" of trapped clippings). This last time(3 or 4 sunny days in the 80's before mowing) there wasn't even half that much. That was one of the things I really disliked about the mulch kit(nothing but a plastic plug over the side discharge opening) on my old Craftsman lawn tractor. When I was finished mowing(wet grass or not), there was about 10 pounds of grass clippings trapped underneath the deck that made a "brown pile" about 4 feet x 4 feet several inches deep:0(
That and since it used to be under a mimosa tree, which I have since removed, the clippings pretty well "killed the grass" in the area where I cleaned the lawn tractor when done mowing. If I make sure I mow when the grass is good & dry I won't have that problem with this mulch kit(my wife actually made a good suggestion to drive the mower over a tarp, clean out the clippings, drive it back off the tarp and then carry the clippings to the garbage......pretty good thinking for a woman.....right:0)

Sep 17, 2013#116

lawn mower fanatic

djdicetn said:
OK, lmf...I'm gonna try to post some pics of my cut this past weekend with my Gravely's new mulch kit. Give me your opinion on whether my yard looks "mildly striped" with nothing but the new mulch kit(no striper attachment). Looks pretty decent to me:0

The cut of that mower looks really good! I think if you get the striping kit you might be able to really out-do your neighbor with the Ariens! :tongue: But it looks nice! Good idea with the tarp...I have done that a few times, but mostly I just do it directly on the ground and then pick up all the clippings. The times I use the tarp is when I don't want my dog eating the clippings that are left on the ground...which he loves to do!

Sep 17, 2013#117

djdicetn

lawn mower fanatic said:
The cut of that mower looks really good! I think if you get the striping kit you might be able to really out-do your neighbor with the Ariens! :tongue: But it looks nice! Good idea with the tarp...I have done that a few times, but mostly I just do it directly on the ground and then pick up all the clippings. The times I use the tarp is when I don't want my dog eating the clippings that are left on the ground...which he loves to do!

Yeah...I was gonna take some pics of his yard and post them as a comparison(but I'm still jealous that his 15-yr-old Ariens Zoom 42 stripes better than my Gravely:0) He doesn't have a mulch kit though and his wife told mine that last time he mowed, after he had mowed over the windrows 3 or 4 times, he gave up and broke out his lawn sweeper. I am amazed, though, that his little Ariens Zoom has a VERY professional looking cut and stripes out of the box!! Ewwwwwww, grass stew:0)

Sep 17, 2013#118

Briana

Here's a link to an old striping thread with a handful more pictures: http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/lawn-care-landscaping/10617-striping-lawn-pics.html

I love the checkerboard pattern on page 3: http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/lawn-care-landscaping/10617-striping-lawn-pics-3.html#post76749

Sep 17, 2013#119

BHLC

Wish they'd let me do some mulch...

Sep 19, 2013#120

exotion

Honda hrr mulching

Sep 19, 2013#121

djdicetn

exotion said:
Honda hrr mulching

Lookin goooooood.......I'm gittin there, just got to convince the financial advisor(aka the wife) that the expenditure for the Gravely hex striper kit is a worthy investment:0)

Sep 19, 2013#122

exotion

djdicetn said:
Lookin goooooood.......I'm gittin there, just got to convince the financial advisor(aka the wife) that the expenditure for the Gravely hex striper kit is a worthy investment:0)

I have never owned a stripping kit I might get one for my 30" I'm going to buy in the spring

Sep 19, 2013#123

lawn mower fanatic

exotion said:
I have never owned a stripping kit I might get one for my 30" I'm going to buy in the spring

You buying the Timemaster or Turfmaster?

I am thinking about getting a striping kit for my HRX but don't know if it would be a stress on the transmission @ around 25 lbs.

Sep 19, 2013#124

exotion

lawn mower fanatic said:
You buying the Timemaster or Turfmaster?

I am thinking about getting a striping kit for my HRX but don't know if it would be a stress on the transmission @ around 25 lbs.

<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17377"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17378"/>

Timemaster

Sep 19, 2013#125

BHLC

We have the timemaster, it cuts good, if I'm able to ill post some pics

Sep 20, 2013#126

djdicetn

lawn mower fanatic said:
You buying the Timemaster or Turfmaster?

I am thinking about getting a striping kit for my HRX but don't know if it would be a stress on the transmission @ around 25 lbs.

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Go for it lmf!!! If Toro makes it for your mower you should be able to assume that it is safe to use!! Your cuts already look great and with that kit(I seem to recall it's around $90...a easily affordable attachment) your customer's will probably notice/mention the improved look!!!!

Sep 20, 2013#127

lawn mower fanatic

djdicetn said:
Go for it lmf!!! If Toro makes it for your mower you should be able to assume that it is safe to use!! Your cuts already look great and with that kit(I seem to recall it's around $90...a easily affordable attachment) your customer's will probably notice/mention the improved look!!!!

Yes it is around $90. The one in the first picture (where the same mower I have is shown) is one where you have to take off the wheels to attach the striping kit (at least I think that's how you do it since it is in between the wheels and the frame). The one on the right is the Toro lawn striper. I like that one better because it just attaches to the handle, and you can remove the roller easily.

Sep 21, 2013#128

A_tank96

djdicetn said:
Lookin goooooood.......I'm gittin there, just got to convince the financial advisor(aka the wife) that the expenditure for the Gravely hex striper kit is a worthy investment:0)

The is what I did with my toro time utter no stripe kit.

Sep 21, 2013#129

exotion

A_tank96 said:
The is what I did with my toro time utter no stripe kit. <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17402"/>

That is some serious striping was the grass dry something?

Sep 21, 2013#130

A_tank96

exotion said:
That is some serious striping was the grass dry something?

It's pretty dry but not parched for sure. The deck on the front side hangs down and think that's what does it. Plus that client has the nicest lawn.

Aaron

Sep 21, 2013#131

lawn mower fanatic

A_tank96 said:
The is what I did with my toro time utter no stripe kit. View attachment 17402

Sep 22, 2013#132

C

CaptMax

Here's my yard, small as it is.
CaptMax

Sep 22, 2013#133

exotion

CaptMax said:
Here's my yard, small as it is.
CaptMax
http://s713.photobucket.com/user/CaptMaxII/media/DSCN2900_zpsa8bcddca.jpg.html

Very nice personally I would prefer an angle and straight lines no curves

Sep 22, 2013#134

lawn mower fanatic

:smile:

Sep 23, 2013#135

exotion

Old toro mulching

Toro bagging

Sep 23, 2013#136

exotion

exotion said:
Old toro mulching

<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17459"/>

Toro bagging

Just realized I labeled those wrong the single pic is bagging the tree pics are mulching

Sep 23, 2013#137

lawn mower fanatic

exotion said:
Old toro mulching

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Toro bagging

Nice! :thumbsup: Here is one from today:

Sep 25, 2013#138

TaskForceLawnCare

Just thought I'd share these from today

Sep 25, 2013#139

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
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Just thought I'd share these from today

Your mower stripes well!

Sep 26, 2013#140

TaskForceLawnCare

Thanks I run the dixie chopper X blade on my inside spindle and high lift blades. We're about to slap gator blades back on everything when the leaves start falling.

Sep 26, 2013#141

BHLC

We just picked up a demo BobCat Procat today and tried it in the back yard, very impressed! No flap, chains, rollers or anything! Just the deck stripes like this. Put it in the shop to see if the deck is angled front to back or vise versa, nope, it's level! Can't wait to mow with it for the next week!

Sep 26, 2013#142

lawn mower fanatic

BHLC said:
We just picked up a demo BobCat Procat today and tried it in the back yard, very impressed! No flap, chains, rollers or anything! Just the deck stripes like this. Put it in the shop to see if the deck is angled front to back or vise versa, nope, it's level! Can't wait to mow with it for the next week!

Let us know if you're going to buy it!

Sep 26, 2013#143

BHLC

lawn mower fanatic said:
Let us know if you're going to buy it!

I'm leaning more towards the propane models. We'll see. Gotta see what they'll give us for the is500. I'll post more picks as we test this one. Also demoing a wright next week.

Sep 26, 2013#144

TaskForceLawnCare

If you can make it to Louisville 23-25 October for the Green Industry Expo (GIE) you can try out every mower under sun.

Let us know what you think about the propane mowers.

Sep 27, 2013#145

djdicetn

BHLC said:
We just picked up a demo BobCat Procat today and tried it in the back yard, very impressed! No flap, chains, rollers or anything! Just the deck stripes like this. Put it in the shop to see if the deck is angled front to back or vise versa, nope, it's level! Can't wait to mow with it for the next week!

I've always heard those Bobcats were "natural stripers" and that picture confirms that. Hmmmmmmm, level...with most deck leveling recommending the front blade tips 1/8 to 1/4 inch lower(and the vice versa, as you put it...commonly referred to as "heeling the deck"), I just wonder if "any brand" and/or "any deck design" could be altered to the front/rear blade tips being "level" to give a "natural striping" like that Bobcat???? I posted some pics earlier in this thread where it seemed to me that just adding a Gravely mulch kit to mine seemed to change the "after" cut to be "almost striped" when compared to the "before" cut(in reference to adding the mulch kit).

Sep 27, 2013#146

djdicetn

BHLC said:
I'm leaning more towards the propane models. We'll see. Gotta see what they'll give us for the is500. I'll post more picks as we test this one. Also demoing a wright next week.

Just curious.......why are you not replacing the Ferris with another Ferris???????
P.S.
I looked at Wrights last Fall....NICE, but pricey. Of course you are a professional, so quality is a little more important than price(not saying you can throw money away, but quality of the equipment is a priority).

Sep 27, 2013#147

BHLC

Our ferris machines leave a curious little line from the very furthest blade on the left. It cuts the grass but just leaves a line. Not happy with the overall performance. Our bobcat walk behind has an amazing stripe affect, therefore leading us to want to try their z

Sep 27, 2013#148

A_tank96

djdicetn said:
I've always heard those Bobcats were "natural stripers" and that picture confirms that. Hmmmmmmm, level...with most deck leveling recommending the front blade tips 1/8 to 1/4 inch lower(and the vice versa, as you put it...commonly referred to as "heeling the deck"), I just wonder if "any brand" and/or "any deck design" could be altered to the front/rear blade tips being "level" to give a "natural striping" like that Bobcat???? I posted some pics earlier in this thread where it seemed to me that just adding a Gravely mulch kit to mine seemed to change the "after" cut to be "almost striped" when compared to the "before" cut(in reference to adding the mulch kit).

That's exactly what my toro time cutter does. The front is sloped down, In order to stripe really well. It would be annoying getting it on a trailer but since I don't, I love it.

Aaron

Sep 27, 2013#149

Carscw

For a mower to stripe it's best the deck should be level or heeled. As with any mower you get the best looking cut with a level or heeled deck.
You want to back of the deck to lay the grass down.

If your deck has 3 blades do you ever wonder why it looks like 3 push mower lines? Is because the deck is lower in the front.

Now if your mower is underpowered you want to keep the front lower

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Sep 27, 2013#150

Carscw

A_tank96 said:
That's exactly what my toro time cutter does. The front is sloped down, In order to stripe really well. It would be annoying getting it on a trailer but since I don't, I love it. Aaron

Try heeling the deck I will bet you will like the cut so much better ( not saying it does not cut good now ) and how it stripes.

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Sep 28, 2013#151

A_tank96

Carscw said:
Try heeling the deck I will bet you will like the cut so much better ( not saying it does not cut good now ) and how it stripes.

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

That's the thing it doesn't heel any more. The Front is all the way up, and it's only the front that's curved down the rest is level. I'll take a picture today.

Aaron

Sep 28, 2013#152

BHLC

Quick one from this morning, using the demo Bobcat Procat.

Sep 29, 2013#153

BHLC

Few from today and the trailer set up

Sep 29, 2013#154

BHLC

Few from today and the trailer set up

Sep 29, 2013#155

BHLC

Today using demo bobcat Procat.

Sep 29, 2013#156

BHLC

Today using demo bobcat Procat.

Sep 29, 2013#157

BHLC

Sorry! Don't quite know what the multiple posts are about!

Oct 1, 2013#158

Carscw

Just playing around with my 1990 mtd
First time in 7 months that it was not raining when I got to this yard

Oct 1, 2013#159

Carscw

Today with the 206 yth2448 husqvarna
Not bad for weeds

Oct 3, 2013#160

TaskForceLawnCare

Here's a couple from yesterday.

Oct 9, 2013#161

djdicetn

BHLC said:
Today using demo bobcat Procat.

I picked up on your post about the Bobcat where the deck pitch was "level" instead of the normal front-lower pitch and when I installed the Gravely mulch kit on my Pro-Turn 152 I also changed it to a "level pitch". I posted some pics earlier where it gave a "mild striping effect"(still not as pronounced as the pictures of your demo Bobcat). Well, I sprung for the Gravely Hex Striper kit this past weekend and the dealer should get it in by the end of this week. He told me the long-range forecast for Middle TN doesn't show any consistent "below 40 degree" nights until the first week of December. He had a commercial customer come in last week and bought 3 brand new Gravely's(at this time of the year the dealer said that was extremely rare). I think I will have plenty of opportunity to post some pics after installing my striper kit and hopefully they will rival some of the better striping pics in this thread. My dealer has really been good about taking care of me(sold me the mulch kit at the 2012 price..about $35 off and sold me the hex striper kit for $199...regular price $238). I am anxious to get it installed and try it out!!!!!

Oct 10, 2013#162

BHLC

Let us see the pics when you get some

Oct 15, 2013#163

M

marknewhall

qa12852 said:
Here is a picture of my homemade lawn striper. I used 5 inch wobble rollers Taft are used on boat trailers. For the frame I used electrical channel bracket. I have it mounted to the mower using clevis pins. That way it can be removable and gives some play when going up and down hills and bumps. The mower left ok stripes, now with this they are more definitive and vibrant.

Hi, I write for Farm Show magazine and would liked to interview you for an article about your homemade lawn striper. Please email me at dee_goerge@yahoo.com

Oct 17, 2013#164

Carscw

Not sure I can stripe this one.
Had to cut a path just to walk around to give a bid.

Oct 17, 2013#165

B

Bmcnamara417

Well here is my first crack at with a honda walk behind and some PVC pipe attached!!! Pretty cool!!

Oct 17, 2013#166

lawn mower fanatic

Carscw: Yeah that's a bit hard to stripe!

Bmcnamara417: Nice! We would love to see a picture of your striping "roller". :thumbsup:

Oct 17, 2013#167

djdicetn

lawn mower fanatic said:
Carscw: Yeah that's a bit hard to stripe!

Bmcnamara417: Nice! We would love to see a picture of your striping "roller". :thumbsup:

Looks like an administrator finally fixed this thread. I sent several messages that it seemd to be "stuck" on Post#160 at the bottom of Page#16 and subsequent posts after #160 weren't showing up. I think that happened on about 10/9/13 when I noticed that my "picked up on the post about the Bobcat" post wasn't showing up. Hey..after 43+ years in IT, I can tell you for certain ALL software(even forum software) gets a little "bug" from time to time. I've been wrestling with a hosed up Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 7 running on my iMac at home for two weeks and FINALLY got the Google Chrome browser to install(I E Explorer wouldn't go to the install links on Google, Firefox, etc. websites). Google Chrome works like a charm(and is now my default browser:0), but I don't recommend I E Explorer 10 "AT ALL"!!!! The further I get from Microsoft as I slowly adapt to the new world of Apple/Mac O/S the better I like it!!!

Oct 17, 2013#168

lawn mower fanatic

djdicetn said:
Looks like an administrator finally fixed this thread. I sent several messages that it seemd to be "stuck" on Post#160 at the bottom of Page#16 and subsequent posts after #160 weren't showing up. I think that happened on about 10/9/13 when I noticed that my "picked up on the post about the Bobcat" post wasn't showing up. Hey..after 43+ years in IT, I can tell you for certain ALL software(even forum software) gets a little "bug" from time to time. I've been wrestling with a hosed up Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 7 running on my iMac at home for two weeks and FINALLY got the Google Chrome browser to install(I E Explorer wouldn't go to the install links on Google, Firefox, etc. websites). Google Chrome works like a charm(and is now my default browser:0), but I don't recommend I E Explorer 10 "AT ALL"!!!! The further I get from Microsoft as I slowly adapt to the new world of Apple/Mac O/S the better I like it!!!

To tell you the truth I think it will happen again when the posts go onto the next page. I couldn't view the new posts, but since I really wanted to I went to Thread Tools at the top of the page and then went to Show Printable Version. That way was more boring, and I had to click on the attachment "links" to view the pictures, but at least I saw them. After I replied THEN you could see that page so I think once there are a certain number of posts on the page you can see it again. But it only happens on a few threads! :confused2: But only after that day the forum was down! :frown:

Oct 24, 2013#169

BHLC

This is our last week mowing, frost and snow are moving in quick! Time to get ready to move some snow!

Oct 24, 2013#170

lawn mower fanatic

BHLC said:
This is our last week mowing, frost and snow are moving in quick! Time to get ready to move some snow!

There was frost on the ground here this morning (and will be tonight). Right now it's 48 and windy. :thumbdown:

Oct 24, 2013#171

lawn mower fanatic

Some recent lawns:

Oct 25, 2013#172

C

CZLawnCare

Very impressive!

Oct 27, 2013#173

TaskForceLawnCare

Here's one from today we don't normally work on Sundays. But between leaf removal and going to the GIE for a couple days we're playing catch up.

Oct 28, 2013#174

Lawnboy18

TaskForceLawnCare said:
View attachment 17991

Here's one from today we don't normally work on Sundays. But between leaf removal and going to the GIE for a couple days we're playing catch up.

That looks very good!

Where I live, we all have small lawns. No one has a huge yard like that.

Oct 28, 2013#175

TaskForceLawnCare

Lawnboy18 said:
That looks very good! Where I live, we all have small lawns. No one has a huge yard like that.

Thanks. Ours are about 50/50 larger like this then some as small as 9k square feet. We target the upper end neighborhoods and stay in the suburbs of Indianapolis. I prefer the bigger lots especially if we're treating them.

Oct 28, 2013#176

TaskForceLawnCare

Here's part of one from tonight, i didn't get one of the big part because it was starting to drizzle on me and i was being a cry baby in the rain.

Oct 29, 2013#177

metz12

My yard after i did leaves with my mtd. they arnt to great but it looks pretty nice i thought. ive been doing so many leaves this year its unreal! my leaf pile is up to my elbow from just this year! and i have burned some of my leaves too!

Oct 29, 2013#178

lawn mower fanatic

metz12 said:
My yard after i did leaves with my mtd. they arnt to great but it looks pretty nice i thought. ive been doing so many leaves this year its unreal! my leaf pile is up to my elbow from just this year! and i have burned some of my leaves too!

Good job. Still want to see one with your Toro push mower! :tongue:

Oct 29, 2013#179

Lawnboy18

TaskForceLawnCare said:
Thanks. Ours are about 50/50 larger like this then some as small as 9k square feet. We target the upper end neighborhoods and stay in the suburbs of Indianapolis. I prefer the bigger lots especially if we're treating them.

Bigger lots are fun to do. You can fly around on a ZTR if they are not tricky. How much time does one lot take usually?

Oct 29, 2013#180

TaskForceLawnCare

We average about 35 min for an acre lot like this on about 10 min of string trimming and blowing. Unloading, loading and getting started. Here's a couple from today, sorry for the blurriness i was holding a string trimmer.

Oct 29, 2013#181

TaskForceLawnCare

metz12 said:
My yard after i did leaves with my mtd. they arnt to great but it looks pretty nice i thought. ive been doing so many leaves this year its unreal! my leaf pile is up to my elbow from just this year! and i have burned some of my leaves too!

Dump some seed on that yard, spread some starter fert and cut it tall next year and that MTD will be laying stripes like a champ. You ever deer hunt from your back deck it looks like you're surrounded by woods.

Oct 29, 2013#182

Lawnboy18

TaskForceLawnCare said:
We average about 35 min for an acre lot like this on about 10 min of string trimming and blowing. Unloading, loading and getting started. Here's a couple from today, sorry for the blurriness i was holding a string trimmer.

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Those are really nice yards! I wish we had some like that around here. Mine are very small as compared to yours.

Oct 29, 2013#183

metz12

TaskForceLawnCare said:
Dump some seed on that yard, spread some starter fert and cut it tall next year and that MTD will be laying stripes like a champ. You ever deer hunt from your back deck it looks like you're surrounded by woods.

I dont hunt from my backyard, even though i could but there is a house over to the left in the back. as long as i shot away to the right i would be all set. i actually do get alot of deer back there because there are hunting trails about a 1/2 mile down the road and it pushes them basically into my yard. i was cutting wood one day with my buddy that lives 2 houses up from me we saw from what it looked like an 8point walking about 50' away. and thanks for the tip. i didnt seed any of my yard because we are getting a new septic system and i didnt know what the excavators are going to rip up. my little tractor cuts alot better then i thought it would.

Oct 29, 2013#184

TaskForceLawnCare

metz12 said:
I dont hunt from my backyard, even though i could but there is a house over to the left in the back. as long as i shot away to the right i would be all set. i actually do get alot of deer back there because there are hunting trails about a 1/2 mile down the road and it pushes them basically into my yard. i was cutting wood one day with my buddy that lives 2 houses up from me we saw from what it looked like an 8point walking about 50' away. and thanks for the tip. i didnt seed any of my yard because we are getting a new septic system and i didnt know what the excavators are going to rip up. my little tractor cuts alot better then i thought it would.

Thats cool at least you have deer to look at. I think the cut quality off garden tractors has come a long ways in recent years. They just aren't practical for what i do. I wish i had that many trees around my place. I've 3 acres with about a dozen trees. I've 2 acres that we just test products we use or are thinking of using. So basically all i do is mow it and test different herbicides and fertilizers.

Oct 29, 2013#185

metz12

I wish I had more property, but its not a bad chunk of land. I have exactly 1 ace. It would be nice to have like 4 or 5 acres. It would give me an excuse to buy a quad!

Oct 30, 2013#186

BHLC

metz12 said:
I wish I had more property, but its not a bad chunk of land. I have exactly 1 ace. It would be nice to have like 4 or 5 acres. It would give me an excuse to buy a quad!

We've got 2 acres at the house I still have an ATV! Ohh but there's also my wife's grandparents property where we have a 25 acre piece out of the 340acres that are there.

Oct 31, 2013#187

BustedKnuckles

Here are my first (crooked) stripes from mowing my parent's yard last Sunday with a Cub Cadet 1236 WB. It has a striping flap mounted at the very rear of the deck and I mowed at 3".

Nov 12, 2013#188

BHLC

Mowing is over for 2013! On to plowing!

Nov 12, 2013#189

metz12

BHLC said:
Mowing is over for 2013! On to plowing!

ya we got a minor amount of snow today. snowed for about 2 hours but didnt catch on anything because it had rained before.

Nov 22, 2013#190

Carscw

This is how you do it

Nov 22, 2013#191

exotion

Carscw said:
This is how you do it

<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=18266"/>

Very nice sir

Nov 22, 2013#192

Carscw

exotion said:
Very nice sir

Not mine.
I get pics from exmark on my Facebook
It's their way of saying you need to buy one.

Nov 22, 2013#193

exotion

Carscw said:
Not mine.
I get pics from exmark on my Facebook
It's their way of saying you need to buy one.

Well then I retract my previous comment and replace with. Oh my goodness I need one

Nov 22, 2013#194

Carscw

exotion said:
Well then I retract my previous comment and replace with. Oh my goodness I need one

Guess I should have stated that when I posted the pics.

Nov 28, 2013#195

BHLC

Carscw said:
Guess I should have stated that when I posted the pics.

Amazing what a little tinting and color adjustments do.

Nov 29, 2013#196

lawn mower fanatic

Just FYI I have my last round of lawns for the season to do today and tomorrow, so a few more lawn striping pics to come! :thumbsup:

Dec 1, 2013#197

lawn mower fanatic

lawn mower fanatic said:
Just FYI I have my last round of lawns for the season to do today and tomorrow, so a few more lawn striping pics to come! :thumbsup:

The last few of the season. :frown:

Mar 1, 2014#198

B

Bmcnamara417

My striping kit

Mar 2, 2014#199

lawn mower fanatic

Bmcnamara417 said:
My striping kit

Love the mower AND the striping kit. :thumbsup:

May 11, 2014#200

JDsLawnCare

Question about these stripers for the self propels, the vid lmf posted brought up a good point of not backin up with one. So i ask, do yall outline the yard first and then attach the striper? Or how do yall go about it?

May 11, 2014#201

Carscw

Just did this one with the 15 year old snapper pro. No stripe kit.

Little hard to keep straight left belt a little wore out.

May 11, 2014#202

Lawnboy18

Looks good!

May 11, 2014#203

TaskForceLawnCare

I like it and keeping it old school with the old snapper pro. Should've posted a pic with the snapper pro in there.

May 11, 2014#204

Carscw

TaskForceLawnCare said:
I like it and keeping it old school with the old snapper pro. Should've posted a pic with the snapper pro in there.

I will post some tomorrow

The old snapper don't look pretty anymore but I still love the way it cuts.

May 12, 2014#205

Carscw

Never even took it off the trailer today.
Did all small yards today with the 42 inch toro.

May 13, 2014#206

Mike88se

Am I the only one here who just doesn't get the whole striping mania?

May 13, 2014#207

BHLC

Mike88se said:
Am I the only one here who just doesn't get the whole striping mania?

Yup! You are...

May 13, 2014#208

TaskForceLawnCare

Mike88se said:
Am I the only one here who just doesn't get the whole striping mania?

I don't get it either but I just can't stop doing it

May 13, 2014#209

Carscw

TaskForceLawnCare said:
I don't get it either but I just can't stop doing it <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/20679-striping-gotta-love-forumrunner_20140513_193254-png"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/20679-striping-gotta-love-forumrunner_20140513_193254-png"/>

Nice job man

May 13, 2014#210

JDsLawnCare

TaskForceLawnCare said:
I don't get it either but I just can't stop doing it

Very nice TFLC!

May 13, 2014#211

BHLC

TaskForceLawnCare said:
I don't get it either but I just can't stop doing it <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/20679-striping-gotta-love-forumrunner_20140513_193254-png"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/20679-striping-gotta-love-forumrunner_20140513_193254-png"/>

"Like" I agree, nice

May 14, 2014#212

Mike88se

BHLC said:
Yup! You are...

I can live with that

Enjoy

May 14, 2014#213

exotion

Mike88se said:
Am I the only one here who just doesn't get the whole striping mania?

Everyone wants a baseball field or golf course

May 14, 2014#214

Carscw

Mike88se said:
Am I the only one here who just doesn't get the whole striping mania?

I do it because it looks nice and it is the fastest way to cut a lawn.

May 14, 2014#215

TaskForceLawnCare

I just do it because the mowers naturally do it. It also looks professional, and clean. It also makes nice post on Facebook and this thread.

May 14, 2014#216

Lawnboy18

Yea I got them stripping blues also.

With the Ybravo 21"

"90 Lawn Boy with very old blade that hasn't been sharpened.

Tonte de gazon en campagne (10 mai 2014).jpg

May 16, 2014#217

Nwatson99

Wow you folks have to modify your mowers to make the mow stripes in the yards??
I do not need anything to make the stripes in my yard.

May 16, 2014#218

Carscw

Nwatson99 said:
Wow you folks have to modify your mowers to make the mow stripes in the yards?? I do not need anything to make the stripes in my yard.

And your point is?

May 16, 2014#219

Lawnboy18

Most mowers stripe naturally. All my mowers stripe. All tho, if you want it to be heavily striped, you can add rollers, chains, etc.

May 16, 2014#220

Nwatson99

Carscw said:
And your point is?

No point, just an observation
I was actually coming back to see how longs it lasts, never knew there was such a tool or needed to make stripes in the grass, don't you need to go do some reading and learn more about the harmful effects corn gas?

May 16, 2014#221

Nwatson99

Lawnboy18 said:
Most mowers stripe naturally. All my mowers stripe. All tho, if you want it to be heavily striped, you can add rollers, chains, etc.

How much longer does it last and it is more prominent until you mow again?
My stripes are visible up to 6 days if I can wait that long to mow, however on day 7 the striping has lost most of it's visibility, but it is still good enough so I know what direction I mowed the week prior so to change and more the opposite direction that day.
Usually with the normal weather I mow every 5 days, the rain last year had me mowing every 3 to 5 days.

May 16, 2014#222

Carscw

Nwatson99 said:
No point, just an observation I was actually coming back to see how longs it lasts, never knew there was such a tool or needed to make stripes in the grass, don't you need to go do some reading and learn more about the harmful effects corn gas?

There are no harmful effects from corn gas.

I think it's safe to say the stripes last till the grass grows to tall and should have been cut already.

Every mower will stripe. The stripe kit really was used to eliminate the tire tracks.

May 16, 2014#223

djdicetn

Nwatson99 said:
How much longer does it last and it is more prominent until you mow again?
My stripes are visible up to 6 days if I can wait that long to mow, however on day 7 the striping has lost most of it's visibility, but it is still good enough so I know what direction I mowed the week prior so to change and more the opposite direction that day.
Usually with the normal weather I mow every 5 days, the rain last year had me mowing every 3 to 5 days.

Can you post some pics of the striping that JD leaves next time you mow? As has been stated, almost all mowers leave a "mild" stripe naturally...but to get the pronounced effect like seen on baseball fields, etc. most will need modification(deck heeled and/or a striping kit). Pictures would be worth a thousand words.

May 16, 2014#224

Nwatson99

djdicetn said:
Can you post some pics of the striping that JD leaves next time you mow? As has been stated, almost all mowers leave a "mild" stripe naturally...but to get the pronounced effect like seen on baseball fields, etc. most will need modification(deck heeled and/or a striping kit). Pictures would be worth a thousand words.

I sure will, like I said I am just wanting to know more about this since I never knew there were devices to make the stripes while mowing since my mower has striped since I day I had it and I am just hoping which I am sure it will the new one will stripe as good as the Z930A.
I did with the Z960R get the MOD deck for around the house and driveway to eliminate the clippings flying on the driveway and house, so I will report on how that deck works after I get it and mow with it.

May 16, 2014#225

Nwatson99

Carscw said:
There are no harmful effects from corn gas.

I think it's safe to say the stripes last till the grass grows to tall and should have been cut already.

Every mower will stripe. The stripe kit really was used to eliminate the tire tracks.

Okay tire tracks, next time I mow I will get some photos and I thought the tire tracks actually accented the striping, but I am not a mowing business or anything this is just my place I have to compare to, but there are some property close by to me that do use mowing companies and I cannot say their mowing looks better than mine.
With that said down around the Lexington area the striping is more visible and prominent so I guess that is how they are making it look that way by using these striping kits.

May 16, 2014#226

TaskForceLawnCare

Nothing special gator blades and 4" cutting height. Yes professionally maintain athletic turf does use rollers striping kits etc to get their pattens. But they also use speciality grasses that would be near impossible to maintain in a residential lawn. Some guys do use stripe kits for more definition but most all commercial mowers will stripe without the assistance of any novelty striping kit. It just takes a healthy lawn and proper cutting height. These newer commercial mowers don't require any toeing or whatever other outdated techniques to accomplish striping. It's caused by tip speed and air volume being pushed under the deck.

May 16, 2014#227

Carscw

Nwatson99 said:
Okay tire tracks, next time I mow I will get some photos and I thought the tire tracks actually accented the striping, but I am not a mowing business or anything this is just my place I have to compare to, but there are some property close by to me that do use mowing companies and I cannot say their mowing looks better than mine. With that said down around the Lexington area the striping is more visible and prominent so I guess that is how they are making it look that way by using these striping kits.

Some people like the tire marks. I think it makes it look sloppy with wide tire lines.

You are right most so called pro's don't do any better then most home owners.

Not everyone like their yard striped.
I do not use a kit. I heal my deck but mostly because it gives a better cut going fast

May 16, 2014#228

Nwatson99

Carscw said:
Some people like the tire marks. I think it makes it look sloppy with wide tire lines.

You are right most so called pro's don't do any better then most home owners.

Not everyone like their yard striped.
I do not use a kit. I heal my deck but mostly because it gives a better cut going fast

Okay well keep the info coming greatly appreciated, on my JD I have teh deck height set to cut 3.25" it is not "scalping" the lawn by any means and actually the grass is higher than what the JD's you buy from lowes or some box store, so is that too high for striping?
Also what does it mean to heal your deck?
My anti-scalp wheels do roll when I am in the grass mowing, but on concrete they do not, they actually are about 3/16" to 1/4" above the concrete.

May 16, 2014#229

exotion

Heeling meens your deck is lower in the back than the front. A techinique I use quite a bit in normal cutting conditions.

May 16, 2014#230

Carscw

Nwatson99 said:
Okay well keep the info coming greatly appreciated, on my JD I have teh deck height set to cut 3.25" it is not "scalping" the lawn by any means and actually the grass is higher than what the JD's you buy from lowes or some box store, so is that too high for striping? Also what does it mean to heal your deck? My anti-scalp wheels do roll when I am in the grass mowing, but on concrete they do not, they actually are about 3/16" to 1/4" above the concrete.

Sorry to hear you have a JD

But happy to hear you do not scalp your yard. I see it all the time people cutting down to the dirt.

3 inches is good for striping thick blade grass.

When people ask why I heal my deck. I give them a little test. Make one pass with the mower going forward then move over a couple feet and make a pass going backwards at the same speed. On most mowers the backwards pass will look better. There have been a few people come on here and ask why their mower cuts better in reverse.

Anti scalp wheels should sit just like you have them.

You can get creative with striping. Like half moons. Does not always have to be a straight line.

Post done pics we like looking at cut grass

May 16, 2014#231

Nwatson99

Carscw said:
Sorry to hear you have a JD

But happy to hear you do not scalp your yard. I see it all the time people cutting down to the dirt.

3 inches is good for striping thick blade grass.

When people ask why I heal my deck. I give them a little test. Make one pass with the mower going forward then move over a couple feet and make a pass going backwards at the same speed. On most mowers the backwards pass will look better. There have been a few people come on here and ask why their mower cuts better in reverse.

Anti scalp wheels should sit just like you have them.

You can get creative with striping. Like half moons. Does not always have to be a straight line.

Post done pics we like looking at cut grass

LOL
Well I wanted the new Gravely "new air ride seat", but after looking at it the machine was too manual for mowing for me, levers, pins, etc to set everything vs. the JD everything is right at your finger tips more or less without moving your arm from the arm rest.
My back injury is dictating most of my life now, my weed-eaters are all modified where I lay the head on the ground while keeping my back straight just to weed-eat, heck I had to purchase a self drive push mower just to mow what very little I have to mow using it around the pond edge since my mower is too heavy to get within 2 feet of my pond, my Z930 comes in over a ton with me on it, weight sticker is 1946lb on the machine and I am 220.

May 16, 2014#232

Carscw

Nwatson99 said:
LOL Well I wanted the new Gravely "new air ride seat", but after looking at it the machine was too manual for mowing for me, levers, pins, etc to set everything vs. the JD everything is right at your finger tips more or less without moving your arm from the arm rest. My back injury is dictating most of my life now, my weed-eaters are all modified where I lay the head on the ground while keeping my back straight just to weed-eat, heck I had to purchase a self drive push mower just to mow what very little I have to mow using it around the pond edge since my mower is too heavy to get within 2 feet of my pond, my Z930 comes in over a ton with me on it, weight sticker is 1946lb on the machine and I am 220.

The 930 is a nice machine. Don't want to get it stuck.

May 17, 2014#233

djdicetn

Nwatson99 said:
LOL
Well I wanted the new Gravely "new air ride seat", but after looking at it the machine was too manual for mowing for me, levers, pins, etc to set everything vs. the JD everything is right at your finger tips more or less without moving your arm from the arm rest.
My back injury is dictating most of my life now, my weed-eaters are all modified where I lay the head on the ground while keeping my back straight just to weed-eat, heck I had to purchase a self drive push mower just to mow what very little I have to mow using it around the pond edge since my mower is too heavy to get within 2 feet of my pond, my Z930 comes in over a ton with me on it, weight sticker is 1946lb on the machine and I am 220.

I answered your questions in your message best I could. All I can add is that at > $14k MSRP for that JD Z960R MOD you ordered, I would have purchased the Gravely Pro-Turn 400 XDZ(Model#99235) with the Kawasaki FX921V engine and ZT-5400 trasnnies and put the extra $2K in my pocket!!! I believe you would have found the new air ride system to be a comfortable ride.

May 17, 2014#234

Nwatson99

djdicetn said:
I answered your questions in your message best I could. All I can add is that at > $14k MSRP for that JD Z960R MOD you ordered, I would have purchased the Gravely Pro-Turn 400 XDZ(Model#99235) with the Kawasaki FX921V engine and ZT-5400 trasnnies and put the extra $2K in my pocket!!! I believe you would have found the new air ride system to be a comfortable ride.

Oh the 2K is in my pocket, there was one dealer in 50 mile radius that quoted over 14K he was using the JD quoting manual, but rest assured that is not what I purchased it for.
The Gravely 400 is the one I tested and looked at, but like I said too manual for me. The JD has all the controls at my finger tips right there from the chair with the effort of moving my hand over to the controls.

May 17, 2014#235

BHLC

Finally got a chance to quickly mow my front yard tonight. Need to get the fertilizer down next.

May 17, 2014#236

exotion

The second pic I don't like to much striping with the angle. Striping looks nice if you cross the lines and make nice little squares or two different but equal angles.

May 17, 2014#237

BHLC

exotion said:
The second pic I don't like to much striping with the angle. Striping looks nice if you cross the lines and make nice little squares or two different but equal angles.

Customer lawns I agree, my lawn I don't care! It's a hill the whole way down! Had to double cut because it was so long and thick! Also we have a first communion and baptism tomorrow and wife didn't want the clippings left. Had to go around after with the bagger to pick them up.

May 17, 2014#238

Carscw

When I have to double cut I cut then second time I add some stripes. Kinda like fake striping.

May 26, 2014#239

Carscw

I tried to stripe it but this is the best the old snapper would do cutting it twice.
Good thing is even in 3rd gear she never bogged down.

May 29, 2014#240

Lawnboy18

Carscw said:
I tried to stripe it but this is the best the old snapper would do cutting it twice.
Good thing is even in 3rd gear she never bogged down.

View attachment 21038

You sure dig out some nasty lots! Nice job tho!

May 29, 2014#241

Lawnboy18

Some stripping with the YBravo

May 29, 2014#242

Carscw

Lawnboy18 said:
Some stripping with the YBravo <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21115-striping-gotta-love-tonte-mai-2014-1-jpg"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21116-striping-gotta-love-tonte-de-gazon-mai-2014-2-jpg"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21117-striping-gotta-love-tonte-de-gazon-mai-2014-3-jpg"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21118-striping-gotta-love-tonte-mai-2014-4-jpg"/>

Good job.
That mower cuts nice.

May 29, 2014#243

Lawnboy18

Carscw said:
Good job.
That mower cuts nice.

Thanks!

Yea, the mower is awsome! It cuts so well and is very solid. I don't know what I would do without it.

May 29, 2014#244

exotion

I put them in my other thread but here is my toro proline 21"

May 29, 2014#245

Carscw

exotion said:
I put them in my other thread but here is my toro proline 21"

Nice job

Good job edging that walkway.

May 29, 2014#246

exotion

Carscw said:
Nice job

Good job edging that walkway.

Thanks

I make sure to edge all hard surfaces every week. And not leave any clippings anywhere just makes the job look clean

Jun 25, 2014#247

TaskForceLawnCare

Sorry I just had bring this old thread back up. This one I still personally still treat and cut. I've been working with this customer for about a year. His one demand when he hired my company was he wanted the nicest lawn in the neighborhood. I said no problem. My only demand was its going to cost you and he pays believe it or not $100 a week.

Jun 25, 2014#248

exotion

I've been doing extra striping on some of my lawns I mow once to cut then I turn off my blades on my proline drop it down 2 notches and run it over again leaves nice stripes

Jun 26, 2014#249

exotion

No stripe kit.... Just gotta know how to use the machine

Jun 27, 2014#250

lawn mower fanatic

Nice job, exotion. :thumbsup: Here are some from this year. I haven't taken many pictures, so some of these didn't stripe the best, but still have straight lines.

Jun 30, 2014#251

Carscw

The toro in the rain

Jun 30, 2014#252

icon2000

I'm getting there

Jun 30, 2014#253

Carscw

lawn mower fanatic said:
Nice job, exotion. :thumbsup: Here are some from this year. I haven't taken many pictures, so some of these didn't stripe the best, but still have straight lines. <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21790-striping-gotta-love-dscn5429-jpg"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21791-striping-gotta-love-dscn6176-jpg"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21792-striping-gotta-love-dscn7472-jpg"/>

There is something just not right about you.
No normal person can make lines that perfect every time.

Man you have came along way since the first pics you posted when you first joined.

You have a skill that many will never have.

Be proud of them lines. And brag as much as you want.

Kid rock said it's not bragging if you can back it up.

Jun 30, 2014#254

lawn mower fanatic

Carscw said:
There is something just not right about you.
No normal person can make lines that perfect every time.

Man you have came along way since the first pics you posted when you first joined.

You have a skill that many will never have.

Be proud of them lines. And brag as much as you want.

Kid rock said it's not bragging if you can back it up.

Haha thank you :smile:...it's not every time the lines are that straight, but I can say I have improved.

Jun 30, 2014#255

Lawnboy18

Here are some others. I am not sure if I posted them.

Jun 30, 2014#256

Carscw

Lawnboy18 said:
Here are some others. I am not sure if I posted them. <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21846-striping-gotta-love-tonte-de-gazon-1-jpg"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21847-striping-gotta-love-tonte-de-gazon-2-jpg"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21848-striping-gotta-love-tonte-de-gazon-3-jpg"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21849-striping-gotta-love-tonte-de-gazon-4-jpg"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21850-striping-gotta-love-tonte-de-gazon-5-jpg"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21851-striping-gotta-love-tonte-de-gazon-6-jpg"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21852-striping-gotta-love-tonte-de-gazon-7-jpg"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/21853-striping-gotta-love-tonte-de-gazon-8-jpg"/>

Good job.
Makes me miss the days I was doing nice yards with a push mower

Jun 30, 2014#257

Lawnboy18

Carscw said:
Good job.
Makes me miss the days I was doing nice yards with a push mower

Why did you stop mowing those nice yards?

I like the fact that I only need a push mower. No need for a trailer, so less expenses for me.

Jun 30, 2014#258

Carscw

Lawnboy18 said:
Why did you stop mowing those nice yards? I like the fact that I only need a push mower. No need for a trailer, so less expenses for me.

I guess I just wanted a change.

Now I work more and make less money.

I am getting back into doing residential yards. Not for the money but because I enjoy it more.

I have always took a lot of pride doing lawn care. Always had to make my yards look better then the other guys. Doing foreclosed homes has made me just cut as fast as I can and leave.

3 years ago I was taking care of five hundred thousand Dollar homes with snapper push mowers charging by the man hour. Had one house in better homes and gardens. Had some Customers for 14 years.
Woke up one day and sold it all.

Did not miss it till a few months ago.
Plan was to retire next year when I turn 50
Don't see that happening I like cutting grass to much.

Moved last year 2 hours away from the country club of the south so now starting over in a new area.

Jul 1, 2014#259

Lawnboy18

A bit of a strange decision to decide to sell all of that, but you can always start over easily. You have all the equipment you need and the experience. That is very valuable.

I take care of many houses that are worse 500 + K. Makes me dream. Beautiful yards and all. I just love mowing those yards and make them look good!

Jul 3, 2014#260

TaskForceLawnCare

Here's one of those high dollar homes I take care of the yard work.

Jul 3, 2014#261

Carscw

TaskForceLawnCare said:
Here's one of those high dollar homes I take care of the yard work.

Man that that is nice.

You do good work.

Not everyone takes pride in their work like you do.

Jul 3, 2014#262

Fish

Lawnboy18 said:
A bit of a strange decision to decide to sell all of that, but you can always start over easily. You have all the equipment you need and the experience. That is very valuable.

I take care of many houses that are worse 500 + K. Makes me dream. Beautiful yards and all. I just love mowing those yards and make them look good!

Naw, he is just full of chit....

Jul 4, 2014#263

Carscw

Just got done with this one.
Not to bad for the toro.

Jul 5, 2014#264

TaskForceLawnCare

I don't treat this one another guy from the area does. He does good work a few other houses I cut at, I do cut this house.

View attachment 21922

Jul 5, 2014#265

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
I don't treat this one another guy from the area does. He does good work a few other houses I cut at, I do cut this house.

View attachment 21922

Your Dixie Chopper stripes well! :thumbsup:

Jul 5, 2014#266

TaskForceLawnCare

Actually looking at replacing my Dixie choppers. Its time both are on their 3rd season and just over a 1000 hours. Jacobson bought them out in the spring. I've been strongly considering going with Scag mowers. Thanks for the complements I'm over the top picky and it the guys that work for me that last are pretty special.

Jul 10, 2014#267

TaskForceLawnCare

Some dixie chopper action

Jul 15, 2014#268

Lawnboy18

Nice work!

What I like about the U.S is the big lawns. Around here the yards are not as big.

Aug 7, 2014#269

Carscw

My wife learning. On the toro.

Aug 7, 2014#270

Lawnboy18

Not bad!

Aug 14, 2014#271

TaskForceLawnCare

as much as I loved my Dixie choppers. I bought new Scag mowers today. this was the first with a Scag tiger cat.

Aug 14, 2014#272

TaskForceLawnCare

here's the new look of the trailer went from stainless steel to tiger orange. my most experienced operator didn't have a lot to say be he was smiling after running it the first time.

Aug 15, 2014#273

lawn mower fanatic

Here is a picture from the first lawn of the day. What do you think?

Aug 15, 2014#274

Carscw

lawn mower fanatic said:
Here is a picture from the first lawn of the day. What do you think? <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/22736-striping-gotta-love-lawn-jpg"/>

Looks good.

Aug 16, 2014#275

Lawnboy18

TaskForceLawnCare said:
here's the new look of the trailer went from stainless steel to tiger orange. my most experienced operator didn't have a lot to say be he was smiling after running it the first time.

View attachment 22730

I love Scag mowers! They look good and cut good too

lawn mower fanatic said:
Here is a picture from the first lawn of the day. What do you think?

View attachment 22736

Nice job!

Aug 16, 2014#276

Av8r

Like a zebra. :wink: love how the ferris stripes the lawn

Aug 16, 2014#277

TaskForceLawnCare

Av8r said:
Like a zebra. :wink: love how the ferris stripes the lawn

looks good we demoed a ferris, but decided to replace our Dixie's with Scag's. I liked the way they cut a rode but all the moving pieces made me nervous. plus I didn't care for the dealers attitude to much.

Aug 17, 2014#278

LazerZLandscaping

Carscw said:
I guess I just wanted a change.

Now I work more and make less money.

I am getting back into doing residential yards. Not for the money but because I enjoy it more.

I have always took a lot of pride doing lawn care. Always had to make my yards look better then the other guys. Doing foreclosed homes has made me just cut as fast as I can and leave.

3 years ago I was taking care of five hundred thousand Dollar homes with snapper push mowers charging by the man hour. Had one house in better homes and gardens. Had some Customers for 14 years.
Woke up one day and sold it all.

Did not miss it till a few months ago.
Plan was to retire next year when I turn 50
Don't see that happening I like cutting grass to much.

Moved last year 2 hours away from the country club of the south so now starting over in a new area.

Get what our sayin man... been through some of those times.

Aug 18, 2014#279

S

shadco

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Harry Homeowner version, lousy lawn but I like my 727a

Aug 20, 2014#280

TaskForceLawnCare

new walkbehind striping

Aug 22, 2014#281

lawn mower fanatic

Here are some from today.

Aug 22, 2014#282

TaskForceLawnCare

nice, I know I've said this before but you've some serious skill with that Honda. I can't get guys to now like that on a $11k mower

Aug 22, 2014#283

Z

zmister11

lawn mower fanatic said:
Here are some from today.

<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/22929-striping-gotta-love-lawn-1-jpg"/>

<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/22930-striping-gotta-love-lawn-2-jpg"/>

What push mower do you have? It looks really nice

Aug 23, 2014#284

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
nice, I know I've said this before but you've some serious skill with that Honda. I can't get guys to now like that on a $11k mower

Thanks so much!

zmister11 said:
What push mower do you have? It looks really nice

I have a Honda HRX217HYA. I LOVE it! :thumbsup:

Aug 23, 2014#285

bt3

What a great thread.

Lawn striping is the goal for me. And unlike most of my neighbors, I do not cut to the root. Some people mow way too short, especially in the heat and drought of summer. I had a striping attachment when I had a Yardman Lawn Tractor. I only have walk behinds now but I still like the striping and the criss cross striping that forms diamonds like you see at major league baseball parks. As a lawn guy, I always notice the striping when I go to a ballgame or see one in High Def on TV and I always look at the great manicure the groundskeepers give the turf.

Aug 23, 2014#286

Carscw

bt3 said:
What a great thread. Lawn striping is the goal for me. And unlike most of my neighbors, I do not cut to the root. Some people mow way too short, especially in the heat and drought of summer. I had a striping attachment when I had a Yardman Lawn Tractor. I only have walk behinds now but I still like the striping and the criss cross striping that forms diamonds like you see at major league baseball parks. As a lawn guy, I always notice the striping when I go to a ballgame or see one in High Def on TV and I always look at the great manicure the groundskeepers give the turf.

To me striping is fun and the fastest way to cut a lawn.

I thought only the assclowns around here cut down to the root and leave rows of clippings.

Aug 23, 2014#287

bt3

Carscw said:
To me striping is fun and the fastest way to cut a lawn.

I thought only the assclowns around here cut down to the root and leave rows of clippings.

No, Carscw, there are many areas of the country (especially suburbia) where you see so many people with mowers on the lowest cut height setting just scalping the daylights out of healthy grass. I used to travel for a living and I've seen scalped lawns from Maine to California. Makes me sick when I see it. My neighbors on either side of one of my homes (in Suburbia but pretty far out of the city with 3/4 acre lots) cuts to the root on every mow spring-fall. One guy has his John Deer Rider out every other day mowing the living daylights out of his poor lawn cutting right down to the root. Then he complains how he has so much Crabgrass. No kidding. You are weakening your healthy grass and allowing room for weeds to flourish. I've tried to tell him to raise that height about an inch and a half but he says short grass looks better. OK, well, it's his lawn. I just have to spray Crabgrass killer from time to time when his Crabgrass starts creeping into my lawn.

Anyway, Great thread. I rarely read every single post in long threads, but I did in this thread.

Aug 23, 2014#288

TaskForceLawnCare

here's that same house from last week but just because I cut it with my new scag walk behind this. I'm still dialing it in but it cuts really well

Aug 27, 2014#289

TaskForceLawnCare

sorry if its blurry I had a blower on my back. I'm pretty pleased with the Scag mowers so far.

Aug 27, 2014#290

Carscw

TaskForceLawnCare said:
<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/23056-striping-gotta-love-forumrunner_20140827_220211-png"/> sorry if its blurry I had a blower on my back. I'm pretty pleased with the Scag mowers so far.

Upside down also.

Do you like how they operate better then the Dixie?

Aug 28, 2014#291

TaskForceLawnCare

i saw that it was upside down I was mowing in Australia that day and used my American camera lol. I like the controls better, the frames are super rigid almost to fault I find them carrying a front wheel a lot. the ride with the scag suspension seat is awesome. they essentially do the same thing though and that's cut a lot of grass. the Scag has its own unique striping which I think is cleaner but I never had issues getting my Dixie's to stripe just had to do more adjusting. I'm not sure they're worth the price difference but I guess time will tell with that. some of my customers acted concerned about my decision to switch over but I think they'll come around to the new color of mower. the little walk behind has an amazing cut quality and doesn't seem to mind a little over grass. still getting used to the controls and length of it though, it the exact opposite of the one we've running for last few years.

Aug 29, 2014#292

LazerZLandscaping

TaskForceLawnCare said:
i saw that it was upside down I was mowing in Australia that day and used my American camera lol. I like the controls better, the frames are super rigid almost to fault I find them carrying a front wheel a lot. the ride with the scag suspension seat is awesome. they essentially do the same thing though and that's cut a lot of grass. the Scag has its own unique striping which I think is cleaner but I never had issues getting my Dixie's to stripe just had to do more adjusting. I'm not sure they're worth the price difference but I guess time will tell with that. some of my customers acted concerned about my decision to switch over but I think they'll come around to the new color of mower. the little walk behind has an amazing cut quality and doesn't seem to mind a little over grass. still getting used to the controls and length of it though, it the exact opposite of the one we've running for last few years.

What were you doing in AU?

I agree with you with the Scag's, the frames are rigid, The suspension is the best I have had, I think is better than my Exmark's. My Scag's have a cleaner striping too, before I bought my two Scag Turf Tigers, I had two country clippers. They are okay mowers, okay for striping if you know what you're doing. I would recommend them to a beginner or maybe a homeowner.

How are the Scag walk behinds? I want to replace my Snapper walk behind and have been shopping around for one. I want to get an Exmark Turf Tracer, but I do want another Scag product.

Aug 29, 2014#293

TaskForceLawnCare

i was making a joke because the picture was upside down.

we've always used the better outdoor products walk behinds but they've run into some financial issues in the last couple years and stopped production.

I really like the Scag walk behind so far. it's super fast and the controls are average but the cut quality and ability are amazing. other then that I'd say its like any other walk behind. I think exmark has a more user friendly walk behind. I bought the tiger cat the difference between it and the turf tiger didn't seem like enough for me to justify the cost difference.

Aug 30, 2014#294

Lawnboy18

TaskForceLawnCare said:
i saw that it was upside down I was mowing in Australia that day and used my American camera lol. I like the controls better, the frames are super rigid almost to fault I find them carrying a front wheel a lot. the ride with the scag suspension seat is awesome. they essentially do the same thing though and that's cut a lot of grass. the Scag has its own unique striping which I think is cleaner but I never had issues getting my Dixie's to stripe just had to do more adjusting. I'm not sure they're worth the price difference but I guess time will tell with that. some of my customers acted concerned about my decision to switch over but I think they'll come around to the new color of mower. the little walk behind has an amazing cut quality and doesn't seem to mind a little over grass. still getting used to the controls and length of it though, it the exact opposite of the one we've running for last few years.

It's kinda sad when customers get concerned about mower colors... As long as the job gets done well.

Sep 4, 2014#295

bt3

Lawnboy18 said:
It's kinda sad when customers get concerned about mower colors... As long as the job gets done well.

No Kidding!

Good grief. Ignorance is sometimes so ridiculous it's comical.

I can see it now;

"Hello, XYZ Lawnmowing, can I help you?"

"Umm.... yea, I need my lawn mowed. What color mowers do you guys use?"

"I'm sorry, what are you asking? What are the COLORS of our mowers that we use?"

"Ummm.... yea.... I had a guy that used Red mowers and he did a bad job. So I fired him and got a guy that used Green mowers, and he did an OK, job, but I still fired him and hired a guy that used Orange mowers, and he did a great job, so I want a guy that uses Orange mowers. Do you use Orange mowers?

click

:confused2:

Sep 4, 2014#296

Carscw

What he was saying is his customers got used to seeing his Dixie mowers for the past couple of years. Now they are seeing the scag mowers.

They are having a hard time seeing the new color mowers because the old ones did a good job.

Sep 4, 2014#297

TaskForceLawnCare

Carscw said:
What he was saying is his customers got used to seeing his Dixie mowers for the past couple of years. Now they are seeing the scag mowers.

They are having a hard time seeing the new color mowers because the old ones did a good job.

thanks carscw, it wasn't that serious a couple have just wondered why we started using a different brand. we are still doing the same quality work just a different color mower.

Sep 4, 2014#298

Carscw

TaskForceLawnCare said:
thanks carscw, it wasn't that serious a couple have just wondered why we started using a different brand. we are still doing the same quality work just a different color mower.

You are welcome.

Sometimes people need a little help to understand things.

Sep 4, 2014#299

TaskForceLawnCare

anyway I can't say that the scags are the best mowers ever. I can say they are nicer, stripe cleaner, are faster and more comfortable then our Dixie's. the Dixie's where great machines in their own way though.

Sep 4, 2014#300

bt3

Carscw said:
You are welcome.

Sometimes people need a little help to understand things.

I understood it. Just poking fun at the general public. Nothing surprises me with what customers can say. Lord knows as a business owner, I've heard it all.

Sep 4, 2014#301

L

LoCo86

TaskForceLawnCare said:
thanks carscw, it wasn't that serious a couple have just wondered why we started using a different brand. we are still doing the same quality work just a different color mower.

I'm guessing the were older clients? I had the same thing happen to when when I started using ZTR's instead of my walk behind mowers with a sulky. If it wasn't for taking a little longer and being more fatigued, I would only use walk behind mowers.

Sep 4, 2014#302

TaskForceLawnCare

i love walk behinds as well I barely use the ztr's personally(I still have 1 Dixie). my retired dad uses the new Scag and Colin uses the Dixie or other walk behind depending on the job. I didn't cut with the new Scag ztr for at least week after I got it and then it was just the shop yard lol. I'm always driving the truck, string trimming, running a blower or running the walk behind. anybody can mow but the moneys in the finishing touches, most lco's overlook the little stuff and eventually fail.

Sep 4, 2014#303

Carscw

I love to use my old as dirt walk behind.
It still cuts better then most new mowers.

It is not a mower for sissy boys it is a whole body workout.

Sep 4, 2014#304

TaskForceLawnCare

this is actually on a pretty steep hill. theres a few puck marks at the bottom

Sep 7, 2014#305

Elendil

Well, I got to mow with the new mower for the first time yesterday. I always wanted a striped lawn so I was already thinking about getting one of those stripers for $3-400.

Turns out with my new Kubota, I don't need it!

Excuse the wavy lines as I'm still getting used to the steering.....

Sep 7, 2014#306

Z

zmister11

Elendil said:
Well, I got to mow with the new mower for the first time yesterday. I always wanted a striped lawn so I was already thinking about getting one of those stripers for $3-400.

Turns out with my new Kubota, I don't need it!

Excuse the wavy lines as I'm still getting used to the steering.....

Looks good

Sep 7, 2014#307

Elendil

zmister11 said:
Looks good

Thanks. It was a pleasant surprise to get the stripes that I did without any extra attachment.

Sep 7, 2014#308

Z

zmister11

Elendil said:
Thanks. It was a pleasant surprise to get the stripes that I did without any extra attachment.

Saving money is always nice lol

Sep 11, 2014#309

TaskForceLawnCare

the one with the matching back yards is from a Scag walkbehind with the velocity deck no stripe kit. the other is from the tiger cat with the velocity deck both are cut at 4 1/4" s.

Sep 11, 2014#310

Carscw

TaskForceLawnCare said:
<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/23301-striping-gotta-love-forumrunner_20140911_212355-png"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/23302-striping-gotta-love-forumrunner_20140911_212438-png"/> the one with the matching back yards is from a Scag walkbehind with the velocity deck no stripe kit. the other is from the tiger cat with the velocity deck both are cut at 4 1/4" s.

Looks good.

I went up to 4-1/4 today. Grass is growing to fast.

Sep 11, 2014#311

TaskForceLawnCare

Carscw said:
Looks good.

I went up to 4-1/4 today. Grass is growing to fast.

are you in the Midwest? we've been having a buffer year in Indiana, we haven't had to go to every other week cuts at all this year.

Sep 11, 2014#312

Carscw

TaskForceLawnCare said:
are you in the Midwest? we've been having a buffer year in Indiana, we haven't had to go to every other week cuts at all this year.

Southeast.

We get rain almost every day.
Most yards grow 8 inches in a week. It's been crazy.

Sep 15, 2014#313

Mbc

Can anyone post a picture of stripes done without a striping kit? That are really bold and distinctive..... On a yard that has never been striped before????? From what I've experienced you have to mow the same way every time (training) the grass so to speak!

Thx

Sep 15, 2014#314

Elendil

Mbc said:
Can anyone post a picture of stripes done without a striping kit? That are really bold and distinctive..... On a yard that has never been striped before????? From what I've experienced you have to mow the same way every time (training) the grass so to speak!

Thx

Posted this earlier in the thread. This is my first time mowing with my Kubota Z723. Lawn has never been striped before. No striping kit involved.

Sep 15, 2014#315

Carscw

Any of my post are all first time being striped.

Why do they never cut a putting green the same way everytime ?

Because it is not good for the grass.

Mow south to north one time and west to east the next time but never the same path twice in a row.

Sep 15, 2014#316

exotion

Carscw said:
Any of my post are all first time being striped.

Why do they never cut a putting green the same way everytime ?

Because it is not good for the grass.

Mow south to north one time and west to east the next time but never the same path twice in a row.

Ya you'll notice ruts real fast. Then comes the washboarding

Sep 16, 2014#317

Mbc

Thnx for the feedback guys?

Sep 16, 2014#318

TaskForceLawnCare

Mbc said:
Can anyone post a picture of stripes done without a striping kit? That are really bold and distinctive..... On a yard that has never been striped before????? From what I've experienced you have to mow the same way every time (training) the grass so to speak!

Thx

can you post one? also on the properties where we can, we alternate direction every other week. your issue with stripe kits sounds like a personal issue, personally I don't buy, build or use one on any of my mowers. however they have there place, and I can respect the persons that use them. if you've only experienced having to "train" the grass try adjusting your cutting height, blade type, ect or maybe a different brand mower. I've looked at tons of great jobs on this site.

Sep 16, 2014#319

TaskForceLawnCare

oh no stripe kit first mow on that picture.

this picture walkbehind and first with a walkbehind. the more faint stripes from previous week with ztr.

the above is from a push mower no stripe kit.

Sep 17, 2014#320

Mbc

Wow those all look good. I mow @ highest setting which is 4" I do get mild stripes. I just would like to get them more defined. Without a kit. I'm tired of pulling/dragging kit. Even with a kit mine weren't as bold as any of yours? I've got high lift blades and I even have deck heeled 1/2" I have taken kit off! I'll try gettin a picture without it.....

Thanks

Sep 17, 2014#321

Mbc

My mower has a floating deck (residential) do you think that the commercial mowers stripe so good because they have a solid mount deck??? Does that sound fees able???? Even a push mower would be solid.......?

Sep 17, 2014#322

Carscw

Mbc said:
My mower has a floating deck (residential) do you think that the commercial mowers stripe so good because they have a solid mount deck??? Does that sound fees able???? Even a push mower would be solid.......?

All my mowers have a floating deck chain hung.

What brand mower do you have?
Toro does not stripe as good as others.

Sep 17, 2014#323

Mbc

Husqvarna

Sep 17, 2014#324

TaskForceLawnCare

besides the walkbehinds all my ztr's have floating decks level w/high lift blades. I think its a matter of deck design and the amount of forced air flow the deck creates.

Sep 17, 2014#325

TaskForceLawnCare

thanks by the way. I' about an acre of grass at the shop and will literally make a down and back pass and make adjustments to the deck if needed, until I'm satisfied with the cut and stripes.

Sep 18, 2014#326

Mbc

Thanks so much for the feed back. Yeah you may be right on the deck design......

Sep 19, 2014#327

TaskForceLawnCare

this is the side yard at the shop

Sep 19, 2014#328

Mbc

That's nice! Is that a first time?

Sep 19, 2014#329

Lawnboy18

TaskForceLawnCare said:
View attachment 23379

this is the side yard at the shop

Is your shop on the same property of your house?

TaskForceLawnCare said:
oh no stripe kit first mow on that picture.

View attachment 23348

this picture walkbehind and first with a walkbehind. the more faint stripes from previous week with ztr.

View attachment 23349

the above is from a push mower no stripe kit.

What type of push mower did that job? It stripes well!

Sep 20, 2014#330

TaskForceLawnCare

yeah it's on the same property with my house, that house in the picture isn't mine.

its a cheap o toro recycler, we don't push mow much, but it seems to be hanging in there.

Sep 20, 2014#331

Lawnboy18

TaskForceLawnCare said:
yeah it's on the same property with my house, that house in the picture isn't mine.

its a cheap o toro recycler, we don't push mow much, but it seems to be hanging in there.

Toro and LB mow very well! They also last a while too. I have one that is almost 10 years old!

Oct 18, 2014#332

Carscw

First time I cut this 4 weeks ago it was waist tall.
This is today with the toro.

Oct 18, 2014#333

TaskForceLawnCare

that looks good for it being waste high. do you have a bagging system.

Oct 18, 2014#334

TaskForceLawnCare

here's a before and after with a clamshell bagger.

Oct 18, 2014#335

Carscw

TaskForceLawnCare said:
that looks good for it being waste high. do you have a bagging system.

Was waist high 4 weeks ago.

If you look close you can see where I put clippings. On the first cut.

That is one good thing about bank owned homes. Don't have to remove the clippings just make it look ok.

We run two mowers on tall grass.
First one runs high lift blades. The. Second one cuts it again with gator blades.

Can make it look good on the first cut if the grass is dry.

Oct 18, 2014#336

TaskForceLawnCare

never got into the bank owned home. do you have a lot maintenance issues cutting that over grown grass all the time

Oct 18, 2014#337

Carscw

TaskForceLawnCare said:
never got into the bank owned home. do you have a lot maintenance issues cutting that over grown grass all the time

Tall grass hurts the whole mower.

Spindle bearings is what gives me problems. But I can replace all 6 for $20
Only had to replace them once this year.

Waist tall is $600 half acre. Takes around 2 hours.

I run my deck belts a half inch shorter.
I only use briggs engines because they don't bog down as much as others and they handle the abuse.

I love cutting overgrown yards and hills.
Its a Challenge.

Oct 18, 2014#338

TaskForceLawnCare

lol, I'd love them for $1,200 an acre. when we ran Dixie choppers we ran shorter belts.
I prefer fuel injection, you should try that they don't bog down either and they do decent on fuel.

Oct 18, 2014#339

Carscw

TaskForceLawnCare said:
lol, I'd love them for $1,200 an acre. when we ran Dixie choppers we ran shorter belts. I prefer fuel injection, you should try that they don't bog down either and they do decent on fuel.

Going to look into it over the slow months.

Oct 19, 2014#340

7394

Carscw said:
Was waist high 4 weeks ago.

If you look close you can see where I put clippings. On the first cut.

That is one good thing about bank owned homes. Don't have to remove the clippings just make it look ok.

We run two mowers on tall grass.
First one runs high lift blades. The. Second one cuts it again with gator blades.

Can make it look good on the first cut if the grass is dry.

That's amazing to me that you can take down waist high grass in 2 passes..

Oct 19, 2014#341

Carscw

7394 said:
That's amazing to me that you can take down waist high grass in 2 passes..

Took me a while to learn how to set mowers up to do it.

Oct 19, 2014#342

Lawnboy18

Very nice carsw!

@Taskforce: that clam shell does a good job. All tho, you can never win with a leaf cleanup. There will always be some left.

Oct 19, 2014#343

TaskForceLawnCare

Lawnboy18 said:
Very nice carsw!

@Taskforce: that clam shell does a good job. All tho, you can never win with a leaf cleanup. There will always be some left.

that's true but we get a 90% clean up, especially right now they are falling on you while your cleaning them up.

Oct 20, 2014#344

Lawnboy18

TaskForceLawnCare said:
that's true but we get a 90% clean up, especially right now they are falling on you while your cleaning them up.

Same here. There will always be a few leaves left stuck somewhere in a corner or on the lawn. The main goal is to free the lawn up so it doesn't get all yellow.

Oct 20, 2014#345

Lawnboy18

Carscw said:
Took me a while to learn how to set mowers up to do it.

What is the secret? Supercharger?

Oct 20, 2014#346

Carscw

Lawnboy18 said:
What is the secret? Supercharger?

High lift blades.
Shorter deck belt so no belt slip.
Drop the deck down to 3 inches on first cut. 4 inches on second cut.

Can never have to much HP

Drive it like you stole it. No time to baby it.

Oct 20, 2014#347

exotion

Carscw said:
High lift blades.
Shorter deck belt so no belt slip.
Drop the deck down to 3 inches on first cut. 4 inches on second cut.

Can never have to much HP

Drive it like you stole it. No time to baby it.

Perfect description !

Oct 20, 2014#348

Carscw

Before
Rush order don't worry about clippings

Oct 20, 2014#349

Carscw

45 mins later half acre 2 fast cuts with the toro. $300

Oct 20, 2014#350

TaskForceLawnCare

your making some coin in short time.

Oct 20, 2014#351

Carscw

TaskForceLawnCare said:
your making some coin in short time.

I have 37 yards like this to do this week.
One of the other guys in this zone got fired. All his yards are over 30 days late

Going to park the toro and bring out the big guns.

Oct 20, 2014#352

L

LoCo86

Carscw said:
45 mins later half acre 2 fast cuts with the toro. $300 <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/23677-striping-gotta-love-image-3000363525-jpg"/>

Is that from the work you get from Safeguard?

Oct 20, 2014#353

Carscw

LoCo86 said:
Is that from the work you get from Safeguard?

Yes.

Anything over 3 feet you can bid.

Any thing over a foot is extra cash.

They have no one to cut grass in this zone now but me.

Oct 21, 2014#354

TaskForceLawnCare

perfect for you, now you have that market cornered in your area

Oct 21, 2014#355

Lawnboy18

That is incredible! You are making more than a lawyer!
Lucky you.

How many foreclosed houses are around your town? There seem to be many.

Oct 21, 2014#356

Carscw

Lawnboy18 said:
That is incredible! You are making more than a lawyer! Lucky you. How many foreclosed houses are around your town? There seem to be many.

1000s of them but not all are Safegaurd homes.

I just talked to a guy just got on with Safegaurd. They give him 5 trash outs a week. That's good money but I love cutting grass to much.

Oct 21, 2014#357

Lawnboy18

Carscw said:
1000s of them but not all are Safegaurd homes.

I just talked to a guy just got on with Safegaurd. They give him 5 trash outs a week. That's good money but I love cutting grass to much.

I didn't know working for Safeguard was that good money.

Oct 21, 2014#358

Carscw

Lawnboy18 said:
I didn't know working for Safeguard was that good money.

Just have to know how to work them.

Bid the work high. They sit on it till the town gives them a violation then they have to pay to get it done.

You would think they would just offer half of the bid price and get done now.

I double everyone of my bids.

So a yard I would do for $300 I bid for $600 and get $400.

A recut pays $35
I sub them out for $25
I have over 300 weekly recuts.

Oct 21, 2014#359

Lawnboy18

Carscw said:
Just have to know how to work them.

Bid the work high. They sit on it till the town gives them a violation then they have to pay to get it done.

You would think they would just offer half of the bid price and get done now.

I double everyone of my bids.

So a yard I would do for $300 I bid for $600 and get $400.

A recut pays $35
I sub them out for $25
I have over 300 weekly recuts.

That is some good money! I hope to be up there some day.

Oct 21, 2014#360

Carscw

Lawnboy18 said:
That is some good money! I hope to be up there some day.

The funny thing is I have been trying to get out of property preservation work.

With all the other venders not being able to handle the work load I am in a spot.

I don't want to burn any bridges in case I need to use this bridge again.

Nov 1, 2014#361

lawn mower fanatic

First lawn of the day.

Dec 17, 2014#362

J

jamie11

BHLC said:
Gotta love when the mower leaves a good cut.

Wow! She got a new haircut. Very nice! Great stripe.

Mar 9, 2015#363

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Sonders

Thought I'd bring this thread back. Ready for some warm weather and ready to get my mower out of hibernation. Here is my yard. This was last summer.

Mar 9, 2015#364

lawn mower fanatic

Sonders said:
Thought I'd bring this thread back. Ready for some warm weather and ready to get my mower out of hibernation. Here is my yard. This was last summer.

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bsonner/media/Mobile Uploads/image_zpsc977a0e0.jpg.html

Nice! Hopefully by this time next month I will have pictures of lawn stripes....the snow just has to melt.

Mar 21, 2015#365

cclllc

Small clip of my old lawn

Mar 21, 2015#366

lawn mower fanatic

cclllc said:
Small clip of my old lawn

Wish my yard looked like that!!

Mar 21, 2015#367

cclllc

Thanks. I miss mowing it.

Jun 22, 2015#368

TaskForceLawnCare

Bringing this old thread back to life

Jun 22, 2015#369

7394

Very Nice work..

Jun 23, 2015#370

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/26572-striping-gotta-love-image-1535653276-jpg"/>

<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/26573-striping-gotta-love-image-2372459455-jpg"/>

Bringing this old thread back to life

Looks good!

Jun 24, 2015#371

TaskForceLawnCare

Thanks gentlemen, i don't get out as much as i used to. Busy doing sales, marketing, treating ect. I did get this one the old man is operating and i was the cell phone camera man. Don't get me wrong i love getting on or behind a mower but there's comes a day. Now the old man is usually on the tractor with a bush hog but given the rain we had to get out and show the guys how it's done, lol.

Jun 30, 2015#372

Lawnboy18

Nice job, but I think the trimming looks a little low around the tree.

I also have started shipping out a person to do some weeding. It's great making money while I am not there.

Jun 30, 2015#373

lawn mower fanatic

Hopefully I'll start bringing the camera with me more often to get pictures of some of the lawns, I have just been so busy.

Jun 30, 2015#374

Lawnboy18

I got them, but don't feel like posting them up. Been so busy. I will do it soon.

Jun 30, 2015#375

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zmister11

My gravely doesn't really stripe well. But it made some in this yard

Jun 30, 2015#376

Z

zmister11

Here's one more

Jun 30, 2015#377

Lawnboy18

Very nice!

It's normal to not stripe in FL. That is because of the lawn.

Jul 1, 2015#378

lawn mower fanatic

zmister11 said:
Here's one more

Nice and straight! :thumbsup:

Jul 1, 2015#379

Z

zmister11

lawn mower fanatic said:
Nice and straight! :thumbsup:

Thanks

Jul 1, 2015#380

Z

zmister11

Lawnboy18 said:
Very nice!

It's normal to not stripe in FL. That is because of the lawn.

Ahh okay I didn't know that!

Jul 1, 2015#381

exotion

lawn mower fanatic said:
Hopefully I'll start bringing the camera with me more often to get pictures of some of the lawns, I have just been so busy.

No smart phone?

Jul 1, 2015#382

lawn mower fanatic

exotion said:
No smart phone?

I do but compared to my camera the quality of the photos isn't great, and I'm picky when it comes to that.

Jul 1, 2015#383

TaskForceLawnCare

Not me and i didn't personally mow that but my guys and my company cut it. I do treat it though last week.

Jul 2, 2015#384

Carscw

I have no pictures this year.
I am taking some time off from mowing.
Set up 4 crews to handle all the lawn care.
And a lady to run the office.

Me and the wife are on the bike traveling.

Jul 3, 2015#385

7394

Carscw- Sounds like a good plan.. You both enjoy getting in the wind..

Jul 3, 2015#386

Carscw

7394 said:
Carscw- Sounds like a good plan.. You both enjoy getting in the wind..

Much needed wind therapy.

Did the iron butt ride. 1000 miles in 24 hours.

Jul 3, 2015#387

Lawnboy18

Good idea cars.

I was wondering what was happening with you. It's nice to have you around.

Jul 10, 2015#388

lawn mower fanatic

Just a crappy cell phone photo of my last lawn of the week. Not my best, not my worst. I'm gonna try to get more photos of my lawns next week because I have a lot of new ones.

Jul 14, 2015#389

lawn mower fanatic

lawn mower fanatic said:
Just a crappy cell phone photo of my last lawn of the week. Not my best, not my worst. I'm gonna try to get more photos of my lawns next week because I have a lot of new ones.

View attachment 26722

More photos will be coming this Thursday. No good striping lawns tomorrow, but there will be Thursday.

Jul 16, 2015#390

7394

:thumbsup:

Aug 16, 2015#391

lawn mower fanatic

Photo I found on my old camera from the spring time right after I got my new Honda.

Aug 16, 2015#392

lawn mower fanatic

Aug 17, 2015#393

lawn mower fanatic

Here is a photo of 2 customers I have next-door to eachother, that I am able to mow the backyards as "one big lawn". Usually just go straight back and forth but decided to do a diagonal cut this time. Sorry the photo is so dark....the whole backyard was in the shade because I cut it in the early morning. What do you all think?

Aug 17, 2015#394

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bigdaddyr

lawn mower fanatic said:
Here is a photo of 2 customers I have next-door to eachother, that I am able to mow the backyards as "one big lawn". Usually just go straight back and forth but decided to do a diagonal cut this time. Sorry the photo is so dark....the whole backyard was in the shade because I cut it in the early morning. What do you all think?

View attachment 27069

Looks good. Now they can't fight on who's lawn looks better. LOL.

Aug 17, 2015#395

lawn mower fanatic

bigdaddyr said:
Looks good. Now they can't fight on who's lawn looks better. LOL.

If the lighting was better you would be able to see the yard closer to the camera is a tad bit greener, but they put more fertilizer on it, and have more trees to keep it from burning out in the summer. I'm just waiting for them to complain that they don't like when I cut the 2 yards as one because they don't know where their property line is! :wink:

Aug 17, 2015#396

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bigdaddyr

Here's my first ones. First one is my first cut on my lawn with my new 2014 Fastrak SD. Second one is a customers Im doing. Ignore the bushes and weedy flower bed, sending them a quote to straighten that out.

Aug 17, 2015#397

lawn mower fanatic

bigdaddyr said:
Here's my first ones. First one is my first cut on my lawn with my new 2014 Fastrak SD. Second one is a customers Im doing. Ignore the bushes and weedy flower bed, sending them a quote to straighten that out.

View attachment 27070 View attachment 27071

Looks good! Seems like you mow some decent sized lawns. :thumbsup:

Aug 17, 2015#398

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bigdaddyr

lawn mower fanatic said:
Looks good! Seems like you mow some decent sized lawns. :thumbsup:

I do. Mine and two of my neighbors. Working on getting more now. Maybe try to get some paddock mowing. How can I post and get the pic to show in post? I have a question about diamond stripes that didn't work on my lawn.

No stripe kit on the Fastrak either which is crazy.

Aug 17, 2015#399

lawn mower fanatic

bigdaddyr said:
I do. Mine and two of my neighbors. Working on getting more now. Maybe try to get some paddock mowing. How can I post and get the pic to show in post? I have a question about diamond stripes that didn't work on my lawn.

No stripe kit on the Fastrak either which is crazy.

The way I made my photo inserted full-size into the post was by making a photo album on this site, and then going up to the picture frame icon, clicking "from URL", and putting the image link in. If you want to be able to click on the photo to make it larger you can go up to the paper clip and insert it from there. Let me know if you need more help with that.

Aug 17, 2015#400

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bigdaddyr

Okay let's try it. Here is an attempt at diamond stripes on my lawn but the first set going on the opposite angle seemed to wash out. This is mowed at 3 3/4 and its a little dry here right now so don't know I'd if it mattered. Any ideas.

http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/members/bigdaddyr-albums-stripes-by-me--picture27078-image.html

bigdaddyr-albums-stripes-by-me--picture27078-image.html

Aug 17, 2015#401

lawn mower fanatic

bigdaddyr said:
Okay let's try it. Here is an attempt at diamond stripes on my lawn but the first set going on the opposite angle seemed to wash out. This is mowed at 3 3/4 and its a little dry here right now so don't know I'd if it mattered. Any ideas.

http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/members/bigdaddyr-albums-stripes-by-me--picture27078-image.html

I can see the pics in your album, but before I click on them I only see a photo icon, not the actual photo. Not sure why. Thats something the Admin would have to figure out. But I did look at your album, and it looks nice! I like how the one lawn has a "one stripe out, 2 stripes back" pattern. :thumbsup:

Aug 17, 2015#402

B

bigdaddyr

lawn mower fanatic said:
I can see the pics in your album, but before I click on them I only see a photo icon, not the actual photo. Not sure why. Thats something the Admin would have to figure out. But I did look at your album, and it looks nice! I like how the one lawn has a "one stripe out, 2 stripes back" pattern. :thumbsup:

Thank you. I wanted to learn how to step things up. The one stripe out and two stripes back is on my lawn and like I said the first set washed out. Was supposed to be a diamond pattern. You can barely see some of the reverse angle stripes.

I think as far as the album goes I saw something that said the pictures wouldn't show up for two hours. Not sure why either.

Aug 17, 2015#403

lawn mower fanatic

bigdaddyr said:
Thank you. I wanted to learn how to step things up. The one stripe out and two stripes back is on my lawn and like I said the first set washed out. Was supposed to be a diamond pattern. You can barely see some of the reverse angle stripes.

I think as far as the album goes I saw something that said the pictures wouldn't show up for two hours. Not sure why either.

I've never heard of the 2 hr thing....my pictures show up instantly. But I have been having some issues with a few of the pics I have recently uploaded, so it might be a problem with the forum. I look forward to seeing more of your lawn pics in the future. :thumbsup:

Aug 19, 2015#404

TaskForceLawnCare

This one from tonight, this is Scag cut no stripe kit necessary.

Aug 19, 2015#405

TaskForceLawnCare

This is from tonight as well, it's cut with walk behinds, due to small gate. We cut opposite direction every week. Just split it down the middle with 2 walk behinds at a time. The guy mowing in the pic is running our last better outdoor products walk behind. He loves that old thing so I keep it around just for him. Everything else has been switched to Scag.

Also I love this thread and seeing everyone's best Work. Reading all the pride everyone takes in what they do.

Aug 20, 2015#406

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/27110-striping-gotta-love-image-2521291503-jpg"/>

This is from tonight as well, it's cut with walk behinds, due to small gate. We cut opposite direction every week. Just split it down the middle with 2 walk behinds at a time. The guy mowing in the pic is running our last better outdoor products walk behind. He loves that old thing so I keep it around just for him. Everything else has been switched to Scag.

Also I love this thread and seeing everyone's best Work. Reading all the pride everyone takes in what they do.

Looks good as always, TaskForce. :thumbsup:

Aug 20, 2015#407

TaskForceLawnCare

Aug 20, 2015#408

TaskForceLawnCare

Not sure why he looks all hunched over, but he's a decent operator, and shows up everyday ready to work.

Aug 20, 2015#409

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
View attachment 27115

Not sure why he looks all hunched over, but he's a decent operator, and shows up everyday ready to work.

Looks like he does a good job. :thumbsup:

Aug 20, 2015#410

TaskForceLawnCare

lawn mower fanatic said:
Looks like he does a good job. :thumbsup:

He's been with us for 3 years, he has funny quarks, but is dependable, works his tail off and doesn't beat on the equipment. He complains right away about anything going on that shouldn't be going on. I like that because I expect absolute perfection from every job.

One is he takes ownership of what's on his trailer, has a specific string trimmer, and blower that's "his". He has specific place he parks his truck and always backs in. He'll only use a specific sprayer that ones "his". I get a kick out of him so I let it go on.

Aug 22, 2015#411

7394

ALL you guys are showing some Awesome Striping. I have so many trees & bushes, obstacle course. But I'm working on my striping technique in front yard.

TaskForceLawnCare- Sounds like an excellent employee. I'd let him do his thing too.

Aug 22, 2015#412

Parkmower

TaskForceLawnCare said:
One is he takes ownership of what's on his trailer, has a specific string trimmer, and blower that's "his". He has specific place he parks his truck and always backs in. He'll only use a specific sprayer that ones "his". I get a kick out of him so I let it go on.

Smart man, I do the same thing. When you have a crew with multiple guys it's good to have your equipment. That way you know it's ready to go and in working order.

Aug 26, 2015#413

TaskForceLawnCare

Parkmower said:
Smart man, I do the same thing. When you have a crew with multiple guys it's good to have your equipment. That way you know it's ready to go and in working order.

I don't know if I'm smart or not but I know we are still picking up customers at 2 a week. This same employee will also hand deliver on his route late payment notices and make contact with the customer or they'll skip it for the week.

Our newest employee has never set on a ZTR. He manages all our sales, marketing and customer relations. He actually doesn't even officially start until the 1st. But to our website down to make changes. Take payments through the website all craziness to me. I never thought I'd see the day.

Aug 27, 2015#414

Lawnboy18

That is a lot to manage! Good for you! I hope one day I get there.

Aug 27, 2015#415

TaskForceLawnCare

Lawnboy18 said:
That is a lot to manage! Good for you! I hope one day I get there.

You'll get there just keep at it and have a no compromise on quality drive. I'm not afraid to say without the right people involved and good credit to start an open line, I would be in the same rut wanting to grow. My equipment is all paid for, but the right people cost money and it's going to cost money to keep growing. I hate borrowing money but it's the reality of the costs of business today.

Aug 28, 2015#416

jakewells

here is yard i mow i recently replaced my worn on striper on the deck
not bad for a 15 yr old zero turn

Aug 30, 2015#417

Lawnboy18

TaskForceLawnCare said:
You'll get there just keep at it and have a no compromise on quality drive. I'm not afraid to say without the right people involved and good credit to start an open line, I would be in the same rut wanting to grow. My equipment is all paid for, but the right people cost money and it's going to cost money to keep growing. I hate borrowing money but it's the reality of the costs of business today.

Thanks! Each year I get more clients. I think I got 30-35 more this year. I also buy more equipment and need more and more help in the beginning of the season. Some day I will get there.

We have to spend some to make some. Nothing wrong in getting a line of credit. Not always fun, but very useful.

I wish you good luck for the rest of your season!

Aug 30, 2015#418

Lawnboy18

jakewells said:
here is yard i mow i recently replaced my worn on striper on the deck
not bad for a 15 yr old zero turn

Looks good! What mower is this?

Aug 30, 2015#419

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bigdaddyr

Here's one for me today. A home for sale for an out of town owner. Looks so much better since I started using my Hustler Fastrak. This was before I mounted the mulch kit and blades today. See if I can get a photo of the lawn I did after mounting kit. Looked good. Will be making stripe kit next week.

Aug 31, 2015#420

Lawnboy18

Looks good without the stripping kit.

What's up with all the mailboxes!?

Aug 31, 2015#421

B

bigdaddyr

Lawnboy18 said:
Looks good without the stripping kit.

What's up with all the mailboxes!?

Thanks!

All the neighbors boxes are set up there. Yep, bet you can guess who gets to trim them every week. Only time they ever trimmed it was when I purposely let it grow out pretty tall when the out of town owner hadn't paid me. Have to keep it looking good now though, lesson learned. Now she pays in advance and right away?.

Sep 1, 2015#422

TaskForceLawnCare

bigdaddyr said:
Here's one for me today. A home for sale for an out of town owner. Looks so much better since I started using my Hustler Fastrak. This was before I mounted the mulch kit and blades today. See if I can get a photo of the lawn I did after mounting kit. Looked good. Will be making stripe kit next week. <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/27247-striping-gotta-love-image-jpg"/>

Looks good and the hustlers has a nice cut. Just me but I wouldn't put a stripe kit on it. Looks like it does a fine job without one.

Sep 2, 2015#423

TaskForceLawnCare

Scag stripes and Echo wind

Sep 2, 2015#424

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachments/commercial-residential-lawn-mowing/27271-striping-gotta-love-image-3687082193-jpg"/>

Scag stripes and Echo wind

Which Echo blower do you have? (You might have told me but I forget)

Sep 3, 2015#425

TaskForceLawnCare

lawn mower fanatic said:
Which Echo blower do you have? (You might have told me but I forget)

755's we've had great luck with them

Sep 3, 2015#426

lawn mower fanatic

TaskForceLawnCare said:
755's we've had great luck with them

Nice! I've heard good things about them! I love my 770 so far.

Sep 3, 2015#427

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bigdaddyr

TaskForceLawnCare said:
Looks good and the hustlers has a nice cut. Just me but I wouldn't put a stripe kit on it. Looks like it does a fine job without one.

Thanks. It seems to put down a good stripe but I do everything extreme. LOL. More is good. May just leave it be though.

Sep 3, 2015#428

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bigdaddyr

TaskForceLawnCare said:
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Scag stripes and Echo wind

Nice. Looks like you might be mowing about the same height I am. I'm between 3 3/4 and 4". I'd like to be 4" and up but the grass doesn't seem to grow well right here over 4". Guess when it's a lot of weeds that doesn't help. LOL

Sep 6, 2015#429

Lawnboy18

bigdaddyr said:
Thanks!

All the neighbors boxes are set up there. Yep, bet you can guess who gets to trim them every week. Only time they ever trimmed it was when I purposely let it grow out pretty tall when the out of town owner hadn't paid me. Have to keep it looking good now though, lesson learned. Now she pays in advance and right away.

Ahh what fun it must be to trim all of them.

Sep 17, 2015#430

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bigdaddyr

Lawnboy18 said:
Ahh what fun it must be to trim all of them.

It's not too bad. Get most of it from the back side and a little in the front. Used to it now.

Sep 17, 2015#431

B

bigdaddyr

One done today and one last week. With the mulching kit on the hustler. Stripes but not as pure or pronounced as with the open discharge and stock blades.

Sep 17, 2015#432

B

bigdaddyr

bigdaddyr said:
One done today and one last week. With the mulching kit on the hustler. Stripes but not as pure or pronounced as with the open discharge and stock blades.

Nov 8, 2015#433

jakewells

Lawnboy18 said:
Looks good! What mower is this?

sorry for the late reply its a gravely zt48xl has the oem flap on the back of the deck.

Mar 16, 2016#434

E

Easy Cut Lawns

I did a double cross cut stripe job on a residential account today who still has winter rye going.. It came out sweet. I wanted to pull out the golf clubs!

Mar 16, 2016#435

Lawnboy18

Easy Cut Lawns said:
I did a double cross cut stripe job on a residential account today who still has winter rye going.. It came out sweet. I wanted to pull out the golf clubs!

Nice! Got any pictures?

Welcome to the forum!

Mar 16, 2016#436

E

Easy Cut Lawns

jakewells said:
sorry for the late reply its a gravely zt48xl has the oem flap on the back of the deck.

I am in the market for a new mower. I am meeting with the Gravely rep (Derrik) on friday here in jacksonville to look at a few models.. any advice..I currently run a 52 Exmark hydro / walk behing and a 36 belt drive..looking to improve my equipment and sit down on a nice zero turn..looking for answers////advice...thanks

Mar 16, 2016#437

Z

zmister11

Easy Cut Lawns said:
I am in the market for a new mower. I am meeting with the Gravely rep (Derrik) on friday here in jacksonville to look at a few models.. any advice..I currently run a 52 Exmark hydro / walk behing and a 36 belt drive..looking to improve my equipment and sit down on a nice zero turn..looking for answers////advice...thanks

I have a 2015 gravely pro turn 148. I love it! But idk what your in the market for? What's your budget?

Aug 15, 2016#438

R

rash3d

great looking

Mar 8, 2018#439

Jealous Lawn Care

Me with sideways stripes without glasses.png

Love mowing Stripes!

Aug 27, 2018#440

K

klhbxklnrg

BHLC said:
Gotta love when the mower leaves a good cut.

yes :laughing:
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Aug 27, 2018#441

7394

Easy Cut Lawns said:
I did a double cross cut stripe job on a residential account today who still has winter rye going.. It came out sweet. I wanted to pull out the golf clubs!

It ain't real if we don't see pics.

Sep 15, 2018#442

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Low Flyer

Here's my yard. And I saw one person take a jab at someone else saying, "not bad for a homeowner." Well, I'm a homeowner, and I also treat and mow my own yard. I also made my own stripper.

Sep 15, 2018#443

L

Low Flyer

Here are a couple of my runway, and one more of my house.

Results from first time stripping the runway.

Those yards at the top of this picture are mowed by professionals.

Sep 16, 2018#444

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SidecarFlip

Total waste of time far as I'm concerned. If I lived in suburbia, then maybe. I don't. Out here in the country, just keeping the lawn mowed is fine. Whatever blows you dress up, I guess.

Sep 16, 2018#445

L

Low Flyer

Whether I mow with the stripper, or whether I don't, the time to mow is the same. The stripper doesn't change the amount of time it takes to mow.

Sep 20, 2018#446

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NCarter2121

Great lawns!!! Gotta love the strips.

Sep 20, 2018#447

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SidecarFlip

NCarter2121 said:
Great lawns!!! Gotta love the strips.

Don't you mean stripes? Considering the horrible spelling and misspelled words on this forum, guess strips versus stripes is acceptable....:laughing:

I have to say that I have never seen so many misspelled words on any forum I've been on. Guess spellchecker don't exist here....

May 28, 2019#448

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Poletramp

My first attempt a striping with a home made striper

May 28, 2019#449

7394

SidecarFlip said:
Don't you mean stripes? Considering the horrible spelling and misspelled words on this forum, guess strips versus stripes is acceptable....:laughing:

I have to say that I have never seen so many misspelled words on any forum I've been on. Guess spellchecker don't exist here....

Excuse me, but your statement should read: "Guess spellchecker doesn't exist here". The use of Don't is incorrect..

May 28, 2019#450

7394

Poletramp said:
My first attempt a striping with a home made striper

Looks good to me, nice piece of land as well...:thumbsup:

May 29, 2019#451

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Poletramp

This part of our property was under water last week ,there was a foot of water were the tempo is so about 80% of land in this picture was under water .

May 29, 2019#452

7394

Wow !!! Well it's certainly not drying out like here. And we are having record breaking hot spell recently.

Oct 26, 2020#453

Morris mowing

Gravely Pro Turn 260

Oct 27, 2020#454

7394

Looking good..

Aug 18, 2021#455

M

MowManWV

These yards always look good but fortunately for me, none of my customers care. "As long as it's cut."

Aug 23, 2021#456

J

JBplays

lawn mower fanatic said:
No stripe kit on my Honda...:dance1:

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You mow that whole yard with a 21in mower? You obviously don't live in the southeast! 90+ degrees, and 100% humidity... I remember when I had the energy to push mow that yard! Looks great!!

Aug 23, 2021#457

M

MowManWV

JBplays said:
You mow that whole yard with a 21in mower? You obviously don't live in the southeast! 90+ degrees, and 100% humidity... I remember when I had the energy to push mow that yard! Looks great!!

Are you talking to me? I actually do mow everything (right now) with a push mower. 21" until I can get my 22" (Little Blacky) fixed. Temps have gotten into the 90's this summer with very high humidity. I think Saturday's mow, around 1 PM (2nd and 3rd yards of the day) were "the most humid I've worked in all summer."

I usually change socks after a mow (like Lt. Dan said!) and on occasion, it's it hot enough and secluded enough, I change underclothes too! It's been a very humid summer.

Not as humid as my times in southern and southeast Asia, but pretty humid.

My losing 10 pounds in the spring and hitting the gym for 1.5 hours of daily sweating exercise really prepared me for this side job.

Dec 21, 2022#458

K

Kennedy's Lawn Care

BHLC said:
Gotta love when the mower leaves a good cut.

What i hate is when you are doing great and all of a sudden you hit a ( pot hole ) and it throws your mower off line. Aggravating to say the least.

May 29, 2023#459

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sheenist

Would someone show me where the stripes look better than not? I may be old fashioned but extreme stripes look like crap In my opinion. Yeah I know, let the flames begin.
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