Walk behind Mow Faster

[Two-Stroke]

Mowing a lawn and hit a 50 cent piece........cut halve the Queens Head off................but damaged the Blade and Reel.............$200.00............later it is better..........hate foreign objects!

Hey lizard, good to hear from you.

Hitting foreign objects is something that a reel mower is much more sensitive to. But the perfect cut demanded by West Australian customers must be achieved -- even if it's expensive.

 

[lizard]

Was edging a customers lawn and broke my sliding door window on my Van, that was due to a stone that was in the lawn edge..........$350.00 to replace.

 

[RobertBrown]

Was edging a customers lawn and broke my sliding door window on my Van, that was due to a stone that was in the lawn edge..........$350.00 to replace.

That's bad luck, look at the bright side, at least it didn't hit your customers car, or house, or head!

 

[lizard]

That's bad luck, look at the bright side, at least it didn't hit your customers car, or house, or head!

Best to be Happy and like you said could have been worse............so why worry:biggrin:

 

[Two-Stroke]

Was edging a customers lawn and broke my sliding door window on my Van, that was due to a stone that was in the lawn edge..........$350.00 to replace.

This was a reel mower, right? Did it shoot the rock out the front?

For this reason I don't let my dog run around near me when I mow.

 

[lizard]

This was a reel mower, right? Did it shoot the rock out the front?

For this reason I don't let my dog run around near me when I mow.

Yes it is best for people and animals to remain indoors.............mowing is Dangerous.

 

[demhustler]

We are currently mowing at 4.2 Miles Per Hour?

we - 15 (depends of conditions)
regular (midmount) ztrs: dc, hustler sz, badboy - 15 mph mowers; scag cheetah - 16mph cutting speed (recommended only for less demanding conditions); husqvarna pzzt - 18 mph transport speed/12 mph - cutting (shuts blades off on transport speed)

 

[lizard]

we - 15 (depends of conditions)
regular (midmount) ztrs: dc, hustler sz, badboy - 15 mph mowers; scag cheetah - 16mph cutting speed (recommended only for less demanding conditions); husqvarna pzzt - 18 mph transport speed/12 mph - cutting (shuts blades off on transport speed)

We are walking behind the Mower not sitting on it...........Jogging maybe......:laughing:

 

[demhustler]

We are walking behind the Mower not sitting on it...........Jogging maybe......:laughing:

walk-behind part - disappeared : ))))
anyway, dixie copper had 22hp w/b mower called "run-behind" (it had sulky, though)

 

[demhustler]

now our set-up for 2-man mowing crew - 2 60'' riders and 1 33'' w/b - goes in small gates, etc

before 33'' we had to use push-mowers (21-22'') - despite it self-propel and wider than trimmer cutting with (about 17-18'') - it's much slower than trimmer; you loosing time on overlaps and turns;

mods i did to my push mowers:
- increased driving wheel diameter (glued strips of rubber from old tire around drive wheels) - increased speed;
- shortened handle, so you can turn mover around 180 on the spot with one hand - "short throw" (it's self-propelled, you don't need long handle and walk around whole mower just to turn it..)