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Mowing wet grass. Your expert opinion, please? Thanx!

screamineagle said:

Mowing wet grass. Your expert opinion, please? Thanx!

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Good luck.

Cutting wet grass is never fun but we all have to do it sometimes.

I lift my discharge shoot up so the grass throws out.
Cut a little bit higher
Go slower
Cut twice once up high then down low
Don't use mulching blades use high lift

Get someone else to mow it

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

screamineagle said:

Mowing wet grass. Your expert opinion, please? Thanx!

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I try not to mow grass when it's wet. It's too time consuming and too costly. If I have to I try to keep to a self propelled push so I can avoid the rutting problems.

around here in the Indiana rain forrest lol im having to mow about every 4 days and most of the time its wet since its been raining about 3 or 4 days a week here but im not having any problems other then having to clean out under the deck more often with the discharge shoot up it wants to clump more and i have to run slower but you have to do what you have to do

screamineagle said:

Mowing wet grass. Your expert opinion, please? Thanx!

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See this thread for more info: http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/polls/13125-will-you-mow-when-grass-slightly-wet.html

I mowed when it was wet today. I started at 7:30 and the grass was wet from dew and rain, and then on my second lawn of the day it started to shower for a good 40 minutes, but I kept going. My Honda did fine in the rain...I was pleased. I didn't have a choice because I wanted the lawns to be cut for the 4th.

lawn mower fanatic said:

See this thread for more info: http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/polls/13125-will-you-mow-when-grass-slightly-wet.html

I mowed when it was wet today. I started at 7:30 and the grass was wet from dew and rain, and then on my second lawn of the day it started to shower for a good 40 minutes, but I kept going. My Honda did fine in the rain...I was pleased. I didn't have a choice because I wanted the lawns to be cut for the 4th.

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I did a lawn this morning after it had rained for the last two days, about 4 inches worth. In spots my Turfmaster tires were 2 inches deep in water. The lawn I did normally takes about 45 minutes to complete this morning an hour and a half. Decided it was my one and only lawn for the day. Just to dog gone wet and expecting morn rain today.

I have cut with a dozen different cutting machines in a couple inches of water, but it was a small area.

screamineagle said:

Mowing wet grass. Your expert opinion, please? Thanx!

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Slow down you'll go faster.

I cut rain or shine the honda hrr does a good job between jobs clean debris off. Leaf blower to bottom of deck and clean out that bag... people forget to clean out the bag its essential for vacumn

I would not suggest cutting your grass when it is wet as it will be more difficult and can cause damage to your lawn mower

With the New England rain we've been getting, cutting wet grass is no longer on the list of options - it has to be done, period. I guess I draw the line with places on my vast spread (nyuk nyuk) that are wet enough so the tractor digs up the ground. If I'm churning up mud, there's just no future in it. Otherwise I've mostly gone over the area twice using different mowing patterns. It's not exactly satisfying but beats watching the woody plants take hold. It can be dismal waking up and finding that ferns and toadstools have taken over the back yard.

Just be really, really careful if you're using a walk behind mower. It only takes an instant for your foot to slip under there.

We cut one this morning before we quit for the day. We gotta run tomorrow though. It it's rained here twice in the last week. 4 days the first time and 3 days the second. Only 30% tomorrow though.

TheCaffeinatedOne said:

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Just be really, really careful if you're using a walk behind mower. It only takes an instant for your foot to slip under there.

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Also be very careful getting on and off your trailer. It had been raining for 10 minutes and the gate/ramp was slick. Getting off the trailer after loading the mower I slipped and fell on my right side. Think I must have pulled or broken something in my shoulder. That was 10 days ago and it still hurts.

TheCaffeinatedOne said:

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Just be really, really careful if you're using a walk behind mower. It only takes an instant for your foot to slip under there.

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Yes, I have had some close calls! :ashamed:

JimPap said:

Also be very careful getting on and off your trailer. It had been raining for 10 minutes and the gate/ramp was slick. Getting off the trailer after loading the mower I slipped and fell on my right side. Think I must have pulled or broken something in my shoulder. That was 10 days ago and it still hurts.

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Ouch! I hope it gets better!

JimPap said:

Also be very careful getting on and off your trailer. It had been raining for 10 minutes and the gate/ramp was slick. Getting off the trailer after loading the mower I slipped and fell on my right side. Think I must have pulled or broken something in my shoulder. That was 10 days ago and it still hurts.

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Took me a few times to learn not to do that.

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

Whenever I mow in damp grass, or at least tall grass, it always clogs up in the discharge chute. That's when I really wish that there was an extra handle, or at least a rope and pulley to lift the chute and pull the grass out so I can keep mowing without having to stop and yank all the grass out myself.

LawnBoy97 said:

Whenever I mow in damp grass, or at least tall grass, it always clogs up in the discharge chute. That's when I really wish that there was an extra handle, or at least a rope and pulley to lift the chute and pull the grass out so I can keep mowing without having to stop and yank all the grass out myself.

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Build one

screamineagle said:

Mowing wet grass. Your expert opinion, please? Thanx!

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Not even an option with my Navigator - plugs the discharge port.

If time factors force me to mow wet then I break out the old Kubota lawn tractor (44" side discharge) then clean up the mess a couple days later with the Navigator.
No matter how you look at it, wet mowing just costs you more time and money.....