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On May 11, 4:40*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote: > > >I am in a bit of a bind about grass mowing. I have more than an acre of > >lawn to cut. I could let it grow longer and cut it less often. > >Experience tells me that if I mow it before it gets too long I can scoot > >along at a good clip (no pun intended) and there is no strain on the > >engine and a good discharge of clippings. If I wait until it gets longer > >I have to run the engine at a higher speed and mow at a slower speed. I > >think the more efficient way is to do it more often. > > Correct... mowing at the optimal height the mower is designed for is > the most economical method. *If you let the grass grow high you'd need > to mow twice, once with the deck raised, then again at the correct > height.. mowers will prematurely break down from fatigue when > attempting to cut grass that's too high all in one fell swoop... I > often need to mow particular areas in height increments when the > ground is too wet to mow in early spring. *But one can cut fuel costs > significantly by choosing a mower that's best designed for the > terrain, that is one with appropriate horsepower. *I have two mowers, > one is 7' wide and attached to a 43 horsepower tractor, the other is > 54" wide and attached to an 18 horsepower tractor... both diesel. *I > burn about half as much fuel mowing my 10 acres of turf with my small > unit, but it takes me three times longer. *However I'm retired so time > doesn't mean a whole lot and I can DVR my TV shows (lol) still I'm not > about to spend four days a week astride a tractor. *Mostly what > affects which mower I use is the weather, when the ground is wet I use > the lighter machine, the heavier machine would bog down to its axles. > Now that it's still early spring here and the ground is exceptionally > wet this year I've been mowing about 6 acres with my small unit, the > rest is still too wet... I tried this morning but decided I'd rather > wait than need to be towed out, after the ground dried sufficiently to > get there with the large unit. *One acre is still a lot of mowing, too > much for a typical push mower but it can be done in two or three > sections if one has the time, assuming one has the stamina. *You can > really save fuel if you were to use a manual push reel mower... you'd > pretty much need to mow a full day every day all growing season. *I > give mowing and fuel prices a lot of thought, there is really no way > to use less fuel and still mow. and I'm not about to quit mowing and > let this property go back to nature... then I may as well move to a > city condo, ain't happening. I knew of a cemetery which was so overgrown and the 'residents' so long gone that there was no care. A nearby church's priest let loose some sheep in there and voila - problem solved. |
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