how do you mow?

red211 · #1 04-27-2011, 10:20 PM

As I was cutting the yard for the second time I started wondering. I was putting the right front tire in the tire mark left from the last pass when I looked down and the right blade spindle was lined up with the cut, basically missing half a blade width with every pass. Too get a full cut you have to run the right wheel in the uncut grass, which I haven't done ever I guess. The Honda push mower I have used for the last 23 years doesn't stick out far enough to run the wheel in the grass without missing so it never crossed my mind till now. I guess the left front tire runs in the uncut grass so what would it matter if the right does. I guess the question is, do y'all run as far left as possible to get max cut?

william1041200 · #2 04-27-2011, 10:30 PM

personally, I don't worry about max cut, I like the overlap. I keep the front tire in line with last tire marks. When I try for max cut, I miss some. That sux.

red211 · #3 04-28-2011, 07:30 AM

At first I was thinking that the right front would mash the grass down and leave a strip that would stand back up, but the left wheel doesn't so that is what got me wondering. Heck, I miss maybe 6"-8" when I run in the tire mark, that's several extra rounds in the end. Turns a 42" deck into a 36"er.

hilltop · #4 04-28-2011, 10:20 AM

I go for the overlap too - I also cut from the R/Side so the discharge goes into the uncut area.

CC1450 · #5 04-28-2011, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by hilltop

I go for the overlap too - I also cut from the R/Side so the discharge goes into the uncut area.

I do the opposite of this, all left hand turns so the discharge goes over the area I just cut. I'm not that picky about my lawn though, as long as it's cut is my only concern.

hilltop · #6 04-28-2011, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by CC1450

I do the opposite of this, all left hand turns so the discharge goes over the area I just cut. I'm not that picky about my lawn though, as long as it's cut is my only concern.

I hear ya CC,

My lawn is real coarse and there's no part of it that is pampered so when I've finished all my passes, it looks at least a little cleaner without blown grass laying around - its also great for chewing up fircones and other small bits of debris. I've got way too much area on way too steep of a slope to even think about my old bones doing a lot of yard-raking!

zippy1 · #7 04-28-2011, 08:01 PM

I have found the fastest and best looking cut comes from making your outside rounds, then running back and fourth, as you would cut hay with a haybine.
And I'm cutting runner or deck wheel for runner or deck wheel, it's the way they do it at the golf course or ball diamonds. Like the grass at the Nascar track

this way you don't miss any turning corners because one is going back and fourth.