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Old 04-09-2017, 09:28 AM
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its grass, I cut it. thats about as good as it gets. why get so worked up over it?
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The wife mowed in the same direction as me again. We may be on to something. I take pride in looking out over a 4 acres of yard and seeing it in nice rows. Notice I didn't say straight. Sometimes it gets lost with the bumps and hills.
In town several neighbors use a lawn care service. Who never change the pattern they use. I understand they are going for speed. But a 1,200 pound machine doing the same thing week after week, takes a toll on the grass.
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Depends on the yard. Being a landscaper I try to change it up when I can. I go solo now. My ex fiancé loved mowing which made my job easier. I don't mind going alone but having help every once I awhile would be nice. Your yard mow it how you see fit.
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The wife mowed in the same direction as me again. We may be on to something. I take pride in looking out over a 4 acres of yard and seeing it in nice rows. Notice I didn't say straight. Sometimes it gets lost with the bumps and hills.
The secret to straight lines is to start with a short one. Much easier to do a straight line when it's only 20 feet long. If your mowing area is rectangular, start at on of the corners and mow diagonally, as pictured. Then follow the straight line in the opposite direction. And so on. The length of each pass will gradually increase but should stay relatively straight as long as you follow the previous mow line.
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The secret to straight lines is to start with a short one. Much easier to do a straight line when it's only 20 feet long. If your mowing area is rectangular, start at on of the corners and mow diagonally, as pictured. Then follow the straight line in the opposite direction. And so on. The length of each pass will gradually increase but should stay relatively straight as long as you follow the previous mow line.
I disagree, it's easier to start with a long pass when going at and angle. Point the hood ornament at an object in the distance and drive at it while keeping the ornament lined up. Once you have a straight line down the center, you can stripe it on either side and have perfectly straight lines. If they get wavy, pick something else and drive at it to true up your lines.

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I disagree, it's easier to start with a long pass when going at and angle. Point the hood ornament at an object in the distance and drive at it while keeping the ornament lined up. Once you have a straight line down the center, you can stripe it on either side and have perfectly straight lines. If they get wavy, pick something else and drive at it to true up your lines.

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Well, if you find it easier to make a 500 ft straight line than a 20 ft straight line, you're a better mower operator than most people
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I'd need to find a video how they mow major league ball fields. When going diagonal. I try picking a tree or something to aim for. But after a few passes I have to do the same thing again. So many bumps and dips. It doesn't take long for me to get all messed up.
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Well, if you find it easier to make a 500 ft straight line than a 20 ft straight line, you're a better mower operator than most people
I have logged a few thousand hours on various machines cutting grass for my dad's business when I was a kid. I perfected the hood ornament technique when I was 12 mowing large properties/fields with a 6' mower. Its not uncommon for angled lines to go astray or the angle to change as you go from one side to the other. If you have a dead straight line down the middle (the lawns focal point), and work out each side from there, the wavy, not as straight, "I just want this lawn done" passes are at the edges where they are less noticeable. A dead straight 500' line sounds like a good challenge, I would try it for fun, but I'm weird like that. It's easier than it sounds, plus if someone else decides to help like the OP was talking about, one person takes the left half, other person takes the right half and it all lines up.

Clay, when I get a wavy or curved line, I look at the line of uncut grass and visualize a straight line. Everything that touches the line is a "high" spot, the rest is low. I run the edge of the deck down the "high" spots, taking less than a full cut in the "low" spots. It takes a little practice, but I find it easier to straighten a existing line this way vs picking an object in the distance.

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I was taught to use Bill's technique at an early age, running a tractor in the field. He is correct with all he said. Much easier, and looks much nicer to start in the middle on the longest part. It's just like he said, once you get to the short part, if you go astray, it isn't as noticeable.

If you think it's impressive he can do it over a long yard, I can plant straight lines in a field a half mile long. No GPS, and I can keep them straight, even after dark.
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I was taught to use Bill's technique at an early age, running a tractor in the field. He is correct with all he said. Much easier, and looks much nicer to start in the middle on the longest part. It's just like he said, once you get to the short part, if you go astray, it isn't as noticeable.

If you think it's impressive he can do it over a long yard, I can plant straight lines in a field a half mile long. No GPS, and I can keep them straight, even after dark.

Learned to open a field this way when I was young with a tractor & haybine. Could run straight down the middle of a field several football fields long.

I did get to use GPS chisel plowing in fall of '09. That was pretty sweet.
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