The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

[scootr]

Wooden chino it.

 

[Hay Dude]

That trail mowing sounds like a leisurely job.

It is until you have to deal with the ruts, bumps, fallen branches and mud. But usually I don’t cut them unless it’s dry. Kind of hard on the mower decks.

How do you deal with hikers on the trail while mowing? The rural properties I cut they stay off the lawn when I'm mowing, but not so much with dogs.

If I encounter one, I just turn off the blades and pull off the trail to let them by.

 

[Hay Dude]

Some steep stuff I cut Monday. Funny how it doesn’t look steep in the picture, but it was a butt-pucker factor of about 7 on a scale of 1-10. lol

 

[workinonit]

What's real fun when your on something steep like that is running in a hole on the down hill side.

 

[workinonit]

Is going vertical vs horizontal an option?

 

[Hay Dude]

Is going vertical vs horizontal an option?

Yeah,,,, if I wanted to dig erosion furrows every 7 feet on my customers hill lol.
I don’t think they’ll like that with the view from the house down to the lake

 

[Runner]

Some steep stuff I cut Monday. Funny how it doesn’t look steep in the picture, but it was a butt-pucker factor of about 7 on a scale of 1-10. lol

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You can really see the slope from the angle of the trees in the background!

 

[workinonit]

I didn't know it would wash with established turf like that. I know @browndog mows his vertically. We don't have to deal with those issues where I liv in SC.

 

[LouNY]

I didn't know it would wash with established turf like that. I know @browndog mows his vertically. We don't have to deal with those issues where I liv in SC.

powering up steep grades will tear the sod.

 

[Hay Dude]

I didn't know it would wash with established turf like that. I know @browndog mows his vertically. We don't have to deal with those issues where I liv in SC.

Yeah he’s mowing with a 2,500lb zero turn.
My Challenger and CX-15 is more like 25,000lbs.
about 10 times the weight, and ag tires would tear that bank up as Lou said.