The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

[rontaki]

How about some pond weed wacking? About as fun as getting a prostate exam….
Luckily it was unusually cool only about 70 degrees, so it wasn’t too bad.
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Can you use some sort of chemical to kill the pond growth?

 

[Hay Dude]

Can you use some sort of chemical to kill the pond growth?

Around the edges/on the banks? Or in the water itself?
Customer wants to kill the algae, but only cut the weeds on the banks.
They are researching methods for the algae.

 

[Doorman63]

How about some pond weed wacking? About as fun as getting a prostate exam….
Luckily it was unusually cool only about 70 degrees, so it wasn’t too bad.
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Um…….anything’s more fun than a man sticking his finger up your rear end!

 

[pmsmechanic]

We used to have a number of domestic ducks and geese around. There was no algae in the pond and noticeably fewer mosquitos.

 

[civilian]

HD, I have also weed wacked along pond and creek banks. No fun. The trimmer is always below the normal level of yard trimming (or your feet). So you need to bend over more while standing on the banks. Jon

 

[Hay Dude]

Today was a whopper in terms of Field Mowing acreage & time.
This is a messy one-time/year cut, but this year their Bradford Pear really exploded because they waited too long. Should have been cut in March or April. About 45 acres. There’s about 30 trees to cut around-most with low branches.

This stuff is 5 to 10 feet tall. The BP is 1.5” at the base. Believe it or not, 20 years ago, this was a productive hay field.

Here I am a few hours into the field.

Some bucks just lost their cover….

Man this is some of the thickest junk I’ve ever cut.

Making some headway by early afternoon.

Whoa! A real celebrity just joined me for lunch!!!

Theres something about the size and majesty of the Bald Eagle

Finishing up

 

[number two]

Cool stuff after a hard day's work!
Thanks for posting!

 

[BackRoad]

Looks great Mr. HayDude!

It makes for a long day...but for me at least, cutting a field like that ranks near the top for immediate reward when you see the results.

Shame the owner lets it go to 1x cut per year. You (and your equipment) have to work twice as hard to mow it, but you only get 1 payday.

 

[Hay Dude]

Looks great Mr. HayDude!

It makes for a long day...but for me at least, cutting a field like that ranks near the top for immediate reward when you see the results.

Shame the owner lets it go to 1x cut per year. You (and your equipment) have to work twice as hard to mow it, but you only get 1 payday.

Very astute observation. I hate “1X” customers.
I charge them extra for it.

It could look beautiful with 3 cuts/year.

 

[Duds13]

Looks amazing after your work, as always! The bald eagle was stunning as well, love to see them