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Just curious if anyone has put a strip of rubber along the bottom of the mower to get a stripe. I did this today and worked great but mine tore. So what is the correct rubber to use that will hold up?

If you have a farm supply, Like Atwoods or Tractor Supply check with them for the rubberized horse stall mats. They come in 4x8 sheets, but they usually have a piece thats buggered up, from someone sticking a fork lift into the stack...
The stuff is very tough and will make what you want,
You can also use a piece of conveyor belt or part of a Semi truck mud flap... all work but will not stripe as well as a roller... but a flap will do it... :smile:KennyV

Thanks very much. I got a piece of conveyer belt today. Looks like it will hold up

As KennyV said. A piece of conveyor belt or a mud flap would work.

I just got done Wednesday making one out of chains. But I haven't got to use it yet, I'll have to cut my lawn tomorrow and I'll try it out.

I used to cut my lawn the same way every time I mowed, and I made lines instead of stripes!:biggrin:. I didn't have any kind of lawn striper kit on my mower.

Some people thought they looked good and would ask me how I did that. It took a couple seasons to make the lines. I quit doing that because when we don't have much rain during the summer, The lines in the grass where my wheels ran would turn brown.

What ever you plan to use. Just make sure it won't get caught under your wheels when you back up.

I'm glad I signed up for this cause u guys are a big help

cooksqualitylawncare said:

I'm glad I signed up for this cause u guys are a big help

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Well, I am glad you took the time to say so...LFM members might not always be right, we might sometines be flat out wrong, but the majority of us TRY our best to help others here.

Oh, for what it is worth, I couldn't help but notice your original post read "Stripping...." and it made me laugh like heck. For some reason there seems to be a lot or typos in the threads here. And by the way, what is the purpose of lawn "striping" anyhow?

JDgreen said:

Well, I am glad you took the time to say so...LFM members might not always be right, we might sometines be flat out wrong, but the majority of us TRY our best to help others here.

Oh, for what it is worth, I couldn't help but notice your original post read "Stripping...." and it made me laugh like heck. For some reason there seems to be a lot or typos in the threads here. And by the way, what is the purpose of lawn "striping" anyhow?

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I'm not the best speller in the world but I run this through my phone and a lot of the time it changes words on its own

cooksqualitylawncare said:

I'm not the best speller in the world but I run this through my phone and a lot of the time it changes words on its own

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Oh boy, I am going to type "striping" on my Blackberry and see if Autotext "corrects" it....:laughing:

And don't feel bad about being a poor speller, if you were here when Murray Furry joined, I think he was so embarrassed about his mistake of changing "Fury" to Furry" he decided to leave and never return.

So, what is lawn striping? Nope Autotext didn't change that word. Sent from Blackberry mobile.

JDgreen said:

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... And by the way, what is the purpose of lawn "striping" anyhow?

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Striping = aesthetic appeal...
Some marks will naturally show after you mow... wheels will roll the grass forward as the mower travels...
the space between the tires is left un bent, so it end up with some amount of unevenly spaced striping anyway...

If you deliberately mount a roller or anything to cause the full width of the cut to be pushed forward, you can get creative in your artistic mowing patterns. & it can make it a bit different to look at, especially if you attempt to follow the same path and direction each mowing...
That is unless what you mow is generally a mix of grasses and weeds trimmed evenly, like most of my finish mowing... Its not as satisfying trying to stripe weeds.... :smile:KennyV

cooksqualitylawncare said:

I'm glad I signed up for this cause u guys are a big help

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Did you get the conveyor belt mounted?, and have you had time to try it out yet?...:smile:

I'm waiting for my grass to dry so I can try out my homemade lawn striper using chains.

Just Deere's said:

Did you get the conveyor belt mounted?, and have you had time to try it out yet?...:smile:

I'm waiting for my grass to dry so I can try out my homemade lawn striper using chains.

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Sure did, works great just make sure u make it long enough to drag over the grass. The longer the more of an effect u will get. Mine is really close to the tires but the tires won't roll on it.

cooksqualitylawncare said:

Sure did, works great just make sure u make it long enough to drag over the grass. The longer the more of an effect u will get. Mine is really close to the tires but the tires won't roll on it.

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Do you have any pictures after using it? :smile:

I made another one yesterday out of 4" PVC pipe. I haven't tried it out yet.

The one I made from chains works very well, but they say "rollers'' works the best. That's why I made the one from PVC. I wish John Deere made the mower decks "straight" at the back of the deck, so I could mount a roller to it.

One other thing. They say if you can get the "deck pitch" just right on a riding mower, you can lay nice looking stripes without any kind of kit. Even with a "box store mower".:smile:

should be more than enough info from this site:
http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=192602&highlight=striping

My super simple kit....works great....PVC and pebbles!