New heavy duty mower buying advice

[Ric]

Sadly, due to location, I can't cut more often.

The images didn't resolve, look forward to seeing them.
thanks.

these mowers

 

[Ric]

Were you able to see the pictures I posted in post #2?

No problem with those, I just didn't post mine correct.

 

[pugaltitude]

Agree with rivets.
Look at DR trimmer DR Trimmer Mowers (string trimmers) | DR Power Equipment

If you have hills then a conventional mower can be dangerous.
You dont get the finish from it but it cuts anything.
All the commercial users I deal with have one.
Use them on hills, paddocks and rough areas.

Checkout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDJzx4kqIRM

 

[Ric]

Agree with rivets.
Look at DR trimmer DR Trimmer Mowers (string trimmers) | DR Power Equipment

If you have hills then a conventional mower can be dangerous.
You dont get the finish from it but it cuts anything.
All the commercial users I deal with have one.
Use them on hills, paddocks and rough areas.

Checkout The DR String Trimmer Mower: America's #1 Selling String Trimmer on Wheels - YouTube

The DR is alright for somethings but if I have any amount of mowing to do I don't want to use one of those. I'd stick to my 36" Walk Behind, and besides they make a mess of a mowing job.

 

[Rivets]

I suggested a string trimmer, because I feel that it would be the only thing to safely use. Even though I don't care for them. Ric, I don't think the 36" walk behind would work that well, due to it's weight. He has a 15 degree slope and I feel that a string trimmer would be safer. Neither one will make a good looking job cutting 12" material. Just my opinion, which many on this forum think isn't worth a dam.

 

[Ric]

I suggested a string trimmer, because I feel that it would be the only thing to safely use. Even though I don't care for them. Ric, I don't think the 36" walk behind would work that well, due to it's weight. He has a 15 degree slope and I feel that a string trimmer would be safer. Neither one will make a good looking job cutting 12" material. Just my opinion, which many on this forum think isn't worth a dam.

Now don't get me wrong I'm not disagreeing with your statement but as far as the safety aspect goes I've been on a lot worse than 15 degrees with the G1336 and It was fine, now to say it was safe or not according to the manual, not to exceed more than 15degrees. The thing about the walk behind is it will have a lot better cut. I've cut grass and weeds at some foreclosures that has been two and three feet high and it will take it down, again not to say it doesn't takes a couple of times or cuts to do it, and it will cut a regular lawn beautifully. The G 1336 weighed in at some where around 400lbs.

If he was using that gravely to mow that 15 degree slope and didn't have a problem with it other than what he said, the g1336 would not be a problem. The G1336 is rated for 15 degree and my Toro GS is rated for a 20 degree. The advantage to a commercial walk behind is that you have a mower you can cut the grass that's 12" or more and you don't need another mower to do your regular lawn. The DR is a specialty tool and you can't use it for anything else, it's no more than an overrated string trimmer and if he wants a string trimmer go and buy the big Stihl unit with the bike bars and shoulder strap it will do the same thing and it's cheaper.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

I agree with Rivets that using a string trimmer would probably be safer, but I agree with Ric in saying that a walk-behind mower would leave a better cut. The string trimmer can't really circulate the grass, it would just cut it and leave it (see video), while a WB mower could cut it multiple times.

(video by agrigarden1)

 

[Ric]

I agree with Rivets that using a string trimmer would probably be safer, but I agree with Ric in saying that a walk-behind mower would leave a better cut. The string trimmer can't really circulate the grass, it would just cut it and leave it (see video), while a WB mower could cut it multiple times.

(video by agrigarden1)

The Thing is that everyone seems to think that the DR safer to operate on slopes and that's not true, it's no safer than any other mower, it has the same restrictions as any other mower, it's do not operate on slopes of more than 20 degrees as it says in its manual and as I said before my GS is rated for 20degree and the g 1336WB says in the manual Do not mow excessively steep slopes ( No more than 17 degrees or a 30% Grade) and always across never up and down the slope.
When you come right down to it the thing is actually more dangerous than a mower when you consider it really doesn't have a grass discharge for any one direction and it can throw sticks, rocks, and anything else up to 50ft in any direction.

 

[Rivets]

No need to argue over this one, as the best solution is for the original poster figure out a way to mower more often. None of us can see the slope that's being cut, the material that's being cut, or how the operator has been cutting in the past. Half acre shouldn't take that long, unless it has obstacles, or the slope is severe. I've said as much as I can, but we all know that as a mechanic, my opinion isn't worth much and we are talking about a landscaping problem.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

No need to argue over this one, as the best solution is for the original poster figure out a way to mower more often.

Yeah I agree....I think that's the best solution. If you won't bug the neighbors maybe get a light like the following picture so you can mow at night if you are too busy during the day to mow every 5-7 days in the spring.
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