Overlapping cuts

[Hoss]

I've heard that it's best to overlap your cuts by at least 10%. Personally, I find that 25% works even better. How much do you overlap your cuts?

 

[dria]

Here I go again feeling stupid! Hah, luckily 98% of people here are kind and humor my stupid questions! The question is, what is an overlapping cut?

 

[KennyV]

what is an overlapping cut?

The amount of the deck that you have overhanging the previous mowed path... so you don't skip a thin streak of uncut grass between passes :frown:...

Generally 10 percent should work out ... but the faster you go the more you usually have to overlap to avoid those stray missed strips...
I generally 'try' to net around 5 and a half foot cut on a 6 foot deck... I find if I try going too fast, I loose most of what I gained by having to increase my overlap...:smile:KennyV

 

[Muhammad]

Call me a risk-taker but I tried to overlap as little as possible to maximize cutting width. Then again, I was mowing 10 acres every week, so it became a time issue. 10% extra on 10 acres adds up.

FWIW my deck had about 1" of clearance between the blade and the sidewall of the deck. So I'd overlap a few inches tops.

 

[pollyannasmum]

I always overlap 50% and this is because I am never sure where the edges of my mower blades are because the wheels stick out at the sides. I know, I'm a little bit blonde. :laughing:

 

[littleAudrey]

I will admit something to you now. I don't mow in straight lines! Is that heretical? My husband says I mow like I'm hoovering the carpet, so now you know how I do it! :laughing:

 

[stanley]

Unless you have a GPS unit mounted on your mower that is wired to your drivetrain, you're not going to mow a straight path.:laughing: I don't know of anybody that does.

 

[briggs]

I over lap 10% works good for me