Photo of ditch please advise!

[DHook]

Like I said , large river pebbles would look nice
Lets hope you are right "7394"

Which is okay until the mower picks one up and puts it through the windshield of the neighbor's car.

 

[Gym123]

Okay I know this is re-run but we are moving here so i posted the photo of the only slope. Rest is pretty much flat. Only .7 acres so quick job.. aside from a significant amount of weed-whacking..

Ditch "big" slope is 22 deg measured with inclinometer. On road side: 12 deg.

How should I mow this? I'm thinking run a ZTR along the road side, up from the (wet) bottom of the ditch, like one pass @ 48". And then now the 22 deg "big" slope with a small walk-behind, and then the ZTR for the rest of it. I'd keep the ZTR away from the slope like maybe 2 passes of the 22" walk-behind.

Other would be run the ZRT "down" the ditch and up to the road size, running back to the driveway. Worry would be bogging down the ZRT in the ditch. If that were to happen, not good!

Ideas??


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A few things come into play for a situation like this- weight & height of the person and track width of the wheels. If the center of gravity is outside of the wheels, it's easy to tip- I found that my Ariens wants to tip on lightly sloped ground because I'm a Clydesdale but siting lower on a ZT mower, I doubt the 12° side would be a problem but at my weight, the 22° might.

The easy way- add a bracket and mount a counterweight that can be adjusted in/out for the slope, on a pipe that's about 2'-3' long with about 20 lb on it.

 

[Davenj4f]

Okay I know this is re-run but we are moving here so i posted the photo of the only slope. Rest is pretty much flat. Only .7 acres so quick job.. aside from a significant amount of weed-whacking..

Ditch "big" slope is 22 deg measured with inclinometer. On road side: 12 deg.

How should I mow this? I'm thinking run a ZTR along the road side, up from the (wet) bottom of the ditch, like one pass @ 48". And then now the 22 deg "big" slope with a small walk-behind, and then the ZTR for the rest of it. I'd keep the ZTR away from the slope like maybe 2 passes of the 22" walk-behind.

Other would be run the ZRT "down" the ditch and up to the road size, running back to the driveway. Worry would be bogging down the ZRT in the ditch. If that were to happen, not good!

Ideas??


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Easy. I regularly cut ditch banks twice that angle. As long as it is dry, of course. Cut either way, but would look better if cut lengthwise.

 

[Ozcub]

Which is okay until the mower picks one up and puts it through the windshield of the neighbor's car.

LARGE river pebbles as big as a potato , some one needs Specsavers if they run over those

 

[TobyU]

I would wait till it was dry enough to ride my zero turn or whatever mower I was using up along fairly close to the middle discharging grass one way, basically cutting half of the ditch then I would come back the other way blowing the grass the other way and then I'd probably have to blow a little bit off the street back into the grass.
But if it's dry enough it shouldn't be a problem and I don't care if it is a problem as long as I don't get my mower stuck.
If it creates some kind of rut then I guess they'll just have to come out and fix it because they screwed up with the grading to start with! Lol

 

[DinosaurMike]

I rolled my Toro 30" rear engine rider one time on the hill alongside my driveway. No injuries or damage. I replaced that with a Troy-Bilt 42: tractor and never had an issue. I never measured the hill so it really does not help the discussion. I had the hill reduced when the landscaping crew was here doing hardscaping. My Husqvarna 42" likes it fine.

 

[Tiger Small Engine]

I rolled my Toro 30" rear engine rider one time on the hill alongside my driveway. No injuries or damage. I replaced that with a Troy-Bilt 42: tractor and never had an issue. I never measured the hill so it really does not help the discussion. I had the hill reduced when the landscaping crew was here doing hardscaping. My Husqvarna 42" likes it fine.

Guys that mow commercially for a living use zero turn mowers all the time on hills and slopes successfully. Look around and see the nice patterns they leave.