Striping! Gotta love it!!

[lawn mower fanatic]

of course! i got a bunch of complements on it too because its right on a main road and alot of people i know saw me do it.

Nice! :thumbsup:

 

[metz12]

One from today with my old toro

there ya go, good stuff right there

 

[djdicetn]

Nice! :thumbsup:

OK, lmf...I'm gonna try to post some pics of my cut this past weekend with my Gravely's new mulch kit. Give me your opinion on whether my yard looks "mildly striped" with nothing but the new mulch kit(no striper attachment). Looks pretty decent to me:0

 

[Carscw]

OK, lmf...I'm gonna try to post some pics of my cut this past weekend with my Gravely's new mulch kit. Give me your opinion on whether my yard looks "mildly striped" with nothing but the new mulch kit(no striper attachment). Looks pretty decent to me:0

Not bad for a homeowner LOL

Looks good your getting the hang of it

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

 

[djdicetn]

Not bad for a homeowner LOL

Looks good your getting the hang of it

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

Yeah, that second picture on top that has the "brown spot" in the grass is actually the clippings I cleaned out from under the deck two weeks ago after mowing when the grass was still a little wet from raiin(still not a "huge amount" of trapped clippings). This last time(3 or 4 sunny days in the 80's before mowing) there wasn't even half that much. That was one of the things I really disliked about the mulch kit(nothing but a plastic plug over the side discharge opening) on my old Craftsman lawn tractor. When I was finished mowing(wet grass or not), there was about 10 pounds of grass clippings trapped underneath the deck that made a "brown pile" about 4 feet x 4 feet several inches deep:0(
That and since it used to be under a mimosa tree, which I have since removed, the clippings pretty well "killed the grass" in the area where I cleaned the lawn tractor when done mowing. If I make sure I mow when the grass is good & dry I won't have that problem with this mulch kit(my wife actually made a good suggestion to drive the mower over a tarp, clean out the clippings, drive it back off the tarp and then carry the clippings to the garbage......pretty good thinking for a woman.....right:0)

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

OK, lmf...I'm gonna try to post some pics of my cut this past weekend with my Gravely's new mulch kit. Give me your opinion on whether my yard looks "mildly striped" with nothing but the new mulch kit(no striper attachment). Looks pretty decent to me:0

The cut of that mower looks really good! I think if you get the striping kit you might be able to really out-do your neighbor with the Ariens! :tongue: But it looks nice! Good idea with the tarp...I have done that a few times, but mostly I just do it directly on the ground and then pick up all the clippings. The times I use the tarp is when I don't want my dog eating the clippings that are left on the ground...which he loves to do!

 

[djdicetn]

The cut of that mower looks really good! I think if you get the striping kit you might be able to really out-do your neighbor with the Ariens! :tongue: But it looks nice! Good idea with the tarp...I have done that a few times, but mostly I just do it directly on the ground and then pick up all the clippings. The times I use the tarp is when I don't want my dog eating the clippings that are left on the ground...which he loves to do!

Yeah...I was gonna take some pics of his yard and post them as a comparison(but I'm still jealous that his 15-yr-old Ariens Zoom 42 stripes better than my Gravely:0) He doesn't have a mulch kit though and his wife told mine that last time he mowed, after he had mowed over the windrows 3 or 4 times, he gave up and broke out his lawn sweeper. I am amazed, though, that his little Ariens Zoom has a VERY professional looking cut and stripes out of the box!! Ewwwwwww, grass stew:0)

 

[Briana]

Here's a link to an old striping thread with a handful more pictures: http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/lawn-care-landscaping/10617-striping-lawn-pics.html

I love the checkerboard pattern on page 3: http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/lawn-care-landscaping/10617-striping-lawn-pics-3.html#post76749

 

[BHLC]

Wish they'd let me do some mulch...

 

[exotion]

Honda hrr mulching