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Smallholding => Land Management => Topic started by: Ladygrey on June 28, 2012, 10:33:34 am

Title: 4 Hours on a ride on lawn mower
Post by: Ladygrey on June 28, 2012, 10:33:34 am

And half my lamb field is topped  ;D  ;D

It took stopping every 10 mins to unblock the thing and every 20 mins to empty it into the pig paddocks, but half of it has been done :)

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b316/Duckberry/photo17.jpg)

(yes there are 12 big lambs in that field  ::) )

This is the other half... The lawn mower is yet to attack it but will be trying this afternoon

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b316/Duckberry/photo18.jpg)

My little helper "annoying shetland" was herding and nipping the lawn mower for the whole 4 hours...

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b316/Duckberry/photo20.jpg)

So... who wants their field topped??  ;D

Title: Re: 4 Hours on a ride on lawn mower
Post by: Bionic on June 28, 2012, 11:05:25 am

Me, me me  ;D
Sally

Title: Re: 4 Hours on a ride on lawn mower
Post by: doganjo on June 28, 2012, 11:07:13 am

me too if my stupid mountfield doesn't start tomorrow

Title: Re: 4 Hours on a ride on lawn mower
Post by: Ladygrey on June 28, 2012, 11:13:05 am

Haha, ok so that will be an hourly cost?

The lawn mower now has front wheels that point in a different direction and cannot tip to empty its self, meanwhile I have stuck two lambs in the garden to do the lawn mowing  :thumbsup:

I used it to cut hay back in april and set the poor lawn mower on fire.....  ::)

Title: Re: 4 Hours on a ride on lawn mower
Post by: MAK on June 30, 2012, 12:30:21 am

4 hours ! I wonder how far you travelled?

Title: Re: 4 Hours on a ride on lawn mower
Post by: chrismahon on June 30, 2012, 08:22:09 pm

I am amazed a sit on mower could cope with that. It does help if the blade is kept extremely sharp. Wheels facing opposite directions must be a snapped ball coupling -easily fixed. Just make sure the tracking is set very slightly 'toe-in' when its assembled.
 
I have found long stuff is best tacked without the grass collector on highest cut. Then after a few days go over again on a shorter cut and collect it all. The stuff has dried and shrunk and far fewer trips to dump and far less strain on the mower.

Title: Re: 4 Hours on a ride on lawn mower
Post by: Ladygrey on July 02, 2012, 03:04:41 pm

No idea how far I travelled!! but I have mown that whole field twice with the mower before!  ;D to mow the whole field took around 10-12 hours

I drive with one wheel on the edge of the row and the rest of the mower on already mown grass, so cutting 1/4 a strip at a time! any more than this just stalls it instantly!

I think that a wheel baring has gone, as the wheel moves to the left and right as I drive it along, sort of wobbling to and fro! it has never been serviced in the 8 years we have had it so maybe its about time to book it in  ::)