- 1. [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Franklin" <jamesf@groupwbench.org>
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 14:55:40 -0400
- I have about 1/2 acre of foot-high grass that I just want short, not pristine. Got a quote of $385 to cut it. Once. I have a Honda rider mower that is dog slow and fills the bags in 10 feet. I'd like
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- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: Scott <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:10:06 -0400
- Yeah, pay them. I have had literally your same experience. What you really want is a brush hog, or a chain mower attached to a tractor that you see highway road crews using. Any normal mower just can
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- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Niolon" <jniolon@att.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 14:27:01 -0500
- jim, they are called 'walk-behinds... and the little sulky is an accessory... here's a link http://www.gravely.com/en-us/walk-behind-mowers/Pro-Walk-Hydro-Drive/Pages/default.aspx ___________________
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- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 16:28:10 -0400
- I used to have an old David Bradley 2-wheel tractor with a sickle bar mower, whih would be good for that task, as well as satisfying one's needs for tinkering on old machinery. Tractor: http://www.w-
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- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: Nick Brearley <nick@landform.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 21:37:01 +0100
- Jim, This machine could be what you are looking for: http://www.scag.com/vride.html Might be overkill for 1/2 an acre but I can't imagine why that should put you off... Another option is a flail mowe
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- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Niolon" <jniolon@att.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:50:21 -0500
- spent lots of summers letting a DB 2 wheeler drag me thru hi grass... changing out sickle bar teeth... running from yellow jackets... and all with no helmet or harness... how did we live through it !
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- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 16:08:42 -0500
- *I guess I'm a cheap patient person but I deal with 100 x 200 foot lot (1/2 acre) when it gets out of hand and 2 feet high just by raising the cutting height to the top and grinding around in low gea
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- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 00:11:37 +0200
- http://www.gravely.com/en-us/walk-behind-mowers/Pro-Walk-Hydro-Drive/Pages/de fault.aspx I saw a whole bunch of some thing very similar in south Serbia last week, some pulling impressively large trai
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- 9. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave C <cavanadd@frontier.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 19:09:23 -0700
- I don't think "sickle bar" and "cheap" are allowed to be in the same sentence. At least, I have never seen any kind of sickle bar I would actually want to use for anything near what I would be willin
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- 10. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: Scott <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 22:19:43 -0400
- _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
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- 11. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 22:12:09 -0500
- Jim, Not sure that it's the machine for the job, but the commonly-seen brand of standing mower around here (Chicago area) is Wright Stander. It might not be distributed very widely, but I really don'
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- 12. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 12:04:07 -0400
- Perhaps something simpler would work for the original poster's task: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzdjOkLQw1s Doug _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive:
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- 13. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 12:05:59 -0400
- This also puts it in perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfIHiBB6xE _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
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- 14. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: Battmain <battmain@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 10:21:01 -0700 (PDT)
- One may note there are no inch or two inch thick saplings in any of the videos. I dug a bit but didn't find any. :) May be able to change my mind, but power tools even with their issues, will win ove
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- 15. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Parkanzky <parkanzky@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 14:12:49 -0400
- Some of my friends invoke John Henry sometimes. I remind them that he died at the end and the machine kept going. -Paul _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archiv
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- 16. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 14:34:04 -0400
- You mean something like this? http://www.latef.org/images/BobMachete.JPG Doug _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
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- 17. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 16:18:56 -0400
- You, uh, haven't met me :-) Let's say I more represent the animal that'd graze on that grass than either of the contestants. However, I did find a landscaping company that will do it for $50/cut. The
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- 18. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: Battmain <battmain@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 15:22:00 -0700 (PDT)
- Haha. Where I'm originally from, they still cut grass that way today. :) The motorized things are a luxury there. I've never been able to get my own machete that sharp. I need to find someone who kno
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- 19. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 17:40:03 -0500
- This girlfriend who mows half your yard while you natter about buying a mower; does she have a sister? _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.tea
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- 20. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
- Author: Rand E <mistertwo@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 15:59:19 -0700 (PDT)
- Someone like this? http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd133/randey90/mowing_zps08982219.jpg Randy This girlfriend who mows half your yard while you natter about buying a mower; does she have a sister
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