We need a new stripe thread so let me start - 2007 STRIPES

[ProStreetCamaro]

Cut with Tank M48 today.

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/6273/fuckingaround002vt2.jpg

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/2534/fuckingaround001rp2.jpg

[Envy Lawn Service]

When I say 'CRISP' that's what I mean.
Looks sucked up and cut off.
Just like the Gunny's buzz-cut.

Crisp just like the cut I get from mine.
Only difference is my tire tracks don't show as much due to the wider tires.

Looks great and looks like you were taking off a fair amount of sticky turf.

[ProStreetCamaro]

When I say 'CRISP' that's what I mean.
Looks sucked up and cut off.
Just like the Gunny's buzz-cut.

Crisp just like the cut I get from mine.
Only difference is my tire tracks don't show as much due to the wider tires.

Looks great and looks like you were taking off a fair amount of sticky turf.



Yeah this northern grass this time of year is super moist and deep. The blades of grass in the spring actually hold water inside the blade. That was cut at 2 3/4" just 2 days after we got 3" of rain. I dont think I will be able to get away with that next week. might have to bump it up to our normal 3" to 3 1/4".

[Pictur Perfect Lawns]

Yall used those tanks/z two on southern grass like zoysia or bermuda

[Envy Lawn Service]

Yall used those tanks/z two on southern grass like zoysia or bermuda

Yeah... I do...

Cuts those just as good as the rest.

Have you ever cut any of it that was wicked thick and also had plenty of fescue in it as well... co-ed lawn?

You know how most mowers just make a frightning mess the first pass, that you have to clean up with extra passes.

Well, that is no more for me.

The worst I ever saw it do is I cut one such place right after a rain that had 3 weeks growth. In the worst places it left behind these loose tangle stacks of clippings. No tight clumps, just fluff balls. Unreal.

[mosmgras]

Ooo... grass stains on the curb. THREE LASHES for that operator!! Nah... those are some serious stripes. Looks great!

[mhussey]

Some pics before we got all the rain 4/8/07.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n59/mhussey1/Picture816.jpg


http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n59/mhussey1/Picture823.jpg

[KS_Grasscutter]

My only stripe pic so far...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r253/KS_Grasscutter/lawnrig4-14006.jpg

Will get some better ones this week

[ProStreetCamaro]

Looking good guys!

[ericlemson]

Might be too early, but does anyone have some nice Bermuda stripes to show off?

[Idealtim]

Lucky b******s, I won't be cutting for a few weeks at least.

[1MajorTom]

Hope you don't mind ProStreetCamaro, but I edited the title of your thread. Wanted it to show as the 2007 stripes thread.
Looks good btw. :)

[ProStreetCamaro]

Hope you don't mind ProStreetCamaro, but I edited the title of your thread. Wanted it to show as the 2007 stripes thread.
Looks good btw. :)



No problem at all and thanks! :dancing:

[lawntimenosee]

Some stripes from the south (fescue/walker).. I envy northern grasses :eek:

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1075/pict1240sh8.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1127/pict1243bt5.jpg

[Envy Lawn Service]

Some stripes from the south (fescue/walker).. I envy northern grasses :eek:

Well, fescue isn't really a 'southern' turf.
It's a northern turf that can survive here to some degree with enough nursing.

I work in an area where I have sharp changes in altitude and temperature.
And I can tell you the typical southern heat makes our grasses coarser and stiffer.
So they do not stripe as easily.

I can see a difference in turf texture working the area I do.
In the mountains where it is cooler, it thrives better and is a lot softer.
In the most southern low altitude areas it is coarse and more like bristles on a push broom.

[ChadsLawn]

I can stripe St.Aug down here with my 36 real easy.. But with my big mower, Id have to go over it 2 times.

[RedMax Man]

Be a while yet till i can to some stripes, grass is just barely turning green:(

[nobagger]

Be a while yet till i can to some stripes, grass is just barely turning green:(

Same here, although some of mine are like cabbage. You can definetly tell who get treatments around here. Yesterday was the first day of sun and temps above 35 degrees in weeks. Today....sunny and in the 60's, perfect grass growing weather.

[Willofalltrades]

I'm gettin the Walker out... lol

[ericlemson]

Here are stripes on my Bermuda lawn today (April 20). Maybe theyre just wheel marks, but I think it looks nice for someone not in the business using a $300 Craftsman!

I owe a lot of my lawns appearance to Lawnsite.com. Thanks all!

[Guzman Properties]

Nice job guys!!!

[ericlemson]

Come on people, its starting to get hot. Some of you got to have some good stripe photos.

[JBlawncare]

This is the first cut so they look better now that I have cut many times...

[ericlemson]

Man, thats beautiful. I wish I had stripe-able turf. My Bermuda (see earlier post) just doesn't cut it. Even if I had a nice mower with a striping kit and an irrigation system in the lawn, I'm not sure I could make it look half as good as that.

Great job.

[B&D Lawn Care]

I wish I had stripe-able turf. My Bermuda just doesn't cut it.

Yeah that's what sucks around here. These contractors just throw bermuda in these neighborhoods and most of the time it is just thrown in. I've been in high dollar hoods where it's like riding over hills.

[ericlemson]

Yeah that's what sucks around here. These contractors just throw bermuda in these neighborhoods and most of the time it is just thrown in. I've been in high dollar hoods where it's like riding over hills.

Speaking of....Why is it that most of the high prices neighborhoods have fescue around here and the moderate to low have bermuda? Its still the south any way you look at it and fescue is tough to grow.

[nmez21]

4/28/07.........

[RedMax Man]

4/28/07.........

:clapping: Two thumbs up! that place is beautiful.

[Signature Landscaping1]

Looks outstanding Nate! Great job and very nice property to!

[nmez21]

:clapping: Two thumbs up! that place is beautiful.

Looks outstanding Nate! Great job and very nice property to!

Thanks guys. When did you two get to start cutting?

[Envy Lawn Service]

Wow... looks like Home Sweet Home to me...

http://www.lawnsite.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=79529&stc=1&d=1177854917

[zim bob the landscaper]

Thanks guys. When did you two get to start cutting?

well im going out tomrow to cut. so im starting this week. since we are finally done with cleanups.

[ProStreetCamaro]

4/28/07.........



Curiosity is killing me here..... How many acres and how much do you charge? It looks fantastic by the way! :clapping:

[nmez21]

Curiosity is killing me here..... How many acres and how much do you charge? It looks fantastic by the way! :clapping:

Roughly 7 acres incl. 1 acre pond. Usually takes about 2.5-3 hours and is $180 per wk. Thanks again for the compliments.

[smcunningham]

A few pics from today

[smcunningham]

A few more

[smcunningham]

a couple more....somebody elses turn....will post more later.

[NittanyLawncare]

I know this is perhaps the wrong forum to ask this, but with all your perfection I need some advice. How do you make the stripes just end at the edge of say...someone elses property? I can undertand turning on pavement or the sidewalk, but on a zero turn I either burn the turf or make a half moon. Whats the trick?

[slapshotmike24]

Some stripes from today... nothing special...

[stuffdeer]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a217/stuffdeer/PICT0224.jpg

[Envy Lawn Service]

Thanks stuffdeere, your picture came at the perfect time...

I'm going to borrow it and post it over here....

http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=185430&goto=newpost

[fastcat]

here are some zoysia lawn strips.

[fastcat]

it still has a little waking up to do.

[Envy Lawn Service]

How about a link to some pics of that fastcat?

[Metro Lawn]

Here are a few.

[bretben55]

Here is my first cut of the year.

[zim bob the landscaper]

Here is my first cut of the year.

best ones so far!! keep them coming hopefully ill get some soon.

[RedMax Man]

best ones so far!! keep them coming hopefully ill get some soon.

I'd have to disagree, the lawn does look nice except some wheel tracks look a little deep and the driveway is a mess. Maybe the pic. was taken before everything was finished.

[trule86]

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i261/trule86/IMG_0268.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i261/trule86/IMG_0266.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i261/trule86/IMG_0271.jpg

[Guzman Properties]

Nice Sweet Lines!!!!

[lawnboy858]

this is my personal yard.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a317/Soccermaniac124/Lawn%20Mowing/IMG_1651Medium.jpg

[zim bob the landscaper]

I'd have to disagree, the lawn does look nice except some wheel tracks look a little deep and the driveway is a mess. Maybe the pic. was taken before everything was finished.

so its a striping thread but i do respect the opinion cause the driveway is a mess and looks like there are horrible ruts.

[bretben55]

so its a striping thread but i do respect the opinion cause the driveway is a mess and looks like there are horrible ruts.

You're right, I should have taken the picture after I cleaned up the driveway. I tried to keep the driveway out of the pic, but I goofed. As far as the ruts, the grass was a little damp, but the yard looks better in person.

[Envy Lawn Service]

You're right, I should have taken the picture after I cleaned up the driveway. I tried to keep the driveway out of the pic, but I goofed. As far as the ruts, the grass was a little damp, but the yard looks better in person.

I could tell it was wet.

I wouldn't call it a "rut" but more so 'tracked down' grass.

It happens with wet turf, soft or limp turf, long overcast/cloudy periods, and any time the turf is real juicy... just loaded inside.

But even the tracking can't be that bad, or the stripe is super good because you can't see the 'away' tracks in the light colored stripes.

[ericlemson]

I think those are all freaking awesome...good job guys

[zim bob the landscaper]

You're right, I should have taken the picture after I cleaned up the driveway. I tried to keep the driveway out of the pic, but I goofed. As far as the ruts, the grass was a little damp, but the yard looks better in person.

oh i see now i didnt take a close look until now u can tell it was wet also cuz the tire marks on the driveway. thanks for clearing that up. looks very nice btw.

[chris buck]

The first pic is a new yard I just picked up and cut today, the other two are yards that I have been mowing since the the beginning of the year.

[chris buck]

Sorry, something must be wrong with my camera, those pics came out horrible.

[stuffdeer]

Horrible picture...and VERY small yard.


But, It shows what you can do with a Cub Resi.

[Envy Lawn Service]

Gotta love digital cameras...

If there was one thing I learned about them is that they could make something that looked great in person look horrible when you load it onto the computer.

Lighting can really screw with them, causing the color and focus to be all off.

[lawn perfection]

Alittle fescue.

[TAZ]

Scag Velocity + stripes...........

[GSPHUNTER]

These two on this page are pretty sweet.

[JTAYLORLAWN]

here are a couple of mine this year. Great Job all.

[stuffdeer]

One more for the show.

[ProStreetCamaro]

From today


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/prostreetcamaro/5-14-07001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/prostreetcamaro/5-14-07002.jpg

[Classified]

Here is the best pic i have so far this year of my stripes. This is done with my Exmark viking 36. Its a small mower but strpes well. I just picked up a 52" exmark so im hoping to make those stripes a bit wider next week

[cooltype]

I hate camera phones it looks good in person but oh well this is the only picture i got, hopefully i can get a digital camera soon and take some better ones
http://www.vzwpix.com/mi/161140619_531879499_0.jpeg?limitsize=500,520&outquality=56&ext=.jpg&border=2,0,0,0
http://www.vzwpix.com/mi/160956465_531231760_0.jpeg?limitsize=320,320&outquality=56&ext=.jpg&border=2,0,0,0

[Mark13]

Here is some pictures of our front lawns. Sorry about the blurriness, it was getting dark and starting to rain hard. I will try and post some nonblury pictures tomarrow if it still looks good.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/MarkM13/CIMG1237.jpg
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/MarkM13/CIMG1236.jpg
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/MarkM13/CIMG1212.jpg
I think the stripes turned out pretty well for a homeowner model john deere with no striping kit. The first two pictures were a double cut to mow down all the dandilions and was mowed about 1.5 hrs after what seemed like a small hurricane that came through.

[THEGOLDPRO]

some of ours.
http://www.msprotege.com/members/THEGOLDPRO/striping.jpg
http://www.msprotege.com/members/THEGOLDPRO/striping1.jpg
http://www.msprotege.com/members/THEGOLDPRO/striping2.jpg

[ribbie78]

crappy camera phone

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/ribbie78/stripe.jpg

[Middle Tennessee Lawns]

just a few pics from this week

[corey4671]

pardon the quality of some of these. Camera phone

[corey4671]

a few more

[turbo5560]

What mower did you mow that with?

[corey4671]

I'm assuming that you are addressing me and the answer to that question would be an Everride Warrior with the Jungle Jim's striping kit installed.

[Pictur Perfect Lawns]

My backyard,

Hasn't finished filling in.... needs to be overseeding again, so thats why its not 100% smooth.

Mower is a 54'' Lesco Hydro Floating Deck. Has the Command Cutting Deck

[J&T Kiev]

Here's a couple.

[J&T Kiev]

one more ...

[corey4671]

Shhweeeet!

[Pictur Perfect Lawns]

those are very nice. What type of grass?

[thesargent]

why do people take pictures with thier "crappy" phone cameras?
you know they are going to suck , and you even admit it, but you do it any way. whats up with that? just get a cheap digital camera. i love it it, " heres my crappy cell phone pics". haaaaaa!!!

[Envy Lawn Service]

why do people take pictures with thier "crappy" phone cameras?
you know they are going to suck , and you even admit it, but you do it any way. whats up with that? just get a cheap digital camera. i love it it, " heres my crappy cell phone pics". haaaaaa!!!

Well, I think a lot of guys do it for the same reason I have in the past, and the same reason I no longer take digital camera pictures of lawns for here.

See, I had a cheap digital camera at one time. It sucked too, and honestly probably took lower quality pictures than the good picture phones do today. But I liked the little camera and once in a while I'd get a good shot.

I didn't mind to use it because you just pushed a button and got a picture.
Then you plugged it into a simple USB cable and downloaded to the computer.
The pics were like 640x480.

SMALL IN FILE SIZE AND ALREADY PRE-SIZED FOR LAWNSITE.

Well, I killed that thing. Broke it. I got a nice new one to replace it. HUGE images and HUGE file sizes, and way more trouble than it was worth by the time you take the picture, load it on the PC, resize it, and post it. NO THANKS.

I bought another cheap one, with a nice "water case" and all, small images.
I thought cool..... until I took some pictures with it. Very bad quality images and the view finder was misaligned. Like I took some pictures of the fall foliage... ended up with pictures of tree trunks instead.

[Smitty58]

This is from last year at a retirement place I did. The place never looked this good before (my opinion) and unfortunately I lost the contract so this year it's back to looking bad again. These were done with a Scag 36" w/b.

[corey4671]

the reason I used my crappy phone, is simple..I always have it in my pocket and don't have to waste the time going back to the truck to get a camera..sheesh! Teh phone I had at the time had terible quality...however now i have a samsung sync and the quality of pictures are as good as any cheapo digital camera...so why bother spendin the money on a cheapo when I have one right there in my pocket? I can email the images to myself and when I get home in the evenings, just upload the images to my computer and share them with you guys! :)

[wheeliechicken]

Ok I'm just a homeowner but I couldn't resist. I cut with a walk behind 20+ year-old Toro with my own home-made striper...

[corey4671]

Ok I'm just a homeowner but I couldn't resist. I cut with a walk behind 20+ year-old Toro with my own home-made striper...

sweet..ever mow it on an angle?

[thesargent]

yeah, i guess i understand about the "crappy cell phone pics", didnt really mean to bash aanyone, just thought it was funny.

[Matts lawn care]

A few lawns from today.
Made with a cub cadet RZT 50" no stripe kit.

[nmez21]

happy memorial day...:usflag:

[Capemay Eagle]

happy memorial day...:usflag:
I have to ask, is that a missile in your signature pic??

[nmez21]

I have to ask, is that a missile in your signature pic??

...the best solution to get rid of your PITA's...:p , yes.

[Envy Lawn Service]

happy memorial day...:usflag:

Now that's cool....

I hadn't thought of doing that one yet.

Flags I have done... but not that one yet.

Looks great!

[02DURAMAX]

happy memorial day...:usflag:

That's Very Nice..:usflag: :usflag:

[Jasonn B]

I cut this lawn with a 15 yr old Cub Cadet 1720 riding mower. I don't bag it, and it's been a great tractor. I took most of these pics a few years ago, and it looks much better now.

http://www.burtmanindustries.com/lawn/caliper_green.jpg

http://www.burtmanindustries.com/lawn/dark_pool.jpg

http://www.burtmanindustries.com/lawn/garage_s_4_q_blimp2.jpg

http://www.burtmanindustries.com/lawn/dark_trees.jpg[/QUOTE]

http://www.burtmanindustries.com/lawn/circle.jpg

http://www.burtmanindustries.com/lawn/left_mailbox.jpg

http://www.burtmanindustries.com/lawn/sunflower.jpg

this is my lawn, and I'm not in the landscaping business. It's just my hobby and I'm really "into" it.

[GSPHUNTER]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/gsphunter/ColoradoandGrasspics087.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/gsphunter/ColoradoandGrasspics081.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/gsphunter/ColoradoandGrasspics092.jpg

All cut w/ a 36" Toro w/ the Turbo Force deck.

[KS_Grasscutter]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r253/KS_Grasscutter/home%205-30/lawn5-30005.jpg

[scag36]

81992

Lawn Stripes 2007

[02DURAMAX]

81992

Lawn Stripes 2007

Looks awesome!!!.....what mower did you use???...and was it with a striper?

[MuleCutter]

hey scag36.... nice stripes....


and footprints.... HAHA!!! no seriously.... it actualy looks pretty cool....

[scag36]

im runnin a 2001 scag 36" no striping kit but im going to try to make one......Question ///when i put the bag on it make the stripes look weird so i jst throw the mulching blades on and it comes out like that but i like baggin is there anywhere to stope that....im also thinkin about gettin this summer a ztr or a stander nd im livin in horth jerzey so i need some opinions but im tryin not o spend more than lik 6,000 mayb a leftover?

[Raven386]

heres a few....

[THEGOLDPRO]

nice stripes raven, we have to rep for ct, lol

[BPC]

Ok call me a stupid irrigation guy for this question. I have never been a landscaper but I worked for a large commercial company for 4 years and have never seen turf look like that.

How in the hell do you guys do that?

My wife has been bugging me to make our lawn look like that, not that I think my 1/2 weed 1/2 bahaia sod can look like that.
My idea of hire someone to do the yard didn't go over well for right now.

[nmez21]

Ok call me a stupid irrigation guy for this question. I have never been a landscaper but I worked for a large commercial company for 4 years and have never seen turf look like that.

How in the hell do you guys do that?

My wife has been bugging me to make our lawn look like that, not that I think my 1/2 weed 1/2 bahaia sod can look like that.
My idea of hire someone to do the yard didn't go over well for right now.

Check out this site: http://www.scag.com/lawnstriping.html
It is tough to stripe most southern grasses, but from what I hear, it can be done. So far on LS i've seen st.augustine, zoysia, and centipede grass striped, but bahaia ,with it's tough structure might be hard to lay down and in turn, make stripes. Good luck.

[BPC]

Thanks.
Once I get the irrigation installed, we have only owned this house for 2 years, I plan on putting down st.augustine.

[Raven386]

thanks goldpro.... heres a few more...

[lawnboy858]

here are some more from today
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0605071639.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0605071639b.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0605071640a.jpg

[Fairway Land & Lawn]

Lawnboy858,
What striping kit are you using for your turboforce? I have looked at the toro striping rollers, they are just rediculous exspensive. If that is what you use I think that I will bite the bullet and buy one....Looks great!!!!!

[DiMassa33]

Waves......

[lawnboy858]

Lawnboy858,
What striping kit are you using for your turboforce? I have looked at the toro striping rollers, they are just rediculous exspensive. If that is what you use I think that I will bite the bullet and buy one....Looks great!!!!!

thanks, but no actually i do not have a striping kit. just high lift blades. ive been looking for striping kit though, let me know if you find a good one. also i am looking for an OCDC.

[Fairway Land & Lawn]

No Striping kit?!?! I envy cool season grasses....The toro dealers sell both. The striping kit is around $300, and the blocker is ~$250...A little exspensive, but think they will be worth it.

[lawnboy858]

yeah i agree. i hate shooting grass into my customers beds, and the extra definition the striping roller gives is deffinetley worth it.

[dwost]

A sampling from this AM after 3" of rain and a couple from a two weeks back.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Anthrassat/back2.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Anthrassat/back3.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Anthrassat/front1.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Anthrassat/side.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Anthrassat/back-patio.jpg

[Jasonn B]

thanks, but no actually i do not have a striping kit. just high lift blades. ive been looking for striping kit though, let me know if you find a good one. also i am looking for an OCDC.

www.bigleaguelawns.com - for striping kit.

And what's a blocker?

[NickN]

Some drought sticken zoysia from yesterday.Even with irrigation,the lack of rain takes a toll.

[02DURAMAX]

Here's some.....It looked much better when the sun was out....but it was about to rain...

[Harley-D]

Hey dwost,
Awesome pics, with stripes like those i would have thought that you could easily sell the owner on some checker board pattern. Show them one week then let them know it's only an extra___$ per week. Just a thought.

[dwost]

Hey dwost,
Awesome pics, with stripes like those i would have thought that you could easily sell the owner on some checker board pattern. Show them one week then let them know it's only an extra___$ per week. Just a thought.

Thanks Harley, well considering the fact that I am the owner of said property, I've already sold myself on that pattern :)

If you look, some of the pics go across my back yard toward the patio. The last couple are shot looking down my yard perpendicular to the others. If I shot a pic of it from an angle you would see the design. I alternate cuts every cut which now is about every other day to keep up with the growth. If you do a search on some of my posts from the past years you can see some other designs.

[lawnboy858]

www.bigleaguelawns.com - for striping kit.

And what's a blocker?

when he says "blocker" hes refering to an operator controlled discharge chute, you can close it down so you dont shoot grass in your customers mulch. also ive looked at big league lawns striping kits and they are very expensive, i think im going to build something myself.

[Classified]

here is another pic of a different customer. This done with my 52" Exmark TTHP

[lawnboy858]

looks great. keep up the good work.

[topsites]

I got a few thou the two lawns aren't in the greatest shape due to various reasons, the stripes did turn out...

The first two pics the horizontals were made with the Z and the diags with the Wb (alternate mowers between cuts lol), the last are pure Z (too big a lot for the Wb).

[topsites]

The sunlight moved on me, but it really is criss-crossed...
A tough lawn, 1.5+ acres of a variety grass.

The bitty hill by the guard rail is highly interesting.

[topsites]

That was the front 3/4 acre or so, moving to the back...
First pic is actually of the uncut back, with last cut's stripes, then...

[topsites]

What is it they say, repetition builds consistency?

[flattoplawncare]

Here are some of my stripes with a scag wb no striper on it.
http://www.flattoplawnservice.com/strip1.jpg
http://www.flattoplawnservice.com/strip2.jpg

[Soren]

Well my home lawn can not compare with the others posted, so I am going to cheat and post my stripes I make at work every day :laugh:

Toro 5410 Reelmaster

[Envy Lawn Service]

Reels ROCK!!!

[02DURAMAX]

Here are some more of the same house withe the sun out...

[02DURAMAX]

few more.....

[Jasonn B]

Well my home lawn can not compare with the others posted, so I am going to cheat and post my stripes I make at work every day :laugh:

Toro 5410 Reelmaster

Can I buy a mower like that to do a home lawn????

[nmez21]

Well my home lawn can not compare with the others posted, so I am going to cheat and post my stripes I make at work every day :laugh:

Toro 5410 Reelmaster

Very nice, thanks for the desktop background!

[sheshovel]

Crisscrossed as well as photoshopped a bit uh Topsites?

[newdude]

here's my 1st atempt at stripin'. camera goofed a bit.

[DoetschOutdoor]

Heres a pic of a yard I did with my 36" Wb at the beginning of the season when I didnt want to put the big mower on the new grass...

[flattoplawncare]

Here are some more stripes i did today with my 48" scag walk behind with no striper. Let me know what you guys think.
http://www.flattoplawnservice.com/stripe1.jpg
http://www.flattoplawnservice.com/stripe2.jpg

[scag36]

Im 16 and it was done with a scag 36" Wb 83195

[02DURAMAX]

Here are some more stripes i did today with my 48" scag walk behind with no striper. Let me know what you guys think.
http://www.flattoplawnservice.com/stripe1.jpg
http://www.flattoplawnservice.com/stripe2.jpg

man thats old....2004?

[flattoplawncare]

Sorry my camera's screen is broke and everytime i put new batteries in it the memory resets and i cant figure out how to set the date without seing it on the screen. time for a new one. Besides that would be January and here there would be snow lol.

[lawnboy858]

heres some of mine:

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0621071903a.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0621071902c.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0621072036.jpg

[APV's Mowing]

this is with my 21" and the grass needs water badly but looks pretty good with my homemade stripe kit on my 13 year old toro super recycler

[APV's Mowing]

woops didnt attatch it....haha

[KS_Grasscutter]

A couple from yesterday:
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r253/KS_Grasscutter/pics6-21007.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r253/KS_Grasscutter/pics6-21012.jpg

[fastcat]

stripe pics from today

[fastcat]

continued from today

[fastcat]

ok this is it

[kreft]

here is my own house and stripes!:)

[dbrandum]

here are a few stripes from today

[J&T Kiev]

60 inch Toro......

[J&T Kiev]

One more....

[Envy Lawn Service]

Nice place there kreft!

[02DURAMAX]

here is my own house and stripes!:)

You have one very nice house!!:usflag:

[APV's Mowing]

i second that you do have a nice house, im 16 but thats my dream house for when im older. but here are some pretty good ones again from my 21" toro with homemade stripe kit! haha its pretty getto...((the stripe kit))....

[APV's Mowing]

here it is...

[fiveoboy01]

A few..

Stupid sulky:)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/fiveoboy01/IMG_0006.jpg

Also did the mulch install on this one a month or so ago:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/fiveoboy01/IMG_0678.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/fiveoboy01/IMG_0667.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/fiveoboy01/IMG_0627.jpg

[stephenslawncare]

Here are some of my stripes and custom striper kit. Just want to know how well I am holding up for being 14. Please comment!!!

[kreft]

You have one very nice house!!:usflag:

thanks and thanks to APV's Mowing and ENVY im' 15 and thiis is my dads company and i work for him!

[DodgeTruckMan731]

heres some from yesterday

[nmez21]

Now that's a slide! BTW- nice stripes dodgetruckman.

http://www.lawnsite.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=84322&stc=1&d=1183750679

[nmez21]

Double wides w/ super z.

[PlatinumLandCon]

cut w/ my 21" toro WB

[lawnboy858]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0708071155.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0708070939a.jpg

[mauler01]

heres a residence i did wih a 21" honda with striper. my photos arent great i just take pictures withmy cell phone, so its kinda washed out. ill post some commercial accounts i do with a 60" lazer z later

http://esnips.com/imageable/large/7fcd2e50-30ce-4840-a106-f45a52df2187

[1MajorTom]

mauler,
you can't post the image straight from your esnips account. the pictures won't load, because we aren't logged into your account.
so once you get your pictures uploaded to your esnips account, then you need to save them to your computer, then attach them from there.

[mauler01]

sorry i figured it would work, heres the pic ill post commercial later

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[thesargent]

mauler01, sorry dude but that looks terrible to me. no disrespect to you. i just dont like wavey stripes. do em straight and take a shot of that.

[nmez21]

7/18/07.........

[kjslawn]

I never understood wavey stripes they look like crap. I want my yards to stand out if someone is looking for a lawncare company I'm sure they wont be contacting the wavey stripe dude. Looks like it would ad so much time to the job

[mdlwn1]

nice job mez....1st good photo I've seen here

[GreenT]

As much of a stripe as you can get with Bahia.

[Sydenstricker Landscaping]

Here are a couple I made today with my Tiger Cub 52"

[TXNSLighting]

some stripes. not real good, but decent. the second pic was done with a troy built push mower from walmart!! i had to borrow it while my walk behind was gettin a new engine. pretty impressive.

[fiveoboy01]

Can I add one more? :)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/fiveoboy01/IMG_0075.jpg

[tjsquickcuts]

Here are a few of mine....will post more as the week goes along. I am loving life right now because all of my lawns are looking GREAT.....and the strips are even starting to show in the bermuda. The first pics are from a house we have on a golf course in West Atlanta. We have picked up so many accounts from guys teeing off. Yeah I really hate the guy next door. Between him and the half asses that he has cut his lawn from time to time, they are killing me. He told me it was no way he would pay $65 bucks a week for service. His people charge $35....:nono: ..... Lucky my customers realize the difference, and realize what they are paying for and the service they are getting. The course usually looks better then this also, dont know whats up with them.

[mdlwn1]

raise the height a 1/4 inch

[corey4671]

raise the height a 1/4 inch

looks like the guy next door's scrubs need to raise it about 4 inches..what is that mowd with? a walmart special? I picked up a motel this week that the maintenance guy has been mowing with a Murray riding mower and it looks like CRAP!! Luckily I got the yard after it was bought buy a guy that I mow for and he knows how good a job I do...I'll get some fore and aft pics this week to show you how bad it looks..

[mdlwn1]

You wanna see crap? How about these stripes!

[mdlwn1]

Btw...nice shading TJ

[lawnboy858]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0720071554d.jpg

[corey4671]

sweet lawnboy

[mauler01]

well i wasnt going to post again since everyone bashed me butanyway heres more stripes. i am notlucky to have people with nice chem lawns.


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[lawnboy858]

speaking of chem lawns.... about 75% of my customers have them. But that doesn't mean the cut is perfect every time. You have to have a good mower, and trust me, a striping roller makes a world of the difference. Mauler, those stripes look good for the turf you are cutting on, no one should bash you for them, and btw do you use side discharge or mulch? looks good keep it up.

[MJS]

Here's a few on Zoysiagrass. :usflag:

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[THEGOLDPRO]

well i wasnt going to post again since everyone bashed me butanyway heres more stripes. i am notlucky to have people with nice chem lawns.


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[mauler01]

speaking of chem lawns.... about 75% of my customers have them. But that doesn't mean the cut is perfect every time. You have to have a good mower, and trust me, a striping roller makes a world of the difference. Mauler, those stripes look good for the turf you are cutting on, no one should bash you for them, and btw do you use side discharge or mulch? looks good keep it up.

i have an exmark 60" ultra cut 27hp liquid cooled. i use an ocdc, full discharge unless im around landscape beds or cars or the parking lot. whats funny is no one around me seems to stripe. i mean how much it costs for the kit is nothing if your going to spend 10k on a mower. your going to want your lawns to look pro. right?

[nmez21]

7/27/07..........

[stuffdeer]

I wasn't going to...

[Matts lawn care]

Lookin good stuffdeer, how do you like your 44" enforcer? I am looking into getting the 48" one. Great stripe BTW.

[lawnboy858]

i have an exmark 60" ultra cut 27hp liquid cooled. i use an ocdc, full discharge unless im around landscape beds or cars or the parking lot. whats funny is no one around me seems to stripe. i mean how much it costs for the kit is nothing if your going to spend 10k on a mower. your going to want your lawns to look pro. right?

Of course; when you mow in high profile neighborhoods, or maintain commercial properties that people drive by everyday, you do want to have nice stripes, it sets you apart from the competition and definitely makes your lawns look more professionally done. And really, if your going to spend 10k on a mower why not pay 300 more for a striping roller that will make your yards look so much better; i couldn't agree with you more.

[lawnboy858]

hey mez, nice stripes. My favorite part of you picture is the Gatorade in your cup holder; that's me everyday man. Then i keep extras in a cooler in the back of my Jeep, that is what keeps me going in the heat! :weightlifter:

[LazerZHP]

A few pics from last week. Lawns are stressed from heat.
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[MattsMowing3535]

These are with my Exmark Viking I dont have a stripping kit but I think it does a good job anyways... Tell me what you think.

[STRINGALATION]

di massa sweet what size mower did u use

[STRINGALATION]

my 36" older bunton you know with the yellow gear shift and engager on top i try to resist driving like a formula one 3rd 1st 3rd

first one is tall fescue first cut after being laid
second is mixture of junk

http://shutter02.pictures.aol.com/data/pictures/02/01E/3F/37/81/17/bjdMylcMrxu6IkJADR6qnI2hw9yUzegq0300.jpg
http://shutter07.pictures.aol.com/data/pictures/11/006/5B/F6/BA/78/QC5GYrM0Y-TacUb1FNXiuoqbve7Ju-PK0300.jpg

[J&T Kiev]

A shaded back lawn mowed with a Z-Master.

[mcwlandscaping]

Nice stripes guys!! I'll try to get some of my favorite place this week!

[mysterymeatil]

Good ol' Yard Machines 22" push mower with a Briggs & Stratton 4.7 HP engine. Oh yeah...you all know you're jealous!
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[MJS]

How 'bout these stripes w/ a 21" Snapper on tall fescue. . . :walking:

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[STRINGALATION]

why do those lazer stripes look thick going a way and thin coming at you

[lawnboy858]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0730071144a.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0730071144b.jpg

heres my lawn.... i decided to do some zigzags this week.

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0730071145.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0730071026a.jpg

[tjsquickcuts]

Some more of mine.....

[TXNSLighting]

A few pics from last week. Lawns are stressed from heat.

them some tires!!!

[OwnAccord]

I am hoping some stripers can shed some light on the following questions;

I use a 33" walk behind with 3 blades.

1) I currently have the side discharge closed with the mulch attachment/door. Will I get better striping if I use the side discharge instead?
2) should the front wheels be set higher or lower than the rear. I have heard 1/2" lower
3) do I need a striping kit to get stripes??? I am in the process of trying to make one. Anyone have any good plans for making a 30" (used on 33" mower) striper?

[Travis E]

Just a few pictures from today. I was so glad to be mowing green lawns again so I took a few pictures while I was finishing up.

[lawnboy858]

looks good man

[Mowens]

Here are some stripes I just did with my deere gs75. No striping kit or anything, just a mulch kit, and the blades are dull as hell!!!

[mowingtowing]

Some more of mine.....

Careful, I got a ticket for parking on the wrong side of the street before, we wernt at the job more then 15 min and go to leave and I got a ticket.

[tjsquickcuts]

Are you serious???? I have never even thought about that, but I really don't think I will get ticket though....I park on the wrong side of the street a lot....

[Pastaboy62]

Some towns 'round here its legal. Different laws for different towns....

[stuffdeer]

Lookin good stuffdeer, how do you like your 44" enforcer? I am looking into getting the 48" one. Great stripe BTW.

The mower is crap. It keeps breakin PTO belts. 8 to be exact. I have a bad boy mower on order. The cub cadet is being bought back from me.

[MattsMowing3535]

8 Belts!! Thats crazy! Good thing there buying it back from you.

[All_Toro_4ME]

here is my own house and stripes!:)

Hey kreft can you post some pics when that same property is covered in snow this winter. We don't see much snow down south so I think it would be a nice site to see. Nice property btw.:clapping:

[Matts lawn care]

Wow thats crazy!

[fiveoboy01]

Grass has been striping just awesome the past week:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/fiveoboy01/IMG_0201.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/fiveoboy01/IMG_0203.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/fiveoboy01/IMG_0210.jpg

[lawnboy858]

i wish i could say the same, but nevertheless nice stripes. I only have one weekly account with perfectly green grass like that one, and lets just say they water it daily. ill post some pics next week.

[Envy Lawn Service]

Grass has been striping just awesome the past week:

Hell, to me it's to the point I'm impressed by seeing just grass that is GREEN.

Nice job.



Sometime in the future I may want to borrow this picture when we are discussing ZTR's...

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/fiveoboy01/IMG_0210.jpg

Would you mind?

[TriplePLandscaping]

Damn! nice stripes. Thank god all of my lawns are back to green. Why would you need that pic to discuss ztr's. That could be easily done with a ztr rider. I've dont hill much worse than that.

[Sydenstricker Landscaping]

well, here are two I did with my Scag Tiger Cub 52". Im so glad all of the lawns are finally green again!!!

[fiveoboy01]

Hell, to me it's to the point I'm impressed by seeing just grass that is GREEN.

Nice job.

Thanks. Funny thing, the first two pics, that's the same yard front and back. The guy takes great care of it, dethatches and aerates every year, has Truegreen(I know I know, but it's better than doing nothing) come out, and that whole lawn was brown as heck at the end of July. It really bounced back well but you'll get that with 16 inches of rain in a month...


Sometime in the future I may want to borrow this picture when we are discussing ZTR's...

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/fiveoboy01/IMG_0210.jpg

Would you mind?

Of course not but now I want to know why, and FWIW that was not cut with a Z.

[Accu-cut Lawn Care]

5-0 boy... Great looking stripes. I have a little tip on your picture taking though... wait until the next day to take the pics and it won't show any wheel marks. But again, sweet stripes!

[Envy Lawn Service]

Of course not but now I want to know why, and FWIW that was not cut with a Z.

Well, several times over I have tried to explain in text about areas where you are cutting a double angle area.

Like you are cutting something that is sloped right to left and also front to back at the same time.

A ditch line running downhill is a good example.



Most ZTR's will perform fair cutting a ditch angle (right to left) like that going up the ditchline towards the top. But most ZTR's also cannot make the return pass back down to save their life. The uphill tire breaks traction on the way back down traveling on an angle.

In that picture of yours, it doesn't look too steep in either direction, but is still a visual example worth more than a thousand words I could type.

Anyways, I'm sure you can imagine areas such as that where it's steeper both ways and there is no other real option in cutting pattern. In the past with other ZTR's I have had such places that I could only cut in one direction. Mow up, then return back to the bottom some other way, then mow up another pass, repeating the process until done.


I have one big area that is like this but much steeper both ways, and also curved too. It's mowed area along a long drive that runs up/down a steep hill and curves some. Off the side of the pavement it also slopes off steeply on both sides and before you reach the bottom of the slope there is a barbed wire fence to catch you if you break loose.

Previous ZTR's would not hold it going down, and given the nature of ZTR's... they wanted to go straight for the barbed wire fence. No thanks.

I used to have to mow this area with a lawn tractor, which payed it no attention at all. It was faster to do it with something with a steering wheel than it was to cut it all in one direction (up) and drive a dead run back down on the pavement to the bottom to make the next pass.

The Ztwo is the only one I have personally used that can handle this one.

[Potomac Lawns Inc.]

Here are a few pics from today, used a ferris 3100, check out the view I get while mowing

[copeblk]

here's one from 9/1 in central NY, which is very dry now. only green lawn we mowed all day.

[Potomac Lawns Inc.]

Copeblk I feel your pain it is dry down here also, wonder how the winter is going to be????

[matt spinniken]

Earlier this year

[mauler01]

heres the fuzz lawn i just did
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[lawnboy858]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0908071639.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/Eltringham14/0908071638c.jpg

[Sydenstricker Landscaping]

Here is a couple from today

[Nicdv1]

picture not too good i took it with my cell phone. dale is my stepson, only 18 and mows better than guys who have done it for years!

[fiveoboy01]

Here are a few pics from today, used a ferris 3100, check out the view I get while mowing

I think that's stretching what you can call stripes.

Look like a bunch of wheel marks to me, and crooked ones at that.

[TMG employee]

Some stripes from the other day:
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and the beast that made them...




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The funny thing is that this is one of the mowers we use to mow vacant lots. I never new it would stripe a lawn so nice as it has no striping kit and we beat the hell out of it. The deck height must be perfect or maybe its the high lift blades?

[RedMax Man]

Some stripes from the other day:
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and the beast that made them...




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The funny thing is that this is one of the mowers we use to mow vacant lots. I never new it would stripe a lawn so nice as it has no striping kit and we beat the hell out of it. The deck height must be perfect or maybe its the high lift blades?

Never would have guessed that old plugger layed those stripes. That's the best i've seen for a lawn tractor. Nice job.

[logical]

This is my own hose getting ready to sell a few years ago. I always thought to my eye the big wide stripes on a small lot looked out of place so I use a 22 inch with a weighted roller attached at the back. Been lurking a while...but first post.
http://photopile.com/photos/logical/house/245468.jpg

[Tyler7692]

This is my own hose getting ready to sell a few years ago. I always thought to my eye the big wide stripes on a small lot looked out of place so I use a 22 inch with a weighted roller attached at the back. Been lurking a while...but first post.
http://photopile.com/photos/logical/house/245468.jpg

Those are the best stripes I've ever seen for a small push mower.. Would you care to post a picture of the roller?

Good job.

[SwihartServices]

This is without the roller kit.

[SwihartServices]

With the roller kit

[logical]

Those are the best stripes I've ever seen for a small push mower.. Would you care to post a picture of the roller?

Good job.

It's a simple plastic roller about 4 inches in diameter and filled with sand that attaches behind the mower. The company is LawnStriper and they have a website with pictures. I haven't been around long enough to know how people react to links so I'll leave it at that. It really does make nice stripes, although my lawn was probably healthier than most.

I don't have any pictures of it mounted because the new place was just seeded a few weeks ago. I haven't had a lawn to cut for over a year so it (the roller, not the mower) is up in the garage attic space. I actually came here to get the pro's impressions of different zero turns since the new place is 2 acres. I do not own a landscape business so I am primarily just searching, reading and getting more confused with every thread I read.

[ExclusiveLawnCare]

Everybodys lines are looking good, keep it up guys.

[R & R Yard Designs]

Here are some from an office we do, no irry and light fert but it still grows like hell The next ones are from my bro in laws

[logical]

just came accross a pic of my littlr roller looking for something else

http://photopile.com/photos/logical/garage/222331.jpg

[lawnboy858]

nice bike.

[logical]

nice bike.

Off topic...but hey the grass looks good right?
http://photopile.com/photos/logical/family/201839.jpg

[nmez21]

a few of the last ones...

[corey4671]

one of the last ones I did Friday before breaking my foot....:cry:

[02DURAMAX]

Here Are A Few More From My Stander...

[rootslawnservice]

One more pic.

[grassmanak]

here are a couple, from my 48 WB, no stripe kit

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b88/lodogg89/stripes2.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b88/lodogg89/stipes223.jpg

[dbpropertymanagement]

just messin around