Stripes 2002

[LAWNGODFATHER]

I know it is early, but the grass is growing in many places and Spring is here.

So in memory of Eric "ELM" Erickson lets get those stripe pics up and showing.

Here is one from 3 weeks ago. I will have many more to come.

[vipermanz]

http://photos.groups.aol.com/_img/viperlawn/BMaqNH/lawn4.jpg

thanks for the advice eric:) :)

[MuskTurfKing]

Good looking stripes there Mike.

Hank

[GreenQuest Lawn]

I will come back for sure when our season starts and post some pics.

[BRIMOW525]

First cut of the season. Only gets better

[groundsguy1970]

;) STRIPES NOT WHEEL TRACKS;)
lol!!!
It's gonna be a GREAT SEASON!!!:cool:

[KirbysLawn]

Been mowing for a few weeks now.

[FatherandSon]

Just love looking at those stripes, so professional. We run 2 Scags, 52" and 61". Does anyone know how to get stripes to work on them? Would appreciate any advice as I love stripes.
As always thanks for the help.

[TLS]

My 48" SCAG stripes just fine. I've heard that they don't do it as good as others, but mine never had a problem. Once I get my Digital Camera fixed, I'll post a few.

[toby]

I am particularily proud of this one. We used chains, doubles, & perfect mowing pattern. Notice how they line up.

[UGA]

Has anybody else noticed that with a high lift on bottom and a gator magnum on top your machine stripes better. I couldn't believe it. I think it is from the incresed suction adding to the 1/4"
difference between front and back.

[LAWNS AND MOWER]

Originally posted by toby
I am particularily proud of this one. We used chains, doubles, & perfect mowing pattern. Notice how they line up.

Are you sure you posted the correct pic. Looks as if Joe Blow Homeowner put down the fertilizer with a drop spreader after a 12 pack of cold beverages.

LAWNS AND MOWER

[BGRANT]

Originally posted by LAWNS AND MOWER


Are you sure you posted the correct pic. Looks as if Joe Blow Homeowner put down the fertilizer with a drop spreader after a 12 pack of cold beverages.

LAWNS AND MOWER


Lol,He has to be pulling our leg?

[heygrassman]

I did not know that Lesco carried brown grass...

[AndyL]

I had a helper last year, who seemingly found the perfect way to get some really noticeable stripes (I freaked, but the customer loved it) Had the height on the left side at 2.0" and on the right at 2.5... The lines stood out more than anything I've ever seen...

Playing around later in the season, used a set of calipers to measure some old worn wheels, got two that were exactly 1/8" worn down, and two brand new ones. Not as pronounced an effect, but almost all the customers loved it (the two that would have prefered to have been cut with a flymow). Not one caught on that the height was different (I noticed and it drove me nuts, but the customers liked it, which was more important I guess) Don't plan on doing that again, but it was an interesting experiment!

Maybe its just me, but those chains dangling from the back scare me! Whats to keep them from ending up coming in contact with the blade (My helpers usually pull back a foot or so before a pass after turning around to make sure their lines are perfectly straight)? I suppose you could use break-away chain (the non-welded link type that is used on chainhoists for overhead doors) But then you'd risk seeing links flying across the yard!

Adding a drum adds some serious weight... Ick! I have to push that mower...

What other options are there?

Andy

[MuskTurfKing]

LMAO! Toby, how many beers did you have when you did that job???

LOL!

Hank

[George777]

Bermuda trying to green up.

[toby]

Originally posted by MuskTurfKing
LMAO! Toby, how many beers did you have when you did that job???

LOL!



Obviously the untrained eye cannot see the skill involved in creating the "lawn art" posted above. You will notice Mr. TurfKing how the stripes perfectly line-up from one side of the walkway to the other, the subtle bending of the grass blades, & the way the definition flows with calming carefree abandon.
I have seen people stop their cars, & neighbors gather around this lawn for a closer look. Unfortunately a novice such as yourself cannot appreciate the finer details and hard work that goes into creating such a masterpiece.

[Brickman]

I love the stripes from a Walker. The wider the deck the better they look.

[KirbysLawn]

Originally posted by toby


Obviously the untrained eye cannot see the skill involved in creating the "lawn art" posted above.

How about this art made with a slit seeder:

http://www.**********.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=18290

[Flex-Deck]

:D toby - I think the stripes are great, however you must realize I grew up in western South Dakota where we mowed buffalo grass. Only had to mow 2 times a year since we only got 2 rains. It rained once before you needed it, and once after it was too late. Yup! looks just like the cow paths in our pastures.
LOL - ROTFLMAO :D

[BRIMOW525]

Hey FATHERAND SON, I have a 52" scag superzand it stripes great. No one around here has or probably knows about striping kits. Even i'm not too sure about them or what they look like BUT I do know that stripeing makes the yard look great and kit or no kit as long as it's straight your doing something right. More pics tomorrow...It rained today

[Esby]

Toby~
So......OK.....it looks to me as if the lighter parts of your "stripes" are dead? Is that a correct assumption? Is this a bad case of uneducated fertilizing? That grass looks burnt. Your lines do line up from one side of the walk to the other, I won't take that away from you. Correct me if I am wrong.

[MuskTurfKing]

Ohhhh, I see it now, it's beautiful.....LMAO.

Hank the untrained eye.

[FrankenScagMachines]

Just getting light out, and we had alot of rain last night, so later when it dries up some, I'll snap and post some with the digital camera.


Oh wait - I need to put my new deck belt on my mower first. Oops. That won't take but 5 minutes.


Till then, Happy Striping!!!

[SLS]

http://bigrifle2.home.att.net/cline.jpg

Thanks for all of your thoughtful advice, EricELM! :angel:

[Garry]

Uhhhhhh,... Mr. Smith...................I used a type of grass that *spreads*....................Yeah, It'll thickin up...................plus, you didn't water, so "you" must have killed off some spots.

It'll be fine....................Hey,.. I know lawns.

Just keep that water running!


Whew,... sure glad you got that expensive inground system.


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Sorry, but, this is a reply to a picture of a poor seeding job............I'm in edit mode now and am offering explanation to its lack of humor..................Hmmmm, still haven't got the dang puters down yet.

[BRIMOW525]

here's one

[1grnlwn]

Got to mow before you can have stripes. Well I mowed!

[FrankenScagMachines]

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[FrankenScagMachines]

Quote:
"Stripes, not tire tracks!"

These were done on 'common yards' with my 32" Toro 8hp rear engine rider, single blade, with my homemade full lenght deck roller that supports the whole deck's weight (which isn't alot on this small of a mower). The grass just now started growing fast here in Southern IN. We've already had alot of rain, and more is in the forecast!
Eric

[Grass_Slayer]

I WANT A DIGITAL CAMERA SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAD!!!!!!!

i mowed a lady's yard today (kentucky 31) and with no striping kit it was still beautiful!!!! i cant wait till i put the kit on there and see what some of my yards look like.

its gonna be sweeeeeeeeeeet!!:D

[vipermanz]

check your paper grass slayer, theres bound to be an ad for some sort of dc at circuit city compusa or best buy

[vipermanz]

night stripes

[vipermanz]

here we are http://photos.groups.aol.com/_img/viperlawn/iYaqNH/nightstripes.jpg

[GLS]

check your paper grass slayer, theres bound to be an ad for some sort of dc at circuit city compusa or best buy
I don't think it is a problem to find a digital camera. I think the problem is the cost of them. A decent one costs about $500

[KirbysLawn]

Originally posted by Grass_Slayer
I WANT A DIGITAL CAMERA SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAD!!!!!!!

i mowed a lady's yard today (kentucky 31) and with no striping kit it was still beautiful!!!! i cant wait till i put the kit on there and see what some of my yards look like.

its gonna be sweeeeeeeeeeet!!:D

Go get one....the Sony MVC-CD 200 is only $499 now at Circuit City and Comp USA. Has the CD-R drive, click here for info: http://www.sonystyle.com/digitalimaging/Promo34.shtml

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Here's some pic, The Mrs. took for me today.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Another one.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Last one for now, of my lawn.

[GreenQuest Lawn]

I finally got to mow some grass today.

[1grnlwn]

GreenQuestLawn

That was with a kit right? Tell Me that was with a kit right? Those are awsome stripes , is that in short grass?

Mark

[awm]

really beautiful work fellas. but u gotta admit ,toby got u beat.:)

[CTLGM]

Explain to me about the striping kits? What are they? I wish I had pics of all my props in the past. I had some beauties! Two won International Landscape Maintenance awards back in '96 and'97 for BOMA. No kits then, just double cuts and STRAIGT lines!
I will try to show you what I mean, if my company's brochure will scan good for me.

[CTLGM]

"STRAIGHT" :blush:

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Originally posted by awm
really beautiful work fellas. but u gotta admit ,toby got u beat.:)

Yeah it look's like toby (could be casey) has us all beat.

CTLGM, a striping kit is something that is behind the deck that bends the grass over a little more to get darker stripes.

I have found it does take some skill to stripe without one and presently don't use any.

I have some more pics to load from the camera and will get them up soon.

[Toroguy]

jones, casey, toby , phantom of the opera...stripes looks a little shabby.

Good looking stripes all around Gents.

[Shawn Burns]

First time posting a picture, bare with me here.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Nice Shawn. I could handle sitting in those chairs or on the peddle boat.

[BRIMOW525]

Stripes for the people

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Who says you can't stripe Bermuda and Zoysia this time of year.

I almost have enough Fecue and Rye to keep it green most of the year when the other is not.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

This is for you Eric ELM

[toby]

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[LAWNGODFATHER]

Got some chickweed to kill.

[65hoss]

Casey, Calvin, Jack D, Toby, or whatever your using right now, where are the stripes?

[Mykster]

Very nice stripes. I am truly jealous. How long did it take for everyone to learn to do stripes. Just curious, I will be giving it a try this year.

[Got Grass?]

1st here of the year.

[vipermanz]

what is that ?? it is so dark and green:)

[Got Grass?]

Some of them came out quite dark... But it is a really nice lawn except for the bumps... Kinda stinks knowing this lawn will be totaly ripped up come june for a major expansion project. The front has to be for a bigger septic system & more pews. the back parking lot will become a gym, kitchen, locker rooms, showers, stage, class rooms, etc... The back lawn will be the new parking lot. :) takes me about 3hrs now for everything in the end prolly only 1hr. best of all thay said I will still get payed the same... :)

Front view from other direction:

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From the side looking to the road:

[Got Grass?]

Whoops...

[Got Grass?]

Better color in this one, Think my camera adjusted for the light too well in the other ones... lol
Most of the back lawn behind the church & parking lot:

[Shawn Burns]

Here's another.

[Shawn Burns]

And one more for now.

[GreenQuest Lawn]

Gotta love that bluegrass

[Grass_Slayer]

THAT IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!

the problem with me not having a digital camera is that they are quite expensive, and just havung one to post pics on the net is a little frivelous. i need some other stuff before that!

i think i may get a scanner and take some regular pics.

best sight i've seen in a while on this site! people actually complementing each other instead of jumping down one another's throats. no more cabin fever for me fellas!!!!

[Soupy]

Grass_Slayer, you can have you pictures put on a disc at almost and developing store.

Soupy

[RV_Landscaping]

Originally posted by Soupy
Grass_Slayer, you can have you pictures put on a disc at almost and developing store.

Soupy

no digital camera here...but once i get my roll of film back i got a few pics of some nice stripes from the other day....i'll fire up the scanner & post

[DMS]

Todd-

What mower did you use in your picture?

DMS

[FrankenScagMachines]

I mowed my lawn today and had it looking pretty good, and was finishing up when it started to rain and then stormed, so I could not get any pics. Tomorrow maybe i'll take some pics of a client's and my lawns.

[GreenQuest Lawn]

1grnlwn,
Yes I do have a Roller.
Yes it was short that day, it was the first cut of the year cut at 2.5"


DMS,
I have a 60" Exmark Lazer with a striping roller on it.


Mykster,
As far as how long did it take to learn to stripe, The only way to answer that is that I work on it every day. I have been using commercial mowers for 11 years now (6 years with Lazers) and I still work on it always.
:D

Keep em up guys they look great!

[LawnSmith]

61" TT standard blades.....

[LawnSmith]

61" TT standard blades

[KTNC]

Lawngodfather,

Your stripes look good. You say you don't have a roller, right? What type blades do you have on your Lazer, and what is the pitch of your deck? Also how high are you cutting? I just bought a new Lazer 25/60, and the deck is set with the front about 1/4 inch lower than the rear. I planned on mowing at 3 inches.

Thanks

[turfman59]

I saw how to do lawn stripes on erics site in the winter & couldn't wait to build my own stripe kit. It's made from 14 pcs of 12 inch long chain on a threaded rod hanging off the back of my trusty craftsman 38 inch deck, which has given me 12 years of service. Eric was definately a person commited to quality lawn care and innovation. This is my first attempt at following his footsteps....

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Originally posted by Kevin Boyea
Lawngodfather,

Your stripes look good. You say you don't have a roller, right? What type blades do you have on your Lazer, and what is the pitch of your deck? Also how high are you cutting? I just bought a new Lazer 25/60, and the deck is set with the front about 1/4 inch lower than the rear. I planned on mowing at 3 inches.

Thanks

Same as you, but I use Silver Streak high lift blades.

No stripping kits!!!!

I cut at 3.5"

I am mowing mostly Fescues.

[Liquid Cooled Exmark]

heres one from lastweek ffrom a 1993 scag 52" hydro, with 3000 hours on it, yes 3000
OK, i will get them to you another ytime, i have to dl them to a server to get them on here i guess, when i figure it out i will do this. i cant wait to see more. i do not use a roller kit either, no need to

[Liquid Cooled Exmark]

here are a few from the 52" scag with 3000 hours, its a 1993http://speedracer.speedtoys.com/mkiv_supra/neforum/marshall/DSC00503.JPG http://speedracer.speedtoys.com/mkiv_supra/neforum/marshall/DSC00512.JPG http://speedracer.speedtoys.com/mkiv_supra/neforum/marshall/DSC00514.JPG

[Nick]

I learned everything about striping form Eric. Xw 2300 doubles Striping kit.

[Nick]

another

[Nick]

again

[Nick]

try again

[Nick]

last one please delete the double post

[Liquid Cooled Exmark]

Those are nice stripes, i must say.
I dont use a striping kit though, thats just how mine come out, but yours are nice and dark/light is that what a striping kit does, makes them like that, ive never used one.

Marshall

[Nick]

The key is sharp blades, 1/4" deck pitch (no more), doubles, and qaulity of the grass. The kit does help hide the lines were the blades meet, but I have tried it with out the kit and with single blades. Doubles make the biggest difference.

[FrankenScagMachines]

Here's some I did today on my lawn with my 1993 Wheel Horse 520H garden tractor (hydro 20hp twin Onan) and 48" 3 blade side discharge deck. It has a full floating deck and plenty of rollers as well as 23x10.50x12 Dico Turf Trac R/S tires on rear and same tread on front, but it doesn't stripe this good by itself. I pulled one of those brush type ground driven sweepers behind it and the brush picked up a tad of grass leftover from the deck, but mainly used the brush to knock the grass down for striping. I haven't built a kit for this mower yet. Soon I will though. Just haven't got time! This is common yard grass (type unknown) and looks better than my neighbor's who puts down 120lbs fert. for just 1/2 acre and he cuts at 2". I cut at 3" and I don't put anything on it, no seeding, no fert, nothing. Plus my mowing/striping technique really improves it. This took all afternoon for two acres, but I double cut most of it. I really enjoyed doing this.....LOL.
Mowing is my hobby- Striping is my obcession!
Eric

[FrankenScagMachines]

The pic quality isn't A-1 because it's a cheap digital camera that doesn't do the lighting good. But it still shows them up nicely.

[FrankenScagMachines]

more.....

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'nother

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still another

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yet another...

[FrankenScagMachines]

A customer's lawn

[green boy]

I didnt know there was a such thing as a striping kit untile now. Could someone tell me how to make one or where to get one?

[landscaper3]

greening up this way!

[nu83]

For you Eric. We all miss you.

http://greatlawns.com/rw2050102

[LAWNS AND MOWER]

Ignore that fine looking van!!

[LAWNS AND MOWER]

And this is my crib.

[Esby33]

Just got a digital camera. There will be more to come :)

[Mid Rivers]

Here is a try

[Esby33]

Here are a few pictures.

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[LawnSmith]

looks great!

[Jimbo]

When you mow over the same stripes...do you mow towards the dark grass or the light grass?

[nu83]

you mow towards the light grass.

[Esby33]

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[James234]

Sorry to be a party pooper but all of those striped lawns looked really bad. Perhaps this thread is a joke in that you guys picked out the worst photos you could find. As I have said before, wheel marks and stripes look bad and hurt the commercial lawn mowing industry. Who wants a beautiful lawn that looks like it has been repeatedly run over by a truck?:eek:

[LAWNGODFATHER]

I don't know what pics you have been looking at but I guess you should meet Garry.

Those lines can be done in one pass and are not harmful to the turf!!!

So tell us how it hurts the industry cause we are dumbfounded, and have abosolutly no clue to what you mean.

[GreenQuest Lawn]

Originally posted by James234
Sorry to be a party pooper but all of those striped lawns looked really bad. Perhaps this thread is a joke in that you guys picked out the worst photos you could find. As I have said before, wheel marks and stripes look bad and hurt the commercial lawn mowing industry. Who wants a beautiful lawn that looks like it has been repeatedly run over by a truck?:eek:



Anyone can circle jerk.

Pros stripe.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Hey Todd, did you run that over with a truck?






Glad to see you got to do some mowing finaly.

Looking great that Bluegrass.

[James234]

Hi Lawngodfather! I was looking at the pictures posted on this thread. While I know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I also know ugly when I see it. It is a shame that some (certainly not all) commercial mowing companies sell the stripes as a desirable feature. Of course, if a customer desires stripes then give them. My concern is that you should be able to properly mow grass without leaving "evidence" that a giant truck or tractor has matted the grass blades down. I'll admit that the grass recovers within a day or two but why put it through the stress (unless the owner likes it)? The answer is of course that most (not all) commercial mowers and some (not all) residential mowers leave wheel marks and stripes. In my opinion once a lawn is cut you should see a natural landscape with little or no evidence that a mower cut the grass. Just my $0.02. Didn't mean to offend you or anyone else.

[KirbysLawn]

Another

[LAWNGODFATHER]

James234 that "evidence" is what makes the pros stand out more.

Also around here the scaping is desinged for lawns to look like these pics.

But I do also know that your reagon is not the same as ours.

So I do see your point now.

Also the stress only has to be watched when the guys who mow dormants lawns here do so when they are stressed, cause we don't mow stressed lawns.

[KirbysLawn]

James,

You said "I'll admit that the grass recovers within a day or two but why put it through the stress". My question is what do you suggest? If you put a large mower on the grass the weight of the mower is the same, regardless if a stripe is left or not.

The only way I have found not to stripe cool season grasses that are mowed at higher settings is to overlap my deck. When you overlap you are then waisting time and riding the mower across the turf even more.

Another

[Grasshog]

Toby I have yet to get as good as you.

[hubb]

This isn't the greatest shot of my stripes but here it goes.

[SLS]

Ahhhh...now I get it!

All those sports fields and golf courses that my customers "ooh and ahh" over are being run over with trucks! And all this time I thought they were using reel mowers and rollers.....

Man, I gotta ditch the Lazer and get me a heavier truck. :D

[BRIMOW525]

Althought I think James234 is taking in some bad exhaust fumes from that old truck... I kinda see where he might think its bad to stripe. We have alot of companies around here that cut it in the same direction from spring to fall. YES that is wrong ... BUT striping in hole is no any worse on the grass then .....putting a wide but heavier machine on the lawn. Or even more brilliant... drive around in circles and run over the ends of the lawn 50 millon times when trying to get all the u missed. Sorry dude but striping doesn't hurt the industry. I only hurt scrubs that can't or don't have the equipment to stripe. "And thats all I have to say about that" ( Forest Gump)

[BRIMOW525]

Oh by the way............

[Grass_Slayer]

if im not mistaken someone asked a while back, before somebody ran over our party with a truck, about a striping kit. i personally have a piece of that angle that is used to hang garage doors (got a bunch of holes in it) with 16 10" pieces of 5/16" chain bolted in it. the whole thing is mounted under the skid plate on the wheel motors. it does wonderfully! hope to put on some pics soon.

[Esby]

Some sun out today....warming up finally.

[kbcjlc]

I use push mower on that yard... Hear it does have a striping kits for push mowers.....

Keith Cook

[jayandlo]

I enjoyed looking at all of the pictures. I noticed that some of you guys would have your stripes to go in a circle around obstacles such as trees. Others would resume there stripes on the other side of the tree. In fact they'd give the appearance that they drove through the tree (incredible). How is this done. Aother question that I have is if you're using a lawn/garden tractor how do you maneuver at the end of the row? Please keep in mind that this thing does not have zero turn.

[FrankenScagMachines]

jayandlo -
The way I do it with a garden tractor or other non zero turn rider is usually like this: at the end of a row, I turn to one side (in the area I outlined about 2 laps to start with) then back up and turn into the next row making sure to keep it lined up straight so's not to get a crooked row. Another way is to outline the area 3 or 4 laps and just do a loop turn at the end of each row. This is alittle quicker and easier in most cases but is not for the picky person's lawn as going around the perimeter of the property and doing loop turns is going to make the edges look wacked up. Sometimes on some places I drive along the edge to a designated place to turn around at. This I know is somewhat stressful to the grass and wasteful of time but you don't always have room to turn around at the end of a row. This is how I have figured out to do it.
Any more questions? I'd be glad to help.
Happy Mowing (striping!),
Eric

[Esby]

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[LAWNGODFATHER]

Here is a front shot of the house

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Back yard

[LAWNGODFATHER]

The stripes going straight back are Exmark 60" Lazer made last week.

First time it was ever cut that way.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

This on is a house on Bellerive Country Club Grounds Estates.

The PGA was cancelled there last year due to Sept 11.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Front lawn

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Back lawn.

Behind the trees, and shrubs is the golf course.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Back lawn

They way we went last week.

[Soupy]

Hey LAWNGODFATHER, Do you have a picture of Ozzy's Lawn? I seen somethin on channel 5 news awhile back when they did a tour of Ozzy's house. Man it was sweet. I think the report was more about him getting inducted into the Hall Of fame. But he was so proud of his House he took them on a complete tour.

Thanks,
Soupy

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Well I had a nice long post explaining why I wouldn't touch his property with a 10' pole again, but leave it at, never again.

[FrankenScagMachines]

I'll post some later today or tomorrow ;)
:D :cool: :D
I love the way my rig cuts and stripes!!!:D :D :D Might have something to do with the way I tuned it out just right :confused: :p

Jayandlo - I've been trying to think of a way to explain how we drive through trees. I know how to do it but I guess it's so natural for me and I never stopped to think about it so it's hard to know how to word it. Maybe I will take some pictures to help explain it because you know a pic is worth 1k words! Or I might make illustrations on the computer, or both.
Eric

[UGA]

The only problem I have with striping is that while having a fixed deck mower it gets to be a pain to raise and lower the cut depending on the yard. I was trying to leave the mower at one height 3 1/4" which striped fescue and even my thick bermuda in the back yard quite well but it wasn't cutting low enough for my other yards to look good at all, not to mention 4 days later it had to be cut again. These other yards are as much clover and bermuda, and johnson grass as anything and since the customers 1. Don't want to fert or overseed and 2. are paying a lot more than what the account is worth I'm OK with it.
If I were doing this fulltime I would probably be trying to have mostly yards that want a full year round plan (which would include fert and seed) but as I am doing it for the same reason as most part timers (Love It, Xtra income) I'm about to give up on trying to convince these few accounts to step up to a better system of maintaining their lawns.
So I guess I'll have the only striped yard on my street.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

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[cowman66]

lgf, do you stripe all your lawns or do you charge extra?

[PaulJ]

All these stripes look great. I'll try to get some of my pics later.
I don't think I could mow without leaving some sort of stripe. For me I don't set out to "stripe" a lawn but to mow it in a Quality way.

the stripes are a nice side effect. I always mow the whole proporty (or as much as possible) in the same dirrection. I change dirrection each week trying toi get 3 or 4 weeks before I go that way again. I outline 2 or 3 tiems with my 36" at the start of the yard. I even try to not be going the same dirrection each week when outlining. I try not to do commplete circles around trees but I make an X on each side. This is hard to explain but I'll try. When aprouchi8ng a tre or polewith the uncut grass to the right and the tree still to the right I will go around the right side of the tree leaving some uncut grass on it's left side (less than the deck width), then when comming back oon the next stripe I do the same thing thus mowing that uncut patch and crossing over the stripes before and after the tree so the stripes look like a X and Often no trimming is even needed and I don't have to slow down a bit. I hope this makes some sence?

I'm using a 36" lesco WB, gear drive with Jungle wheels. and now Double blades.
I don't think I could mow a lawn and not stripe it unless I just went in circles.

[REO]

This is mowed at 4.75" ( 11.5 ) acres. What a GREAT JOB to have on and eXmark 72" with a Striper !:D

[FrankenScagMachines]

They're looking great guys!
LGF- that grass is incredibly dark! Too dark for me. Also that bank is very impressively steep... I guess it's probably not as bad as it looks, or it might be even worse than it looks, for we have a big hill that isn't all that steep, but it has a real steep part of it, and it doesn't look that bad from a distance but it's very very steep when you're on it. I always take that steepest part very slow (going down) but there is no grass growing where the tires go because you slide even with a 1,000 lb garden tractor (turf tires). This is w/o locking up the wheels, they are still going slow and it just slides. How's that bank in your pic for mowing? I don't think I'd want a rider on it unless I was real sure of myself and mower first.

[beck]

I've watched LGF mow his hill with his lazer, I think I would use the walk-behind though.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Originally posted by cowman66
lgf, do you stripe all your lawns or do you charge extra?

I charge extra if they don't want it striped. It trakes longer to cut it that way.

[GLS]

I finally bought a digital camera...Here is a pic of my stripes.

[TLS]

Do you need a stump grinder, or a rock grinder.....I cant tell if they're stumps or rocks???

Don't like trimming around them?

[GLS]

Well, the yard with the greener grass is mine...it get's trimmed. The yard with the stump is my elderly neighbors. I have been mowing it for years for free (and only trim it every few weeks). I knew I shouldn't have posted that one! Here is a pic that has been trimmed:

[Toroguy]

I like that A frame house

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Last cut at this place and first cut going this direction.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Another shot

[LAWNGODFATHER]

This site is 80M of turf.

Easy to cut.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Anybody have any more to add?

[greenman]

Originally posted by LAWNGODFATHER
Anybody have any more to add?

If I had a digital camera, I could add a few:D


Oryan0- Im assuming that pic was BEFORE you trimmed. Look at the growth around the stump(s).

[GreenQuest Lawn]

Man this thread got big, I think I have some pics in this thread somewhere, I will post some I know did not make it in.


I think I remember seeing some aliens at this lawn.

[GreenQuest Lawn]

friends dont let friends mow drunk.

[GreenQuest Lawn]

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[GreenQuest Lawn]

I wish I would have known this guy was going to fly over and take pics of this place, I would have done a better job. My stripes were good till I got around by the barn and I could not see over the hump of the drive so they did not line up well. Still I think even though it was dry and I screwed up its still a cool pic.

[greenman]

Do you have you have helicopter blades on your mower so you can get up that high to take those awesome pics? The circles are a first time see for me. And I always thought mowing in circles looked like crap? :D

[GreenQuest Lawn]

greenman,




Its the bulleye. Any pattern will look good if it is consistant.

And yes I have an Exmark Lazer with the 1100 hp turbo jet engine. I also run the super duper ultra extended REALLY REALLY high lift blades.






:D

[Lawn-Scapes]

Here's one..

[Mykster]

Very nice Todd. I like the target pic.

Tom, couldn't you fit another stripe in there? lol...very nice.

[GLS]

Heres one...
http://0ryan0.home.mchsi.com/stripes.jpg

[John Gamba]

Here's one

[John DiMartino]

Heres one of my front yard,taken about a week ago.

[John DiMartino]

This ones the same shot different angle.My shed is in the background.

[1grnlwn]

Ok here is my front.

[lawnkid]

Nice stripes fellas, Hey Todd, what kind of mower do you use?that thing really makes lawns stand out. I wish I had a camera to post some of my stripes. Keep it up guys!

[GreenQuest Lawn]

I have a 60" Exmark Lazer/with a striping roller.

[Green Pastures]

Todd,

I would love to be able to do this all over a yard, just to be different. I think it looks cool.

[GreenQuest Lawn]

That actually came about cause I needed a different direction to mow and its such a narrow long area that there was no way I was going to go the short way, diaginals would have worked too but I thought what the heck. To tell you the truth I was getting a little bored with straight lines about the 20th week this year so I started doing things different. Of course I started out on only a select few lawns. This guy is my welder, we exchange services and he has told me many times he could care less how its cut as long as he does not have to do it. The bullseye was done on a customers lawn that does not live there. She moved out to the East coast 2 years ago and has not sold her house. Its in the back yard and none of the neighbors can see it. I have got only good feedback so far on my trials. Seems everyone is up for some change.

More to come next year!!!

[MOW ED]

Just bought the camera so I have to post leaf clean stripes. I cant wait til next year.

[MOW ED]

One mow. No fert on this one. But lots of mulched maple leafs.

[lawncare3]

:) Best damn stripes i've ever seen in my life!
good work keep it up

[lawncare3]

sorry the computer is a piece of S--- never again

[Love Thy Neighbor]

Man greenquest'stripes are tight.
Those are very good looking. It looks like the roller is doing its job.
I wish I could put one on my out front. Probably couldn't get one for it. Or can I . I have a Scag 60in outfront three wheeler.

[FrankenScagMachines]

heres one

[FrankenScagMachines]

'nother one..

[FrankenScagMachines]

last one for now until my film is developed. look good guys.

[lawncare3]

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I am particularily proud of this one. We used chains, doubles, & perfect mowing pattern. Notice how they line up.
I think it looks like $h!t

[luckylawnboy]

Just had to get in on this one

[John Gamba]

Lucky happy new Year!

Lazer stripes.

[lawncare3]

Good lookin stripes have a good and profitable new year!