Working in the rain

[Tim Baden]

Just wondering how many of you mow in the rain? Talking about a good steady rain.I don't myself unless in the middle of a lawn.Saw a mowing crew working in a thunder storm one time.Not to smart.

[Plowguy99]

Well, it is raining now (damn Michigan weather) and I am sitting here. I don't have quite as many accounts as I would like, so I have a little bit of make-up time at the end of the week for days like today.

[Hawkeye5]

Well, if your in the middle of a lawn, and the rain is light with no lightning, I would finish. If it is a thunderstorm with lightning, I personally feel it is not smart to be out acting like a lightning rod. JD

[rvsuper]

I only mow in the rain when I'm using my Toro Proline. The deck on that thing is so good that you can mow in the rain, but only when I have to finish the lawn.

[awm]

long as theres no lightening..i got a slicker and need a shower every week anyway.:D

[mklawnman]

I feel lost on a day like today here in wisconsin when i cant mow. Did some maintenance on the machines over the weekend so today is a vaccation day. Ive mowed in wet/damp conditions and i dont like how the lawn looks afterwards because the clumps that are left behind on the lawn, now i have put doubles on the Scag but havent tried it in wet grass yet. Morning dew isnt so bad since it eventually evaporates during the day, but like today when it is so damp out nothing dries up so everything is wet. Plus the decks gets clogged up which means i have to clean them out before i cut the next day.
Also i do have some time to fill in the rest of the week if i dont get at the lawns today. Rather cut when the grass is dry and the ground is dry so i dont leave any ruts in the lawn.
Ive worked at a golf course and cut grass in the rain and in thunderstorms, just gotta watch it on how close the lighting is and go for cover, but working in the rain on a cold day isnt fun.
Matt

[CLM1103]

We live in the "lightning capital of the nation" so when the thunder is heard we head for the house. If no lightning, I just keep on working.

[ADMowing]

Same here.... if there is thunder and/or lightning, we head for home. It isn't worth the risk. Lots of deaths by lightning down here. It is very scary!!! Otherwise, we mow to finish but don't like the way lawn looks -- can't blow it off etc..... So, we don't go out if it is raining.

[dogger]

we always work in the rain, within reason of course. We have so much work we can barely keep up with perfect weather. You get so used to the rain that you don't even seem to notice after awhile.

[LAWNS AND MOWER]

What's rain???? Haven't seen any in three weeks. Feel like Pig Pen from the Peanuts. Big cloud of dust around me while I'm mowing!!!

LAWNS AND MOWER

[General Grounds]

:blob3: lawnsandmower, i hear ya borther, brown and stressed here. tony

[johnhenry]

We try not to but it all depends what our schedule dicatates to.Plus also how soaked the ground is.But when lightening is in the sky we head home. I use to mow golf fairways and boy the lightning can really bounce around the course

[scottb]

Just wondering where I might find some rain to work in, right now I would gladly work in it just to remeber what it's like. If Im half done I finish up but usually dont make a habit of starting in it.

[proline32]

I no longer work in the rain, nowdays if it starts to rain I just finish up the job i'm on and head back to the shop and do some maintenance on the equipt, or go home and do bookeeping. I just hate to bag grass, especially wet smelly grass.

[Bushman]

After school I worked for a company in Atlanta "Post Prop." which had about 100 employees. We were told to arrive dressed for the weather. We stopped only for close lightning. One day, we hand prunned shrubs in the middle of a massive ice storm, litterly prunning thru the ice. Lots of marines worked for that company. Learned a lot about dressing for the weather. Goretex and polypropulene.
A few years ago I had a Large limb drop while I was mowing in a very bad storm, it hit quite close. ( the storm had hit at the end of the day while on a distant prop. about 60 miles from the shop.) Anyway now I stop if the storm gets real bad.
Regards.

[SLS]

We had so much rain last month I had to work in it to stay caught up. Went and bought a good rainsuit, made slow, CAREFUL turns on the Lazer, and did a LOT of deck scraping.

It sucked, but I stayed on track, didn't lose any cuts for the month, and had my best month ($$$) ever.

It about wore me out though..scraping tons of wet spinach and slowly double cutting.... :dizzy:

I do head home and wait out thunderstorms though.

[Grass_Slayer]

i try not to mow for a little while after the rain. i have a problem with tracks and getting stuck in some of my yards. i only stop if i have just started on the yard and it begins raining.

[Bob Minney]

Depends on how heavy the rain is-takes a pretty heavy down pour or thunder to send me home.