if the mower sinks down past the axle, it might be too wet.

 

If the neighbor hood kids are swimming in it, it may be to wet.

 

if the mower sinks down past the axle, it might be too wet.

Stupid me how could that not be obvious... :hammerhead: Does anyone use a meter or anything?

 

I think it's different for every yard and every mower. We just got a dry day yesterday after 6 straight days of rain and boy am I glad I have my little 36" metro because it was too wet for my Z. I know this doesnt answer your question but it does have alot to do with what mower you are using.

 

If the road is dry, I cut grass. This year I have cut in the rain, because it rained every day for over a week.

 

every lawn is different. Some lawns soak it up and others water sits on. Generally we go by if the streets and sidewalks are dry enough to blow the clippings off, we go out. That for whatever reason has been a good indicator that the lawns are dry enough to mow. But there are also days where we've been working through rain just to keep up. Best bet is to go out and if the grass is clumping up too much where its going to look like crap when you are done, then you should stop. Most of the time you can work through it until it dries up in the afternoon. All depends on how booked up you are and the quality your customers expect. just watch out for those clumps that fly 40 feet and stick to the house and cars even when you tried your hardest to avoid that. Customers dont like that much :hammerhead:

 

When the cracks in the pavement start to dry its time to get out there. A little wind and or sun go a long way also. But sometimes, if it can be done in half the time tomorrow, then it gets done tomorrow.

 

I see what you all are saying. I like the road and sidewalk thing. Today is the first day in about a week and a half that we have not had rain. And i just tried to mow my yard and it wasn't good an my yard doesn't hold water. So i am guessing i have to pray tomorrow is another pretty day and just use today to get everything prepared for tomorrow. We seem to have had record rainfall this year in alabama. IT rained every day since the 6th. Today is the first non rainy day with pretty blue skies.

 

I had to mow in the rain this spring. Pouring down, and also in conditions on a cloudy day that it has rained 4 days straight before it. If i wasnt leaving ruts, I was mowing. Mind you, that meant double and triple cutting and excessive deck scraping, but I still went. You should really have a sixth sense that comes natural when faced with a question like this. Mind you, some of us lawn guys are a little freaky..... :drinkup:

 

Again, its not rocket science. Were just mowing lawns dude! If youre mower can cut wet lawns and they dont look like crap, get on your rain coat.

 

Ill mow until my helper starts to either melt or float:laugh:

 

I mow if it doesn't do much permanent damage. We just have to here in the bluegrass belt. It ain't the rain that causes damage, it's the soft ground.
I mowed a lawn this morning still wet with dew. The guy cutting a lawn next door was mowing a lawn that was really overgrown. When he finished it was solid brown with dead clippings on top. It's going to die in spots. Mowing here is a lot different from cutting southern grasses.

 

i can cut most of my yards as soon as the rain stops, only 2 hold water but as long as there is no Standing water in the yard i can cut them with no problems. just dont use a 700 LB ZTR, when its to wet or the ground is soft i use a 32" WB.

 

Well things certainly are different here than it is in the northern states then. The soil in most of my yards gets mushy and stays that way for a day or two.

 

If you mow wet grass alot, have extra deck spindle bearings handy,, I have already had to replace a bottom center deck bearing this year. I have got used to mowing wet grass but if you dont keep the deck scraped, its going to look bad. I buy fluid film by the case also to use under the deck. It makes scraping easier. Most people dont want you to mow their yard when its wet. But one of my customers called this morning and I had to go do it. The first half of the yard went ok, then it started raining, hard.. I was soaked. The other half looked terrible when I got done. I hate mowing wet grass but if you don't do it , you will never get done. I spent a good 2 hours deck scraping, fluid filming, and changing blades when I got home.

 

belows what we've been using here in michigan Thumbs Up