What's the best pattern to follow with a regular riding mower (not zero turn)? I'm currently going in a spiral inward but as you can imagine, the last few lines are annoying because I have to take bigger turns to get to them since my rider isn't zero turn. I was going to go with the way a Zamboni cleans the ice but that seems much less efficient since you are going over the same edge each time.
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This "Zamboni pattern" is what I did in practice when I used a tractor style mower. I would rotate the pattern 45 degrees with each mow meaning sometimes the turns were 90's and sometimes 135's/45's. For the turns on the grass I would "short turn" every other loop as the edge pass at the end would catch the "missed" segments.
I was able to do many of the turns off the grass but be forewarned, you WILL wear your front tires. I even upgraded the tie rods to be adjustable so I could keep the fronts in better alignment
Even with my ZTR I still mix up the pattern with every mow.
Regardless, I do my edge strip(s) as the final cut.
I was able to do many of the turns off the grass but be forewarned, you WILL wear your front tires. I even upgraded the tie rods to be adjustable so I could keep the fronts in better alignment
Even with my ZTR I still mix up the pattern with every mow.
Regardless, I do my edge strip(s) as the final cut.
Lawnguyland said:I don't have a rider but would a "zamboni" cut pattern help? Something like this...
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