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1. [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Franklin" <jamesf@groupwbench.org>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 14:55:40 -0400
I have about 1/2 acre of foot-high grass that I just want short, not pristine. Got a quote of $385 to cut it. Once. I have a Honda rider mower that is dog slow and fills the bags in 10 feet. I'd like
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00112.html (9,297 bytes)

2. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: Scott <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:10:06 -0400
Yeah, pay them. I have had literally your same experience. What you really want is a brush hog, or a chain mower attached to a tractor that you see highway road crews using. Any normal mower just can
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00113.html (11,192 bytes)

3. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: "John Niolon" <jniolon@att.net>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 14:27:01 -0500
jim, they are called 'walk-behinds... and the little sulky is an accessory... here's a link http://www.gravely.com/en-us/walk-behind-mowers/Pro-Walk-Hydro-Drive/Pages/default.aspx ___________________
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00114.html (10,950 bytes)

4. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 16:28:10 -0400
I used to have an old David Bradley 2-wheel tractor with a sickle bar mower, whih would be good for that task, as well as satisfying one's needs for tinkering on old machinery. Tractor: http://www.w-
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00115.html (10,538 bytes)

5. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: Nick Brearley <nick@landform.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 21:37:01 +0100
Jim, This machine could be what you are looking for: http://www.scag.com/vride.html Might be overkill for 1/2 an acre but I can't imagine why that should put you off... Another option is a flail mowe
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00116.html (10,981 bytes)

6. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: "John Niolon" <jniolon@att.net>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:50:21 -0500
spent lots of summers letting a DB 2 wheeler drag me thru hi grass... changing out sickle bar teeth... running from yellow jackets... and all with no helmet or harness... how did we live through it !
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00117.html (12,489 bytes)

7. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 16:08:42 -0500
*I guess I'm a cheap patient person but I deal with 100 x 200 foot lot (1/2 acre) when it gets out of hand and 2 feet high just by raising the cutting height to the top and grinding around in low gea
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00118.html (12,773 bytes)

8. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 00:11:37 +0200
http://www.gravely.com/en-us/walk-behind-mowers/Pro-Walk-Hydro-Drive/Pages/de fault.aspx I saw a whole bunch of some thing very similar in south Serbia last week, some pulling impressively large trai
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00119.html (12,521 bytes)

9. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: Dave C <cavanadd@frontier.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 19:09:23 -0700
I don't think "sickle bar" and "cheap" are allowed to be in the same sentence. At least, I have never seen any kind of sickle bar I would actually want to use for anything near what I would be willin
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00121.html (11,564 bytes)

10. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: Scott <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 22:19:43 -0400
_______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00122.html (10,886 bytes)

11. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 22:12:09 -0500
Jim, Not sure that it's the machine for the job, but the commonly-seen brand of standing mower around here (Chicago area) is Wright Stander. It might not be distributed very widely, but I really don'
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00131.html (10,778 bytes)

12. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 12:04:07 -0400
Perhaps something simpler would work for the original poster's task: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzdjOkLQw1s Doug _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive:
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00135.html (11,719 bytes)

13. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 12:05:59 -0400
This also puts it in perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfIHiBB6xE _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00136.html (12,337 bytes)

14. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: Battmain <battmain@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 10:21:01 -0700 (PDT)
One may note there are no inch or two inch thick saplings in any of the videos. I dug a bit but didn't find any. :) May be able to change my mind, but power tools even with their issues, will win ove
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00137.html (10,777 bytes)

15. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: Paul Parkanzky <parkanzky@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 14:12:49 -0400
Some of my friends invoke John Henry sometimes. I remind them that he died at the end and the machine kept going. -Paul _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archiv
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00140.html (11,379 bytes)

16. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 14:34:04 -0400
You mean something like this? http://www.latef.org/images/BobMachete.JPG Doug _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00142.html (11,909 bytes)

17. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 16:18:56 -0400
You, uh, haven't met me :-) Let's say I more represent the animal that'd graze on that grass than either of the contestants. However, I did find a landscaping company that will do it for $50/cut. The
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00143.html (10,991 bytes)

18. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: Battmain <battmain@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 15:22:00 -0700 (PDT)
Haha. Where I'm originally from, they still cut grass that way today. :) The motorized things are a luxury there. I've never been able to get my own machete that sharp. I need to find someone who kno
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00144.html (13,341 bytes)

19. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 17:40:03 -0500
This girlfriend who mows half your yard while you natter about buying a mower; does she have a sister? _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.tea
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00145.html (12,201 bytes)

20. Re: [Shop-talk] Stand-on mowers? (score: 1)
Author: Rand E <mistertwo@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 15:59:19 -0700 (PDT)
Someone like this? http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd133/randey90/mowing_zps08982219.jpg Randy This girlfriend who mows half your yard while you natter about buying a mower; does she have a sister
/html/shop-talk/2013-05/msg00146.html (10,350 bytes)


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