let's discuss the best way to mow a field...

[CobyRupert]

Rocket science is easy!
...It's rocket engineering that is the difficult part.

 

[fishheadbob]

Its mowing and not rocket science . mow a round on each end lay off a land and start . work left to right / right to left it really doesn't matter . just start on longest side

X2. .

 

[smstonypoint]

80%? Eh. It's "A Number" I suppose. Good as any! :confused3:
I'd guess in reality it's wide ranging +15% (65%-95%) depending on the size of the field and its geometry.

Here are some estimated efficiency factors for various implements from http://caes2.caes.uga.edu/engineering/handbook/documents/capacity.pdf. You could achieve 100% efficiency if you were mowing a single swath exactly the width of your mower around the circumference of a field under center-pivot irrigation. But given my age, I might have to allow for a bathroom break.

Steve

 

[Tx Jim]

IMHO spitting a field more especially a large field into 2 or more lands just creates ""more corners which requires more time"". Start at outside go round & round then when you get to the middle then mow the corners & your done.

 

[WVBill]

When I was mowing my 3 1/2 acre yard, I though about the same thing and my Navy background kicked in.
In a search and rescue scenario, you want to cover the search area as quickly as possible and leave no portion of the area un-searched.
When you have a large but defined area, the recommended search pattern is called "Parallel Search". So that's the pattern I used when mowing.
The problem is you need to be able to do a 180 degree turn in the width of your mower.

 

[M5farms]

IMHO spitting a field more especially a large field into 2 or more lands just creates ""more corners which requires more time"". Start at outside go round & round then when you get to the middle then mow the corners & your done.

If the field is round Thats an option. Every time I see someone mowing in circles when they are done it looks worse than stump whooped chittlens.

 

[smstonypoint]

..... Every time I see someone mowing in circles when they are done it looks worse than stump whooped chittlens.

That's a new one for me. Any photos of what they look like?

Steve

 

[M5farms]

That's a new one for me. Any photos of what they look like?

Steve

if you know what chittlns are and what they contain its not hard to imagine that everything will be covered in SHYT

 

[dannoGT]

I use NASCAR method ..........go fast and turn left!

 

[oosik]

You know - I see/hear a lot of good ideas on how to mow. Except I sure don't want any "stump whooped chitlins" round here. I don't give a D-A-M-N how good they are. I got a good idea what it looks like also - I had an occasion to dispatch a raccoon with a big stick. It wasn't pretty and it smelled to high heaven.