How many acres can I mow per hour?

[Lineman North Florida]

This has probably been posted before but I thought it might be helpful to some who have never seen it before. Charlie.

 

[bmaverick]

This has probably been posted before but I thought it might be helpful to some who have never seen it before. Charlie. View attachment 873696

I clear the pastures around 9mph with my 6FT KK brush mower.

Up the road from my place the person has a modern Kubota with cab, he flies thru his acres too, and it looks great!

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I clear the pastures around 9mph with my 6FT KK brush mower.

Up the road from m place the person has a modern Kubota with cap, he flies thru his acres too, and it looks great!

Well sorry my chart didn't figure on you and your neighbor but if that's the case you should be covering close to 6 acres an hour, that's getting after it for a 6' cutter, them have to be some really smooth fields.

 

[deserteagle71]

I mow my acres at 2.36 mph, according to my Kubota. If I went any faster it would be dangerous; the terrain is so rough. So that chart is good only for someone mowing smooth level ground.

Takes a long time to mow 50 acres with a 6' rotary mower at 2.36 mph............

 

[bmaverick]

Well sorry my chart didn't figure on you and your neighbor but if that's the case you should be covering close to 6 acres an hour, that's getting after it for a 6' cutter, them have to be some really smooth fields.

4 years ago those fields were horrible. I've disc harrowed several times to smooth and tame them down considerably. Plus, there are no gopher holes since all of the disc harrowing was done.

One other benefit is to sharpen the brush blades a little finer than the OE coarse cutting edge. And the attack angle with the top-link.

Lastly, the Harbor Freight quick hitch keeps everything true and tight. The brush mower will not wander, it tracks precisely.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I mow my acres at 2.36 mph, according to my Kubota. If I went any faster it would be dangerous; the terrain is so rough. So that chart is good only for someone mowing smooth level ground.

Takes a long time to mow 50 acres with a 6' rotary mower at 2.36 mph............

Well according to the chart if you are using a 6' mower at the speed you claim you are cutting close to an acre and a half per hour whether it's smooth or rough, so I don't understand why the chart is only good for someone cutting smooth ground, help me understand.

 

[oosik]

My lawn goes around all my out buildings, house and several large pines. All tolled it's a tad over 2 1/2 acres. I have a JD 750 MMM with a 48 inch deck. I seldom mow it all at one time. But if I do - takes about 3 hours.

Some of my lawns are smooth as a pool table. Others are meadows that have been mowed for years and look almost as good as lawns. The meadows can be quite rough and sloped. Increased speed will simply eject me from the mower. It is what it is.

 

[ssgp2]

There's an app for that.

Mowing Calcuator | How many acres can I mow in an hour

www.landscapecalculator.com

 

[EddieWalker]

I usually mow at 2.4 mph with my 12 foot batwing, but I doubt that I'm getting 3 acres per hour mowed. That seems like a lot to me, but I'm also dodging trees and having to go over the same areas multiple times to get to the areas that still need cutting.

It's an interesting chart that gives me an idea of what I should be getting done. Maybe I'll get there one day when I remove some more trees!!!!

 

[MoKelly]

I guess the chart assumes perfect lines and there is no overlap.

I’ve been mowing quite a long time with a 60 inch zero turn. But - I doubt if I made 3 passes that I cut exactly 180 inches of grass.

Maybe it doesn’t really matter time wise if I cut 180 inches or 170 inches?