Glowplug
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Is this what you guys are talking about when you refer to 270* turns to correct the "bumped out" corners?
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Bird
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Yep, Chuck, that's what I was talking about. The only difference is that your diagram is going around a field counterclockwise and turning to the right where I most frequently went clockwise and turned left.
And, yes, in my first post I said I most frequently went counterclockwise when I meant clockwise, but most of the time, I can actually tell my right hand from my left.LOL
And, yes, in my first post I said I most frequently went counterclockwise when I meant clockwise, but most of the time, I can actually tell my right hand from my left.LOL
Farmwithjunk
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Bird said:
Clockwise...? Counterclockwise...? What's the difference? I got a dang digital watch.
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skipmarcy
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I agree, you're cutting the grass, not building a house !! I use the shifter to put 'er into reverse when I have to to hit a spot I can't swing into, takes all of maybe an extra 15 seconds to hit a spot like that. I do it quite a bit too, because I always leave my loader on and I do like a nice trim on my cutting. Very seldom raise the cutter at all, set it at the height I want and go - forward and reverse. Making a sharp turn on a hilly spot or something where the cutter will gouge the ground badly I'll pick it up a couple extra inches then drop it down again and go.Farmwithjunk said:
rdbrumfield
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I mow in a clockwise fashion so that the blades take the new cut to the left instead of stuffing it towards the standing material. On large fields I like to take a few laps around the fench line to create an easy turning area so that I can make a gentle 180. By doing this I make long strips about 30 feet wide and work the field from one side to the other, it tends to chase the field mice towards the middle of each section as I move across the field. My dog loves it and so do the birds of prey. It is something special to have a redtailed hawk take a mouse twenty feet from your tractor. Once they just have a sliver to hide in the activity really picks up. Of course, by doing this you will be mowing in one direction throwing the material away and going back putting the material towards where you will be coming on the next round.
Glowplug
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rdbrumfield said:
SWEET!!!!
MadDogDriver
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kubotafan said:
You're funny.
This worked on our kids when they were at the left/right discovery age. Hold both hands up palms out with your fingers together and thumbs out pointing at each other. The hand that looks like an L is your left. (This technique only works if you know the alphabet though and aren't dyslexic.
)MadDogDriver said:You're funny.
This worked on our kids when they were at the left/right discovery age. Hold both hands up palms out with your fingers together and thumbs out pointing at each other. The hand that looks like an L is your left. (This technique only works if you know the alphabet though and aren't dyslexic.
My 7 yr old daughter just told me this one tonight when she asked me about a couple tatoos, I told her dragonfly on left and butterfly on right...she quickly held up her hands with her thumbs out and corrected me.
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This is the way I mow. I start around outside and mow toward center, smaller and smaller "circles" (top drawing). Then at some point, I cut field in half and switch from mowing around perimeter, to (2nd drawing) mowing perimeter of right side to inside of left side. As long as you cut field in half, you should finish both sides about the same time.
