Field Mowing Pattern - Side Discharge

[workinonit]

First off, I can't beleive I'm reading a thread on mowing patterns. Second, where did the phrase Zamboni pattern come from? That method of making plowing passes in a field was being done here in the south before a Zamboni was ever thought of. It's pretty much how plowing, discing, mowing , bush hogging and cultivating is done.

 

[CH4Ohio]

I can't wait to see the cost-benefit analysis related to the potential fuel savings resulting from this study. Now would be a good time to apply for a government grant to investigate this properly since they're looking for infrastructure projects to fund.

 

[Username Taken]

Put a mulch kit on it

 

[CH4Ohio]

At work they would form a committee to develop recommendations around this. We would pull in people from several states to be sure we had representation from every region. Only those who had never cut grass before would be selected so they didn't come with preconceived notions of how this should be done. After months of travel-intensive meetings that rotated from office to office (to be sure we're "inclusive" in our locations and give everyone a chance to travel), our high-priced consultants that we hired to facilitate the team's discussions would wrap it all up in 100-slide PowerPoint presentation and we'd meet with company execs at some swanky resort to make the final pitch. The "money slide" at the end of the presentation would likely recommend that we reorganize our mowing operations, offer severance packages to everyone that mows, just terminate those that don't take the package, and refer this problem to our Supply Chain group asking them to outsource this work to the lowest bidder.

Supply Chain would then form a committee . . .

 

[Username Taken]

At work they would form a committee to develop recommendations around this. We would pull in people from several states to be sure we had representation from every region. Only those who had never cut grass before would be selected so they didn't come with preconceived notions of how this should be done. After months of travel-intensive meetings that rotated from office to office (to be sure we're "inclusive" in our locations and give everyone a chance to travel), our high-priced consultants that we hired to facilitate the team's discussions would wrap it all up in 100-slide PowerPoint presentation and we'd meet with company execs at some swanky resort to make the final pitch. The "money slide" at the end of the presentation would likely recommend that we reorganize our mowing operations, offer severance packages to everyone that mows, just terminate those that don't take the package, and refer this problem to our Supply Chain group asking them to outsource this work to the lowest bidder.

Supply Chain would then form a committee . . .

Hope you got a lump sum retirement package from your Sears Management job

Lee Iacacca (who saved Chrysler one time) said, "When we were at generic motors, if somebody saw a snake, we'd call in experts from around the world for advice, form a workers committee, have an Executive meeting followed by a Board meeting and a conference with the Union Execs then at some point, form a referendum and have a vote on it. Here at Chrysler, if somebody sees a snake, we just kill it."

 

[CH4Ohio]

Hope you got a lump sum retirement package from your Sears Management job

Lee Iacacca (who saved Chrysler one time) said, "When we were at generic motors, if somebody saw a snake, we'd call in experts from around the world for advice, form a workers committee, have an Executive meeting followed by a Board meeting and a conference with the Union Execs then at some point, form a referendum and have a vote on it. Here at Chrysler, if somebody sees a snake, we just kill it."

Actually, I DID! And damn glad too. (Not Sears though.)


10-4 on the snake solution too! Sometimes you can just over-analyze a situation.

 

[repete]

(Watch as people explode... )

How would you mow an isosceles shaped field with a 20% difference in side lengths in the dark?

 

[MossRoad]

(Watch as people explode... )

How would you mow an isosceles shaped field with a 20% difference in side lengths in the dark?

 

[Tinhack]

I've always cut my fields using the "Zamboni pattern"--After doing the perimeter and corners. Have done that even before knowing what a Zamboni pattern was. Being a shooter, I've always had a good sense of distance and depth perception but I also have a Samsung Galaxy Tab with a compass App. The step-overs are not a problem. I tried a farming app but it took too long to set up all the individual areas for mowing. Way too complicated for what I needed.

Cutting through the wooded area is another subject all together. That always looks like a drunken sailor cut it.

 

[MoKelly]

What the hay are we doing here - field art or mowing your meadow? It takes more time/fuel to try to be perfect. Just mow the damn field and be done with it.

Yep. That is what I try to do.

Just get er done as they say.

After all, it grows back and you can do it all over again - and again - and, well, you get the idea.

MoKelly