Lawn Striping Attachment

robertm · May 3, 2004

Has anybody made a striping attachment for their mower to make those pretty alternating "light-dark-light" stripes in their yard when they mow? I have a B7500 with the 60" MMM and am thinking about a new way to do it.

Gatorboy · May 3, 2004

Striping is just the bending of the grass, so grass bent away from you looks lighter than the grass bending towards you.

You can enhance the bending of the grass by putting chains on some angle iron and bolting that to the rear of your mower deck (or somewhere in the rear of the tractor) or mounting some hard rubber that extends below your mower deck as well.

Both of these things will push the grass in the direction that you are mowing.

Many companies make striping kits, you may want to see if you can find one for yours. I have no idea what these kits cost.

CTyler · May 3, 2004

Can of spray paint and a nail. Works everytime. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Bob_Skurka · May 3, 2004

The mowing deck on my Ventrac tractor has a lawn "striper" on it. It is just a very long roller (about 50" long) and about 3" in diameter that is attached to the rear of the mower deck and hangs down below the trailing edge of the deck to compress the grass.

I would think you could make one pretty easily if you could find the roller. My mower deck rides in the hydraulic "float" position so it does not really press very hard against the ground while mowing, but the striper really does make a nice wide stripe. On my lawn, which is really comprised of some reclaimed pasture lands, the concept of lawn striping is sort of silly, but I will admit that it looks pretty cool.

CTyler · May 3, 2004

Does it help roll out the bumps or is it just enough pressure to lay the grass over? Perhaps a better question, does the roller use the wieght of the deck, the roller itself or both? I.E. Spring loaded

Gatorboy · May 3, 2004

( the concept of lawn striping is sort of silly )
Don't tell that to the groundskeepers of Major League Baseball fields (with grass)

Here is a link to some pictures of striped lawns

Bob_Skurka · May 3, 2004

GATORBOY . . . you took what I wrote out of context!

My lawn is pretty much rough field that has been mowed so often that it is mostly grass, but that is hardly lawn. And I did qualify my statement with that disclaimer.

I always figured you were 0 or 1 of the people I could count on to be accurate with postings. . . /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Gatorboy · May 3, 2004

( GATORBOY . . . you took what I wrote out of context! )

But then it wouldn't have made my comeback quite as funny. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Let's just call it strike 1 against me -- 10 more and it will be 11 strikes, YOU'RE OUT! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

markie61 · May 3, 2004

I was thinking about bolting a piece of horse stall mat on the back edge of my finish mower (left over from my snow plow blade edge.) This should bend the grass over....

Whaddayathink?

Mark

chucko · May 4, 2004

use your box blade it will work /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

robertm · May 4, 2004

I already took some stiff truck bed mat at fastened it to an aluminum angle. Then, bolted it to the drawbar (to go up and down with the deck). It woks a little, but not like a roller. I will try this weekend to lower it a little to really force the grass to lay over and see. I thought it was the height of the cut grass not being long enough, but my neighbor cuts at about 2 inches, and his looks like Wrigley Field. I'm cutting at 3 to 3-1/2 inches to let it fill in, but not alot of striping going on. I am wondering if it is the "field grass" I have.

coachgrd · May 4, 2004

Gator:
Which one of those cribs were yours? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Some darn nice digs there!

I wonder if there is a roller for dandilions and clover...I might be better served with that one. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

robertm · May 11, 2004

So 'ya know, I moved my flap to about just three inches above the grass when the 3pt is down, and WOW! I'll post a picture as sson as it stops raining! I really am impressed with how it works. Not as good as a roller, I think, but darn nice for the cost.

Henro · May 11, 2004

RobertM,

Could you also post a pic of the flap and how you mounted it?

Thanks...

dlockh4258 · May 11, 2004

I would love to see some pictures of peoples lawn striping equipment . It would be very helpful because I am wanting to put one on my B2910 with 72 inch belly mower.

MossRoad · May 12, 2004

EDIT:
Hmm... that's odd, as I clicked on it and it worked the day I posted it. So I started poking around and found that the page has changed from a .html extension to a .php extension...

Here's the correct link(at least it was 5 minutes ago...)

http://www.simplicitymfg.com/lawn_striping.php

Thanks for the heads up, Pineridge. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Good reading.

PineRidge · May 16, 2004

MossRoad that link doesn't appear to be a valid one. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Inspector507 · May 16, 2004

Try this
Scag

dlockh4258 · May 18, 2004

Does anyone have any good ideas on a 3 pt device for lawn stripping?

robertm · May 25, 2004

Here is the striping attachment I made... it is in the rough stages as I want to make it a "quick-disconnect" type so I can use my drawbar for other things. I'm working on it now,and will post the QD later. Let me all know what you think.