SCUT Mowing - Ground Speed?

[smstonypoint]

That's impressive, mowing 2 acres in 30 minutes with a 60" deck!!!!!

Assuming 82.5% efficiency, that works out to an average ground speed of 8 mph. There's no way I could average that speed on my bumpy lawn.

Steve

 

[ovrszd]

Me neither.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I did the math using a mowing calculator, I average around 3.5mph mowing my property. It’s too hilly and too many obstacles to be able to mow any faster.

But the name of the game is to cut grass, not spend time in the Garage with repairs.

1.9 acres per hour with 60in deck.

 

[fatjay]

That's impressive, mowing 2 acres in 30 minutes with a 60" deck!!!!!

Full speed, it's amazing. It's so enjoyable, I'm looking for stuff to mow when I'm done. Sips fuel, too. Keep in mind the house is on the lot, driveway, pool, tree's.

Lawn rollers are great, suspension is great. My lawn was bumpy but it's been getting better.

 

[Phillip w]

That's impressive, mowing 2 acres in 30 minutes with a 60" deck!!!!!

Pop the popcorn, i want to see this show.

 

[mikester]

Hi. New to the forum.

I'm thinking about getting a SCUT for the loader and backhoe, but I can only make it work financially if I sell my ZTR and the ATV I'm using for snowplowing/utility. This means I'll need to mow with the SCUT (I'd get a 60" MMM).

I mow 2.2 acres of average lawn (not a golf course, not a pasture) every week. Currently, I'm using a 52" Toro ZTR. It's a commercial-grade unit, and I'd guess I mow at 7-8 MPH. My whole yard takes me 1.5 - 2 hours to mow. I don't have many trees or obstacles, but I do have over 1000' of fence that I mow along.

Mowing is 80+% of what I'll be using the tractor for, and I don't want to add more time to my weekend routine. However, I'm having a hard time getting a sense of SCUT mowing ground speeds. One dealer is telling me my 2 hour job will take 3-4 with a SCUT, and one is telling me that I can mow just as fast as I do on the ZTR (basically, top speed of the tractor), and the only time I'll loose is turning around. I did my own quick math and figured the SCUT will add 15 minutes to my routine, but I don't know if my assumptions are right.

Can anyone who mows with a SCUT talk about how fast you're able to reasonably go?

Thanks!

"A machine that does a little of everything does nothing exceptionally well."

Same applies to politicians....in order to be something for everyone they are nothing to no one.

 

[ovrszd]

Full speed, it's amazing. It's so enjoyable, I'm looking for stuff to mow when I'm done. Sips fuel, too. Keep in mind the house is on the lot, driveway, pool, tree's.

Lawn rollers are great, suspension is great. My lawn was bumpy but it's been getting better.

So you aren't mowing 2 acres. You own 2 acres? Maybe mowing half? Remember, your property description goes to the middle of the road??

 

[Tx Jim]

Remember, your property description goes to the middle of the road??

Depends on where one lives. Where I live which is Texas one owns(pays property taxes) to the middle of county roads but to the fence line on state/federal highways. I know because my property is on both type roads.

 

[Grandad4]

Here's a question for ZTR fans who get their mowing done quicker. The ZTR's advantages for trimming around obstacles are obvious. But if you figure you're going faster over open ground too, either the quality of cut is being sacrificed by going so fast or your mowing deck runs at much higher rpm's to keep up with the higher ground speed. Or maybe you mow more often so the grass isn't so heavy. I honestly want to know. At my place, the grass is heavy and going too fast means either disharge clumping or poor cut quality.

 

[ovrszd]

Depends on where one lives. Where I live which is Texas one owns(pays property taxes) to the middle of county roads but to the fence line on state/federal highways. I know because my property is on both type roads.

Yep, that's how it is here as well.

On a small property such as 2 acres it's a considerable percentage if you have 500ft frontage on a county road.