Mowing the lawn! Wright Mower Stripes
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- Mowing the lawn! Wright Mower Stripes
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Lightweight is good and what did I use it for it’s a lawnmower ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxTPN04aT-Qdjr_KS3ql7ng8wnU3wwsCqk also recommend Yes it is lightweight so hence not as robust as our old one. But if you take care it does the job really well.
17:36 you’re welcome
God bless my God that took awhile
My husband and I seriously love your videos. God bless you and your family.
I have to say that your video tutorial is one of the best I have seen in any field! You are a great teacher! Very thorough and detailed. You are definitely an expert in your field! Thank you!
Good job!! Very informative video, you definitely know your stuff. Another great example of someone taking pride in what they do and the service they provide. Keep up the good work!!
Your patience and technic is to be applauded! Congratulations on the good work being done. Hoora!
I think the clumps came from your grass being wet. Also. Check your tires to make sure they have the same air pressure. The tires air pressure will actually change your deck high before checking the deck itself. And adjust your pitch. I love your videos. I reside in Maryland.
My dad bought me a zero turn last summer to keep his large yard mowed. Im pretty good on it but I'm still a bit nervous on his steep ditches.
Your videos are great. I've learned a lot from your videos including some things I was doing wrong and didn't know. Please keep up the videos
Holy shit, that is the nicest grass I have ever seen. In Australia everyone likes a short lawn, I have the luscious look of long grass.
You made the best point I have ever seen on UA-cam stating that a mower deck is not as stated on the leveling marks. You prove it with a high grade mower 4" was about 4.25
I'm a woman who loves to make lines on my lawn...don't think it's OCD I just like things to look nice that's all
c cc LOL I even vacuum in pattern!
@@Bluessongstress1963 That Sucks! I go north and south then east and west, women tend to vacume too fast, if you do all directions then it will lift the carpets fibers and get more dirt out of it, dirt is why carpet lays down too much it won't come back up. It also helps to use a vacume that has no loss of suction bagless. My Shark works really good, best vacume I've ever owned and I sold Electrolux door to door back when it was not sold in retail stores but only door to door. until I took one home and compared it to my mom's JP Penneys vacume it wasn't any better.
That's called OCD ma'am...
bobbg you cant even spell vacuum
Not OCD, thats attention to detail, which many people lack and why so many things in life are half assed or excused poorly so good for you, theres no shame in a job WELL done
I am just a simple woman with a 5 acre piece of land looking for a new mower. But, BUT ......... i sooooooooo enjoyed this video!! learned a lot and it was absolutely fun to watch!!! ........... It fell out of the sky ...... really bro? ....... yep, just fell, with the crying emoticon! HAHAHAHA . Thanks for taking the time to make this ...... Learning and laughter all in one video, FANTASTIC!!
Nice choice on going with wright standers mowers. Clumping of the grass is coming from moisture/wet grass, any mower will clump in those conditions. Nice job, They strip real good. Keep up the good work.
Wow! This man really loves grass! He's the Bubba Gump of lawncare.
I'm 5yrs late but I love this dude..
Just a quick message to say I appreciate your videos and tips....and ocd. I wish there was as knowledgeable and conscientious of a service as yours in my area. Thanks for helping me flatten my learning curve. Best regards!
Sweet mowers man! I'm getting a Ferris stander next month. I can't wait! Informative video.
So after using the Wright for a season, what do you think about them now?
2:35 proud yardman! I love it! 😂😂🤣🤣❤
great video, I enjoyed watching it... Thanks for the knowledge.
On my farm, I have a 70 inch deck and a 84 inch deck. We have 2 tractors and it’s 120 acres of land. Mowing is so much fun.
MaximumRamYT do you and someone else both cut at the same? I cut about 27 acres in about 24 hours, each week.
Yes my grandson helps out a lot and we get it done in 8 hours because we’re fast
I want him to name all the different types of grass...
“Well look here son, you got your California grass, crab grass, elephant grass...”
Lol .. bet he knows em all too
".........well that's about it"
Hell yeah 😆😂
I love and appreciate all of your videos!!!
For crying out loud, just cut the damn lawn!
No kidding! CUT THE GRASS
OMG 😮 CUT THE GRAAAASS
Yes.. I would have cut and gone to mac d's by now.
Grief
yall are missing the point of this video. Its not mow porn its actual knowledge of wtf is going on...
The new mowers need mulching blades. This will help with the clumping. I also try to cut more often. Half inch to an inch. I’m a new subscriber and I’m loving this channel. Great work buddy. OCD Club member as well.
I feel like something that you missed was how important it is to regularly check the mowers tire pressure and level the deck. Additionally, while levelling the deck you can adjust the deck to actually be at four inches when the height adjustment says four inches. But there is a huge disclaimer there: The linkage may not be moving the deck in increments of inches. Moving from setting 4 to setting 5 does not mean that you've raised the deck one inch, even on these high quality mowers.
Of course, for those interested in minimizing that, most home lawns are cut somewhere between 2 and 5 inches, so if you level the deck at 3.5 inches, then you will minimize the difference between what the operator adjustment says and what the deck actually is at in that range.
For homeowners, who will only ever be mowing on one or two settings (generally, desired height or all the way up), they can pick a number about 3/4 of the maximum height (if mowing at 3 or 4 inches) or 1/2 the maximum height (if mowing at 2 or 3 inches), and set that to be the precise height that they want to cut at regularly. Even on cheap mowers, using this method you can get cutting heights accurate to 1/8th inch or better, but only on the height you levelled the deck at.
Love your passion and precise information and explanation thanks champ
I like this presentation. Realness is always valued
Your audio is so good, my dogs took off to bark at the front door because they heard your UPS truck.
Yeah I was like wtf, jumped up, put my pants back on and ran to the front door.
Nice to know other people are as anal about mowing as I am! The clumping: my best guess would be the yard's a little damp, and maybe taking a little too much off. I don't normally bag, but that might have been the answer to avoid the clumping. I normally overlap about 3-4", but I'm less worried about the time it takes. Like your idea about mowing different directions each week. Here's what I do (and it's real easy to remember). One direction each month. March (1st mowing). 12:00 (start at due north), April 1:30, May 3:00, etc. I normally finish up back at the 12:00 position in November. Also, at least for your own yard, consider the cross-hatch. After finishing the yard in one direction I mow every OTHER pass in the opposite direction (parallel to the first direction). Gives a good checkerboard appearance. Pine needles? That means you're south of the Mason-Dixon line (dittoes here). One other thing on "straight lines". Old farming trick: Look off into the distance once you start your pass and keep it straight with a post/tree, etc. Looking short will have you all over the place. Kudos. Considered a mowing business myself but a lot of competition with "cash laborers", besides I've already retired from two sucessful careers!
I lost it when he said white truck 😂 great video and informative!!
Me too
Lol, I am OCD about my equipment matching also.
I have one stihl unit and the rest are echo... it drives me nuts
"my ocd like em to match" "I got issues but it's okay" bahaha ! mood !
Appreciate the insight. I'll def stay away from wright lol but good info. Thanks, nice & thorough
Oh my 72 inch Dixie chopper Excalibur it was clumps like that till I change the blades to mulching blades.
With the 52 I think I found the best cut at a slight down pitch on the front with high lift blades
I enjoyed your video. It's nice to see a lawn maintenance guy taking good care of his customers. I would like to ask that if you know people that leave or blow the clippings on the road to please let them know that grass in the road is a danger to people on motorcycles. It makes a slick barrier between the tire and the road that can cause the motorcycle to slip/slide or end up crashing. I would compare it to hitting a patch of ice on your car...but with two wheels. Thanks and have a good one.
I just struggle to get the maximum width with my stander. how exactly do you line it up with the previous pass? Do you use your wheel marks or what? Thanks
I found out by experience that when you buy a new blade or mower the blades are never Sharp
I found out the hard way on a grasshopper 721d😐🤦♂️
Blades come already sharp. Mower blades are not supposed to be like a knife. It is actually bad for the grass and mower to run blades sharpened to a point like that. Also it causes your blade to dull faster. The way they come is the way they are supposed to be.
The protective coating has to come off
Out of my 11 years of mowing. Our experience is because it rained yesterday u said. Its because the grass is still wet. On a dry day it would disperse like u want it to. It has nothing to do with the mower at all. We have ran exmark,better mowers,toro and now we have ran John Deere for the past 7 years. And all the mowers we have ran has done the same thing when it wet.....
Love it. Not quite sure what about the procedure I’m doing isn’t getting the same lines.
Love that I’m not alone in the universe - my neighbors and UPS guy also think I’m weird about my grass lol.
My new $500 push mower did the same clumping crap, so I took it back and upgraded. came home next mow was a much better result. We got the house in june, my clumping was from wet think grass, it was from a mower labeled a mulcher that couldn't mulch.
I'm obsessed with edging just as much as stripes, very important or my OCD goes nuts
I believe when an operator is standing on the mower, it is correct
Fast as hell great mowers all have the plugger as well
I have the same problem with clumps in my field. It only does that with wet or damp grass. If it rains the day before I mow I usually wait until the afternoon to start mowing give the grass time to bake in the Sun and dry out. If we have a bunch of nice dry summer days I just get up and go in the morning but like I said if it rains I wait till the afternoon
Pete in the beginning of 2018 I bought a John Deere 930m with mulch on demand it clumped the same way did some research and talked to a few people the mulch on demand deck was the culprit for my application, deere swapped to a standard deck for me and I haven’t had an issue since
Stripes are easy. I want to see triangles.
I want figure 8s
🦄
I have read poor cut reviews on the wrights. I'm currently looking to add a 36" stander to cut gated yards more efficiently. I had it narrowed to three. Wright, Exmark, Scag. I heard exmark has stop production on their 36" vantage and they're redesigning the unit. Wright being the innovator of the stander had me leaning that way until I read all to complaints regarding quality of cut. That only leaves me one option unless I hold off on the purchase and does some more research. Your videos are awesome Pete, I appreciate it.
I had Wright’s they were very very dependable the cut was not outstanding though in tall or wet grass yours have an updated deck over the ones I had ... I think you will get them tuned in to what you do good luck !
Great video. Hope you get your clumps worked out. I started out with a Husqvarna mower, this past fall switched everything over to Scag, so far I like them
I believe it compensates for the weight of the machine. Once I put it in the grass it was right on the money.
When you figure out more about the clumps please update me I am planning on getting a new mower but wanted to know what is causing them thank
I cut everyday with a wright z and the best way I found to deal with tall grass is to cut once at the desired height then to go back over the same stripes with the deck all the way up. If you really have a mess it works better to do a different angle stripe on the second cut with the deck all the way which throws the grass a different direction instead of just throwing it back and forth on the same stripes.. for this yard I would cut 12-6 then raise deck all the way up and cut 3-9 which helps not to beat the grass down and also helps throwing the grass evenly across the lawn.. if you use a wright mower I recommend trying my method and see what you think. I found it to be the best way to deal with tall or just wet grass and leave the best finish..
To add to the part regarding mowing height, it also helps if you make sure that your tires are aired up properly as well. A few PSI too much or too little can make a 0.5" difference or more in cut height.
Also, if you put Pete on that mower and have someone else measure, I think you would be surprised that it's closer to the 4" mark.
Great job explaining - were the grass clumps a thing from the past as the less-wet seasons came?
could someone tell me how the mower tilts the grass. Does the deck rub the ground after its cut or something?
Nice video man 👍 that grass left on the street/sidewalk is due to the grass being a bit wet when being cut, that's why it looks moisty.
You have some lucky customers. We don't have lawn services in my area that care about the property like you do. Kudos and maybe think about expanding to SC.
So I normally put the middle of the mower on the last set of wheel tracks in the grass... is this wrong? or Is it ok?
ya my wright stander 32 clumps up too. more so when its wet. but my toro36 walk behind only does it when its really wet. love the stander but wouldn't ever think of getting rid of my older toro.
Deep "ejector" decks on the Toro.
I bought a Wright Sport I with a 48" deck this last Spring. We had a lot of rain early in the season and with wet conditions it clumps really bad. I pulled the baffles off which helped except that when the grass was dryer later in the day there was a ton of "blowout" and the mower and I get covered in clippings. Otherwise in "normal" conditions it absolutely cuts better than my other mowers with the same sized deck. I am still experimenting with different types of blades and different "lifts" to see if I can dial it in better for next Spring. At the moment it is Fall leaf cleanup season and I am using mid-lift Gator blades and it is awesome for collecting leaves. It's like a big vacuum cleaner with almost no "blowout", so it does a great job of bagging them which for me is a real time and body saver.
as soon as i saw u had wright mowers i started listening
Best part of the video........ That dang shirt of mine you got on! 😉👊
He probably put it on by accident when you came home from work unexpectedly and he had to get dressed fast and leave.
the something happens to me when the lawns wet that's why I don't cut right after it rains I usually wait around around 2-3 days
great video thanks for the information
I have a passion for mowing, may sound weird but I don't care haha! Love making my yards I mow look amazing! Although I mow with a shitty John Deere, I still try to do my best. Can't wait get a Toro zero-turn.
Thanks for the video
Glad I’ve found your channel man, I’ve been geeking out on your videos. Just used your yard weasel dead spot treatment method today! Lol just stumbled across your channel today too .
Awesome! GLAD TO HAVE YA!!
I am so with you OCD brother. Things must match.
do the Pine Needles stop weeds from coming up in the flower beds ? I have tons of them but wondered why you put them down ?
yooooo this guy is awesommmmee....i have the same kind of mower...i have a 61 inch and it is IMPRESSIVE....it is a monster
I love cutting lines.
I get clumping all the time with my Raptor. Seems to be after rain or early morning dew. Just have to mow a bit higher.
Pete you get this when the grass is wet i use a castle garden ride on mower and i get this problem a lot when the grass is a little wet it clumps together
mine forms the clumps of grass when there is to much moisture in the lawn was also wondering how you clan mower after mowing lawn
Not going to lie I was entertained!!!!! Keep it up
My Exmarks never do that, Its all depending on the variation of deck on any given brand on any given year. Guys have made videos about issues exactly like yours, they buy a mower of the same brand that is a year newer that has undergone deck "improvement" and they have issues with clumping or stragglers. Some brands have decks that perform better on different species of grass, I would suggest to you and it will sound nuts but take your mower and run it over some sand for a few minutes. When the decks are brand new and shiny grass will really stick with minimal moisture (ever have your beer mug stick to the bar top as if an elephant was standing on it?) Same concept, the sand will take the gloss off reducing surface tension and allow for much less sticking. You can also try extra high lift blades they will cause more suction and more airflow however it may not be enough to overcome the sticking on a brand new deck, the downside is you will consume a bit more fuel in the process and sound like a Cessna. Just a few things I have learned over the years that can help with clumping, best of luck to you!
I see your particular case of OCD is like mine,off the charts !
I learned how to cut around the street sign… thanks.
Try this for improving the clumping, front of mower deck needs to be slightly lower than the rear of the deck.
I do landscaping everyday when the grass is still kinda wet or damp it sticks together like that it's not the mower it's the grass man
you are right but in this case the grass wasnt even tall, shouldnt have clumped so much
@@omarmontoya7165 yeah it would. Some grass gets thicker when getting closer to the roots. Kinda like a tree. Base is thick but the limbs are skinny.
I cut grass with a wright 52 x all the time and it always does this it’s not a grass issue.
Should’ve went with xmark
i can make reallly long strait first lines...and i do 2 outlines around everything because the wright throws grass so farrr...it doesnt make it look bad with 2 outlines
So informative!!
After reading through the comments I see that the grass was damp, which will make any mower clump up a bit. Although different brands may have different flow designs on their decks there are other factors that affect discharge such as cutting speed, how much grass you are taking off, blade type as far as lift, straight, gator type or hybrids, sharpness and blade pitch along with cleanliness of the deck. Wrights also have an adjustment for the height of the blade within the deck itself. I have had good experience with Wright standers and have spent way too much time with all the adjustments and have even talked directly with Wright employees for suggestions, but it comes down to what you are doing on what yard and just takes trial and error.
Currently I run a 36" Wright stander, side discharge, run 1/8" blade pitch, keep the deck about as low to the ground as possible while still being trailer friendly (better striping and suction, I also have a striping kit) and set the blade height inside the deck to cut at 4" (actually measures 3 7/8" front of blade and 4" at back), and I am currently running the Oregon G5 blades which are a high lift gator and I sharpen them weekly and I clean the deck as needed. Getting great results and satisfied customers.
Pete, love your stuff man, keep it up! I'm actually signing up for the GCI Academy right now and just ordered some of your seed. Hope to hear from ya soon man.
thanks bro I appreciate you
Were can I buy one of those rulers❓
Just add another 1/4" spacer to the blades under the deck and that would correct the 1/4" height difference.
Started too think the fella sounded like Forrest Gump 🤣🤣
I've been running 61" wright zk's for years. Their Achilles heal is long wet grass. They stripe better, hold hills better, and scalp less than other standers, but they hate wet grass. This is because a higher percentage of the clippings exit the front of the discharge chute than other brands. More grass landing in one spot means more clumps (they also shoot grass further than other brands). One other reason for the wet clumping is that wright decks recycle clipping one additional time before discharging them. This cuts the clippings smaller but often wads them up as well. Best way to fix this problem is to learn to drive them one-handed. Wear a backpack blower and blow the chunks as they exit the chute with your other hand. It helps to break them up. This only needs to be done when mowing extremely wet grass. If you're mowing a large property on a dewy morning, mow your first cut, let the clumps dehydrate in the heat, then come back and do your second cut in that area after the clumps have dried. This also solves that problem. (Here's another secret: Wright is currently developing prototype baffle systems which cause their aerocore decks to cut and discharge almost identically to Exmark decks. You will get the benefits of both brand's decks). You should also consider getting wrights with the Vangaurd big block engines with the 5 quart oil systems. New class of the industry.
Great info here!!! We ended up buying 4 Wright ZK's and 1 Wright walk behind... I absolutely LOVE them...but you are right they do not like wet grass....thats for sure.
GCI Turf Services Excellent choice with the zk's and walk behind but I can't in good conscience recommend Wright's zero turn. It doesn't deliver any advantages over any other generic commercial zero turn. I'm somewhat disappointed in it to be honest. As far as I can tell from demo-ing every make and model, the zero turn to beat is currently the Scag Turf Tiger II. That will be our next purchase. I'm not quite as concerned about all of my equipment matching as I'm even more particular about my small equipment. I prefer Redmax hip-throttle blowers and Redmax trimmers, but nobody can match Echo's edgers or bed shapers. Have a good one and keep up the great videos!
Anymore info about Wright's new prototype baffle system? Is it going to help with thick wet grass?
I'm having the same problem with the Ferris Z3 ICD deck. About ready to ditch it for the ZK61, but the Wright baffling looks very similar to the Ferris. Not sure I will gain anything.
@@fz10rider47 I'm guessing they will release it at GIE this year. That's one thing I'll be looking for this year. Gator blades also help a great deal with wet grass on the ZK. They break up the clumps better and spin at a higher velocity due to decreased air resistance.
What’s a good residential mower that can still fit in a 3 car garage? I have a Deere ztrack 345R. For one the deck reference highest height says 4inch cut but in reality it only cuts 3.25-3.5. Sucks!
Yea I’m sticking with Exmark/Toro for sure now
you should've got a Ferris! lol. just bustin' your chops. Love the content, man! Thank you!
I got various mowers to compare i have a scag v ride 52 advantage deck a pzt husqvarna 60 zero turn , and a toro grandstand 52 , the best cut quality with the best striping ,the best stability steep angles 30°, best dispersal ,best wet conditions for mowing id like to say true 18,000 blade tip speed hands down the Grandstand, I got used to the toro and was wanting more i got the v ride ,but shortly realized i must demo the units before buying !
good info, but i can say each mower works better in different type of lawn. I did test the vride, grandstand, and the gravely prostander. Hands down my best cut quality was with scag vride. For me it was noticeably better than the toro or gravely. I agree with you, you must demo each unit on your lawns
Those stripes tho wow.. Yard looks better than a baseball outfield fa real..awesome work
The reason for the clumps of grass is because your using the wrong blades you need to find some high-low blades and it will not do it as much
I would love an update on that walk behind. I'm considering getting one
Let us know what the dealer says about that. One of my mowers is a 2016 Gravely walk behind and even though it has the "least" advance deck of the line up that thing NEVER clumps, its amazing...Maybe the baffles on these new mowers of yours can be lowered a bit and that would get rid of the clumping?
Did you Xmark do the same, even if it's the same time of the year?
Nice to see someone else that knows how to “ Mow” a yard. Drives me insane to see so-called professional lawn care companies that don’t know how to mow... blowing clippings in beds, against the house, and mowing in circles is absolutely the worst!!.... love the mower, and great video!👍🏻
The grass clumping like that is do to moisture. I live in a very humid area of the states and my grass does the same. I use to live in the California desert and worked on a golf course where we didn't have that issue... unless the greens had just been watered. Try it when the grass hasn't received any water (or much water) for a couple days.
My cub cadet clumped until I greased the underside of the deck. Only time it’s really tough is after a drench