Thank you. I am a new home owner and it's the first time I've lived in a house alone without a husband or sons to help mow and do lawn work and I have learned so much from your videos! I appreciate it and it allows me to save money and be self-sufficient 😊
The dogs not protecting him from the mower of, the dogs protecting himself from the. My dog does the same thing, I'm pretty sure he thinks it's a threat
I have a customer that I cut once a week and their yard looks like this every week... I swear I have never seen grass grow so fast... He did say when he first moved there that he fertilized it every week... But still, you would think that fertilizer would be gone by now... I dont mind... Good people and I love cutting grass... Its addicting... As Hank Hill once said "Why would anyone do drugs, when they can just mow a lawn"
Flippin Fast I mow a yard that hasn't been cow pasture for nearly 35yrs, still grows 3-6inches a week even it it's drought. All the time it was pasture by a barn the ground soaked up the nutrients and now with a soil sample those nutrients will take decades to dissipate. It's estimated since the farmer probably never cleaned the area out, there's 4-6ft of composted manure above where the ground level was. 93yrs ago when the dairy barn was originally built.
You are THE MOST helpful guy!!! I'm pushing 70, mow my 1 and one half acres with a push mower. I OFTEN watch your videos for help. This one has been very helpful. Thank you so very much.
Thank you it's so humid in Qld Australia and we've had a lot of rain, I've always struggled cutting it in one go. You're so right. Mower high, and patience is the key.
Thanks for the video! I learned a lot! I know this sounds stupid but im a 26 y/o woman and my dad would never let me do yard work growing up. he didnt trust me with a mower or sheers etc. He was a little old fashioned and left me to do the housework instead. Now that my dad has been getting older and is sick often and my brother is always a no show when we need him to help around the house, I've started learning to do things my dad wouldn't normally allow me to do so I could be helpful. this video is simple but I learned a lot by watching and your explanations were quick. Thanks!
I owe the lawn gods big time!!! I just did your weed eater trim on my HIiiigh lawn, took a break saw this video pop up, laughed and laughed....i needed that since I have let my beautiful grass go crazy due to covid. This helped me get over it. Just great. I will never owe the lawn gods again. Hee hee har do har har. Whew!!!
The perfect message I needed to hear brother. I’ve got 2 huge strong boxers that are good with everyone and any dog . Your message that I screwed up and forget about excuses just man up and fix it !
That’s my lawn every two weeks- contemplating doing it myself, so I can do it once a week...it grows so fast, never looks manicured more than three or four days.
So glad I found you! I just moved to Oklahoma into a little home and in three weeks the lawn is about 15” tall in some spots. It seems to rain all my days off, and I don’t own a mower. Going to rent one and power through. You’ve empowered me for the daunting task ahead. Thank you so much!
Ya, Dan.I used too, CUT in LAYERS ! ,But , I only had that then bladed GRASS,and it was thick.It really came out nice. My Dad and Mom were very HAPPY , the way it came out .I was age 12. THANKS FOR YOUR TiME !!
I like my toro pro line 32" with the Kawi engine. I'm going on 15 years with this ol' gal and I keep her tight and right and she never disappoints. It's never a good idea to cut more than 1/3 of the total grass height not a slide rule calculation . Experience is the guide
When I'm not mowing, I'm watching other people mow lol. I love mowing, I have a one acre property to mow and I have a scag zero turn with a 48 inch deck to do it with. Thanks for sharing dan, keep the vides coming!!! There is something peaceful and satisfying about mowing...
For some reason my yard gets tall like this a few times over the course of the season. 2:25 Instead of bagging right away I will side discharge with a high deck on the first pass. Then make a second pass with the bagger unit on and with a lower deck. It's amazing how quickly the cut grass dries between passes which leads to a dramatically lower volume of bagged clippings.
I used to be that guy who would mow every 2-3 weeks, then wonder why my yard looked like hell all the time. Then I got a job that didn't have me gone for 5 days in a row, but had me home every night. I bought the top of the top of the line Honda walk behind mower, put a stripe kit on it and fell in love with my yard. Now, it's the envy of my entire town. Absolutely gorgeous.
It sometimes helps and will make your lawn greener and healthier if you leave the lawn clippings on the grass without bagging. It gives nutrients and will decompose. Except for that great video sir!
@@tricksters9417 That is why you mulch (mulching doesnt mean leaving grass on lawn, it means blending it to very small pieces so it decompose rapidly and not form thatch or straw that ruin lawns)
You know WHEN HE DOES THINGS THAT YOU GUILTY OFF,AN He SHOWS U HOW and where u messed up or perhaps could go wrong he subtly shows you how it can be avoided an fixed.this man is gross ninja.well done bud now everytime i hear peoples lawn switching off I can Au an know they catch on crap
You are lucky, my yard looks like that after 7 days of no cutting. It's also humid here and the grass is much wetter than that even on hot and sunny days.
Thank you so much for this... I've never used the lawn mower except one of those little push ones like back in the 1800s!! And as I'm getting older it's a little bit harder to do, but I may not be able to afford to pay people to do my lawn much longer so I appreciate your information very much I learned so much to make it easier and more efficiently... My great thanks to you Sir
My grass was like that because I didn’t buy a mower. But I’ve been every 5 days slowly cutting it down and bagging it. The person that owned my house before would let it go and when they cut the grass it left clippings everywhere. The clown even had the mulching side towards the house so wet tall grass flew all over my house. Rookie if you asked me. But I’m thankful for you’re tips because it’s helped a lot. Getting my edge back to my grass being healthier.
Dan Great video, I would only comment that reaching into the mower, through the bagger area, is a very bad thing to show on-line. You obviously know how to do it correctly, but I think your instruction video would be better made turning the mower off before every bag removal, either to empty the bag or clean the mover. There are many people out there that don't have a clue with regard to safety. Even if your mower has a protection flap, many other mowers, especially older mowers may not. God forbid, someone watches this video and replicates what you are doing with an older mower and gets hurt! Otherwise, great video! I like your videos using zero turn mowers. As a home owner, who just bought one, and searched on-line for how to / best practices, I like them. I especial liked the video with the doubled blades, crossed in an X to double mow it.
+Jim Merriman iThanks Jim. I appreciate your comment but sometimes ya just got to let those who can't figure things out on their own learn for themselves. I mean seriously. I would rather they weed themselves out on their own before they kill someone else
But you're the one reaching in the bagging chute with a running mower....my Uncle is missing a thumb from a lawn mower.....don't be like my Uncle, geeeeeZze
What I do is is raise the front wheels one level higher than the back. First side discharge in to center of yard Then put bag on to cut the already cut clippings . I also may bungee tie the side discharge flap open if it is too much to side discharge.
troy aldridge thats why I have a honda because it has the blade brake so when i need to empty the catcher or stop to pick up something it kills the blades but keeps the motor running
I just bought a 1930's farmhouse with 2 acres of land. This house was vacant for almost a year, so my first project was the yard. The grass was up to my waist in places, and with all of the rain this year, my zero turn did nothing but dig trenches. It took 2 full days of weed eating to get it done enough to push mow. The mowing took another full day, but the results are Definitely worth it.
When grass is tall and/or wet, you must walk slower and overlap a bit more. I have the Honda HRX mower and use the wheel height dogs (plastic deck protrusions) as the path alignment guides. The dog aligns with the previous track's wheel track. You need to lift the grass pressed down by the wheels!
As a landscaper who “scalped” the tips off 2 fingers last fall with my ride on that hadn’t full stopped spinning. For the love of all things safe shut that machine down when your screwing with the bag.
If the blade has a drive it will not be engaged when it is off. The engine off principle came from before mowers had the ability to stop the blade while the engine runs
thx, this really helped a lot. I'm trying to make money for future products that I'll need like college and a car. I had to cut 4-5ft grass today and it was hell until I found this. tysm
-- Yeah, I've seen a lot worse in my own lawn. Having been a groundskeeper at a Country Club for 6 years when I was young, I know a thing or two. Let me start with some equipment tips: 1) Notice the 'personal pace' style drive system on Dan's mower. NEVER buy a mower with that system. It's bad on your wrists, flimsy and hard to control on grades up or down. 3) Avoid front wheel drive systems at all costs. They're more complicated, and when you RAISE the front of the mower up to turn it, you lose all drive power to the system. Rear wheel, or all wheel drive only. 2) Make sure your blade is properly sharpened and balanced. This is as easy as using a drill, bench grinder, or rotary grinder. Sharpen your blade (plenty of RUclips videos out there) and make sure it's balanced. This is as easy as hanging the main bolt hole on the center of the blade on a nail sticking out of a wall. If it droops to one side, it's not balanced. Note: There are much better ways. On to cutting long wet grass. 1) DO NOT START BY BAGGING. The grass is long, wet, and will gum up in the bag. This is important because the bag requires vacuum force to catch the grass, that means the bag needs to breathe. Your CFM is crippled by wet grass in the bag. 2) Do not raise the deck above normal cut height (Unless the grass is obscenely long) This will give you less of a polished product in the end, but we'll get to that in a minute. 3) Start by shooting the grass (side discharge). Start from the center and work your way out. You will keep cutting the grass you've already cut. This is important for 3 reasons: It 'shakes' a lot of the dew/water from the cut grass, making it easier on the bag for later, and also acts like mulching as you continually cutting already cut grass. Finally starting from the inside, you have better control of where those clippings are going - important for later. 4) As I said, don't raise the deck. If it's that long, take half swaths as you mow. Keeping the deck at the same height is important for cut quality in the next step. 5) Walk away from the lawn, when you're done with it, take a break. Literally. Why, it's going to give that moisture a little time to evaporate. 6) Now throw the bag on. If you started from the inside, then you've controlled the clippings, moving them to the outside. Do your perimeters around the boarders of the lawn, might take a couple times, as most of the grass is here. Remember to shake the back of the bag - it's still going to be wet. Note: Not raising the deck, has given you a better chance for a uniform cut on your second, bag cut. 7) If you mowed your first cut for example, east to west, mow your second cut, north to south. Your done. You want to hose out the bag, and the mower deck, and leave the bag in the sun. When it's dry, shake out all the dust so the bag can breathe again. There's a lot more, but that's a good procedure to get long wet grass with a cheap mower.
@@mlyniecm -- Ok. You kicked the ball into the field. I'll pick it up. What was wrong with my advice? Besides that you're wrong, I was talking completely outside of club equipment. Are you just going to spew nonsense, or are you going to give some opinions ... other than trolling? Why not prove me wrong. Starting with why it's bad to share ideas. 22 years old. Have about double the lawn care experience you do.
Dan, I just watched a video from another guy who makes me appreciate you and some others soooooo much. You've been very professional and helpful to me in how to maintain and use my yard care equipment. Thank you again. Please, keep posting.
Looking at this from you angle I now realise that when I was cutting long grass with my push mower I would always set my lawn mower at a higher deck height And the reason my MTD lawn tractor was only flattening the grass and not cutting the grass was that I was setting the deck height of my lawn tractor on 2. I since found that on the higher deck setting on long grass it cuts better So from now on Ill set the deck to 5.
Good job my friend. For you folks that don't like the dogs because of what kind they are. The dogs learn from their owner's they do what they were train to do.
If your talking about when he reached in the grass shoot you really have to go deep he only shook the grass that was stuck and let it push itself out. But I agree I’d rather not risk it I use a board to push it out rather lose a board than a finger
If the grass had been just a little taller it would have stopped - had that problem a few weeks back. Loved the side discharge comment "your screwed".Keep up the good work.
My backyard got out of control when I was away from home for awhile, it was even taller than this video but I was able to get it back to rights without using a bag or a side discharge and the mower didn’t stall. I’ve got an Ego battery operated push mower. On it’s highest setting I’ve found that it’s even higher than most gasoline mowers. I cut it on the highest setting, then, waited about a day or two for freshly cut tips and cuttings to dry out in the sun. After they dried out, it was just about as tall as normal. I lowered the cut to my normal setting and it was finished. Best thing was that afterwards it looked great! Maybe the roots got more established from growing really tall? I’m not sure but the Ego mower actually mowed it down. I was seriously thinking that I would have to hire someone as it was WAY higher than normal.
Good video Dan I mow high grass I give them 1 cut and tell them if you want I can come back in a week to cut it a little lower. I had 1 client a long time ago ask me to cut her house all she can afford is 30 bucks, I told I can do what I can for 1 hour for 30 bucks I mow around the whole house it looked ok. it was a square around the house the client was happy :-) The grass was taller the her house never seen anything like that at the time its all good Dan keep up those great videos :-)
Oh my gosh, that thunder & lightning! YIKES! Yeah Dan, glad you didn't get ZAPPED! LOL! Thank you for the advice there! I didn't know that it's better to mow the lawn in layers when it's overgrown.
Great Tips! I've never thought about the visitor who may pick apart your work. Hey Dan....ya think you could tell the story about hour your back patio cover burned up? I know you've mentioned it, but I'd love to hear the story haha!
+oned4metwo Thank You! I have a zip tie wrapped around the spark plug boot so I actually pull it off the plug by the "tail" of the zip tie and never touch the plug wire or boot
Good Video I enjoyed the tour of the junk yard nice to see you trying to work round the scrap.Wish I could have a yard like that but the wicked witch of the kitchen forbids it.
when yards are that over grown i either go over it with a weed whacker to lower it to a 4 cutting height or i go over it slow with my new troybilt tb280 es mower multiple times to not scalp it/let clumps sit on the yard as i know what most yards by me need to be cut at (4-5 cutting height for the front & 4-5 cutting height in the back) & i very rarely scalp it even with all this rain we have been getting in florida(5"+ in 4 or so days) but one thing you can do if you don't have a side discharge or bag that you can use a rope to hold up the flap until you get one but be careful with rocks & you will be ok til you can get either ones.. great videos dan.. ;)
Ronnies Lawn Maintenance I think he meant the ones that don't have the cut out,I have an old commercial honda like that but every other mower I have has it because I like it for jobs like this
6:55 I always wondered how the bag doesnt get full and theres big globs of grass left behind. This and the tip to start on highest height and then lower are great help thank you
This is only the second of your vids I've watched and love the great no bull way you show people ways to make it work. Already subscribed and as I do some garden maintenance I 100% agree - Bag it!
great video, gonna mow my 10 inch wet, thick lawn with bagger like you said in steps, worst thing about it is my cheap store brand 16" push mower, also have to bag the clippings i left over since last mow. Lord give me strength
I cut with a exmark 52" stand-on some of my most picky clients love to have the fertilizer tech come twice a week and they love to over saturate their lawns with their sprinklers so I have to bag it the first time and cut it again after. I'm always looking for ways to better my cut I'll be subscribing and keeping up with your work.
Man I always love your videos. But with all due respect, I gotta bust on ya for showing putting your hand in there when the mower is running. What if some kid does that.
Rocky looks like he has some Rhodesian Ridgeback in him. Thanks for the video, going out to mow after spending a month trying to repair my mower and finally giving up. I guess I'll know how good this new mower is after mowing my 2' tall yard!
why cut so low? you are killing the grass cutting it so low when its that tall. you need to progressively cut it shorter, or youre going to wind up with a brown lawn. general rule of thumb is to not cut any more than 1/3 of the growth. with the cut height for most grass being 2.75" -3.25 depending on preference.
i love your dog rocky! i have two Pitts myself! one being 14 amd still kicking and the other is 11! pitts are so sweet and underrated. people thing they are mean but there actually so kind and sweet dogs.
Everyone please only follow his recommendation of mowing at the highest your mower will go. The soonest you should mow is 1-2 days later at the exact same full highest setting. Then lower the mower down a setting and mow 3 days later. Wait 1-2 days and then mow at that same setting. Continue with this process of lowering and mowing until you are at the height you want.
I've used the same Husqvarna 21" for about 3 years now almost daily for medium sized hard-to-reach areas like slopes or in front of office areas to keep down on the track marks of my larger machines. Has a blade cut off lever but keeps the mower running which it seems like he needs. Very little maintenance, durable, and the four wheel drive is a must have
+French Canadian Bastard Ya maybe if I reached in about 9 more inches. C’mon Frenchy... 46 years old and still got 8 fingers, 2 thumbs, 10 toes, 2 eyes and a bad attitude. I think I got this
“You don’t have a bad, you don’t have a side attachment.... you’re screwed” 🤣. Like the video!
If you dont have a bag and you dont have side discharge...get a new mower because yours is a piece of crap
Thank you. I am a new home owner and it's the first time I've lived in a house alone without a husband or sons to help mow and do lawn work and I have learned so much from your videos!
I appreciate it and it allows me to save money and be self-sufficient 😊
Great! Happy to help!
Is this gas? electric ? what brand? size? Learning thanks @@DansVlog
@@DansVlogif you was to have an riding mower you would been done with your yard
Thanks for this video. I learned what I needed to know. Not everyone grows up with a dad who teaches them how to mow a lawn.
Glad it was helpful!
love how your pup is protecting you from the lawnmower.
He does this to the vacuum cleaner in my home as well.
That makes more sense..scared he wouldn't get close. Good point out
@@DansVlog ohh the evil vacuum
The dogs not protecting him from the mower of, the dogs protecting himself from the. My dog does the same thing, I'm pretty sure he thinks it's a threat
Pup???!! I thought that was a small cow.
I have a customer that I cut once a week and their yard looks like this every week... I swear I have never seen grass grow so fast... He did say when he first moved there that he fertilized it every week... But still, you would think that fertilizer would be gone by now... I dont mind... Good people and I love cutting grass... Its addicting... As Hank Hill once said "Why would anyone do drugs, when they can just mow a lawn"
Yep... Every week for a year is what he told me... His yard grows super fast
Flippin Fast I agree mowing is addicting.
He doesnt do that anymore and his yard still grows fast... really beautiful, thick and green
Flippin Fast I mow a yard that hasn't been cow pasture for nearly 35yrs, still grows 3-6inches a week even it it's drought. All the time it was pasture by a barn the ground soaked up the nutrients and now with a soil sample those nutrients will take decades to dissipate. It's estimated since the farmer probably never cleaned the area out, there's 4-6ft of composted manure above where the ground level was. 93yrs ago when the dairy barn was originally built.
The wise words of Hank Hill
Famous Quote: "If you don't have a bag attachment and/or side discharger, then you're screwed!" 💯🎯😂😭😂👊🏽✌🏽🦋
Story of my life right now. It’s been raining on and off for 2 weeks straight. My front yard is looking like a jungle!
You are THE MOST helpful guy!!! I'm pushing 70, mow my 1 and one half acres with a push mower. I OFTEN watch your videos for help. This one has been very helpful. Thank you so very much.
I am very happy to help!
The smell of cut grass is always sweeter when someone else is doin' the pushin !
+Tony Nicholson Smartie! Lol
Tony Nicholson aint no doubt about that.:)
Tony Nicholson yeah true but you better pay up afterwards lol
That's what she said.
I love yardwork. I could watch it for hours.
Thank you it's so humid in Qld Australia and we've had a lot of rain, I've always struggled cutting it in one go. You're so right. Mower high, and patience is the key.
Thanks for the video! I learned a lot! I know this sounds stupid but im a 26 y/o woman and my dad would never let me do yard work growing up. he didnt trust me with a mower or sheers etc. He was a little old fashioned and left me to do the housework instead. Now that my dad has been getting older and is sick often and my brother is always a no show when we need him to help around the house, I've started learning to do things my dad wouldn't normally allow me to do so I could be helpful. this video is simple but I learned a lot by watching and your explanations were quick. Thanks!
Thank you! I am happy to help.
Oh and... not stupid at all
I owe the lawn gods big time!!! I just did your weed eater trim on my HIiiigh lawn, took a break saw this video pop up, laughed and laughed....i needed that since I have let my beautiful grass go crazy due to covid. This helped me get over it. Just great. I will never owe the lawn gods again. Hee hee har do har har. Whew!!!
The hero we didn't know we needed but the one we deserved.
The perfect message I needed to hear brother. I’ve got 2 huge strong boxers that are good with everyone and any dog . Your message that I screwed up and forget about excuses just man up and fix it !
That’s exactly right, Mike! It works every time
That’s my lawn every two weeks- contemplating doing it myself, so I can do it once a week...it grows so fast, never looks manicured more than three or four days.
Give it a shot! Doing your own yardwork may be therapeutic
So glad I found you! I just moved to Oklahoma into a little home and in three weeks the lawn is about 15” tall in some spots. It seems to rain all my days off, and I don’t own a mower. Going to rent one and power through. You’ve empowered me for the daunting task ahead.
Thank you so much!
Good luck Katherine. Go slow, take your time and enjoy the mow
3:22 "Lawn gods!"
Start praying!
Ya, Dan.I used too, CUT in LAYERS ! ,But , I only had that then bladed GRASS,and it was thick.It really came out nice. My Dad and Mom were very HAPPY , the way it came out .I was age 12. THANKS FOR YOUR TiME !!
I like my toro pro line 32" with the Kawi engine. I'm going on 15 years with this ol' gal and I keep her tight and right and she never disappoints. It's never a good idea to cut more than 1/3 of the total grass height not a slide rule calculation . Experience is the guide
+john celletti Good luck with the Pro Line. Hope she keeps kicking ass for ya!
so how do you mow a third of three ft, with a tops of 4to 5 inch height adjudtment
When I'm not mowing, I'm watching other people mow lol. I love mowing, I have a one acre property to mow and I have a scag zero turn with a 48 inch deck to do it with. Thanks for sharing dan, keep the vides coming!!! There is something peaceful and satisfying about mowing...
+Justin Avery Thank You! Sounds like you have a real nice machine. Take care
For some reason my yard gets tall like this a few times over the course of the season. 2:25 Instead of bagging right away I will side discharge with a high deck on the first pass. Then make a second pass with the bagger unit on and with a lower deck. It's amazing how quickly the cut grass dries between passes which leads to a dramatically lower volume of bagged clippings.
Excellent point!
This is helpful advice - i recently purchased 2 acres of land and got it in an absolutely wild condition.
I used to be that guy who would mow every 2-3 weeks, then wonder why my yard looked like hell all the time. Then I got a job that didn't have me gone for 5 days in a row, but had me home every night. I bought the top of the top of the line Honda walk behind mower, put a stripe kit on it and fell in love with my yard. Now, it's the envy of my entire town. Absolutely gorgeous.
That the strange part isn't it...? You're damn if you do and damn if you don't.
You are so very perfect. The world stands in awe of your abilities!
It sometimes helps and will make your lawn greener and healthier if you leave the lawn clippings on the grass without bagging. It gives nutrients and will decompose. Except for that great video sir!
Won't there be big clumps of grass everyday and it'll look ugly
@@tricksters9417 That is why you mulch (mulching doesnt mean leaving grass on lawn, it means blending it to very small pieces so it decompose rapidly and not form thatch or straw that ruin lawns)
You know WHEN HE DOES THINGS THAT YOU GUILTY OFF,AN He SHOWS U HOW and where u messed up or perhaps could go wrong he subtly shows you how it can be avoided an fixed.this man is gross ninja.well done bud now everytime i hear peoples lawn switching off I can
Au an know they catch on crap
Lol thank You
You well come hope you visit s.a sometime
You are lucky, my yard looks like that after 7 days of no cutting. It's also humid here and the grass is much wetter than that even on hot and sunny days.
Thank you so much for this... I've never used the lawn mower except one of those little push ones like back in the 1800s!! And as I'm getting older it's a little bit harder to do, but I may not be able to afford to pay people to do my lawn much longer so I appreciate your information very much I learned so much to make it easier and more efficiently... My great thanks to you Sir
Let that man cut his grass how he want to damn
My grass was like that because I didn’t buy a mower. But I’ve been every 5 days slowly cutting it down and bagging it. The person that owned my house before would let it go and when they cut the grass it left clippings everywhere. The clown even had the mulching side towards the house so wet tall grass flew all over my house. Rookie if you asked me. But I’m thankful for you’re tips because it’s helped a lot. Getting my edge back to my grass being healthier.
"You owe the lawn gods a cut." Indeed, we all do!
When I first got my lawnmower I did use the bag but after that I had stopped using it just a waste of time
Dan Great video, I would only comment that reaching into the mower, through the bagger area, is a very bad thing to show on-line. You obviously know how to do it correctly, but I think your instruction video would be better made turning the mower off before every bag removal, either to empty the bag or clean the mover. There are many people out there that don't have a clue with regard to safety. Even if your mower has a protection flap, many other mowers, especially older mowers may not. God forbid, someone watches this video and replicates what you are doing with an older mower and gets hurt! Otherwise, great video! I like your videos using zero turn mowers. As a home owner, who just bought one, and searched on-line for how to / best practices, I like them. I especial liked the video with the doubled blades, crossed in an X to double mow it.
+Jim Merriman iThanks Jim. I appreciate your comment but sometimes ya just got to let those who can't figure things out on their own learn for themselves. I mean seriously. I would rather they weed themselves out on their own before they kill someone else
Kind of, "Let God sort them out!" lol
Ya kind of.
But you're the one reaching in the bagging chute with a running mower....my Uncle is missing a thumb from a lawn mower.....don't be like my Uncle, geeeeeZze
otherstuffbybob Nowhere near the blade. Maybe the camera angle makes it look like I am going balls deep into the opening but I assure you, I ain't
I'm glad I'm not the only guy that leaves the blade running while tending to the bag or the height adjustment settings haha. Thanks for the video.
Legend has it he still mowing today...
This man sticking his hand in on a running mower, love this video already.
It's rear wheel drive so there is a lot of space before ya get close to the blade.
What I do is is raise the front wheels one level higher than the back.
First side discharge in to center of yard
Then put bag on to cut the already cut clippings . I also may bungee tie the side discharge flap open if it is too much to side discharge.
Great tips, clear and precise.👌 Top bloke. Couple of handsome looking Pooches too👍😄
Thank you
you should shut off the mower before fucking with it when your emptying it or uncloggin it
There is the disclaimer... thank you
Fucking right. Made me wince everytime.
troy aldridge its coming since
no shit, Holmes !!!!!!
troy aldridge thats why I have a honda because it has the blade brake so when i need to empty the catcher or stop to pick up something it kills the blades but keeps the motor running
You owes the Lawn Gods a cut, Amen Brother
lol yup!
Never thought Id find videos on lawn work entertaining XD hate doing it myself though.
billyds132 Getting paid for it makes a difference lol but I actually like getting yards cut down to size
I just bought a 1930's farmhouse with 2 acres of land. This house was vacant for almost a year, so my first project was the yard. The grass was up to my waist in places, and with all of the rain this year, my zero turn did nothing but dig trenches. It took 2 full days of weed eating to get it done enough to push mow. The mowing took another full day, but the results are Definitely worth it.
Excellent job!
When grass is tall and/or wet, you must walk slower and overlap a bit more. I have the Honda HRX mower and use the wheel height dogs (plastic deck protrusions) as the path alignment guides. The dog aligns with the previous track's wheel track. You need to lift the grass pressed down by the wheels!
Your Channel is one of a kind: entertaining, educational, practical, & various moments of humor. You’re An Original 🤜🤛
Thank you very much Daniel
""youre screwed..."" made me snort my beer .... made my day ... real life man ... real life
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6 years later amazing advice
I wish I saw this video a couple hours ago when I needed this but thank you for the video this will help me a lot next time :) great video
+ConcernedMotherOfThree Awww well there will be plenty of more tall grass adventures for you as the summer rolls along.
Only bag when the grass is very tall like that?
Chris Rod bag all the time
As a landscaper who “scalped” the tips off 2 fingers last fall with my ride on that hadn’t full stopped spinning. For the love of all things safe shut that machine down when your screwing with the bag.
i think you are meant to turn the engine off when taking the bag on and off lol
+J Fendtman01 Nah.... there is a lot of space back there since it is rear wheel drive.
only if you live in the nanny state
U don't have to tuning off if u don't want to
If the blade has a drive it will not be engaged when it is off. The engine off principle came from before mowers had the ability to stop the blade while the engine runs
@@dustinmeyer9868 oh ok
thx, this really helped a lot. I'm trying to make money for future products that I'll need like college and a car. I had to cut 4-5ft grass today and it was hell until I found this. tysm
-- Yeah, I've seen a lot worse in my own lawn. Having been a groundskeeper at a Country Club for 6 years when I was young, I know a thing or two. Let me start with some equipment tips:
1) Notice the 'personal pace' style drive system on Dan's mower. NEVER buy a mower with that system. It's bad on your wrists, flimsy and hard to control on grades up or down.
3) Avoid front wheel drive systems at all costs. They're more complicated, and when you RAISE the front of the mower up to turn it, you lose all drive power to the system. Rear wheel, or all wheel drive only.
2) Make sure your blade is properly sharpened and balanced. This is as easy as using a drill, bench grinder, or rotary grinder. Sharpen your blade (plenty of RUclips videos out there) and make sure it's balanced. This is as easy as hanging the main bolt hole on the center of the blade on a nail sticking out of a wall. If it droops to one side, it's not balanced. Note: There are much better ways.
On to cutting long wet grass.
1) DO NOT START BY BAGGING. The grass is long, wet, and will gum up in the bag. This is important because the bag requires vacuum force to catch the grass, that means the bag needs to breathe. Your CFM is crippled by wet grass in the bag.
2) Do not raise the deck above normal cut height (Unless the grass is obscenely long) This will give you less of a polished product in the end, but we'll get to that in a minute.
3) Start by shooting the grass (side discharge). Start from the center and work your way out. You will keep cutting the grass you've already cut. This is important for 3 reasons: It 'shakes' a lot of the dew/water from the cut grass, making it easier on the bag for later, and also acts like mulching as you continually cutting already cut grass. Finally starting from the inside, you have better control of where those clippings are going - important for later.
4) As I said, don't raise the deck. If it's that long, take half swaths as you mow. Keeping the deck at the same height is important for cut quality in the next step.
5) Walk away from the lawn, when you're done with it, take a break. Literally. Why, it's going to give that moisture a little time to evaporate.
6) Now throw the bag on. If you started from the inside, then you've controlled the clippings, moving them to the outside. Do your perimeters around the boarders of the lawn, might take a couple times, as most of the grass is here. Remember to shake the back of the bag - it's still going to be wet. Note: Not raising the deck, has given you a better chance for a uniform cut on your second, bag cut.
7) If you mowed your first cut for example, east to west, mow your second cut, north to south.
Your done. You want to hose out the bag, and the mower deck, and leave the bag in the sun. When it's dry, shake out all the dust so the bag can breathe again. There's a lot more, but that's a good procedure to get long wet grass with a cheap mower.
Always wondered why people comment long how to’s on a how to video....
@@mlyniecm -- Always wondered why people would rather be dicks than learn something, if someone took time out to share it.
Good advice this is what i do also, i love cutting tall grass it leaves a nice striping that i dont usually get since i dont use a roller.
Mark Jackson you didn’t teach much that is applicable outside of your club. As a 22 year old who has worked at clubs for 6 years
@@mlyniecm -- Ok. You kicked the ball into the field. I'll pick it up. What was wrong with my advice? Besides that you're wrong, I was talking completely outside of club equipment.
Are you just going to spew nonsense, or are you going to give some opinions ... other than trolling?
Why not prove me wrong. Starting with why it's bad to share ideas.
22 years old. Have about double the lawn care experience you do.
Dan, I just watched a video from another guy who makes me appreciate you and some others soooooo much. You've been very professional and helpful to me in how to maintain and use my yard care equipment. Thank you again. Please, keep posting.
Thank you
“If you don’t have a side discharge, or a bag attachment...you’re screwed” haha nice work Dan. A single line in your video got me to subscribe 😂
Utube: are you a good person by Living Waters, im not trolling
Looking at this from you angle I now realise that when I was cutting long grass with my push mower I would always set my lawn mower at a higher deck height And the reason my MTD lawn tractor was only flattening the grass and not cutting the grass was that I was setting the deck height of my lawn tractor on 2. I since found that on the higher deck setting on long grass it cuts better So from now on Ill set the deck to 5.
to broke to affoard a lawn mower gonna use scissors instead
Good job my friend. For you folks that don't like the dogs because of what kind they are. The dogs learn from their owner's they do what they were train to do.
I like how your mower has idle, but you are lucky you didn't lose a finger.
Mini join
If your talking about when he reached in the grass shoot you really have to go deep he only shook the grass that was stuck and let it push itself out. But I agree I’d rather not risk it I use a board to push it out rather lose a board than a finger
Thanks u so much Dan I just did this method to not only my mother's yard but also my own thank u
You’re welcome!
that's exactly what my dog does when I mow
+outdoor adventures He does that to my vacuum too!
If the grass had been just a little taller it would have stopped - had that problem a few weeks back. Loved the side discharge comment "your screwed".Keep up the good work.
With my riding lawnmower piece of cake and have it done in 2 minutes
Oh yeah? Well I’d have it done in a minute and 45 seconds, loser LOL
No shit dumb ass it's a push lawnmower fucks sake this is a push mower instructional video
My housemate stalls the riding mower this way.
My backyard got out of control when I was away from home for awhile, it was even taller than this video but I was able to get it back to rights without using a bag or a side discharge and the mower didn’t stall. I’ve got an Ego battery operated push mower. On it’s highest setting I’ve found that it’s even higher than most gasoline mowers. I cut it on the highest setting, then, waited about a day or two for freshly cut tips and cuttings to dry out in the sun. After they dried out, it was just about as tall as normal. I lowered the cut to my normal setting and it was finished. Best thing was that afterwards it looked great! Maybe the roots got more established from growing really tall? I’m not sure but the Ego mower actually mowed it down. I was seriously thinking that I would have to hire someone as it was WAY higher than normal.
put some milorganite down. green that shit up
Will do, boss man!
Good video Dan I mow high grass I give them 1 cut and tell them if you want I can come back in a week to cut it a little lower. I had 1 client a long time ago ask me to cut her house all she can afford is 30 bucks, I told I can do what I can for 1 hour for 30 bucks I mow around the whole house it looked ok. it was a square around the house the client was happy :-) The grass was taller the her house never seen anything like that at the time its all good Dan keep up those great videos :-)
And that's why I mow each week!
+Ken I hear ya!! Lol
Oh my gosh, that thunder & lightning! YIKES! Yeah Dan, glad you didn't get ZAPPED! LOL! Thank you for the advice there! I didn't know that it's better to mow the lawn in layers when it's overgrown.
Makes it easier
Great Tips! I've never thought about the visitor who may pick apart your work. Hey Dan....ya think you could tell the story about hour your back patio cover burned up? I know you've mentioned it, but I'd love to hear the story haha!
Hope it was fixed before the BBQ.
@33:50 "That's it! We're done! The lawn gods have spoken. Oooh, I don't play with lightning!" Smart guy & funny too! lol
Thank you
Since you showed us 30 minutes of cutting the crab grass, you get a sub. Oh, when was the last time you got bit shutting the mower off? ;-)
+oned4metwo Thank You! I have a zip tie wrapped around the spark plug boot so I actually pull it off the plug by the "tail" of the zip tie and never touch the plug wire or boot
Ace GP He means shocked
Good Video I enjoyed the tour of the junk yard nice to see you trying to work round the scrap.Wish I could have a yard like that but the wicked witch of the kitchen forbids it.
Give this man a like on the video for his hard work
Or a thumbs down for seeming like a prick.
Brute Triton
or go give him an ice cold beer..
Mister Hat yall are dicks
when yards are that over grown i either go over it with a weed whacker to lower it to a 4 cutting height or i go over it slow with my new troybilt tb280 es mower multiple times to not scalp it/let clumps sit on the yard as i know what most yards by me need to be cut at (4-5 cutting height for the front & 4-5 cutting height in the back) & i very rarely scalp it even with all this rain we have been getting in florida(5"+ in 4 or so days) but one thing you can do if you don't have a side discharge or bag that you can use a rope to hold up the flap until you get one but be careful with rocks & you will be ok til you can get either ones.. great videos dan.. ;)
Ronnies Lawn Maintenance I think he meant the ones that don't have the cut out,I have an old commercial honda like that but every other mower I have has it because I like it for jobs like this
it looks better at the highest setting, keep it there, only mow once
6:55 I always wondered how the bag doesnt get full and theres big globs of grass left behind. This and the tip to start on highest height and then lower are great help thank you
You're welcome!
I think it looks good cut at that height
somebody called u out at your wife’s bbq and you took it personal i love it
I wish I saw this before I endured the struggle.
+purlplens Oh heck! Well, next time ya got to dive into some thick tall grass, ya got me in your memory bank!!
This is only the second of your vids I've watched and love the great no bull way you show people ways to make it work.
Already subscribed and as I do some garden maintenance I 100% agree - Bag it!
Thanks buddy
I just cut my grass today and I was dripping sweat.It has rained a lot here there is a chance all week.
great video, gonna mow my 10 inch wet, thick lawn with bagger like you said in steps, worst thing about it is my cheap store brand 16" push mower, also have to bag the clippings i left over since last mow. Lord give me strength
+steak & cheese Haha so how did it come out?
Lol man that was funny
If you don't have a bag or a side discharge then your screwed
Lolol
That rear discharge saves the day for me like everyday lol
I cut with a exmark 52" stand-on some of my most picky clients love to have the fertilizer tech come twice a week and they love to over saturate their lawns with their sprinklers so I have to bag it the first time and cut it again after. I'm always looking for ways to better my cut I'll be subscribing and keeping up with your work.
Man I always love your videos. But with all due respect, I gotta bust on ya for showing putting your hand in there when the mower is running. What if some kid does that.
Then their parents should get their ass kicked for not teaching their own damn kid right from wrong.
Then the kid would've learned a valuable lesson ✋👈
Rocky looks like he has some Rhodesian Ridgeback in him. Thanks for the video, going out to mow after spending a month trying to repair my mower and finally giving up.
I guess I'll know how good this new mower is after mowing my 2' tall yard!
WHAT!!!!!!! CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!!!!.. hahahah.. love your videos
It was good watching some of your old footage Dan. This was a good one with funny highlights.
why cut so low? you are killing the grass cutting it so low when its that tall. you need to progressively cut it shorter, or youre going to wind up with a brown lawn. general rule of thumb is to not cut any more than 1/3 of the growth. with the cut height for most grass being 2.75" -3.25 depending on preference.
killahjeep I think after bagging a tall yard it's good to do a second pass on the normal setting without a bag
This is the dumbest instructional vid on straight fucking up your lawn I've ever scene.
Mulching this grass at highest setting is perfectly fine and less stress on the grass and mower and not to mention greener and cleaner.
Funny how the lawn service guy has a bad lawn... - I'm not hating, just joking 🙃
It's obviously a pet area. Not going to be nice.
+Deenø_ MC Lol the shoemaker's kids are always barefoot!
+BUCK MASTERSON 6363 Ya man, I don't care at all about my yard. I rarely go back there
Dan's Vlog and the carpenter has the worst house!
Dan's Vlog nice video tho
i love your dog rocky! i have two Pitts myself! one being 14 amd still kicking and the other is 11! pitts are so sweet and underrated. people thing they are mean but there actually so kind and sweet dogs.
are you joking? my back yard has grown to at least 3 feet tall ! how am i going to mow it with my push mower?
Little by little
Everyone please only follow his recommendation of mowing at the highest your mower will go.
The soonest you should mow is 1-2 days later at the exact same full highest setting.
Then lower the mower down a setting and mow 3 days later.
Wait 1-2 days and then mow at that same setting.
Continue with this process of lowering and mowing until you are at the height you want.
And this is still faster than you should probably lower the height of the grass in a healthy manner.
I like the second one without the bag grass is greener looks better healthier
I agree
Ever used a Husqvarna mower?
+Randy Cummings Never used one but I have checked them out. Seemed very big and clunky to me
I've used the same Husqvarna 21" for about 3 years now almost daily for medium sized hard-to-reach areas like slopes or in front of office areas to keep down on the track marks of my larger machines. Has a blade cut off lever but keeps the mower running which it seems like he needs. Very little maintenance, durable, and the four wheel drive is a must have
junk
Good advice on watching the top of the grass catcher. I wouldn't have thought of that.
5:57 thats exactly how you lose your fingers
+French Canadian Bastard Ya maybe if I reached in about 9 more inches. C’mon Frenchy... 46 years old and still got 8 fingers, 2 thumbs, 10 toes, 2 eyes and a bad attitude. I think I got this
My pit thinks any power tool is a mechanic monster too😂😂 that’s why I love them cuz anything else in fear runs, but they fight.
Lol very true
NEXT TIME BUY A HONDA MOWER ...TRUST ME !!!
+joe momma I do trust you Joe!!!
I suscribed bc of the love for Rocky and Manny the dogs..lol