Building Your Own Lawn Striping Kit using Boat Rollers

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  • Опубликовано: 14 июн 2024
  • DIY Lawn Striping Kit using boat rollers.
    Items used: 2 10x10 “L” brackets $22
    4 6x6 “L” brackets $16
    11 trailer boat rollers $110
    1/4” steel flat bar 2” x 36”, $30
    Steel conduit pipe 36”, $15
    Boat rollers are from Fleet Farm, Seasense Wobble Roller, 4inch by 3/4
    #lawn #lawncare #lawngoals

Комментарии • 47

  • @eddyjimenez-scorpio
    @eddyjimenez-scorpio 3 дня назад +3

    Wow, ur dad did an excellent job with you son. And the money ur savin. Great job, i mean great job. Just super.

  • @ambitiouslawn1678
    @ambitiouslawn1678 Год назад +4

    Great job! The paint was definitely the final touch! 👌🏻

  • @kencarlsen2212
    @kencarlsen2212 Год назад +2

    I have been considering a build with the trailer rollers. Your comparisons of different styles of stripers was interesting. Your build was well explained and you had a good choice of materials to complete the job. Well done! Thanks.

    • @kencarlsen2212
      @kencarlsen2212 Год назад

      BTW. I have a source for different size rollers. I may consider going to a 4" wide roller X 5" tall

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  Год назад

      @@kencarlsen2212 thanks for watching. Trying different sizes is helpful. My very first roller was the pipe style but too skinny. Not only did it not weigh enough but it had too much resistance in the longer grass. I worried it was damaging the grass.

  • @vinnypinatelli221
    @vinnypinatelli221 11 месяцев назад +1

    That was awesome thank you for sharing I'm gonna definitely look into it now

  • @willgaither2478
    @willgaither2478 11 месяцев назад +1

    Very creative

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks

    • @wcovey25
      @wcovey25 11 месяцев назад

      Not really, he literally copied the big league roller, they did all the r&d to figure out these Yates rollers work the best

  • @user-df1zj8cg4v
    @user-df1zj8cg4v 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you for sharing this and I'm going to build me one of these, but I have a 42" JD deck which should be no problem. We don't have a Fleet Farm, but we do have a Tractor Supply and they may have the rollers or direct me, I'll see. Well done, thank you

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  11 месяцев назад

      Good luck with your build. Thanks for watching!

    • @baydoe121
      @baydoe121 10 месяцев назад

      did you ever build this for your 42" deck?

  • @MEvans857
    @MEvans857 15 дней назад

    Truly a quality looking build. Just wondering how this held up for you over time? My biggest wonder was if you drive in a dip in the yard or up/down a curb, with there being no flexibility in the brackets.... how did it effect the rollers/bracket? Nicely done!

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  14 дней назад

      On the third season now and it’s still doing good. Dips and bumps are really not much issue because the entire thing can pivot up and down. The only issue I have encountered maybe twice, was backing into something. It ends up lifting the back off ground. Hasn’t caused any damage, just a weird sensation.

  • @nhikkobrawley95
    @nhikkobrawley95 11 месяцев назад

    Awesome job on the building your own kit. On the 6x6 L-brackets, did you drill the holes so the steel pipe could fit through? Or did you buy them that way? Also, what size did you cut the spacers to fit between the rollers?

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  11 месяцев назад

      I did drill the holes. I used a 25mm “hole dozer” by Milwaukee. The spacers are 1/4”, 1/2”, 3/4” and 1”. I had to size them up as I did it and I just kept a bunch of the different sizes available. For example, wheel to wheel most likely about 1”, but if it was divided with a bracket it was more like wheel-metal washer-1/4” pvc spacer-bracket-1/2” pvc spacer-metal washer-wheel. To complicate things, the wheels are not symmetrical. There is a shallow side to wheel with extra white plastic. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching

  • @XFBO
    @XFBO 10 месяцев назад

    Nicely done! I'm looking to do something like this for my Spartan ZT........just curious, do you think the rollers behind the wheels are even necessary since the rear tires are likely imprinting the lawn already?!?!

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  10 месяцев назад

      Yes and no. Before I made this roller I did use my original pipe roller which was just wide enough to fit between the wheels. If I was making just straight lines then it wasn’t very different. You can’t see it in the photo but the pattern pictured in this video starts out as circles around a large boulder. The pattern is like ripples going out. Wherever I mad a tight turning curve, you would see a small stripe that didn’t lay down the same. The wider roller helps sweep over the area better when turning.

  • @jonathongosa6865
    @jonathongosa6865 Год назад

    Project came out great! Can you share the link where you bought the boat trailer wheels. Thanks

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  Год назад

      I put the name and dimensions in the description. Can’t add links for some reason 🧐

  • @victormatos3
    @victormatos3 10 месяцев назад

    Sweet. Awesome job, hows it work when going in reverse?

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  10 месяцев назад

      No problems in reverse. I worried about that too when I made it and was a little cautious the first time out. Now I don’t even think about it.

  • @juandelacruzalvarez8961
    @juandelacruzalvarez8961 Год назад

    How wide are the 6 inch brackets? Did the conduit pipe fit thru those 6 inch brackets? And why did you build 36 striper if your John Deere deck was 54 inch deck? Are you overlapping when you cut the grass?

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  Год назад

      The 6 inch brackets are 1.5 inches wide. I was able to drill a 3/4 inch hole so that the conduit pipe went through the brackets. The conduit pipe has threaded ends so I was able to find a large nut to cap it off but it is not overly tight. I went 36 inches because I didn’t want to exceed the width of back tires for maneuvering. I have a core aerator that is wider than tires and I have some trouble spots for turning. The tractor mower is my biggest obstacle with making quality stripes, since three point turns end up erasing some of your work. If I had a zero turn I would have made closer to deck size.

  • @aupitt8792
    @aupitt8792 18 дней назад +1

    Can you back up with it attached to tractor?

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  18 дней назад +1

      Yep. Since I have a tractor style mower that was a must. I have to back up a lot.

    • @aupitt8792
      @aupitt8792 18 дней назад

      @@fortheloveofstripes3578 Exactly! Thx!

  • @dylaningram496
    @dylaningram496 10 месяцев назад

    What model JD? I’m not seeing the holes on my E160 where you mounted the 10”

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  10 месяцев назад

      My model is a x580. I have a rear frame plate back there for mounting attachments. It might have been a piece that got added on for my snow blower from the dealer.

  • @SirRogers1921
    @SirRogers1921 2 месяца назад

    are you using pvc cutoffs/washers/conduit pipe all 1/2"?

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  2 месяца назад

      The conduit pipe is 1/2 inch with maybe 0.7 inch outer diameter. Maybe slightly larger but still able to fit through boat rollers. Then the pvc pipe has to be larger inner diameter than outer diameter of conduit. My washers and pvc pipe are loose fitting so somewhere between 3/4 and 1 inch since they only need to contact the rollers to maintain spacing.

  • @SRod54321
    @SRod54321 Год назад

    Where did you buy the brackets?

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  Год назад

      They came from Fleet Farm. Pretty much everything came from Fleet Farm, but the flat bar came from Home Depot.

  • @dylaningram496
    @dylaningram496 10 месяцев назад

    What size holes were drilled and size bolts?

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  10 месяцев назад

      I’m pretty sure I used 1/4” thick bolts. 1” or 1 1/4” length but double check the thickness of your metal.

  • @EastCoastWingNuts
    @EastCoastWingNuts 11 месяцев назад

    so whats it weigh ? force on the ground ?

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  11 месяцев назад

      It’s about 35 pounds all together

    • @EastCoastWingNuts
      @EastCoastWingNuts 11 месяцев назад

      @@fortheloveofstripes3578 Thank you , you sure do put down some mean stripes !!

  • @troy5292
    @troy5292 11 месяцев назад

    There's a better way to do that pipe trick. Instead of the covers you have, they make ends that go inside the pipe, and you tighten them down some and they expand to seal the pipe, leaving the entire pipe flat. Kudos on making that expensive roller for so much less. I'd wager the quality difference is marginal at best.

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  11 месяцев назад +1

      Nice! I will have to look for those. The roller is holding up decent for over a year old. No bends like the previous pipe roller. Thanks for watching!

  • @slimdude2011
    @slimdude2011 11 месяцев назад

    Personally, I don't like the striped, two-tone look because it makes the green appear uneven. I like my grass to have an even, shade of green throughout the entire lawn.

    • @fortheloveofstripes3578
      @fortheloveofstripes3578  11 месяцев назад

      That would be very interesting if I could pull it off. Every pass would have to be the same direction. If I didn’t have curbs I would give it go so I could use the road to get back to starting point.