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Re: I need help with tractor purchase. Mowing 7 ac
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Posted by Do the math on September 13, 2006 at 06:07:56 from (66.64.181.106):
In Reply to: I need help with tractor purchase. Mowing 7 acres! posted by AceandGary on September 12, 2006 at 19:57:48:
To mow 7 acres in one hour with a 72" mower you'd need to average 10 MPH. That's with no allowance for turns or dodging trees, house, driveway, ect. Also no allowance for any over-lap. Figure at least 20% for all thos allowances. You'd need closer to 12 MPH. That's not fast for your car driving down the interstate. That's Daytona 500 stuff for a tractor with a rear mounted mower. 1 hour would be pushing it even with most ZTR commercial mowers. Downright impossible with a tractor and 6' finish mower
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