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1. Jeremy Hreben

   

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   4/20/2018 8:04 AM

   How many acres and how long does it take to mow with how many mowers. I have approximately 18 acres with one toro mower. Its averaging 5.5 to 6 hours. Way too long for my liking. I am shading them half/half now.

   
   
   
   
2. Jeff Plasschaert

   

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   4/20/2018 10:04 AM

   25 Acres, two 7 gang units about 10 hours total, depends on amount of early morning play. I typically utilize the half and half cut as well.

   
   
   
   
3. Keith Fellenstein

   

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   4/20/2018 10:04 AM

   36-holes. Most days two mowers per course, but that can vary. 22 acres on one course avg about 13 manhours. 24 acres on other avg about 12 man hours. New JD 7500's. Slowed down mowing speed to reduce rippling, and turning speed for obvious reasons. Light dark on 22 acres, stripe on 24 acres. Oddly, the 24 acre course is more spread out and more transport time...puzzling now that I look at them side-by-side

   
   
   
   
4. Kim Brock

   

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   4/20/2018 8:04 PM

   27 acres with 2 Toro approximately 5 hours per mower at 6-12 angle
   Add a third mower and it cuts about 1.5 hours off.
   Angles 2-8 and 4-10 add about 45 minutes per mower.

   
   
   
   
5. James Smith

   

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   4/21/2018 6:04 AM

   25 acres, one toro mower about 7 hrs - 8 when striping

   
   
   
   
6. Christopher Thuer

   

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   4/22/2018 5:04 PM

   20 acres of bent. 2 Deere 3235.
   
   With the Classic cut, half and half, depending on who is doing it, 4.5 to 5 hours. They rarely get caught by play. Our old equipment tech and I could get them done in 4.
   
   Before we went away from the stripes about 10 years ago to save time and money, diagonal stripes took about 7 hours and straight with the line of play took about 5.5 to 6.5 hours and they always got caught by play.

   
   Chris Thuer, CGCS, Bear Slide Golf Club, Cicero, IN
   
   
7. Paul Double

   

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   4/22/2018 7:04 PM

   22 acres bentgrass with 2 JD 3225Cs takes about 5 hours to stripe front to back and with 3 JD3225Cs about 3.5 hours. For striping angles takes about 6 hours with 2 mowers and about 4.5 with 3.

   
   
   
   
8. Jeremy Hreben

   

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   4/23/2018 5:04 AM

   thanks guys

   
   
   
   
9. Robert Mason

   

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   4/24/2018 7:04 AM

   Just yesterday with 2 Toro Fairway mowers we mowed 20 acres of fairways in about 2.5 hours granted. This was striped but no players on the course due to impending thunderstorms moving into the area.
   
   Tim Mason
   AJ Jolly Golf Course

   
   
   
   
10. Christopher Thuer

    

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    4/24/2018 6:04 PM

    we harvest clippings too so dumping adds time

    
    Chris Thuer, CGCS, Bear Slide Golf Club, Cicero, IN
    
    
11. Andy Jorgensen

    

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    4/25/2018 10:04 AM

    38 acres, three mowers, 4 hours each. Striped.

    
    
    
    
12. ONeil Crouch

    

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    5/28/2018 7:05 PM

    We have 70 acres of fairways on 18 holes and with 5 jacobsen fairway mowers we can finish in 5 hours, and this is with shadow cut

    
    
    
    
13. Andrew Cross

    

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    7/22/2018 4:07 PM

    40 acres of fairways, 4 mowers, 4 hrs each. So 2.5 acres/hr/mower.
    If we mow half and half its about 3.5hrs each

    
    
    
    
14. Aaron Jeffery

    

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    7/22/2018 7:07 PM

    25 acres. 2 mowers. 3.5-4.5 hours depending on the cut.

    
    
    
    
15. Robert Hall

    

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    7/23/2018 8:07 PM

    We currently run 3 units on 28 acres and finish in lesss than 2.5 hours mowing between 9-11 mph.