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  Pristine Gardens September 23, 2013 at 9:02pm

  Without using a mower with roller you will struggle to get defined stripes as it is the roller pushing down the grass in one direction and then the other way when you turn back giving you the light and dark stripes. Any stripes you do get with a non roller mower will grow out in no time. Being that the ground is uneven you would want a rotary mower not a cylinder mower and to cut 1.4 acres something with a wide cut so you are not walking up and down all day! I would suggest something like the hayter 56 pro, they don't come cheap but will be perfect for that contract and also for your commercial jobs as well. I use the smaller hayter harrier 41 for domestic and commercial contracts as it is light weight and easy for one man to load and unload, hope this is of some help. Dave
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  Marc September 23, 2013 at 9:09pm

  Hi Dave

  Yeah your right about it growing out,it lasts a couple of days but thats it.
  Adam Pilgrim also suggested the Hayter 56 Pro on chat so great advice. I'll check it out later, would I assume correctly that a second hand 56 would be ok or new?
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  Pristine Gardens September 23, 2013 at 9:40pm

  It is all down to budget to be honest, I would say go new if you can as with a second hand one you don't know it's background e.g how many hours it has done and if it has been abused. However saying that I have bought a fair amount of second hand machinery and fingers crossed been fine.
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  Marc September 23, 2013 at 9:41pm

  Thanks Dave

  I've been searching second hand ones, I've emailed a seller about delivery costs... :)
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  Geoff Norfolk September 23, 2013 at 9:51pm

  its a good time of year to pick up secondhand mowers significantly cheaper than earlier in the year. Make sure you get one thats only been used for domestic use.... not a knackered one that a forum user has decided to get shot of lol!!! I was momentarily puzzled about your post as stripping is taking your clothes off!!.... striping is the word.
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  Marc September 23, 2013 at 9:55pm

  lol, yeah hadn't noticed that, stripping gardener, maybe I'd make a little money on the side.

  I don't suppose you'd know if it were used commercially or not, unless you knew the person
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  Marc September 23, 2013 at 10:01pm

  Spelling corrected....
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  Robbie September 23, 2013 at 10:45pm

  If you constantly go over the same stripes you will 'burn' them in, if you do a feed the stripes will look better.
  If you don't always want to be cutting more grass because of the fertiliser you could do a liquid feed a week or so before the wedding depending of course on what you use ;)

  The picture on my profile was a lawn that I double cut over the same stripes on a sunny day. Before I cut it, it had never had that effect.
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  Marc September 23, 2013 at 10:56pm

  Hi Robbie and thanks for the reply

  Unfortunately, the lawn is a meadow seed, the lawn used to be a paddock and was later sewn to grass feed which means I can't feed it without cutting twice a week and we're contracted one a week.

  I knew to strip against each return to keep the grass from as you said "burn", I appreciate the info though.
  Someone said I should always look forward and focus on a marker when striping, which I've found easier said than done when the lawns un-even, I've found I end up off track, any recommendations for remedying this?
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  Colin Hunt September 24, 2013 at 6:36am

  1.4 acres is a very large area for a wedding lawn. We currently 'stripe' one of about 1,000sq.m. with a honda 21" and takes a couple of hours. Question - is the 'paddock' even enough for the use of a relatively small mower and 'b' safe enough for wedding guests underfoot?