Bad day mowing

Our biggest account is 46 homes on 27 acres with 600 windows. Guess what happens..._This was filmed earlier in the year when Riots were breaking out in our area. We use the latest in lawn care equipment to cut the man power down from 9 guys to just 3-but it doesn't always go as planned.

[@steveobrandon8498]

Thanks for posting this. It’s nice to see bumps in the road. Bless you and your hard work. ✌🏼🇺🇸

[@garrettbundy9011]

Need mulching kits or Shute blockers. Can’t be throwing grass into flowerbeds.

[@neonT3]

...or blowing grass all over the house, good god

[@jonnyg9330]

I dont think any of them are actually his. I'm sure his own mowers have chute blockers on them

[@robertmccall8666]

Yeah first thing I saw .... rookie move or what I'd say is poorly trained employee or owner who doesn't care about customers. I wouldn't want them doing that at my house. ...when he said people out here like to complain ... no you would be fired .....they said they don't see rocks but it shoots out often ...... but don't use cute blocks....wtf I thought this guy was smart

[@Marts1499]

If that was my house.... no no on shooting all the clippings on my house and in my beds

[@jachambalan]

Is this where all the soft men make comments about how their daddies didn’t love them

[@TOohigh2C]

R.I.P to all the landscape beds... death by grass clippings.

[@ronhart4166]

When i first started watching your video. I was really surprised to see you guys throwing grass clippings into the flower beds. Then I seen all the gravel beds and thought these guys need CHUTE BLOCKERS. Then your window was broken !!! Come on Stanley !! You have been in the business long enough and should definitely know better !! At least your operator knew enough to cut the blades off when he seen a person walking !! A big shout out to him 👊

[@slip0n0fall]

Yes and all the people giving the guy heck for cutting off the PTO. I would too if there was a customer near, just courtesy.

[@huntersmith8062]

Keep it up man stuff happens what they don't realize is how bad the chutes clog the mowers, dull the blades and so on its very rare this happens and its worth the time to blow the rocks off instead of destroying equipment

[@y2kxj]

People who design green spaces around buildings need to spend a month cutting lawns to see how stupid some of their idea a designs can be..they look cool but suck to maintain..

[@sparkymcspark8446]

Top comment right here.

[@jooper99]

Yeah - because that's what I want from my landscape design - How easy it'll be for someone else to mow it... 🙄🙄

[@johnossendorf9979]

I've been saying that for 30 years.

[@peterbills4129]

Like don't plant a tree 3 feet or less from a bolder, so I have to hit the area in between with a line trimmer? Edit: add, or placing a sprinkler head in the lawn and 8 inches from the edge of a bed, when it could have just as easily been placed in the bed.

[@scotshabalam2432]

Except for the rock gardens without high enough landscape walls I don't see a problem as long as the customer is willing to pay for it. Nobody makes money while the fleet, men, and equipment are transiting to another worksite.

[@MRPlow-gj4qg]

You need some shoot flaps. Exmark makes the best one you operate it with your foot open and close with the roll of your foot. I New he was going to break a window at the beginning of the video when you could see him blowing all the grass right in the rock gardens and against the house. No need for all that grass in the rock, will probably save you a good hour blowing after they’re done mowing if you put them on. We won’t run a mower without one. Once you have it you won’t believe that you ever mowed without one saves you a Ton of time blowing

[@blackopsrocks]

Chain curtains, set up for mulch. dedicate the same machine to do those rock bed areas.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Great idea!

[@logansimpson305]

Great video

[@Dirtmonkey]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@devinracingchannel8854]

Hope you guys stay safe and sorry your still going through that im praying for you and yours hope all this will have a resolve some day soon

[@derrickcook8593]

Was thinking chute blockers so you dont have to blow out the flower beds. Would also keep the rock throwing down

[@z28sscamarors]

I have a fun little story. I work for a school district doing custodial/maintenance work, sometimes I get to go out and mow. Well at our district admin offices we had just replaced all of the windows. I was there mowing and didn't realize I hit a rock, that rock split and took out 2 of the 4 windows in the superintendent's office, while he was working at his desk right in front of them. Thankfully he and my boss were very understanding about it.

[@evanch123456]

Nice to have guys you can trust and are flexible to do what's needed. Teamwork!

[@billhull6842]

I agree with most of these comments concerning the Shute blocker. I got a shute blocker for my Scag because I was throwing things long, hard and fast out of the mower. Think about the side shut.

[@mrgrumpy5116]

you've got some really nice mowers there, thanks for an interesting video

[@giovannimontes7910]

Hey Stan sorry to hear about the window. I knocked a mailbox down at a new community with my dump trailer gate, that cost me $500 I really love the mowing videos please upload more! Thanks!

[@redlineingrednecks9655]

Hello stanley quick question why dont you guys use mulchers on your mowers i think it would help with grass not going were it doesnt belong and helps rocks and things from flying out of the deck just wondering and figured id ask

[@JackKnifeJoe9472]

To top it off when you said "you guys aren't going to believe this our luck can't get any worse" my phone froze right after you said worse so I was stuck in suspense for almost 2 minutes lol

[@gamingwithcov8763]

Nice setup!

[@eugenecrabs3954]

Sitting down isn't old school. It's just one's preference.

[@jdaniel2489]

Caked almost ever bed with grass, id be pissed, negligence.

[@batterpm11]

Idk how guys get away with not using a chute blocker.

[@xcalibertrekker6693]

Yea that's what I thought to.

[@Mangold2865]

Thought the same thing

[@ryandann9362]

You can tell they must blow all those rocks out, at least the broken glass one was grass free. However, when he said they do that place in 4-6 hours, I knew that was in part to just letting the grass fly. Thats a nice property, I'd try bagging the front yards and then doing the wide open areas no bag. Maybe set up a tarp to dump grass on and drag into the woods and just blow the pile flat. Granted after cutting that place a few times the bag may be off forever

[@TOohigh2C]

I cringed so hard when I saw that.

[@iowabass306]

I love zero turn mowers. I’ve used a cub cadet mower

[@rgamore]

No way would you cut my grass; blowing the cut grass into the stones is a NO NO. Thats how weeds grow in the stones. Also, put those safety shuts back on, they keep $hit from flying out. :(

[@georgeking5746]

Me either, they were blowing that grass right into those stones in the landscape.

[@Luckingsworth]

@Pip I the issue is more the seeds that go along with the grass clippings getting into the bed. You can make the bed look clean but there's no way of knowing if you got every weed seed that blew into it.

[@thebad300]

@@Luckingsworth well if grass grow in your rock bed you installed the rock bed wrong

[@Luckingsworth]

@@thebad300 Thats just false. Plants can grow on any substrate. Look up aquaponics for instance. The rocks themselves are what the plants grow on. Even on a properly installed rock bed.

[@huntersmith8062]

@@Luckingsworth Thats why you use coi pond matting instead of weed matting

[@janderson8401]

My dad’s Gravely model L with the 30” rotary once threw a rock about 80’ through the back side window of his station wagon. Fortunately he had glass coverage on the car.

[@horninght]

I would recommend the foot controlled grass flap brand grass flap. I use mine whenever I'm near or mowing were I can hit siding or Windows. I went years without them and should of had grass flap sooner. They significantly. decrease your mowing time if you have a lot of landscaping beds. My guess the hill.

[@scotshabalam2432]

I can easily explain the still effect of the tires: It's like if you had a comb and in between the gaps of the comb's teeth is the frame that records a picture of video. What happens with the tires is that as each "comb tooth" blocks in between the frames, the next gap opens when the tire is in position same enough to it's last viewed position that our eyes judge it to have not moved.

[@AndyFromm]

Isn't that what the deflector(that they had tied up) is there to prevent? Run rear discharge...

[@richardvanderveen3231]

I don't think I've seen a deflector on a commercial mower for 40 years. I'm pretty sure they all come with them.

[@AndyFromm]

@@richardvanderveen3231 0:34 it has it but they have it up.

[@arrenflocchini2014]

Why dont you use mulching decks on your mows? Stops grass clippings going in garden beds and most rocks projected from the blades. Also enjoy watching your posts!

[@charlesstrickland9902]

Quikchute quikchute quikchute. Man that’s all I can say! They have easily saved me thousands in potential repairs on cars and houses as well as provide safety when mowing around people and employees. Not saying windows are totally preventable but they help. Keep up the awesome work my company loves your videos and they keep my guys hungry to learn!!

[@skliros9235]

Qwikchute. Around $300. Can run closed, partially open, and full open.

[@gateway8833]

I bet he owns stock in that parts company

[@mrsta1267]

Very well put! No trash talk, just nice respectable advice.

[@antwadubwa]

Shards of glass outside the window? Looks like it was broken from the inside. 😳

[@ducewags]

It is a dual paine window. There is thermal gas in them under pressure seperating the inner glass and outer glass. If you notice, the inside paine is not broken.

[@rickyburford2012]

No. Just no. Apparently this hasn't happened to you yet

[@TNsher776]

Them boys need some chute blockers for their mowers!

[@skippy55008]

This is why i run the John Deere MOD Deck to mulch when needed no mess no clean up thats my motto

[@sglc7100]

I don't understand why everyone is complaining about the grass clippings in the beds. Obviously Stanley knows that it's wrong to leave them in. In some areas guys don't mind shooting the clippings into the beds and then blowing them out with the blower after. Not all mowers have shoot deflectors and up in the north and canada we don't bag our grass. It's simple as blowing out the beds after we're done mowing.

[@bikes7777]

Do you really think those wahoos will blow every bed after they are done?

[@sglc7100]

@@bikes7777 yes I do because they work for Stanley. He said they've been doing this contract for the past 4 or 5 years. Do u really think that they would still be doing it if they left the clippings in the beds? I don't think so.

[@TheBunkerdog]

Weed whipping I love how you say that now I use that after a friend of mine used that term I’ve never though it though but they to whip the weeds not eat them you need a goat or sheep for that lol

[@blaken3824]

In other news, your crew runs with chute deflectors up.

[@michelpicton8357]

Would the ballard advanced chute cover possibly be a good investment? Lol great mowing video! 🤘

[@johnds6621]

You need baffles in the discharge chutes or put your bagger on near the risk areas.. Seen a weed wacker throw a stone a plate glass before it's not hard to do.

[@Nana-hu3xm]

God bless you too... This one also great...And good to see you on the jobsite out of the editing room in your house.

[@hancockjason8758]

I love the tweals

[@BIGWHIT76]

Love the videos Stan

[@Dirtmonkey]

Thanks Clay

[@Sevalecan]

It's not just about framerate matching. That said, the wheel has multiple spokes, so the minimum speed for this effect would be (frame rate / number of spokes). Part of the issue is your exposure time. Short exposure won't show the motion blur (sometimes motion blur might be desirable, not saying it is here). So that plays into it as well.

[@scarbathlandscapingllc9696]

Stanley Stanley Stanley invest in some Chute blockers it will save labor cost on cleanup if your crew can efficiently use them in tight areas (front yards)

[@amkortradinginc.5379]

Try Tri-clone trimmer head on your next heavy weed eating day's, it's a BEAST! Tangle-free, save time and easy to use

[@crisediosbany]

$700 to fix that little window? That would of been $250 MAX done here in Texas.

[@calebsfarm9544]

If you look at the bolt pattern on the duels then u can see them move

[@chrisoxley7148]

Hey Stan , love yer vids and thanks for all the advice and tips. I've just bought a new JD ZTrak 970R with the 72 inch deck. I've put a 45 Checkmate from Big League Lawns and would love to add another set of Tweels and make mine a dually . Can you point me in the right direction for the adaptor to join the two Tweels together ? Thanks for all the vids you give us . . . haven't watched TV for ages now ! Cheers man . . .

[@chrismckinney1849]

I like your channel by the way I like watching it too no dissing the channel

[@davidmorse8432]

Try using mulching mower decks on your mowers. They do not have a discharge chute so do not throw rocks. Their drawbacks are that the blades must be very sharp and the grass must be dry.

[@wrench5692]

this is why you keep your rubber guard down. it helps prevent the shooting of rocks by deflecting them against the rubber and slowing them down Edit: and before you guys say the deflectors were down. here is proof they were not prnt.sc/uxqdpx at mark 0:48

[@gregorytrane7828]

You might want to put those chute deflectors down. It might stop stones from flying in the air.

[@ThaylorHarmor]

Could you add rubber or brushes around the edges/skirt to reduce the chance a rock doing that to a window?

[@longcaster]

Stan, if you hang small chains across the mower chute it can stop most rocks

[@ryandann9362]

Or you'd end up with metal fragments shooting out as the blades hit the chains. Chains dangling a cm away from spinning blades seems dangerous

[@TOohigh2C]

Yea I’m gonna have to pass on that! Lmfao!

[@Drew-in-NoDak]

works good for me too

[@longcaster]

@@ryandann9362 You don't know what I am talking about.

[@Athletesperformance1]

If you look at the lug nuts yes they are move but if you're looking at the tweels only it's a mind trick.

[@briankoch3856]

Your comment. . After mowing that Condo area... "Can't find a Minneapolis Glass company to repair the.... Ta da.... Small Broken Window... For just $700". . Hell.... Pay my Airfare and I'll repair it for that. Brian Just Retired in the Spacecoast.

[@scotthirschausen177]

Glad you called them rioters and not peaceful protesters 😁😁👍👍👍👍

[@ldrivadrivah8049]

I am looking for recommendations on a push behind lawn mower relatively small budget under $700

[@peterjackson4863]

Yes but what do you do with all the cut grass

[@daniellang6112]

do you plow that neighborhood in the winter too?

[@DeanSchumacher]

I don't know why you don't have chute blockers on all your equipment thts a must saves alot grass going in beds & helps with the windows n cars getting damaged

[@jamesmcgraw9570]

Love your clip format. Just do what feels right

[@alexanderalvarado4089]

That happened to me once I was doing a really small lawn of 25 dollars. Takes me 5 mns to do it, but a weedwacker threw a rock to two windows and broke them. Cost me $700 to fix them. Haven't make that money back yet🤣😅😪

[@9856CB]

700 bucks no wonder their rioting. You should’ve been able to have a piece cut fill in the one louver that broke. That is if it’s a louvered window which it looked like from the great distance it was filmed from. You deserve credit for taking the responsibility others might not have. Maybe that’s what happen with the previous contractor.

[@AH-up8zh]

Frankie not striping... 🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

[@farmerbob4554]

Yeah, a number of years ago I found a pop up brass sprinkler head in the middle of the bed in the second story bedroom. I had hit it earlier in the day while mowing. It put a neat hole in the window and left a mark where it had bounced off the wall and ended up smack dab in the middle of the bed. Go figure.

[@SCuttingEdgeLawnService]

Why not use mulching kit?

[@ChatBot1337]

We dont call em Burn, Loot, and Murder for nothin'.

[@mikeshanermusic]

I worked with Mexicans that always turned a half day into more than a full day. They milked everything for hours and the boss started charging by the hour, so my complaints went on deaf ears. I hated having no free time after work. Everyone was happy except me and the smart customers. Now I have MS and life sux even more. Dang it!!!

Stan, as always, great videos. Thanks for helping me and my business out! Btw, your last name - Genadek. You Polish or Czech? :-) Also do you deal with the grass clippings you are shooting on the gravel or mulch beds? Aren’t the customers complaining about it? Just curious what kind of “argument” are you using if they complain, because I assume that you will not get all the clippings with the leaf blower out of the beds without blowing the mulch/gravel out...

[@pjsites1985]

I know ive seen SCAG mowers with flap adjustment. Maybe something to look into.

[@tonyneglia6648]

Why don’t you use chute stoppers?

[@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas]

watching at 720 and at times the double wheels did not look like they was turning, and other times barely moving.

[@handyscapersllc]

The wheels where pretty tripy

[@standugi3478]

What no chute blockers?

[@JWNLawnCare]

Great video mate, sucks about the window though. Glad I have a couple of rear discharge mowers which I love running in areas like that where there's either stuff that could potentially get sent flying or just along roadsides and overgrown blocks where we don't want grass blowing out all over the place and need it processed through the deck quickly. I'd look into some chute blockers so you can open and close them as required, not only would it cut down on blowing off but it could also save situations like that.

[@georgeking5746]

That is a pretty cool optical illusion the tires look exactly like they are floating and not turning at all

[@benmccord8765]

Do you have a mowing crew

[@lomane5327]

Do u guys have to do the detail stuff too? Bush trimming ,weed spraying etc?

[@Dirtmonkey]

yes

[@Siyah_742]

As a mow guy for many years this hurt to watch. Probably took the last company longer because they did it correctly🤷🏿‍♂️.. for starters run a perimeter cut with the left/"trim" side of deck.. fyi (double if your shooting] and no way a mower shot that rock unless it ricocheted off the wall which is possible since they mow backwards

[@heresmytake2782]

Get those guys some xhute blocks or grass flaps!!!!

[@JonsDailyHustle]

Man I dream about the day I can run two crews lol 🙏🙏🙏 one day maybe

[@gregorybentley5707]

Did breaking this window make you lose the account?

[@pnwRC.]

This could have been much worse! Glad nobody was injured in this fiasco.

[@whatahowl1]

Honestly it look like a kid throw a rock to break the window. One reason is the angle of the mower on the hill is pointing down ward.

[@flipnotrab]

I’ll get back to this video after I get done watching this paint dry..

[@brianherron5400]

Chute blockers may help if wanted to use them just a suggestion.

[@ArbitraryLifestyle]

So zero-turn mowers are "old school" now?

[@deejensen5006]

I own a cub cadet lawnmower. It was the worst purchase I bought. It is always breaking down. In smoothed cutting. I hate it.

[@evanferrari5605]

How do you get away with not bagging here in ma everyone wants it bagged. So how do you mow if it's any bit wet. Wouldn't you make clumps?

[@traocheckbeforeyoubuy4609]

Another option is to get an optional mulching kit only spray the grass when you have to and mulch around garden bets and rocky areas to remove that problem

[@bobcatsmith246]

That Gravaley looks like it's to big for Frankie.

[@loganrichards5218]

I believe it. I was mowing with a 60 inch snapper pro once and hit a baseball just right and it sent it flying over 100 yards. I couldn’t believe it

[@Olerevr2]

Any particular reason he was turning the PTO off when he turned around on the driveway?

[@carterromes3660]

The tires look like there turning but very very slowly

[@seansmith3747]

Stan, are there any job types you wont do?

[@davidhernandez741]

Yea that pass by the wall the mower caught a rock and broke that window

[@geraldathletic1590]

No OCDC?

[@cubleycat]

Damn 700 bucks , thats got to ruin your day!

[@SLCFarms]

I had to replace a customer’s window. Weedwhipper put a rock right though it. Cost us about $500 but better than using insurance

[@mikebullock5156]

Insurance?

[@liamslawncare9300]

Love the videos keep them coming