Dealing with tall and overgrown grass needs a mower to make the process easier. Learn the steps on how to cut tall grass with a riding mower below!
Overgrown grass is particularly challenging to deal with. The manual method of hand-pulling will no longer work in his case. This is why you need a special tool like a mower to make cutting grass much easier.
But wait, it’s not just any type of mower. We particularly suggest using the riding mower. If there is one thing you must consider when learning how to cut tall grass with a riding mower, it is the specific blade to use in your mower.
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Choosing The Right Type Of Lawn Mower Blade
To help you out, we have shortlisted the different types of mower blades to use for cutting tall grass with a riding mower.
Check them out below:
High Lift Blade
The high lift blade has a vertical swoop shape and a high lift air below the mower. These specific features allow the mower to cut tall and compact grass.
This excellent suction power blade also makes bagging the cut grass efficient by reducing the chances of them being clogged up in the mower.
Multi-Purpose Blade
This is also known as the mulching blade and has a curved surface. This specific curve feature allows the blade to work in three steps.
Firstly, the blade can pull up the grass and then cut it. Next, the grass clippings are then sucked and chopped into small pieces. Lastly, air pressure is produced from the blade’s innermost curve. The same pressure blows the tiny cut clippings out, which are then used to mulch the soil.
Gator Blade
The Gator blade is also called the 3-in-1 blade because it is an all-around solution that combines the power of low, medium, and high lift blades. It also has an amazing mulching feature, which blends the positive features of all grass cutting techniques.
This blade is pretty easy to identify because of its serrated sections on both ends of the blade. It is ideal for medium length grass but not so for really tall ones.
The reason for this is because although Gator blades are 3-in-1 blades, they somewhat fall short in each area. This means that they can’t function the full power and efficiency of a high lift and low lift blades.
Still, this remains one of the best-selling and most searched blades for cutting tall grasses.
How To Cut Tall Grass With A Riding Mower (6 Steps)
Now, let’s tackle how to cut tall grass with a riding mower. These are the common steps that you need to follow, regardless of the type of mower you use.
1. Clear the area.
Clear the area that you need to mow. For this, you need to take all the twigs, stones, branches, and any obstacles that could get in the way of the mower.
2. Prepare and set up your riding mower.
In this step, you toggle on the mower’s setting to set up your desired mower height. However, you need to press the mower’s blade break first and then put it in neutral. After which you can now disengage the clutch and lower the mower and then throttle to ‘slow’.
It is recommended not to set it to the lowest height to avoid damaging the blade, just in case there are any hard objects on the ground.
3. Start mowing.
Now, you can start mowing. Keep your direction in a straight line.
4. Press the accelerator if there’s any resistance.
The reason why you need to start mowing slowly is so that you can press the accelerator if you met any resistance while mowing. You have to do it lightly do, as you don’t want to put too much pressure on the machine.
4. Stop the mower and empty its grass bag.
If you mow in a long straight line, you have to stop at the end of the line and empty the grass bag. Meanwhile, if you think the line is way shorter, then you can take by twos before you empty the bag out.
5. Return to the first starting point.
Return to the first starting point and mow the same path again. This time, you have to set the mower blade a bit lower than the first try.
Setting the mower a bit lower is much more efficient and safer this time since the way is clear and there is unlikely any resistance.
6. Repeat steps 3 to 5.
Move on to the next line and do the same steps as in 3 to 6.
How to cut tall grass with a riding mower also depends on the specific types of riding mower you use. Some mowers may have automatic features, so it is best to always refer to your machine’s user manual for guidance.
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