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Old 06-07-2002, 12:55 AM
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ramcharger
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Default Mowing

Our field is about 15 acres with a 45x600 ft asphalt runway. We own 2 Farmall's and a Kabota with 5 ft wide mowers plus a couple riding mowers. We formed 5 mowing teams with 5 members each and start mowing every Sat morning (weather permitting) @ 8:am and finish about 10:am. No flying during mowing. The club selects a grounds keeper who organizes schedules and arranges for repairs. Our tractors are old and all in all it is a very time consumming effort. IMOP I would prefer it contracted out however as long as we have retirees in our club who love that kind of work mixed in with the hobby then so be it.