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Old 06-06-2019, 09:57 PM   #475 (permalink)
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I wasn't thinking of the size so much. A reel mower scissors the grass blades and a rotary mower shreds the blades which promotes dehydration. But a reel mower chokes on anything more than some fraction of an inch of growth.

Once it gets too tall for a rotary mower your back to a sickle bar or a scythe.

...youtube.com/results?search_query=speed+scythe+competition
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