Mowing a Field With the John Deere 316 (Update Video)

I'm back guys. Been extremely busy even after school finished up. Working an internship in Philadelphia 5 days a week so that's eating up most of my time. I've had to move my lawn care work to nights and weekends but I've been getting through it. This new 316 tractor has been getting LOTS of use already and has been a great investment, and I know how eager everyone has been to see a video of it, so here it is.

A friend of mine from another town needed her back field mowed for a party the next night. It was a farm at one point but over time, weeds overtook the field and it just became part of the lawn. It was probably about 5 acres of grass, until severe thunderstorms and minor tornadoes hit southern New Jersey and wiped out lots of huge trees. The big oak trees on the property were uprooted and laid across half the yard so I didn't have to mow there. But ever since the storms hit and her cheap Craftsman mower with a 15 HP Kohler Command and a 42" deck decided not to start all of a sudden, the grass really grew up into a hay field and they needed it mowed. After taking a look at the Craftsman we decided it was not a good machine for all this rough mowing they needed to do, so they just hired me to mow the field, knowing that I have a much stronger machine for the job. It took two days and about 7 hours of work for the 316, plus I hit a soft spot in the back and got stuck pretty bad, but I got it all done and cleaned up the mess nicely.

I explain everything in the video about the 316. I made a second video the next day and will upload that later on with some pics I took. Enjoy guys.