[AT] OT cutting more grass

[Janice + John Quinn]

Hi All
Sorry this is Off Topic but you fellows seem to have "been there - done that".  I currently mow about 7 acres of lawn.  When it is working I try to use my 5 gang reel mower (11 foot cut mounted on a MF Turf 20).  But it is nearing the end of it's useful life and is expensive to maintain and sharpen.  Lately I've been using a 48" cut Kubota lawn tractor/mower.  It does a nice job but takes so long to do the job.  What I'm wondering is, has anyone tried to couple a lawn tractor to a few self-powered 21" trimmer mowers in order to increase the amount of area covered with each pass.  I want to be able to take advantage of the tractor's hydrostatic drive for backing up so I need to know how to go about coupling the additional mowers so that they will back up as well. This is especially important when I get tangled around a tree.  I don't want to get into lift mechanisms if possible.  Anyone tried this, know of a manufacturer who has one, or a web site where I can see one.  Seems to me that this can't be something too complicated, yet I have not seen one in action.  I'm also wondering if dragging additional mowers will tax the lawn tractor's 14 hp diesel engine.

Thanks
John
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