[AT] OT cutting more grass

[Richard Fink Sr]

John what about the one thing that would go with old tractors 6 or 8 
sheep.he he
R Fink
PA



At 07:00 PM 5/18/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>John,
>
>I thought of your approach for a while, but never attempted it.  There 
>would be a lot of problems to overcome.  If you built a frame to suspend 
>the small decks out wider than your belly deck, you would probably want 
>them suspended on chain, so each deck could float to follow the terrain of 
>the lawn.  Now it seems some castor type wheels will be required on each 
>deck to allow turning.
>This brings up the question of will the space stay the same on the turns 
>so you won't have skips between the outboard decks, etc. etc. etc.  The 
>more one thinks on it, the more situations must be overcome.  Think about 
>oil change day. Lets see here.  Guess I have to drain and refill five units.
>Number three tends to use a little oil, so i will put 20w-40 weight in 
>that one, because it may hold in a little better, and so on.  Now we roll 
>up to blade sharpening week.  Boy, I hate that job. Let me see,  I have 
>seven here total.  Two ends on each.  Fourteen cutting 
>edges.                  ....
>..........Get the point?
>
>There are a ton of lawn contractors here in our area.  Most of them use 
>the front mount zero turns.  If new ones are too much for the budget, 
>perhaps you could land a good used 72" cut that is affordable.  Just be 
>careful it wasn't killed be a mowing contractor.  If you have a lot of 
>things to mow around, they are the greatest.  Most will work at up to 10 
>to 15 MPH if your turf is smooth enough (not many are).  I can mow mine 
>with a 60 inch in slightly less time  than two of us did with a 16 HP. 
>John Deere, and an 18HP Ariens both with 48" decks.
>
>Just my 2.5 cents worth
>
>Charlie V.
>
>
>>From: "Janice + John Quinn" <quinnj at lara.on.ca>
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>>Subject: [AT] OT cutting more grass
>>Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 12:31:55 -0400
>>
>>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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