[AT] OT cutting more grass

[Ricky Prescott]

There is a man I know who took the cheap walmart mowers and connected them
to a trailering mechanism.  He mows about much as you do.  Doesn't take him
very long.  He pulls it with a 12 horse Walmart rider.  Ricky
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From: "Janice + John Quinn" <quinnj at lara.on.ca>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:31 AM
Subject: [AT] OT cutting more grass


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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