[AT] OT cutting more grass

[Rob Wilson]

A guy down the road has a rider with a 42" cut and he pulls
3 or 4 24" mowers staggered behind him and his place always
looks good. Cheap way to get the job done. 

Rob

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Janice + John Quinn" <quinnj at lara.on.ca>
>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-
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>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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