Mowing Side Mower

[stray]

I have a couple more pics of my slow progress on this side mower. Sorry I have been so long on this one but it looks like it going to be complicated for me. Here is the mover frame.

 

[stray]

Here is one with the mower mounted to the frame.

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I don't understand what you are trying to say. A tow behind mower can be set from center to extreme right or left. It is usually set to overlap the front mower. If the tow behind mower is the only mower, it can be set to any position. )</font>

You are correct in what you are saying and I agree with you this works fine for mowing but it's no good to trim along or out over ditches with as the wheels will simply drop off into the ditch.

For trimming ditches the mower has to be suspended so as to hang out over the ditch rather than falling down into it.

 

[LBrown59]

web page REMOTE MOWER

This might be good on hillsides but not for ditch trimming as it would just run into the ditch like any other tractor or mower.

 

[MossRoad]

Sounds like you either need to customize an existing mower to get the wheel placement you want, get a boom mower, get a sickle mower or get a goat. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[LBrown59]

<font color="blue"> 1*I thought you wanted a boom mower.
2*For side extensions, we that frequent the Power Trac forum would consider the tow behind units from Acreaze(sp?) or Swisher and offset them to the side.
3*I think the closer you put the wheels in from the edges the more likely it is to eat a lot of dirt on dips and ridges. That, or it will just skid along and tear up the grass.
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1*That or a mower suspended from a frame that reaches out over the ditch.
2*I don't think the swisher has enough reach to cover a ditch that's 2 to 5 feet wide and these mowers would simply run into the ditch.
3* That's one reason for suspending the mower using either a boom or a suspended frame attached to the tow tractor.
Heck it could even be attached to one side of a MMM or towed behind like the tow behind mowers.

 

[cqaigy]

<font color="red"> get a sickle mower or get a goat </font>

Mmmmm, goat stew. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[MossRoad]

Especially if you hit it with the mower. Maybe goat burgers, too. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[KentT]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">(
2*I don't think the swisher has enough reach to cover a ditch that's 2 to 5 feet wide and these mowers would simply run into the ditch. )</font>
IMO, there are only two types of mowers that will do that:

1. Rotary mower on a hydraulic boom, or

2. A sicklebar with a hydraulic cylinder on it that will prevent it from falling down too far...

 

[LBrown59]

<font color="blue"> IMO, there are only two types of mowers that will do that:
1. Rotary mower on a hydraulic boom, or
2. A sicklebar with a hydraulic cylinder on it that will prevent it from falling down too far...</font>

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or 3* a suspended frame .

 

[KentT]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( or 3* a suspended frame . )</font>


Suspended from what? A sky-hook?

I've never seen/heard of such a thing...

 

[MossRoad]

<font color="blue">
I've never seen/heard of such a thing... </font>

AHA! A call to fabrication! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[J_J]

It should not matter if the wheels are in the ditch, you are either pushing or pulling, or the mower is hanging from a boom. The mower and all 4 wheels should be riding the slope of the ditch, except using a boom You might have trouble at the very top of the ditch.

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue">
I've never seen/heard of such a thing... </font>

AHA! A call to fabrication! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif )</font>

YEP

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="white"> It would be nice if these could be modified to work on other tractors. </font>
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Posted before I saw JJs reply. )</font>

http://www.fencemower.com/index.html

 

[LBrown59]

It should not matter if the wheels are in the ditch, . The mower and all 4 wheels should be riding the slope of the ditch,
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I'm not to concerned with mowing down inside a ditch, just with keeping the top of the weeds/grass growing down inside of the ditch about the same level as the lawn grass.
This is why I'm toying with the idea of an adjustable telescoping arm that extends out over the ditch.
The mowing device would be attached to the underside of this arm.

One of my ditches has sloped sides but the other 2 ditches have sides that are straight up and down.
One of the ditches can be trimmed from either or both sides, but the other 2 can only be approached from one side.

 

[MikeIA]

When I saw this, I was reminded of this thread over in "Build It Yourself":

Boom Type Bank Mower

 

[stray]

I have done a little more. Here is the part the the boom will be welded to.

 

[stray]

The motor on the right is of PT's 48" mower deck. Its size in CC's is about ½ the size of the motor on the left. The one on the left (.7 cc's) is the one I bought for the side mower I am making. Pt's 48" mower has 16" blades with a one to own rato. I guess that is why a smaller motor is needed than what I need for my 28" blade at a one to one rato.

 

[J_J]

Since you are mounting the motor directly to the shaft via a lovejoy type coupling, let me offer a suggestion. In a direct drive hook up like you have, if you hit a solid object, the shock will be transferred to the hyd motor, and that isn't good. I would put a clutch type washer between the blade and the bolt so the bld would slip a little.