Six foot mower deck.

[bobodu]

Not to bad for less than $50 and some "junk"

 

[have_blue]

Is that a self-powered mower, or just a big guard over the gearbox or belts?

 

[bobodu]

16 horse Briggs!!
It can also be towed with the wife's MTD (ackk ackk) or and air conditioned Blazer!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
If I can find a mountain bike.....that'd be a great picture!!
May have to stop one of them city folk that ride by here every fifteen minutes /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[have_blue]

I like those. They make a lot of sense. You could pull a single or pair of 44, 48, or 50 or 60 inchers with a small CUT, robust mower, or ATV. You could mow some serious acreage with minimal investment and cheap upkeep.

 

[kuby]

Now that's slicker than cat poop on a linoleum floor.
Did you make it from scratch?

 

[bobodu]

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I used steel,scratch won't hold up out here....
Sorry....
Yep..built from the ground up..outta stuff I had laying around,or found in someone elses pile.Neighbor gave me an MTD tractor(motor,gas tank,rear wheels and some pulleys) Got another deck from the scrap guy(spindles,pulleys and belts).Found a free Gilson tractor along my route(spindles,pulleys and belts..repowered that tractor and gave it to the neighbor).The casters are made from $5 wheels I bought at TSC.Bought the sheet metal for 30 cents a pound.

 

[PBMAX]

bobodu, I think I might be gonna get in trouble now.... I've ben pondering a way to pull 12' or so of mower behind the lil' TC21...Hadn't thought of using 3 self powered rotocutters!!! at about a grand each new... But 3 used ones or custom built... hitch and go... while I couldn't let the pasture get to tall... It would make much quicker work of the 6+ acres I cut now with the 5ft-er... I think i already have the metal in 2 old finish mowers and a really old roto cutter... Add some wheels to 2 of them and couple more motors... thanks for the idea!!! now to talk to may nighbor with the stick welder and hash out the details... He's one of types that if you can think of he can usually figure out a simple way to build it....

 

[Nasty135]

Wow, that thing must be heavy, The tractor has traction aids to help pull it around /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif , Maybe you could add a steering wheel and a rollbar and just drive it ....

All kidding aside what a great deal for $50 and sometime, thats american ingenuity or your just cheap er I mean thrifty /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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[kuby]

When building a mower deck is there any magic to the underside design such as reflectors and shutes?

 

[bobodu]

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I found out that I can put a 1 1/2 ounce piece of chocolate in my mouth if I don't have my teeth in.....
Sooooo......
Logic dictates that if I use a big deck with nothing to interfere with the grass going wherever it wants to,I outta be fine.Since I got no bloody golf course out there,I really don't care about an emaculate cut.I also don't care about it throwing clippings to one side or t'other...what I do get is a nice even layer of clipping!!!