Vacuum pickup mower deck conversion - which one of you did it?

[MossRoad]

I recall many years ago one of us Power Trac owners closed off the rear of a PT finish mower deck and put a tube across the back of it to attempt to hook it to a collection system. Anyone else recall that? Anyone remember who did it? Anyone still have that deck? Can't recall who did that.

I also remember some experimentation with an articulating deck being modified for a PT. Anyone??? :confused3:

 

[johara1]

MR. , I think you forgot to take your meds…….. lol…….jim

 

[MossRoad]

 

[MossRoad]

No, someone did it. As I recall, they blocked off the back of the deck and cut a strip all the way across the top at the rear of the deck. Then they put on a large diameter pipe over the slot and then they put a large diameter suction hose to the pipe, ran it over the ROPS and back to a cart behind the PT.

 

[MossRoad]

As for the articulated mower deck....

Bob999 had a 72" Lastec articulated mower on a PT1845 in 2011. I think someone else had one before him back in 2003, but that username has been wiped to anonymous.

 

[MossRoad]

Here's a thread with pictures of the Bob999's Lastec deck.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/power-trac/146146-pictures.html

 

[boggen]

is there room between front of the PT and the mower deck to mount a "blower"?

so you could go directly from
deck ->
"custom chut" ->
pipe ->
blower ->
long pipe ->
grass catcher being pulled behind the PT

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cut hole in top of deck. attach blower to hole. and block off back of deck. other words blower just sucks all the crud up and sends it through a pipe back to the grass catcher.

*shrugs*

 

[MossRoad]

Now back to the hunt for the grass bagger finish mower!!!! :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

He shoots! He SCORES!!!

It was Edward_DiMaria back in 2003 and it went out the left side, not the right. Cyclone rake behind the PT.

 

[MossRoad]

Ed had a backhoe on his PT425, too.