Hedge Trimming Lawn Mower Mounts On Loader Bucket

Hedge Trimming Lawn Mower Mounts On Loader Bucket FARM HOME Lawn Mowers (31h,38) 23-3-12 Trimming tall hedges takes time no matter how you do it but Joe Taylor, Philomath, Ore., has at least found a way to get the job done with less physical labor. He mounted a 24-in. wide push mower inside the bucket on his tractor loader, tying the mower handles to brackets on back of the bucket so the mower deck extends out front. Taylor uses the loader-mounted mower to trim a 7-ft. wide, 10-ft. high hedge that borders his property. "It's simple to use and results in a nice even cut," says Taylor. "The bucket on my Kubota 36 hp tractor reaches up to 12 ft. high. I use it once every year in early summer. It's easier to set up than a sicklebar mower. However, a sicklebar mower works faster because you can just drive alongside the hedge. In the past I stood on top of a truck and had to lean out as far as I could using a conventional hedge trimmer. It wasn't an easy job. "There's a deep ditch on the side of the hedge next to the road so I have to do all the trimming from my yard. It's a real shock to drivers because all they can see is the mower. The mower is so far out in front of the tractor that I don't have to turn the front wheels much as I drive ahead and back. In real heavy foliage the mower sometimes lifts up a little but that isn't a problem." Taylor notes that he always wears safety eye glasses when using the mower. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Joe Taylor, 39506 Luckiamute Rd., Philomath, Ore. 97370 (ph 541 929-6433).

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