Side-Mounted Mower Flexes On Sidehills

Side-Mounted Mower Flexes On Sidehills FARM HOME Lawn Mowers (31h,38) 28-3-10 Mowing ditches and steep hillsides is no longer a problem for Chris Rahman, Ferdinand, Ind., who made a flexible hitch that mounts on back of his Deere 325 garden tractor. It lets him pull a 22-in. push mower 2 ft. out to the side of his tractor. The mower swivels up and down at the end of a frame made from 1-in. sq. tubing. The frame hinges in two places - one behind the right rear tractor tire, and the other next to the deck. The mower hitch mounts on a bracket he mounted on back of the tractor. A chain attached to the deck keeps it from angling down too far so gas won't spill out of the engine. "It works really well for mowing hills, banks and pond dams," says Rahman. He also mounted a 42-in. Snapper blade on front of the tractor. The front part of the mounting bracket is made from 3/16-in. thick, 1 1/4-in. sq. tubing and attaches to the tractor frame with four bolts. A rod bolted to the hydraulic deck lift mechanism on the tractor is used to raise and lower the blade. "It was a very inexpensive way to make a front blade for my tractor. It's very sturdy in all types of terrain," says Rahman. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Chris Rahman, 1371 E. Holiday Lake Rd., Ferdinand, Ind. 47532 (ph 812 367-1472)

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