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Mower Converted To Trim Fencelines
Keeping fence lines trimmed up neat is easy for Illinois farmer B.J. Schild since he built a loader-mounted mower that reaches under low lying fence wires. It mounts on a quick-tach mounting plate on his Massey Ferguson 45 hp. tractor.
“I built it mostly out of an old walk-behind mower. It saves hours of wor
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Mower Converted To Trim Fencelines HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Mowers 38 Keeping fence lines trimmed up neat is easy for Illinois farmer B J Schild since he built a loader-mounted mower that reaches under low lying fence wires It mounts on a quick-tach mounting plate on his Massey Ferguson 45 hp tractor “I built it mostly out of an old walk-behind mower It saves hours of work I have to go slow but it sure beats using a handheld weed trimmer like I had been doing ” says Schild He stripped the walk-behind mower down to the engine frame wheel mounts and 20-in mower blade assembly which uses 3-in sickle sections mounted within a circular metal guard The engine was worn out so he replaced it with a hydraulic pump that belt-drives the mower A pair of small anti-scalp caster wheels allows the deck to follow the ground contour A pair of pillow block bearings mounted on a horizontal shaft allow the mower to pivot up or down and a single bearing on a vertical shaft lets it pivot sideways “I use it to clear away weeds and brush from fence lines separating my cattle pastures It’ll cut brush up to 1/2 in dia ” says Schild “It reaches right under fence lines automatically gliding around the posts All I do is drive my tractor along the fence and the mower does all the work A pair of garage door springs attached to the mower’s mounting frame pulls the mower back forward after passing a post “If I want I can still use the belt tightener that came with the walk-behind mower to tighten the belt on the hydraulic pump To detach the mower I just pull 2 levers on the quick-tach plate ” Schild already had most of the materials used to build the mower which kept his total cost to only about $150 “All I bought were the quick-tach plate caster wheels and belt Everything else came from my scrap pile ” he notes Contact: FARM SHOW Followup B J Schild 449 S Hillview-Eldred Rd Eldred Ill 62027 ph 217 248-8245
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