Pump Water With Your Lawn Mower

Pump Water With Your Lawn Mower FARM HOME Lawn Mowers (31h,38) 7-5-30 Now you can pump water out of low spots, flooded basements or buildings by equipping your lawnmower with "Mow Pump", manufactured by Stuart Machine Works, Indiantown, Fla. The pump replaces the mower blade and can pump up to 100 gal. a minute, using only the lawnmower engine for power. The self-priming pump can be left running even when water is not being pumped through. Cliff Stuart, the designer, notes that you can also pump sand and mud through the pump without damaging it. An added use, he notes is for pumping liquid fertilizer. The fertilizer corrodes conventional pump gaskets and seals, but not so with the Mow Pump. It has no seals, gaskets, check valve or suction hose. To attach the Mower Pump to your rotary mower, you remove the blade and slide the pump over the shaft. You'll need to drill two holes in the mower housing to bolt on the pump support bar. The pump fits on 20 to 24 in. mowers with 3 1/2 hp. or larger engines. It's 5 in. in dia. and weighs 15 lbs. Stuart notes that the initial installation takes about one hour. The pump sits within the mower housing so you can wheel the mower around normally. Stuart adds that with some modifications, the pump could be attached to riding mowers. The company also sells a self-contained Mow Pump that has its own frame and engine. The Mow Pump for lawnmowers sells for $125, and the self-contained unit, equipped with a 3 1/2 hp engine, sells for $287.50. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Stuart Machine Works, P.O. Box 397, Indiantown, Fla. 33456 (ph 305 597-2929).

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