Re: (ET) Dethatching mower blades?

["Pieter Litchfield" <plitch ibm net>]

I suspect that the dethatching may put a big load on the electric mower
motors.  On my 5 hp gas rotary, the engine bogs quite often when using the
dethatcher, a considerable difference from its behavior when just cutting
grass.  Maybe borrow a gas mower or dethatcher and save the electrack?


-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce E Conner <BConnor nefn com>
To: elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu <elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu>
Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 9:13 AM
Subject: (ET) Dethatching mower blades?


>Looking at the lawn in front of my new house, I realize that the previous
>owner wasn't very careful about dethatching.  Has anybody made or adapted 
>a
>dethatching blade to their Elec-trak (I have an E12M)?  Seems like it
>shouldn't be too hard, but if someone has worked out dimensions I'd be a
>fool to reinvent the wheel.  3/4 of an acre of lawn is just too much to do
>by hand!
>
>Bruce Conner
>
>