RE: (ET) mowing deck

["Chapin, Tim" <tchapin umich edu>]

When you look at the old original adds for elec traks.  It shows the mower
decks with wheels on the back.  I would guess the originals did do the
wheels but were replaced with roller to help the deck out on uneven lawns.
The roller will help keep the deck from scalping the high spots where the
wheels wouldn't help as much.

-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Woods [mailto:barry woods wright edu]
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 10:22 AM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: (ET) mowing deck


Has anyone replaced the bar with the wooden roller, on the front-mounted 
Elec-Trak  mowing deck, with two wheels?  The wooden rollers transmit a 
lot 
of vibration (and noise) to the deck. It would seem this vibration and 
jolting would be hard on the motors and may increase the likelihood of the 
magnets breaking loose.  It would seem that rubber wheels mounted at the 
two rear corners of the deck would allow for better steering, be quieter 
and transmit less vibration to the deck and motors.  Is there a reason 
that 
GE used these rollers in place of wheels?

Barry