Re: (ET) sickle bar mower

["SteveS" <ssawtelle fcc net>]

My sister lives in southern NJ - I don't think anything is more than 15
degrees off horizontal - it's pretty flat. Sounds good. Now to find one....

- SteveS

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>
To: "'SteveS'" <ssawtelle fcc net>; <>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: (ET) sickle bar mower


> It CUTS fine; up to about a 3/4" sapling.
>
> It HANGS UP on rough terrain; the thing is fixed to the hitch is LOW, and
> sticks out about a foot behind the back
> wheels.  If it hangs up, you can tear the two rubber isolation bushings
off
> real easy (the fix is to attach two LOOSE dog chain sections to the
> bushings; when the bushing stretches, the chain holds the weight.
>
> It can only cut about 15 deg below horizontal, so it isn't real good for
> ditches.
>
> It's heavy, so the weight box in front may be needed to steer in some
> conditions.
>
> Larry Elie
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SteveS [mailto:ssawtelle fcc net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 9:29 AM
> To: Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Subject: (ET) sickle bar mower
>
>
> I have my E12S on 'loan' to my sister - you know,  every time I call 
> she's
> out mowing - she and her husband have become great fans of the ET.
Anyway -
> they have tall stuff they want to take down and I'm wondering:
>
> 1. Does the sickle bar mower attachment work well?
> 2. Anyone know where to find one?
>
> - SteveS
> E12S
> E20
>
>
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