Re: (ET) Big mower deck

[steve39 mindspring com]

Interesting idea.  I have an old Woods RM59 mower.  It runs on 540 PTO 
with one large (about 24 inches) pulley on the PTO running a rather 
complicated single belt arrangement to run three blades.  I don't see why 
a single large motor couldn't replace the PTO shaft with some engineering. 
 Its heavy though - most of these finish mowers are.  They are designed 
with Cat I 3-point hitch hook ups where weight is not an issue.  One with 
wheels like this would work for pull behind though. Mine has skids.  

I remember talking to Bill about this once upon a time...with regard to 
one motor on the standard ET mower...he dismissed it on weight.

What about reel mowers?  Anyone out there pulling (or pushing) a reel gang?

Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Zach <czach computer org>
Sent: Jun 13, 2005 3:33 PM
To: 
Cc: et <Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Subject: (ET) Big mower deck

Better: One of these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=66759&item=4387307534&rd=1

And a nice sized DC motor.

Chris


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