Re: (ET) In Search Of... Again

[Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com>]

Indeed. I have a 2 blade craftsman tractor and there is no un-mowed 
strip. Maybe the blades are upside-down, there is a curve at one end of 
each blade to provide lift to suck the grass in. If that's inverted it 
would tend to push the grass away from the blade.

C

On 5/22/2019 5:08 PM, Dean Stuckmann via Elec-trak wrote:
> The only reason I can think of for an un-mowed strip would be blades 
> that are too short. I think that would be true for any deck - regardless 
> of the number of blades it has.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dean A. Stuckmann
> 5432 County Road U
> Newton, WI 53063
>
>
> > On May 22, 2019, at 2:04 PM, david atpoint618 com 
> > <mailto:david atpoint618 com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for letting me know about the R36. Not sure what an unmowed 
> > stripe means but if it's what I think it means (a stripe between the 
> > blades that doesn't get mown) then I'll pass. I can't imagine why 
> > you'd like that or put up with it, really but maybe I'm 
> > misunderstanding. I'm down to an E12M or New Idea/whatever equivalent 
> > (for now, hopefully E15 or 20 in the future). Otherwise I'm going to 
> > take the plunge and get the Ryobi or some other kind if it comes along 
> > before I can't wait any longer... thanks for all the help and leads 
> > I've gotten from everybody really appreciate it.
> >
> > On 21 May 2019 at 8:47, david atpoint618 com wrote:
> >
> > > I'd also
> > > consider the small riders like the G.E. ER8-36 or New Idea R36.
> >
> > I have the New Idea R36.  It's easy to maneuver around stuff. I found that
> > I
> > liked mowing with it so well that I never bothered to put the mower back
> > on
> > the E15.
> >
> > It does have a few downsides.  The major one is that it has only 2 deck
> > motors, so it leaves an unmowed strip in the middle of each pass.  Of less
> > concern is that those small wheels get stuck easily, and that the clutch
> > is
> > grabby.  A minor one is that the deck is harder to clean after mowing than
> > the flip-up deck for the E16.
> >
> > But I still like the R36 a lot, and prefer it to the E15 for mowing.  I
> > use
> > the 15 for snow moving in the winter, and for hauling stuff around in the
> > summer.
> >
> > If you needed more mowing time, you might be able to fit a good-sized 36v
> > nominal lithium battery (maybe LiFePO4) in the back.
> >
> > Also, adding a real solid state speed controller would make it more
> > civilized, IMO.
> >
> >
> > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
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