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1999 - Volume #23, Issue #1, Page #19

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"Lawn Mower" Hedge Trimmers

Lloyd Beler of Moose Jaw, Sask., has made two different hedge trimmers. One trims the top of the hedge and the other trims the sides.
"It's the lazy man's way to trim a hedge. I can trim my entire 120-ft. long hedge in only about 5 minutes," says Beler, who simply mounted push-type mowers on wheeled carts. The top trimmer consists of a 22-in. wide Lawn Boy mower mounted on a steel frame that rides on a pair of 26-in. high bicycle wheels. The wheels hold the mower about 2 1/2 ft. off the ground. A 6-ft. long, 2-in. sq. wooden handle mounts on one side of the frame.
Beler pushes cart ahead of him as he walks alongside the hedge. The material that's cut off flies into a bag behind the mower.
"I used metal tubing from an old swing set to build the frame, which weighs only about 15 lbs.," says Beler. "The frame has to be at least twice as wide as the hedge row to be able to trim all the branches. Each bicycle wheel axle goes through a hole that I drilled into the bottom of a vertical steel leg at the front of the frame. The leg has three holes in it so I can adjust mower height. I can also adjust height about 6 in. just by moving the handle up or down."
The side trimmer was made by placing an electric lawn mower on its side and bolting it to an adjustable steel frame that rides on three small wheels. Beler removed the mower's handle and bolted it to the front of the frame. To trim a hedge, Beler pushes or pulls the mower along the side of the hedge and trims it straight up and down. By adjusting the position of a rod through the handle the mower can be used at two different heights. In one position (shown in photo) it mows level and at ground level. In the other position the handle is raised waist high to raise the back of the mower above the ground at a 45 degree angle, much like a wheelbarrow. "The 45 degree angle allows the mower to trim up to 40 in. high," notes Beler.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Lloyd Beler, 1 Daffodil Drive, Moose Jaw, Sask., Canada S6J 1H4 (ph 306 694-0590; E-mail: beler@sk.sympatico.ca)

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"Lawn Mower" Hedge Trimmers FARM HOME Lawn Mowers (31h,38) 23-1-19 Lloyd Beler of Moose Jaw, Sask., has made two different hedge trimmers. One trims the top of the hedge and the other trims the sides. "It's the lazy man's way to trim a hedge. I can trim my entire 120-ft. long hedge in only about 5 minutes," says Beler, who simply mounted push-type mowers on wheeled carts. The top trimmer consists of a 22-in. wide Lawn Boy mower mounted on a steel frame that rides on a pair of 26-in. high bicycle wheels. The wheels hold the mower about 2 1/2 ft. off the ground. A 6-ft. long, 2-in. sq. wooden handle mounts on one side of the frame. Beler pushes cart ahead of him as he walks alongside the hedge. The material that's cut off flies into a bag behind the mower. "I used metal tubing from an old swing set to build the frame, which weighs only about 15 lbs.," says Beler. "The frame has to be at least twice as wide as the hedge row to be able to trim all the branches. Each bicycle wheel axle goes through a hole that I drilled into the bottom of a vertical steel leg at the front of the frame. The leg has three holes in it so I can adjust mower height. I can also adjust height about 6 in. just by moving the handle up or down." The side trimmer was made by placing an electric lawn mower on its side and bolting it to an adjustable steel frame that rides on three small wheels. Beler removed the mower's handle and bolted it to the front of the frame. To trim a hedge, Beler pushes or pulls the mower along the side of the hedge and trims it straight up and down. By adjusting the position of a rod through the handle the mower can be used at two different heights. In one position (shown in photo) it mows level and at ground level. In the other position the handle is raised waist high to raise the back of the mower above the ground at a 45 degree angle, much like a wheelbarrow. "The 45 degree angle allows the mower to trim up to 40 in. high," notes Beler. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Lloyd Beler, 1 Daffodil Drive, Moose Jaw, Sask., Canada S6J 1H4 (ph 306 694-0590; E-mail: beler@sk . sympatico . ca) .

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