Another "Owatonna" Mower
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Since FARM SHOW featured a mower built by Jules Jacobson out of an Owatonna swather in our Vol. 22, No. 4 issue, many readers have taken the same route and built their own farmstead mowers. Tim Nelson, Carlinville, Ill., liked the idea so much he contacted Jacobson and used the same design to build what he calls his "Supermower". He even put a Superman-type logo on the front.
The mower consists of a 6-ft. Befco mower deck that's "pushed" by the Owatonna swather's power unit. The Befco mower is ideal for the conversion because it has a gearbox that can be driven either direction by the pto. So it adapts well to being pushed.
Jacobson has plans for sale. He says hundreds of farmers have contacted him about building their own self-propelled mowers. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jule Jacobson, P.O. Box 53, Porter, Minn. 56280 (ph 507 296-4514).
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Another "Owatonna" Mower MOWERS Mowers (31H) 23-5-12 Since FARM SHOW featured a mower built by Jules Jacobson out of an Owatonna swather in our Vol. 22, No. 4 issue, many readers have taken the same route and built their own farmstead mowers. Tim Nelson, Carlinville, Ill., liked the idea so much he contacted Jacobson and used the same design to build what he calls his "Supermower". He even put a Superman-type logo on the front.
The mower consists of a 6-ft. Befco mower deck that's "pushed" by the Owatonna swather's power unit. The Befco mower is ideal for the conversion because it has a gearbox that can be driven either direction by the pto. So it adapts well to being pushed.
Jacobson has plans for sale. He says hundreds of farmers have contacted him about building their own self-propelled mowers. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jule Jacobson, P.O. Box 53, Porter, Minn. 56280 (ph 507 296-4514).
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