Homebuilt Riding Lawn Mower With 6-Ft. Deck

Homebuilt Riding Lawn Mower With 6-Ft. Deck FARM HOME Lawn Mowers (31h,38) 26-2-35 I built my own riding lawn mower that's equipped with a 6-ft. deck. The front axle is a Chevrolet Chevette rear axle, which I reversed, while the rear steering axle is home-built. The rig is driven by an 8 hp Briggs & Stratton gas engine mounted on back and is hooked up to a 5-speed manual car transmission. The transmission is geared down by a series of pulleys and sprockets. Power steering is provided by a pair of single-acting cylinders which operate off a small power steering pump that's belt-driven off the engine. The seat is off an old garden tractor. I use a hydraulic control valve to steer. All gauges mount on a dash. The deck is powered by a 15 hp Tecumseh gas engine and has four Murray blades. A pair of big castor wheels on front keep the deck level. A hydraulic cylinder that operates off a small hydraulic pump is used to raise and lower the deck. I used the mower late last summer to cut grass that hadn't been mowed all year long. The grass was 2 1/2 to 3 ft. high, but my home-built mower cut right through it with no problems. (Richard Weirmeir, RR 3, Elmwood, Ontario, Canada N0G 1S0 ph 519 363-3535)

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