Trailing Mower Provides 7-Ft. Cutting Width

Trailing Mower Provides 7-Ft. Cutting Width MOWERS Mowers (31H) 27-3-26 "It covers a lot of ground and trails straight even on sloping ground," says Roger Burgess, Modesto, Ill., who had a hitch built that lets him pull a 40-in. Swisher mower - equipped with its own 8 hp Briggs & Stratton engine - behind his 48-in. Ariens garden tractor (Swisher Mower and Machine Co., Warrensburg, Mo. ph 800 222-8183; website: www.swisherinc.com/ridingmowers.html). The hitch was built by Lloyd Meffert of Hetick, Ill. It consists of an angle iron pull bar that hooks up to the riding mower drawbar and pulls the 40-in. mower via two pin clips. Another angle iron is welded to the pull bar and runs diagonally up to the tractor frame, providing reinforcement to keep the trailing mower running straight. "It lets me cut a total width of about 7 ft. which greatly reduces mowing time on my 4-acre lawn," says Burgess. "The riding mower is powered by a 17 hp Kohler engine so it has no trouble pulling the trailing mower. It pulls so easy I hardly even know it's there. We already had the Ariens mower and bought the trailing mower new for about $600. It only takes about a half minute to remove the trailing mower from the pull bar. The only limitation is that this system doesn't work real well for mowing up close around trees and shrubs. We use it mainly for mowing big areas." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Roger Burgess, 13461 Stamper Rd., Girard, Ill. 62640 (ph 217 439-7415).

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