Riding Mower Powers Pull-Behind Deck

Riding Mower Powers Pull-Behind Deck FARM HOME Lawn Mowers 31h 38 When they needed a big pull-behind mower to cut their 8-acre lawn Brian and John Ricker Eustis Maine went to their shop and started cutting up their Mastercut riding mower
    They rebuilt it into a low-cost mower that they pull behind their Kubota utility vehicle The riding mower s engine hood and dash mount on top of the 60-in deck they made out of 5/16-in thick steel plate
     It s a low-cost built-tough mower says Brian The deck has a 4-ft long tongue equipped with a pintle hitch and my Kubota utility vehicle has a ball hitch both on front and back so if I want I can also push the mower deck on front
     Most of the stuff that I used to build it either came off the mower or I already had it I reused all the pulleys and belts that I could and spent only about $200 Commercial pull-behind mowers sell for at least $1 500
    The 1980 s Mastercut riding mower had a 12 hp gas engine and a 42-in two-blade deck They mounted the original pulleys and driveshafts on the new deck and added a third blade to increase cutting width to 60 in
    The deck has 10-in high wheels on back and smaller caster wheels on front A pair of 1-in dia spindles serve as the rear axle Back-to-back metal plates at each corner on all four wheels are used to adjust deck height Ricker simply pulls out two bolts and adjusts one of the plates up or down
    An idler pulley off the original mower deck is used to engage the belts
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Brian Ricker P O Box 131 Eustis Maine 04936 ph 207 462-7708

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