2012 - Volume #36, Issue #3, Page #28
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He Moved Mower Deck To Front Of Tractor
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“I bought the garden tractor about a year ago because a leading magazine claimed it was the best one on the market,” he says. “But once I started using it, the deck would vibrate and tore up the drive belt. I bought another belt and it tore up that one, too. I said, ‘No more’.”
Townsend and his stepson removed the deck and mounted it up front. It operates by pushing the up and down lever to engage the belt.
It took some welding and lining up to get everything to work.
“The pulley that runs the blade was split,” Townsend explains. “My stepson welded it back together with another pulley welded to that one to bring it in line with the pulleys out front.”
The mower works great, and Townsend made it more comfortable by upgrading with a seat off an old power chair.
“I think I will rename this thing and paint it another color,” Townsend says.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Richard Townsend, 120 Lake Access Rd. S., Camden, Tenn. 38320.
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