Garden Edger Mounts On Riding Mower

Garden Edger Mounts On Riding Mower FARM HOME Lawn Mowers (31h,38) 19-6-10 "We have four large garden areas in our back yard that are bordered on all sides by grass. It was always a big job to use a spade to edge all around each garden to keep grass from creeping in. I solved the problem by mounting an old disk blade on a steel arm that bolts to the side of my Deere 425 riding mower. A hydraulic cylinder raises and lowers the blade," says Earl Line, Lelita, Manitoba. Line used scrap metal to make a bracket that bolts onto the side of the tractor. He borrowed the cylinder from a snowblower designed to mount on front of the riding mower and used a short length of pipe and two pins to make a hinge for it. The other end of the cylinder pins onto a steel arm that supports the disc. "It works well and saves hours of work. The best part is that I don't have to remove the mower deck in order to use the edger," says Line. "I use a lever on the steering column to raise or lower the disc which is 18 in. in diameter and will dig 6 to 8 in. deep. It makes an even cut and throws dirt back into the garden. It just misses the right front wheel when-ever I turn. The cylinder hose plugs into the mower's remote outlets. To take the unit off I just remove two pins and unplug the hydraulic hoses." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Earl Line, Box 366, Melita, Manitoba, Canada ROM ILO (ph 204 522-8346).

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