Weed Trimmer Keeps Cemetery Looking Neat

Weed trimmer keeps cemetery looking neat CROPS Weed Control 17-3-20 Trimming weeds around gravestones was almost a full-time job until Noah Zimmer-man, Leola, Penn., came up with this self-propelled trimmer fitted with a free-swinging "weed eater" cutterhead. Zimmerman works as a cemetery care-taker and has come up with a number of machines to make the job easier. His 3-wheel trimmer is his biggest timesaver. "I started with a hydrostatic rear end from a Ford garden tractor. It's powered by a 10 hp Wisconsin engine with the driveline coming out the front of the engine hooking up to the tractor's original hydraulic pump. "I steer with my feet and control the hydrostatic lever with my left hand. In my right hand, I hold the trimmer head which is mounted on a high-speed hydraulic motor powered by the same hydraulic pump that runs the rear end. The trimmer head mounts on a rod that hangs from an overhead spring and I guide it with my right hand. "A hydraulic reservoir tank holds about 20gal. of oil. A large fan mounts at the front of the machine to keep some of the dirt off me and to keep me cool because the tomb-stones generate a lot of heat. I can trim approximately 400 tombstones an hour." Zimmerman built another trimmer using hydrostatic rear end from a IH Cub Cadet. Contact FARM SHOW Followup, Noah Zimmerman, 293 Brethren Church Rd., Leola, Penn. 17540 (ph 717 656-7868).

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