Mower Converted To Trim Fencelines

2019 - Volume #43, Issue #1, Page #38

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Keeping fence lines trimmed up neat is easy for Illinois farmer B.J. Schild since he built a loader-mounted mower that reaches under low lying fence wires. It mounts on a quick-tach mounting plate on his Massey Ferguson 45 hp. tractor.
    “I built it mostly out of an old walk-behind mower. It saves hours of work. I have to go slow, but it sure beats using a handheld weed trimmer like I had been doing,” says Schild.
    He stripped the walk-behind mower down to the engine, frame, wheel mounts, and 20-in. mower blade assembly, which uses 3-in. sickle sections mounted within a circular metal guard. The engine was worn out so he replaced it with a hydraulic pump that belt-drives the mower. A pair of small anti-scalp caster wheels allows the deck to follow the ground contour.
    A pair of pillow block bearings mounted on a horizontal shaft allow the mower to pivot up or down, and a single bearing on a vertical shaft lets it pivot sideways.
    “I use it to clear away weeds and brush from fence lines separating my cattle pastures. It’ll cut brush up to 1/2 in. dia.,” says Schild. “It reaches right under fence lines, automatically gliding around the posts. All I do is drive my tractor along the fence and the mower does all the work. A pair of garage door springs attached to the mower’s mounting frame pulls the mower back forward after passing a post.
    “If I want I can still use the belt tightener that came with the walk-behind mower to tighten the belt on the hydraulic pump. To detach the mower I just pull 2 levers on the quick-tach plate.”
     Schild already had most of the materials used to build the mower, which kept his total cost to only about $150. “All I bought were the quick-tach plate, caster wheels, and belt. Everything else came from my scrap pile,” he notes.
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, B.J. Schild, 449 S. Hillview-Eldred Rd., Eldred, Ill. 62027 (ph 217 248-8245).

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Mower Converted To Trim Fencelines HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Mowers 38 Keeping fence lines trimmed up neat is easy for Illinois farmer B J Schild since he built a loader-mounted mower that reaches under low lying fence wires It mounts on a quick-tach mounting plate on his Massey Ferguson 45 hp tractor “I built it mostly out of an old walk-behind mower It saves hours of work I have to go slow but it sure beats using a handheld weed trimmer like I had been doing ” says Schild He stripped the walk-behind mower down to the engine frame wheel mounts and 20-in mower blade assembly which uses 3-in sickle sections mounted within a circular metal guard The engine was worn out so he replaced it with a hydraulic pump that belt-drives the mower A pair of small anti-scalp caster wheels allows the deck to follow the ground contour A pair of pillow block bearings mounted on a horizontal shaft allow the mower to pivot up or down and a single bearing on a vertical shaft lets it pivot sideways “I use it to clear away weeds and brush from fence lines separating my cattle pastures It’ll cut brush up to 1/2 in dia ” says Schild “It reaches right under fence lines automatically gliding around the posts All I do is drive my tractor along the fence and the mower does all the work A pair of garage door springs attached to the mower’s mounting frame pulls the mower back forward after passing a post “If I want I can still use the belt tightener that came with the walk-behind mower to tighten the belt on the hydraulic pump To detach the mower I just pull 2 levers on the quick-tach plate ” Schild already had most of the materials used to build the mower which kept his total cost to only about $150 “All I bought were the quick-tach plate caster wheels and belt Everything else came from my scrap pile ” he notes Contact: FARM SHOW Followup B J Schild 449 S Hillview-Eldred Rd Eldred Ill 62027 ph 217 248-8245

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