“Chain Guard” Kit Upgraded

“Chain Guard” Kit Upgraded FARM HOME Lawn Mowers 31h 38 “I’ve made a design change to my ‘chain guard’ that replaces the mower discharge chute on my riding mower Vol 42 No 2 This is my third design and I find it much simpler and easier to put together ” says Al Robbins Friendswood Texas “I came up with the idea because I got tired of the grass discharge chute on my Deere ZTrak zero-turn riding mower getting in the way all the time I replaced it with a ‘chain guard’ that results in easier trimming and parking in tight areas ” he says “I started selling a kit and now have 75 happy customers from all over the U S and Canada ” “I now use a metal cut-off saw to cut one side of each chain link at a 30 to 45 degree angle and then use a wrench to open the link up I insert the link into a hole in a piece of pre-punched angle iron that matches the mower deck opening and then bend it back together to close the link up ” The chains have to be short enough to avoid dragging and or hitting the mower’s blade tips “I studied the discharge chutes on a variety of mowers and found that most mowers only need 2 links per chain ” says Robbins “I’m making and selling these for $5 per inch of guard plus S&H So a 12-in guard would be $60 and a 16-in guard $80 ” says Robbins Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Al Robbins 1004 Briar Creek Friendswood Texas 77546 ph 713 818-9898; a robbins@askco com

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