‘Flying Mower’ Attached To Mini Excavator

‘Flying Mower’ Attached To Mini Excavator MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Earth Movers “I wanted an easier way to mow around my pond and along a large ditch line on the neighbor’s driveway so I came up with the crazy idea of using a lawn mower on a swing arm rather than trimming by hand ” says Michigan contractor Ian Carolla Since Carolla is one of those inventive types who’s not afraid to build anything he devised a mounting coupler to attach an electric lawnmower to his Sany mini excavator “The 27-in mini rough-cut mower mounted on a swivel arm worked great for trimming thin grass in the ditches but it had a few minor faults ” Carolla says “First the battery didn’t have a lot of juice so the mower bogged down quickly And second the 27-in blade couldn’t cut a stick any bigger than my little finger ” He replaced the electric mower with a 5-hp gas engine model and got far better results “It worked so well that I had my wife record a short video of the mower taking down 5-ft tall grass and weeds ” Carolla says “I posted the video on my Facebook page and titled it ‘Laziness is the mother of invention ’ I guess I’m a social media rock star now because the video garnered one million views in less than a week and was up to 2 5 million views a few weeks later ” Carolla attached the mower to the tag-style quick coupler he made for his mini-excavator “Anyone attaching and using a mower like this needs to make sure that the mowing is always done with safety precautions ” Carolla says “I make sure there isn’t a person animal or anything that could get hit with flying debris within a couple hundred feet I always keep the mower level and have the discharge facing away from my cab I never raise it high enough to throw grass or sticks back at me ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Ian Carolla Carolla’s Compact Construction Eau Claire Mich carollascc@gmail com

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