Homemade Mower Cuts Under Electric Fence
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When the motor quit on his 4-wheeler-towed grass mower, Dave Wampler designed and assembled a skid steer-mounted alternative. He mows the tough vegetation beneath the bottom wires to keep his dairy pasture’s electric fences from being grounded out in tall grass, shrubs and brush.
Wampler likes to mow under his fences rather than spray since chemicals create dried-out areas and washouts around the fenceposts.
To begin his project, he bought a Ferris zero-turn 52-in. mower without a transmission but a working 18-hp. Briggs & Stratton motor from a local club. He removed the rear end and drive wheels and relocated the gas tank, battery, and control panel with the key switch, choke and electric clutch switch. To secure the mower to the skid steer, he mounted 2 1/2-in. square tubing under the main frame of the deck and to the loader bucket. He designed the mower to be pushed or pulled by the skid steer.
“It’s commercially built with a heavy deck and three big blades,” Wampler says. “It does an excellent job eating grass, brush and small trees.”
He says the most challenging part of the build was getting everything balanced properly. “We had to play with the tubing location and put it in right underneath the motor and behind the deck. That way, I could still see the outside wheel while mowing.”
The skid-steer can raise the mower to head height for below-deck blade replacements or service.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dave Wampler, Buttermilk Road Dairy, 675 Buttermilk Rd., Mt. Sidney Va. 24467 (ph 540-421-9310; butmilk236@gmail.com).
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Homemade Mower Cuts Under Electric Fence MOWERS When the motor quit on his 4-wheeler-towed grass mower Dave Wampler designed and assembled a skid steer-mounted alternative He mows the tough vegetation beneath the bottom wires to keep his dairy pasture’s electric fences from being grounded out in tall grass shrubs and brush Wampler likes to mow under his fences rather than spray since chemicals create dried-out areas and washouts around the fenceposts To begin his project he bought a Ferris zero-turn 52-in mower without a transmission but a working 18-hp Briggs & Stratton motor from a local club He removed the rear end and drive wheels and relocated the gas tank battery and control panel with the key switch choke and electric clutch switch To secure the mower to the skid steer he mounted 2 1/2-in square tubing under the main frame of the deck and to the loader bucket He designed the mower to be pushed or pulled by the skid steer “It’s commercially built with a heavy deck and three big blades ” Wampler says “It does an excellent job eating grass brush and small trees ” He says the most challenging part of the build was getting everything balanced properly “We had to play with the tubing location and put it in right underneath the motor and behind the deck That way I could still see the outside wheel while mowing ” The skid-steer can raise the mower to head height for below-deck blade replacements or service Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dave Wampler Buttermilk Road Dairy 675 Buttermilk Rd Mt Sidney Va 24467 ph 540-421-9310; butmilk236@gmail com
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