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Offline Bob Reeves

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Monster Mower
« on: November 08, 2010, 02:47:09 PM »
If you have ever been to Tulsa you might remember the grass berms we have around the circles and pits. They work out well to give a sense of a barrier without actually being... well a barrier..

We started cutting them with the rider mowers set to the highest deck setting but decided they would be better if they were just a little taller. Came up with the idea of "Monster Mower" and this is the result. Bought a pawn shop self propelled mower for cheap, removed the wheels and brackets. I welded in 4 inch extensions on all 4 wheels and made an adaptor for the self propelled drive so it would still function.

It really looks funny kinda like a jacked up Subaru would look but it works great..


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Re: Monster Mower
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2010, 04:49:58 PM »
Thats very cool idea.  Here's the one that I want. %^@
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Re: Monster Mower
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2010, 09:00:30 PM »
Thats very cool idea.  Here's the one that I want. %^@

Hmmmm
If we had one, or two, it would be easy to get volunteers to mow the circles!  LL~
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Re: Monster Mower
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2010, 09:43:34 PM »
Thats very cool idea.  Here's the one that I want. %^@

 You might be a Redneck if... ;D
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Re: Monster Mower
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2010, 08:54:39 AM »
Didn't have my camera at the time.  But, the guys out Great Bend KANSAS way had a rider with two push mowers hooked to a bracket for mowing their grass circle and the RC area that needed mowing.  A bracket hooked to the Monster Mower and attached to the rider would save some walking on the first passes aroung the circles, I would think.
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Re: Monster Mower
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2010, 09:48:02 AM »
Leave to an Okie to come up with a monster truck lawn mower. Since I are one myself, I can say that.   LL~
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Re: Monster Mower
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2010, 10:45:23 AM »
I like the green chopper "chopper", but it needs a V Twin, (preferably a Harley Evolution), and maybe some ape hangers. Drag pipes? Looks like the Tim Taylor special.
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Re: Monster Mower
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2010, 05:33:04 PM »
 I can almost hear the banjos playing. ;D
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Re: Monster Mower
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2010, 07:12:39 PM »
That there yaller an green JD thing reminds me of a theme bike made by OCC on"American Chopper"! Bunch of rocket science scooter craftin' crazies suing each other fer nuthin'...  LL~

I like your chopper better Bob! Thats a pretty cool and useful product.  y1
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Re: Monster Mower
« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2010, 05:45:52 PM »
If you have ever been to Tulsa you might remember the grass berms we have around the circles and pits. They work out well to give a sense of a barrier without actually being... well a barrier..
Berm? Our fire ants build higher mounds than that.

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Re: Monster Mower
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2010, 05:55:29 PM »
A person wants to be very sure there are no foreign objects in the mower path.  Those things can throw a rock really, really fast.  My house has a deep dent in the wood siding and my brother once had his ankle slightly broken through his boots. 
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