Boom type bank mower

notamustang · Apr 8, 2005

Ever hear of Power Products? 

No I dont think so.
Never recalled seeing a two stroke mower. Nothing that large comes to mind. Nothing with wheels I guess is a better way to put it.

LBrown59 · Apr 9, 2005

A few years before I got married in 1964 My dad had bought a new Power Products push mower with the POWER PRODUCTS 2 CYCLE ENGINE ON IT.
He gave the mower to me right after I was married.
I used it here for several years till the deck wore out and rusted through.
A friend gave me a Toro aluminum deck that I installed the Power Products engine on and used it for several more years before the Power Products engine gave up the ghosts. It was one tough powerful little motor.
The Toro aluminum decks can't be beat It's now on its third engine.

johndeere2210 · Apr 10, 2005

Densleigh, sorry it took so long to answer your post. Concerning the break-away feature you spoke of, this mower does not have any. The boom arm and pivots are strong enough to pivot the front of the tractor if an object is encountered. This was not intended to be a high speed machine, so the likely hood of damage is minimal. There is a remote kill switch on the motor for emergency shut down. The reason I didn't use hydraulics for the power is that I was wanting a machine that could be used on virtually any tractor with a catI hitch and one remote.

I used the mower for about four hours this weekend. I purposely mowed in places that had never been mowed. The mower performed even better than I had hoped. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Thanks again for all the comments and suggestions.

LBrown59 · Apr 12, 2005

Neat Gadget.
How soon can we all get one?

VAJerry · Apr 17, 2005

Howdy. I found this site by dumb luck and have been peeking around and had not yet signed on. When I saw your mower I had to sign on to say what a great idea and good job on it. Remember imatitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

LBrown59 · Sep 14, 2005

I have roughly $465.00 invested in actual parts.
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 Not bad considering power trac has a boom mower for $1700.oo

How far can you reach out from the tractor with it???

johndeere2210 · Sep 14, 2005

Update on the mower. I now have over 20 hours of use on the machine and it has worked very well. Right now I can reach about 6 feet from the tractor. I have contacted a couple of manufacturers about the possible manufacturing of the machine. Both would not talk to me with out a patent. I really must be dense, but I really don't want to retire from the proceeds. I would like to see the thing manufactured at a reasonable price (and maybe just pay off my mortage). I wasn't wanting to pay off a patent lawyer's mortage. Anyway, thanks for the interest. This winter I plan to make a 36" two blade deck instead of the 21" single deck. It would make the deck more stable on steeper slopes. Thanks. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

sandman2234 · Jan 14, 2006

I have been thinking of adding something like this to my list of projects. I will use hydraulics for the motor, to keep down the extra engine maintance and repair bill.
Trying to work out a deal with a local company to mow the retention pond which is in an area visible from the street. The rest of the property is mowed/groomed like a golf course, and the retention pond area seldom has standing water, but is too muddy to sustain wheels. A few more hydraulics will be needed to keep the deck off the ground.
David from jax