I mow I break ribs, I mow I total mowers, I weed eat I land on my head, NOT ANYMORE

[GolfAddict]

I want one!!! :cool2:

 

[Ted Summey]

If it would do automatic "indexing" to make passes side-by-side like a regular mower. Mow-turn 180 degrees-mow-turn 180 the other way-mow and so on, THAT would get my interest. Otherwise, standing out there controlling the mower by radio is like sitting out there riding the thing.

 

[GolfAddict]

... standing out there controlling the mower by radio is like sitting out there riding the thing.

Not with those slopes! :shocked:

 

[Ted Summey]

Golfaddict, well sure if the scope of the work for a remote control mower is only slopes as pictured, I agree. I don't have slopes like that to mow. I'm thinking more along the lines of lawn mowing rather than maintaining embankments.

You know that whole 1950's thing ....... "All the automation in the future will give us more free time we'll be living a life of leisure." We are living the future and I'm trying to find that life of leisure.:laughing:

 

[GolfAddict]

Golfaddict, well sure if the scope of the work for a remote control mower is only slopes as pictured, I agree. I don't have slopes like that to mow. I'm thinking more along the lines of lawn mowing rather than maintaining embankments.

You know that whole 1950's thing ....... "All the automation in the future will give us more free time we'll be living a life of leisure." We are living the future and I'm trying to find that life of leisure.:laughing:

Yep, I sure hear that! When does the leisure part start??

I have some really nasty slope that I mow just a few times a year because they are so nasty. I'm able to navigate them with a small Cub Cadet ZForce I have, but it is really precarious, and to be honest I should find an alternative to trying to keep them mowed.

Unless I had one of those cool remote jobs... :licking:

 

[creekbend]

Innovative. :thumbsup:

 

[real57vetteguy]

it would be pretty easy to build a 2wd mower for yards and slight slopes, I do not have a use for a 2wd, but I do feel pretty good saying... If the 4wd version won't mow it then it doesn't need to be mowed! LOL

 

[PILOON]

What I have seen used on slopes is the FLYMO which is basically a mini hovercraft.
The last version used a 2 stroke motor and a plastic deck. The operator would be at the top of the slope and haul the mower up, step sideways lower, sideways raise etc etc.
The mower blade had sufficient warpage or twist to create the hovering or lift.
I believe that they were banned as fools would grab from the skirt and naturally lose 8 fingers in the process.
I actually tried one (on flat surface) and they worked very well.
Commercial production with all the safety requirements like dead man switches dual clutches noise reduction etc would make production prohibitive but a home made unit with today's engines would be awesome.
I could see about 8-10 HP, 2 stroke on 32" fiber glass base as a real hill mower. Of necessity it would be noisy as weight is the enemy.
Heck with electronic gyros you could probably even design it remote control.

If I am correct they were made by Lawnboy at the time. Lawnboy specialized in 2 stroke mowers.

 

[Scooby074]

Flymos so are still available.they are used a lot on golf courses,like around bunkers. Eastman mfg. from maine is still making them

 

[6011Artist]

I remember going to the NC Mtns when I was a kid on vacation. We were taking a tour of the backroads, the scenic tour. We came up on an old guy walking down the road just a mutterin' n fussin'. Dad stopped to ask if he needed a ride. He said no, he only lived around the curve and up the hill, but he was getting tired of doing all that walking back home, it "was the third time this morning that I fell out of my dadblame cornfield"...lol.