PT Boom Mower / Mounted String Trimmer

[Frank Sorbello]

Looking to see if anyone has ever made their own boom mower or a mounted string trimmer to fit their Power Trac. I have a 1000' foot of ditch that I try to maintain. Weed whacking is absolutely killing my back.

Thanks

 

[SpringHollow]

a hydraulic sickle bar might be an easy solution

 

[MossRoad]

There are a couple threads on this here on TBN in the past. I'm sure of it. One was for the 400 series, I'm sure.

 

[MossRoad]

I think it used a round mower deck.

 

[MossRoad]

Here are a few pictures...

boom mower on backhoe... electric motor?

I would like to make a small boom mower for my backhoe but don't have enough hydraulic flow to run a mower... I was thinking you could put a generator in the bucket and convert an old 20 inch mower to use an electric motor to run the cutting blade. Then run an cord from the generator to the...

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[MossRoad]

More

Boom Mower

Having managed to acquire some property with steep, overgrown roadsides that couldn't be simply or safely bush hogged, and was far too extensive to hand clear in the 90+ heat, I reluctantly came to the conclusion that I needed a boom mower. My first choice was something that would fit on my...

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[MossRoad]

HA! I found it! Here you go...

Mowing - Side Mower

I am starting to build a side mower. I believe this will be the hardest project I have taken on yet. It will most likely be 2 or 3 weeks before finishing. I will post more pics as progress permits but for now does anyone recognize this deck?

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[2manyrocks]

HA! I found it! Here you go...

Mowing - Side Mower

I am starting to build a side mower. I believe this will be the hardest project I have taken on yet. It will most likely be 2 or 3 weeks before finishing. I will post more pics as progress permits but for now does anyone recognize this deck?

www.tractorbynet.com

Much of the expertise in that thread was contributed by J_J.

 

[ponytug]

Didn't @Charlie_Iliff put a sickle mower on his, mounted on the side for ditches, and trimming trails (in the vertical position)? I remember it, but perhaps it was in a private email/post. I will lookin the archive. (I can't seem to find the post, but the TBN search is being a little flakey at the moment on his user name for some reason.)

Here is his string trimmer idea;
PT mounted string trimmer
I'm not sure that he ever finished it.

All the best,

Peter

 

[MossRoad]

I've been having pretty good results using this method to search TBN.

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