Side arm cutter

[Branch]

I've never used a mower like that, and have never even seen one being used but.. Wouldn't it make sense to mount it somehow to the FEL. Then you could look forward as your working? Just wondering.

Branch

 

[ns_in_tex]

There is always more than one way to skin a cat.
This one takes a little more hydraulics but does a good job for me.
Requires about 5 or 6 gpm flow & duel remote hydraulics besides the front loader.
Local lawnmore store gave me a discarded 30" riding mower. Took the deck off, swung it on some compressed springs, built a hinge so could point it any direction in 45 degree settings. bought a hydraulic motor & some hoses & came up with this.Mows under fences, on top of hedges. Lift it above a 1" or less, 8' tall tree and let the loader down. You have a few chips on the ground when the loader reaches bottom. Nothing to pick up.
Turn it sideways & push back the brush.

 

[ns_in_tex]

closeup top view

 

[ns_in_tex]

Hinge for directional mowing.
Can swing free or lock in the down position or lock in most other positions.

 

[ns_in_tex]

Up in the air, clearing out those limbs that slap you in the face or scratch the cab.

 

[chipmaker]

It sure would make sense to mount it to a FEL ......if you had one, which I do not. Three point was the only option.

 

[chipmaker]

Super job there. That would have been my choice also, a hydraulic motor with hyd cylinder to angle it. Since I don't have any remotes on my tractor, but hope to someday just as soon as I figure out how to tap into the system thats there, I was thinking of making a hydraulic powered cutter, and mount it off the side of the tractor where the attach point is for mounting a FEl frame at the trans / engine area. It would be central to the wheelbase and would provide for good view and operation. Would be easy to make it angle and raise.......Nice thing about hydraulic motors is no need to worry about angle. All the utility / right-of-way tractors around here have them mounted about mid-point between front and back wheels. Just have to figure out the remote deal now.

Again thats a fine job you did on that cutter.

 

[chipmaker]

About 20 miles south of Montgomery, off I-65 in the big town of Tyson.......population 6. And three of that 6 is in my household. Tyson even rated its own exit sign off the interstate, ain't no telling what that cost the taxpayers. You mean you do not have moss in Athens area?

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I'm intrigued by your three phase converter. I have a Spectrum one thousand plasma torch I purchased and have never hooked up because I don't have three phase in the shop.

Yup, I've got a plasma torch that will cut inch and a quarter plate as easy as my small one will do half inch and I've never used it.

On your side cutter I've got a question in my mind you might be able to answer.

How would it be if you had a wheel out board of the deck that maintained your cutting height?

Another option instead of a hydraulic system on your upper boom arm would be to have a cable pulley system. You could mount a small electric winch like they have for ATV's for changing the angle of the deck and have a remote toggle switch attached to a suicide knob kind of assembly on the steering wheel. If you used a coiled cord from the steering column to the steering wheel there wouldn't be a problem with the cord wrapping and unwrapping.

You could then make minor adjustments with just a little thumb pressure even as you're turning the machine. These two modifications, the outboard wheel and the cable pulley assist I know would take half the fun out of the mowing but with that pond you might find some inspiration for what to do with the surplus. I'm sure you can fish for an idea or something like that.

 

[bgott]

Or rig an old boat steering wheel with the cable operated system on it. Cables might get caught up in brush, though.