Slope Mowers

[hobbyfarm]

Here are a couple of links of companies who think outside the box to get odd jobs done... in this case slope mowing.
Never heard of these guys, sorta looks like a Gravely on steriods.
<font color="blue">Kut Kwick Corp. </font>

These are just wierd, but I'll bet they work well.
<font color="red">DewEze </font>

This one is a remotely controlled oddity sold in the UK. (we never get the good stuff here) /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif <font color="green">Ransomes Spider Mower </font>

 

[tillboy2001]

I saw highway workers using something like that DewEze. It looked pretty funny...but I guess it works!

 

[hobbyfarm]

I think that Spider mower would be cool because no operator needs to be in the danger zone.
Thanks to TBN, I heard about a Kubota that was similar with remote control, but I've never seen one. Kubota's website in their prior products doesn't list it either. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[KiotiJohn]

This is a link to the only Kubota slope mower I could find. It doesn't appear to be remote controlled however, judging from the hand controls I see. Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view. John
Kubota slope mower

 

[LarryD]

I saw this one day with a brushhog attached. He was clearing the small trees along a power line. It looks like it could go anywhere. Spyder 2

 

[KiotiJohn]

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I saw this one day with a brushhog attached. He was clearing the small trees along a power line. It looks like it could go anywhere. )</font>
That's an awesome piece of equipment. I could probably live for a few years on what it costs! John

 

[hobbyfarm]

LarryD, that gadget is too cool. Looks like it could take a slope pretty darn well. I bet its way overkill to mow with though! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[tracdoc]

Can't talk about slope mowers without considering the PowerTrac machines. Their PT-1850 has been dubbed the world's only 45 degree slope mower. I have visited their factory in Tazewell, VA and seen the beast crosswise on a measured 45 degree incline. It is most impressive.

PowerTrac 1850

 

[Volfandt]

My slope mower /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Buckcreek]

i wonder if you can get a sickle bar mower for a
BX. will the sickle mower mow from the top of a slope down /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[hobbyfarm]

tracdoc,
You're right! I'd forgotten about the PowerTrac machines.

Volfandt,
That's a cool, affordable slope mower. We used to have an Allis Chalmers 620, and it had a 5' mid-mount sickle bar mower. Used it to mow under citrus trees. Worked great to control weeds under the trees.
I'm surprised that there aren't more mid-mount sickle bar mowers in use, or even made anymore.

 

[jim_wilson]

Any idea who makes that Spyder that Kemp shows on their website? I did some quick searching on the web and could not come up with any manufacturer's info.

 

[hobbyfarm]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Any idea who makes that Spyder that Kemp shows on their website )</font>
jim_wilson,

That contraption is called a walking excavator. The brand is a <font color="blue">Kaiser </font>.
I hope this helps.

 

[jim_wilson]

Thanks - that thing is the coolest piece of equipment I have ever seen /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif . Makes me think about quitting my job, selling the house ,and buying one just so I can go around digging stuff up.

 

[Volfandt]

Buckcreek, yeah it'll mow slope down. It was advertised as being the ticket for mowing down into creek beds /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I also use it to mow around a small pond and I'll guess I've mowed at approx 25 degree slope down. Since the bank in the picture borders a busy county road I only mow it slope up.

Hobbyfarm, thanks. I found that sicklemower (SM) last year. Wheelhorse made a 42" SM that was designed for my 856 but when I found this 60"er last year and also found out that the fellow had parts for both we decided to "adapt" frame parts from both to enable the 60" to work. It works pretty well, two swipes at the pictured bank and no-mo hr long weed wacker sessions /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
That 60'er does vibrate the little tractor like crazy tho /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Volfandt

 

[Buckcreek]

I have a bank that looks about like that, but it slopes down to a busy two lane road. I bet if someone made a sicklebar mower for a BX it would be very expensive