While driving to the ladyfriend's house in the country yesterday evening, I saw a gentleman mowing his lawn with a very strange looking yard tractor. As I pass him by, I notice what was so different about it. The tractor was your run of the mill mtd based 42 inch unit but in tow was a chain of three push mowers with the handlebars removed and each one attached to the other in a staggered pattern.
Let's see drop some serious coin on a 60+ inch cut or go around on junk pickup day and make your own 80 some odd inch unit. I can't imagine that taking sharp turns or negotiating inclines is particularly safe, but I admire the man's gumption.
Sounds interesting. I'd try that but my wife would NEVER go for it.
I've seen quite a few of those. They actually work quite well and are available as a comercial unit with 1 deck with 3-4 blades and 1 or two motors on them for lots and lots of $. I've also seen the same thing pulled by an ATV.
The local hospital has a commercial setup like that that they pull behind a big Ford tractor that is about 12' wide. Their grounds are all wavy and it conforms to the landscape better than one huge deck would... and it does turn just like a trailer.
On the redneck setup... I would probably get annoyed when one stalled and left stripes all over my yard because I didn't notice for 45 minutes.
We prefer the term "Appalachian American." Racist.
The guy was probably just trying to mimic what you would see on any golf course, a gang of reel mowers pulled by a tractor. As long as you link them together adequately it should work just ducky !
It was working quite well, guy's yard looked pretty darn good. Apologies to those who might have been offended by my use of the word redneck, understanding the etymology of the word I see the word as a term of endearment, not a derogatory term. 
I like the lawnmowing teams at Fort Leavenworth. Convicts pushing mowers in formation, supervised by a guard with a shotgun.
NYG95GA
SuperDork
9/29/09 11:14 a.m.
A true redneck is not insulted by the name. To the contrary, he is proud of the moniker.
Wouldn't it be simpler to just use the shotgun?
Tommy Suddard wrote:
Wouldn't it be simpler to just use the shotgun?
while fun, shotguns don't make good lawnmowers. They more tear things up and leave trenches.
Joey
Jay
Dork
9/29/09 3:06 p.m.
joey48442 wrote:
while fun, shotguns don't make good lawnmowers. They more tear things up and leave trenches.
Joey
And also remove lugnuts.
(Somebody had to say it!)
Jay wrote:
joey48442 wrote:
while fun, shotguns don't make good lawnmowers. They more tear things up and leave trenches.
Joey
And also remove lugnuts.
(Somebody had to say it!)
I always wondered about that. I mean alot of these hairbrained schemes you can see the train of thought that led to it...But how do you connect thee shotgun with lugnuts?
Joey
We refer to it as "rigging." Know your audience.
joey48442 wrote:
Tommy Suddard wrote:
Wouldn't it be simpler to just use the shotgun?
while fun, shotguns don't make good lawnmowers. They more tear things up and leave trenches.
Joey
Thankfully fire clears a lot evenly in no time flat!
