Mowing the front side of the dam has been an ongoing issue for me. I have spent a lot of time trying to come up with a better answer than weed eating half of a football field. Found this video on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grxc5Foytos Redneck genius.
So bought a couple of steel plates , an 8 foot piece of pipe, a bit of chain and a few nuts and bolts and went to work.
1st step was to reinforce the walk-behind mower deck. Of course the mower deck was contoured and it took a little hacksawing to make the steel plates fit, but it was worth the effort because that mower going to take some abuse. Add a big bolt and cut off a small piece of the pipe as a riser and it�s done. Attached the pipe the towing mower to the walk-behind and a bit a chain and ready to try it out.
Fired up both mowers and let her rip. Handling is a little squirrelly. Let me tell you this isn�t precision mowing. Judging exactly where that walk-behind mower is going is part guessing, it does move around a bit. Going slow is the only way. That just was as well because any hole in the ground is certain to have a wheel fall in it. Only had one hole that was too deep and hung up the mower. Otherwise the mower just popped right out.
Turning�.better plan that well in advance, it gets interesting when you pull the walk-behind mower up and around to the other side of the dam. I quickly figured that it was only a matter of time before running over the chain. So a couple of bungee cords on each of the chain fixed the problem.
If you are tempted to try out this redneck mowing, let me tell you that turning on a slope gets exciting and probably a little dangerous. That walk-behind mower is putting a lot of leverage on your towing mower. A couple of times I had the front end coming up. Going slow is your friend. Avoid turning if the towing unit is on a slope. Staying on top of the dam is a good idea.
I am going to add an adjustable extension pipe and try to add another 5 or 6 feet. Have some doubts that it can be extended that far. My zero turn mower probably can�t handle that much leverage in making turns.
This little project was a lot fun and has solved a problem for me. It not pretty (actually it is very crude) but it did the job. Feel free to tell me how to improve this redneck mowing.
