> Yup, a nearly $400 Cub Cadet. But OSHA or somebody has gotten into the lawn > mower design business in the name of safety, and mandated that the skirt > around the blade be made deep enough to protect the errant toe that may get > under it. Unforch, this also lowers the skirt so damned cloise to the ground > that a 1" bump in the dirt catches on it, and the backup process is often > done only with brute force jerks of a hundred pounds or so to unstick it from > the 1" high hill its hung on. In the end, the self propelled is not that > much of a labor saver. They have also changed the drive flange to blade fit, > so that one cannot fit a stack of fender washers to lower the blade, which to > get the same height, would let one raise the deck, which it has quite nice > latching facilities to do. The blade is now locked to the blade adapter, > something I would much rather see as a clutch with 3" belleview washers for > clutch tension like they did 40 years ago. > > nope, they have to make it proprietary. Bastards. > > Ah.. the safety cops...
The last mower I bought was a 2 cycle Lawn Boy .... now banned since it is 2 cycle. It is great since you can cut on steep slopes without fear of the oil not making it to the bearings. Also the later 2 strokes made serious power when turned up a bit. It is almost impossible to kill even in high grass. When I bought that mower I spent some time taking out baffles that prevented the grass (and stones) from exiting the mower deck quickly. ( Grinder and die grinder with cutting wheel required. ) Prior to my modifications the deck constantly plugged when cutting heavy grass. My wife thought I was nuts to start cutting up the mower deck, but it didn't work as it was! Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
