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| Three Generations of Service  |
 I've been wanting a way to trim ditches and under trees. Sicklebar and disc mowers are just stupid expensive and it doesn't make any sense to spend four or five grand on something you'll use for 2 hours twice a year, if that. They sell a commercial version of a 3 point hitch mounted string trimmer for compact tractors, but it's $1000 plus shipping and taxes, again more than I wanted to spend. Being a serious packrat, I had most of what I needed to make my own. I had the gearbox, the trimmer head, the PTO shaft and most of the steel. Plus, it's a major hobby of mine, making my own equipment whenever practical. I've got about $200 or $250 in it with pulleys, bearings, belts, shafts and what extra steel I had to buy. I'm pleased with how well it works, tho there will no doubt be modifications as I use it and find the weak points or have better ideas. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | ||
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Spread the Disease |
Nice! Seems like it would be much easier to start than a regular weed eater, too. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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Nosce te ipsum |
And has a cup holder. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
And air conditioning. And power steering.  Life is good... Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
The only flaw I see is the need to get out every 5 minutes or so, pick up the tractor, and bang it on the ground to advance more string. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Oh-oh, didn't consider that... Actually, I'm getting much better life out of the string than I expected. It's about .125 diameter and ribbed (insert pleasure joke here...). I just whacked about 600' of ditch and around some trees and rocks and such and the ends are a bit frayed but still plenty of life left. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
For $250, anyJuan could come and do it twice a year for about three or four years. That Juan is invaluable. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Cogito Ergo Sum |
Pretty nifty. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
True, but the Juan problem with that is that I wouldn't have gotten to spend 3 days out in the shop with fire and sparks and big fucking hammers! I love the smell of welding smoke and hot grease in the morning... Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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I have three hundred feet of weeds on the side of the county road that blocks ones sight of the road. I found a sickle mower, but not a tractor, four months later I found the tractor , but of course the sickle was gone  Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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10 November, 1775 |
Something like that on the hunting club would be great!! SiGArm'd P220ST X2, 1911 Revolution, P245, P229 RTTEQ/ST .40 X2, P226ST, Mosquito Other weaponry not SIG Glocks are ugly. I don't like repeat offenders, I like dead offenders. | |||
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Seeker of Clarity |
Well done! RPMs reasonable for the trimmer head? (won't fling itself apart and smack you upside the head?).  | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Going by memory (not a great idea...) the walk-behind trimmer the string head came off used 1:1 between the engine and the string head. Most small engines run at 3600 RPM, so I used that as a target number. Seems to work okay. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| I'm not laughing WITH you  |
Seems pretty smart to me! Rolan Kraps SASS Regulator Gainesville, Georgia. NRA Range Safety Officer NRA Certified Instructor - Pistol / Personal Protection Inside the Home | |||
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Age Quod Agis |
I saw the thread title and the author and panicked just a little. But it all looks really good. Very nice. I could use something like that here to clear the lake sides. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
  Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Age Quod Agis |
I was hoping for a steam powered, belt driven, six fingered chicken plucker! That's a really cool machine. You have great shop skills. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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Equal Opportunity Mocker |
I'll send you $350 for your efforts, and you can just ship that sucker right on down to me. 'preciate you, bud. What about steel cable, wire or small chain when the plastic wears out? ________________________________________________ "You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving." -Dr. Adrian Rogers | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
I have a spool of small diameter (maybe 1/16th) stainless steel wire rope I was given and some crimp on ferrules. Might have to try that. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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