Old Poops basic bank & slope mower
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- The church driveway runs up a hill and has a steep bank on one side. We needed an easy, safe way to mow it, and started this project 3 years ago. After a bit of trial and fixing what broke, we now have a simple and reliable system.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: 1) WHY THE CHAINS? After I finish mowing the bank, I remove the bank mower and use the Craftsman to mow up and down several steep slopes at the bottom of the hill that would be impossible w/o chains. All other reasons/opinions pro/con chains are irrelevant. I like my chains. If/when they wear out, I will get more. (Grin)
2 ) TURNING THIS RIG AROUND: When I get to the top or bottom of the hill, I turn it around. The Craftsman turns fairly normally, the bank mower at the end of the booms moves really quick!
Simple, really...
Things I forgot to mention on the video: keep the holes at either end of the booms loose - the bank mower needs to be able to pivot & twist getting on and off the bank.
Maximum boom length is about 10'. Even a light 20" mower on a 10' lever arm really loads up the tug and makes it hard to steer. Also, plan on working your way down any hills, not up, same reason.
Going up hills? No way. It won't steer or go; too much side leverage. The Craftsman steering gears get replaced every year because the side load wears them out. - เพลง
To me there's nothing like figuring out better ways of doing things. Yall realize how much safer ,faster and easier this is than trying to push mow it by hand? Hats off to this guy.
more like seeing someone else do it and copying
Dam dude , whoever you are, your a nice old CHEVY , good lookin profile pic lol
Great job!!!
Easier on your feet and ankles also .
Back in the 80s there was something called the Noma flymo. Lol. I'm sure they stopped that for liability issues but would be fun. Anyone have or try those? Even remember them? (I think it had no wheels and floated like a hovercraft ,but I could be wrong.
Edit: this got me down a rabbit 🐰 hole. Flymo. Huskavarna made them or acquired US rights in 90s. Didn't sell well.
Here is a funny commercial.
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Necessity is the mother of invention, and you sir, are the father. Amazing! 👏👏👏👏👍
One thing I've learned in life their haters everywhere this dude is a genius in his own things he does everyone else is just hating it should all be thumbs up I'd rather ride instead of push any day
Creativity and common sense at it's best.
As a Navy Seabee, our motto is “Adapt and overcome. Can Do. “. This is brilliant. And I humbly appreciate the way you videoed it all. I can build this just because of what you showed. Thanks and happy mowing
American ingenuity at its finest all in the name to make my life easier 😆
The beauty in this is the simplicity. He didn’t overthink it or add unnecessary components.
I pass a house where a older guy cuts his 20 acres like this. he has 8 push mowers linked together in a line creating a 12 foot cut. I must try this method my hills are killing me mowing every 3rd day!
Jeff Foxworthy lives near you ?
You could have left it natural with woods and bushes and streams and wildlife. If you aren't actively using it for growing crops, there is no reason the land needs to stay clearcut and deforested as the settlers did!
@@johnlafever3162You don't live out in the boondocks do you? If we take your suggestion we will have more mice, snakes, groundhogs, coyotes, and deer......which like to jump out in front of my car when I'm 20 feet from my driveway and totally not expecting it 😂
@@darksu6947 you sound scared to live out in the wild! Maybe you'd be better off in the suburbs with a small rock covered yard. You could even get yourself a white picket fence to help feel a little more secure marking out your boundaries!
I don't understand at all how or why you call yourself a boondock boy and yet you hate it so much you clear cut it to make sure that yucky nature stuff backs off!
Nobody said it wasn't reasonable to have a buffer area in most areas, for fire control, and scary wildlife control, but 40 acres, 100 acres, 160 acres? No one needs more than an acre at most. Two acres if you have a shop and yard, which is what I have.
I knew a mod of some sort would have to be made for Lubrication.
Yep. At least it was an easy one. Drill three new holes in the sheet metal.
This is why my dad searched for a two stroke push mower for his drainage ditch. No need to worry about oil starvation.
Great idea but no footage of you turning around and the extra room it would take to do so. If you have tons of space it would be useful if not, a gang mower would be a better idea.
Who says he turns around? I have seen riding mowers with reverse.
can use different length arms.
I would back up
I'm going to take a guess here and assume he backs up and adjust his next pass by moving a bit further out into the driveway and continue on repeating.
Get to the bottom of the driveway, turn right, back up, turn right, done.
Also, keep the bank mower as light as possible! That's why the angle brackets are made out of aluminum.
This man is a genius he just might be saving your back and making life a little easier. Thank you sir for sharing your video.
Great ingenuity and engineering. There must be an incredible amount of side load imposed on that riding mower though, heavy wear would logically seem to be inevitable
Correct. The steering gears get replaced at the end of every season.
Use a Lawnboy mower. Two strokes will run at any angle and lighter than a Briggs.
Love those lil green bastards. I have a 21" one like from the 80s maintenance on it is simple and it's a work horse best mower I've had
@Ronnie Johnson He didn't have a Lawn Boy mower. He had the one you see in the video, and it STILL worked out just fine
That thing is mad mechanic cool, well done. Thanks
That's so cool! great idea for more safer mowing.
I'm more interested in how you turned the carburetor on the engine
Kept the springs tension stock and the governor does what it is supposed to.
Get rid of all that grass and plant tomatoes and other vegetables allow the neighbors to come and plant also then the hill is now a garden and you don’t have to mow it any more
Keep Up Your OUTSTANDING Videos Miss Cheers 👌👌😇😇👍👍🍻🍻
I like the carby is angled so it runs OK on a slope.
Love this idea. When I was a kid, living in Ohio, we had a small 4acre farm. The front lawn was about 1 acre. Before we got a bigger riding mower, my dad rigged a 20" walk behind mower offset behind, on each side, so it cut an 80" path each trip. Sure got a lot of folks slowing down as they drove by.
Make the tuggers telescopic so you can mow ditches also. Very cool. 👌
Good old American ingenuity. Nice work!
Invention is the mother of necessity, quick patent that thing 👍
Other way around….Necessity is the mother of invention ….but yeah 👍
He didn't invent that.
@@drink15 . I see industrial versions mowing along the freeways all the time
@@drink15 I think he did. I've never seen one exactly like it. Have you ?
@@BAAcic yup, that’s how they mow grass on the side of the highway if there is a hill. Just a more refined industrial style.
I have a idea for you if you ever build another unit. How about making the arms adjustable. Like the legs on a pair of crutches, where you could just pull the pins out of both tug arms and slide it down to the next pin hole, the width of your deck. Nice invention! I don't call my shop a shop I call it my lab, because there is no telling what I'm gonna come up with next!
You’d have to come up with a way of taking the slack out of the cables too or the unit would not stay ridged.
Whoever built this for him did well.
that's how your body goes to shit when you get older ,he should be using the push mower for exercise and stretching .the easy way is for lazy people.
That's awesome. Congrats on creating something that makes your life easier.
Great job.
Awesome idea ! Love it !!!!!! Just might try to upgrade it a tad . Will let you know the outcome !
I like the chains on the tractor. This project is cool. The upgrade is an electric lawnmower.
Good engineering.
very good thinking and it also would weigh less
You remind me of my father, he was a guy like you he could do ANYTHING he set his mind too. This is the mindset that makes America great!!!!! Trump in 2024
Edit your comment don’t drag politics into this thread.
@@williamwixon get a life Billy boy!!!!!
Excellent job fella!! Work smarter not harder at its finest!!
Hey, Emma here from Supercar Blondie. We would love to speak to you about sharing footage of your car on our socials with full credit back to you! Would you be interested?
Sure, if you want to.
Old poops
GREAT IDEA , LOOKS GOOD. YOU COULD GET A JOB WITH THE STATE ROAD..
American Ingenuity.
Love it.
Cool idea but why run chains on a paved road
Wonderful idea. My compliments to "Mr. Scott" ha ha.
I always thought I was crazy…thank god I’m not alone.
I'm a buyer for Walmart. Can you make us 3 million for next year? LOL
After he builds a factory in China .
I'd love to watch this process being done rather than 1 pass being cut. Pretty neat idea 💡 👌
Love the snow chains.
Bloody ingenious I like it. It’s, a great invention. 🇮🇳👍
That's awesome. Great idea.
Man I hate weed eating a hill. Awesome idea
Well thought out solution. Most folks forget about thud oil pickup, and carb.
Awsome stuff sir!!!!!👍🏻☮️❤️🌙🙏🛠🌍♥️☮️
But doe's it work if the grass really needs to be cut? 😂
Built the whole dang carriage from scratch. Quite the machine 👍🙂
My apologies for the ad.
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Wow! Ingenuity....something fading away.
Pops is spelled like this
Why mow it? If it’s that steep no one can use it for anything, so leave it natural and give the wild flowers and pollinators somewhere to thrive.
Depending on where you live, the city/town requires you to mow it. If there's water, or natural gas lines running through there, you're limited on what you can plant there for shrubbery. Planting flowers that do not grow too tall beside the road is an option for some properties. Many towns have rules for what meets their code standards.
I received a warning letter to mow when all I had was short clover growing that wasn't over 6 to 7 inches.
@@deanacousins Here in the U.K. I don’t think there are any restrictions on what you can grow or how you should maintain it. You are allowed to cut off branches that overhang your boundary and there are rules about the maximum height of hedges, but it’s not policed by the authorities, only by civil action between private parties. Drying clothes in the garden on a line or rotary drier is not only allowed but encouraged, whereas in the states it will get you a fine in some places.
@@Tailspin80 We have a problem with ticks that carry Lyme disease in our state, the ticks like taller grass, trees and such. But mostly in the town I live, they wouldn't want wild flowers mixed in with anything just growing beside the road. In the country it's fine, just not in town beside the road. You can grow wild flowers, plant shrubs/trees on your own property further away from the road without an issue.
I agree that would be a nice idea for this person with that steep incline. It'd be pretty and would help the bees.
I like to have a section of our yard left for wildflowers, sunflowers etc.
So now I know how people mow they’re banks
Hank Hill would shed a tear if he bore witness to your ingenuity good sir
OR better yet, pitch the gas engine & replace it with an electric.
12volt with power connected to your tractor.
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Better solution. Just forget about mowing. What is wrong with the grown grass on slope? No one even walks there…
I’m sure this works great and all, but there has to be something much cheaper and more effective than that. Haha
Cows work as well. Plus, you get beef. You do have to deal with manure and flies though.
That's what I needed to cut really steep banks. Usually with my particular rider, I would just climb off it while in gear still moving and just walk beside it cutting the bank i.e, banks a little less steep than yours, because it would be too top heavy with me on it. My first thought with your set up was the long polls would flex too much, but I didn't see that happening.
So do you just keep driving further away from the bank to cut the whole thing
I appreciate the ingenuity, but I have a better idea. A BULLDOZER. Get one in there to plow that hillside and make it less steep so you can ride your mower up and down or across it. Your extended lawn mower is nice, but it only works when going in one direction, how much time do you spend going back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth to cut that hillside?
Nice job. 👍🏽👍🏽 I love the belly wheels, I’m going to try this on my set up. The wheels digging in and the stress that creates has always been a problem for me.
Great job , but am I the only one who wonders what you do after making a pass ? It’s not like a plow you can lift , reset and make another pass ,or maybe back up a whole pass in reverse ,….just questions….
I guess people haven't figured out those riding mowers also work on slopes...plus chains on pavement...not very bright.
Cool idea, but I don't understand the chains on the tractor tires when traveling over asphalt. You might be saving money on mowing, but you'll be paying it on asphalt repair.
I’ve got the same slope on my property and my wife can’t understand why I don’t mow it. First off I’m 70 and I’m not gonna push mow it and my riders aren’t safe at that angle and I can’t mow down hill slow enough to make it look good.
Genius
That is a good idea! Except, my dad mowed a hill in front of house and buried up , I don’t remember how many mowers. A tilted mower will not oil properly!
Get off the grass..practical efficient & time saving..
Cutting edge technology..good on ya mate.. 💡
Nice
I love people who think,fantastic 👏
"if your mechanically inclined it should be pretty easy"
Me: sir I couldn't understand anything you said at all...
Though more expensive, the engine issues can be all solved by using an electric mower, because an electric mower doesn't care what orientation it is in, it will still run.
Ya know there’s a 4 thousand dollar machine that takes care of all of what he made, and he probably has a couple hundred dollars in his set-up.
That's why I cannot stand huge yard to cut with almost impossible Terrain give me a small flat yard that way there's less to deal with
Make an overhead cage with a pivot mount at the top, then u could turn around
He’s a genius but you young whippersnappers need to get off your butts and walk behind the mower
Oh the great lengths people are willing to go, to escape the haunting horrors of long grass, colorful weeds and wild flowers.
So you cut every other row in reverse? This I gotta see; mowing around my mailbox 📫
Well done, but you beat a mower company out of a twenty thousand dollar mower that claims to mow steep hills. 😁
Good idea....but is the lawn mower insured to be on a public road ????
LOL! That's the church driveway!
@@Ichibanoldpoop The church still will sue you to get money....
Nahhhhh,
He’s doin the Lords work. Everything’s gonna be alright 😬
@@jeanchardonnay5627 Nope. If they sue me, who will cut the grass?
Seems like it would be easier to just plant a short growing ground cover and never mow it again.
Ya I'll just drive my rider down that slope like I always do much easier.
If it ain't broke don't fix it. Looks like a great design
Emt conduit is galvanized so be careful welding it guys.
Smart design old poop!
Looks good, works well, and more cheaper than what DOTs across America buy as attachments to their expensive tractors
good idea, i need this! Pushing it by hand sucks!
"Ichiban Old Poop"? 👴🏻💩? 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
The same guy who has his snowblower throwing snow into the next county...
I dig all the dog shit mashed deep into the chain on the TUUUUHHGGG!
That’s a sub for me
I love this kinda oukie engineering.
Many kudos! From the description, it obviously took a lot of trial and error to get that thing to function reliably.
Hard pass....to many varitables to use any other place.
Is it just me or would it be more economical to hire some high school kid to come mow the lawn?
Simple but effective very good use of the brain 😊😊
Nice work!
That's a great idea ! 👍🏆.
Very ingenious!! I can't tell you how I had to bust my butt cutting hillsides alot steeper than this and all by hand when working on golf courses. BRUTAL STUFF!! Slid downhill a couple of times but never went under the mower, thank God!! I'm old now and can't do that stuff anymore. But if I ever have to cut a hillside again, I will definitely keep this in mind!! This looks like a "system" that could be, and SHOULD be patented, manufactured and sold!! Good job!👍