Grasshopper mower advice

[biggmw]

Morning all

Looking for some advice for the old grasshopper mowers.

Got some here and get on well with them for ease of repair etc and great cutting mowers.

Also now have a conditioner, but it came separate to any mower. It is oil driven and I dependant of the mower per say but lifts seperatly etc.

Anyone remember how they were set up regards running? Direct oil from spools or seperate pump? One of the mowers has an oil tank on the drawbar but not the one that allegedly had the conditioner fitted!!

Appreciate input!

 

[balerman]

Separate pump driven from a pulley on the pto shaft I think,but there is probably a good reason it’s been taken off.The conditioner part was very heavy and used to break the mower frame as far as I can remember.Happy memories of using one for a grass drying plant back in the 80s.I should forget about the conditioner!

 

[biggmw]

Separate pump driven from a pulley on the pto shaft I think,but there is probably a good reason it’s been taken off.The conditioner part was very heavy and used to break the mower frame as far as I can remember.Happy memories of using one for a grass drying plant back in the 80s.I should forget about the conditioner!

Ah.... Could well believe that and would take a bit to drive?

So the tank would be a closed system with a pump? Mmmm

 

[balerman]

Yeah think it was,and the conditioner had brushes instead of tines? We had a brush type pick up as an experiment,don’t recall that lasting long either!

 

[biggmw]

Yeah think it was,and the conditioner had brushes instead of tines? We had a brush type pick up as an experiment,don’t recall that lasting long either!

This is more like another small drum mower but has tines instead of blades..


Two drums side by side maybe 14 inches diameter?
Pic to follow

 

[biggmw]

 

[biggmw]

Called a grasshopper aeroswather?

 

[ED.D]

That was for spreading it out to dry wasn’t it?

 

[biggmw]

That was for spreading it out to dry wasn’t it?

I would presume so..... Although it has solid gates to shape a row if required so I assume it would fluff it to a point

 

[balerman]

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That is different to the one I remember, Agrimech had lots of ideas,some were better than others!

 

[ED.D]

Like mounting a 4drum Kuhn flex on the back or what about the cicada? One of there last creations.

 

[biggmw]

Similar to two drum version of the kuhn flex yes. Don't know the other you refer to from memory....

 

[David Stannage]

Morning all

Looking for some advice for the old grasshopper mowers.

Got some here and get on well with them for ease of repair etc and great cutting mowers.

Also now have a conditioner, but it came separate to any mower. It is oil driven and I dependant of the mower per say but lifts seperatly etc.

Anyone remember how they were set up regards running? Direct oil from spools or seperate pump? One of the mowers has an oil tank on the drawbar but not the one that allegedly had the conditioner fitted!!

Appreciate input!

Hi just looking for some advise on a grasshopper aero-swather I was wondering what blades they are ment to have or witch works best any help greatly appreciated

 

[David Stannage]

Morning all

Looking for some advice for the old grasshopper mowers.

Got some here and get on well with them for ease of repair etc and great cutting mowers.

Also now have a conditioner, but it came separate to any mower. It is oil driven and I dependant of the mower per say but lifts seperatly etc.

Anyone remember how they were set up regards running? Direct oil from spools or seperate pump? One of the mowers has an oil tank on the drawbar but not the one that allegedly had the conditioner fitted!!

Appreciate input!

Hi any help appreciated got a grasshopper aero-swather here and was wondering what blades they are originally ment to have or what works best any help appreciated