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| When I mow next to my shrub beds, I can't cut the grass close to the edge because the mower wheels would slip into the bed. So, there is grass along all edeges that I must cut with a trimmer. If I had a mower where the cutting blade was wider than the wheel base, the blade would cut the edge grass saving me the extra job of trimming the edges. Is there such a mower? I have not been able to find one. |
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| I think you can buy an electric powered edger, to use on your flower beds, or wherever ya need to trim the edges. I just sharpened the blade on a really ancient Craftsman edger, this past week. |
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| Think about it. If the cutting blade were wider than the wheel-base how would you prevent the blade from hitting the wheels? The offset-wheel Lawnboy-design comes closest to what you are describing. |
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- Posted by bgreen1939 none (My Page) on Sat, Jun 16, 12 at 22:08
| I have two string trimmers, but my objective is to not need them. I want the mower to trim the edges. Most ride-on mowers do this because the cutting blade extends a few inches to the right of the wheels. I don't want to buy a ride-on mower, just a regular mower. I would like to find a non-riding mower build this way. The wheels would need to be extended forward and rear and made narrower so that the cutting blade would cut to the left and right of the wheel base. Not a big deal, and a very useful mower. Why doesn't someone build a mower like this? |
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- Posted by ggoyeneche New Jersey (My Page) on Sat, Jun 16, 12 at 22:32
| I'm not sure such an animal exists. There are several wheel edgers designed for "curb hopping" with an adjustable rear wheel which can be lowered as much as six inches relative to the others. Sears and MTD both make such machines. You don't say what the relative height difference is between your flower beds and the height of the lawn. If we are talking 2" or less, you might get by with a mower that has the four wheels independently adjustable. You'd set the left side as high as possible and the right side to the correct cutting height. If the difference in wheel settings were the same as the difference from grass to flower bed, you would ride level while dropping left side wheels into the flower bed. I was going to suggest Snapper (I use them) as they have separate adjusters. However they have a solid axle connecting the wheels from side to side, making the adjustment impractical. Perhaps a cheaper mower with each wheel connected to it's own axle stub would give you the articulation you want. |
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| I guess I was wrong. I can now picture a mower with an extremely long wheel-base and a blade that spins between the wheels. Don't know anyone that makes such an animal though. |
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