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Call me blind but I could not find the original posrt, so here is the image of the mount Argee (IIRC) asked to see that I made for that picker upper thingie as well as the home brew throw to gether in a hurry roller and my umbrella....
I have to say it again. Cut grass today again, and that umbrella sure was nice. Being green in color it has reduced any glare that transmitts through the fabric, and it actually creates a sort of draft under the umbrella that you can feel as you cut. At first I thought I was crazy, but I removed the umbrella, and tried it, and it was just a bunch of air and dust when cutting, but adding the umbrella back it sort of diverts airflow up and over, and in the process it pulls air from downlower that travels up and over you more concentrated. But anyway it sure was nice today with temps in the low 90's and not a cloud in the sky.........next on the list is a Camel Pak of about 4 liters of cold Budweiser filling it, and strpped to my back, then I will be set for an all day mowathon, only having to stop for fuel!:dazed:
The umbrella mount is comprised of 3/4" sq steel tube welded to the rear carrier frame and it extends up as high as the milk crate does. The actual extension to h old the umbrella is made of 1" sq steel tube with a piece of 1/2" PVC conduit inserted and retained by epoxie in the tube itself. The handle on the umbrella was just slightly larger than 1/2" and it was a nice snug but moveable fit inside the PVC conduit, and it will save the handle from being eaten up by steel. I just found out Harbor Freight has a 60" umbrella on sale as well as a 72". My umbrella does ot look like it but its 54" in diameter, just large enough that it does not extend out past my deck. To remove it, all I have to do is pull up on the 1" tube and slide it off the 3/4" tube.
Also seen in the picture is the hlder I made for my picker upper. The bottom mount is simply 1/4" round rod bent in a U shape and then the closed portion of the U is bent at a 90 to the open end, and welded on the carrier frame on the bottom. I placed rubber hose over the bend rod to eliminate rattling etc. You can see the single heat shrink covered spring clip mounted on the vertical piece.
The roller, well its original intent was a one time deal, when I laid some sod, so it was made as fast and cheap as possible as I did not want to use up any of my prime scrounge supplies so it has no bearings or bushings of any kinds, its simply a stub axle riding in a piece of 1" square steel tube. However after using it a few times to flatten out and disturb the moles hills I have been getting lately, I am on the look out for 3 more water heater tanks. I want to make a triple tandem roller, using shorter length of tanks instead of one wide roller. A lot of my land was row cropped and has ruts and a wide roller spans a lot of areas, but a narrow roller would follow and firm up the soil a bit better IMHO. Main aim is one roller perhaps 30 to 42 wide inches directly behind the tractor, and a wing roller off each side of perhaps 24 inches that are free to float up and down to follow contours suck as when rolling the drainage ditch along the road, after folks make ruts in it when they pull off the road or when the county idiots try and cut grass, they make a real mess. SO if I wait until it rains and gets somewhat wet or damp soil it should flatten out fairly easy. The fraame is 16 ga 1 x 2 steel tube salvaged from treadmill frames........the tongue is a piece of 1" iron pipe I bent up on my bender with the typical drop pin hitch plate on the end.
Image is overall tractor with roller attached and umbrella mounted.
I have to say it again. Cut grass today again, and that umbrella sure was nice. Being green in color it has reduced any glare that transmitts through the fabric, and it actually creates a sort of draft under the umbrella that you can feel as you cut. At first I thought I was crazy, but I removed the umbrella, and tried it, and it was just a bunch of air and dust when cutting, but adding the umbrella back it sort of diverts airflow up and over, and in the process it pulls air from downlower that travels up and over you more concentrated. But anyway it sure was nice today with temps in the low 90's and not a cloud in the sky.........next on the list is a Camel Pak of about 4 liters of cold Budweiser filling it, and strpped to my back, then I will be set for an all day mowathon, only having to stop for fuel!:dazed:
The umbrella mount is comprised of 3/4" sq steel tube welded to the rear carrier frame and it extends up as high as the milk crate does. The actual extension to h old the umbrella is made of 1" sq steel tube with a piece of 1/2" PVC conduit inserted and retained by epoxie in the tube itself. The handle on the umbrella was just slightly larger than 1/2" and it was a nice snug but moveable fit inside the PVC conduit, and it will save the handle from being eaten up by steel. I just found out Harbor Freight has a 60" umbrella on sale as well as a 72". My umbrella does ot look like it but its 54" in diameter, just large enough that it does not extend out past my deck. To remove it, all I have to do is pull up on the 1" tube and slide it off the 3/4" tube.
Also seen in the picture is the hlder I made for my picker upper. The bottom mount is simply 1/4" round rod bent in a U shape and then the closed portion of the U is bent at a 90 to the open end, and welded on the carrier frame on the bottom. I placed rubber hose over the bend rod to eliminate rattling etc. You can see the single heat shrink covered spring clip mounted on the vertical piece.
The roller, well its original intent was a one time deal, when I laid some sod, so it was made as fast and cheap as possible as I did not want to use up any of my prime scrounge supplies so it has no bearings or bushings of any kinds, its simply a stub axle riding in a piece of 1" square steel tube. However after using it a few times to flatten out and disturb the moles hills I have been getting lately, I am on the look out for 3 more water heater tanks. I want to make a triple tandem roller, using shorter length of tanks instead of one wide roller. A lot of my land was row cropped and has ruts and a wide roller spans a lot of areas, but a narrow roller would follow and firm up the soil a bit better IMHO. Main aim is one roller perhaps 30 to 42 wide inches directly behind the tractor, and a wing roller off each side of perhaps 24 inches that are free to float up and down to follow contours suck as when rolling the drainage ditch along the road, after folks make ruts in it when they pull off the road or when the county idiots try and cut grass, they make a real mess. SO if I wait until it rains and gets somewhat wet or damp soil it should flatten out fairly easy. The fraame is 16 ga 1 x 2 steel tube salvaged from treadmill frames........the tongue is a piece of 1" iron pipe I bent up on my bender with the typical drop pin hitch plate on the end.
Image is overall tractor with roller attached and umbrella mounted.
