I assume that deck you have there (is that the one off the Jacobson) has skid straps rather than wheels??

Anti Scalping wheels on the deck would help when at rest and not hooked to the mower. Stop it sitting in the dirt.


So would two posts down with anti scalping wheels. Just long enough to stop the deck touching the ground on the highest setting.



Actually thinking about it, being able to do everything from the drivers seat would be great, but the costs and complication makes it into something other than the KISS it started out to be.
Yeah sell the plebs a budget job and build a never finsished, infinately refined, luxury model for yourself.

If you are needing to have it tow behind, you are probably transporting. So youd switch the motor off. so getting off and switching the hitch position is not such a big chore after all youve mowed nearly %50 extra time wise over what you would have done without the inconveniance of having to get out of the seat to move the hitch.


On the saftey thing. Easy enough to get a brake band/pad for that motor. You could cable fwd and have the saftey of being able to kill the engine that way. Perhaps a bike lever on your height control. Reverse the setup at the engine so pulling kills rather than releases it. Pushbike cable would work.




I would have it rear and LH tow only. You sould be able to curve or bend the drawbar or something to get it to bring the tow point fwd (not right to the centre line of the axle but closer than the tow bar) when out the side cutting and then have it tuck back in behind for moving/towing/transport. It wont matter so much about the wheel base etc then.



I did see a tow behind slasher on ebay a while back, it had twin spindles and they didnt meet in the middle, not sure how big the gap was but it was built to tow behind a ride on.

Heres your idea for MkII Greg.
2x36" spindles, 20hp+ motor, steering so it tracks and misses no grass when towed behind a 32" or wider. Hell it can even be adjustable so it can go from 28" to 42" centre gap. It folds up in the middle to make a triangle to get through gates and storage. Electric everything and all controlled from the drivers seat. a few linkages and some cables and electric motors/winches, its a do-able idea.