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[Bolens 1000]

Finally had a chance to make up some New Maple deck rollers for the Estate Keeper Reel attachment.

Had some firewood laying around which I turned on the lathe then soaked the rollers in oil for a few days.

 

The reel cuts great and I was making nice stripes in the lawn when the whole tractor just buckled when I was on it!

I quickly killed the motor and ran back to get tools as the cables and wiring were close to being pulled apart. Once I got the linkages unhooked I was able to cart the 2 halves back to the garage for repair.

Looks like the pivot yoke was welded before

 

 

The center pivot yoke's were the weak links on the Estate keepers. This makes 3 out of  4 that have either been broken when I bought them or welded previously.

 

Looks like I know what I'll be doing this weekend

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[larrybl]

Wow, bet that was a shock!

[Bolens 1000]

Wow, bet that was a shock!

 

Yeah it felt weird!

And as luck would have it, it happened in the back, furthest away from the garage

[NUTNDUN]

That is a bummer Brian. Hope it doesn't take long to get it fixed back up. I am sure it was quite a surprise when it went. Nice to hear you got the reel mower working good.

[wilberj]

Wow that sucks!

 

Good thing the back half did not just drive off on ya.

[MH81]

Need to rename that EK "Herbie"

[IamSherwood]

Sorry to hear about the failure.

Have you figured out a way to make it indestructible?

[daytime dave]

That's a bit of bad luck Brian.  I hope you can make a good repair and get that cool reel mower back in service.

[Nato77]

Glad to hear the reel mower is cutting grass again.  But as for the EK10 I think it thought you didn't have anything better to do this weekend    Hope it not to bad to fix.

[KennyP]

Ouch! That's not good! Hope it's easy to fix!

[JDBrian]

That must have been a shocker! Looks like a bit of strengthening is in order! There is a lot of stress on that joint! 

[Bruce Dorsi]

Nice job on the rollers, Brian !

 

Did you make those at home, or at school?

 

Did you make the other ones, also?

[Bolens 1000]

Nice job on the rollers, Brian !

 

Did you make those at home, or at school?

 

Did you make the other ones, also?

 

Yeah, I did those at the shop. Would be nice to find a lathe for home someday

I've got another set of 3 that are alot nicer than these ones to put on another Reel Mower I may be getting soon

[Bruce Dorsi]

..... to put on another Reel Mower I  may be getting soon

 

There may be one on E-bay soon!   

     

[C130A Flight Engineer]

Aww heck, looks like a "two for" to me.  Two EK's for the price of one!  I've seen your challenges before, this is a walk in the park for ya!