1993 - Volume #17, Issue #3, Page #20
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World's Fastest Mower Powered By Jet Engine
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Art Evans, manufacturer of Dixie Chopper mowers, mounted a 150 hp. jet turbine out of a CH47 Chinook helicopter on the back of one of his stock mowers. "When we take it to a show, everyone with a pulse knows we're there. It rattles your teeth when you start it up," says Evans, who's been making zero-turn mowers for 19 years. He put the mower together as a promotional gimic but says he's run it at speeds up to 45 mph on a speed track. He says it could go a lot faster but that it wouldn't be safe.
It took Evans and his sons a month to build the jet-powered mower. "After we built it we took it out to the high school football field and mowed it in less than 15 min.," he says. "It makes a lot of noise but it's smooth to operate. No vibration at all."
Although Evans has no plans to put a jetpowered mower into production, he jokes that you can special order one. "Just add $20,000 to your Dixie Chopper order," he told FARM SHOW.
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