Loader-Mounted Hedge Trimmer

Loader-Mounted Hedge Trimmer TRACTORS Loaders 26-6-12 A Manitoba farmer says he's come up with an inexpensive way to make his own hedge trimmer. He converted an old 3-pt. sickle mower to mount on his front-end loader. Jerry De Blonde, who farms near Swan Lake, modified a Massey Ferguson pitmanless, 3-pt. mower. It slips onto forks on his Versatile bi-directional tractor. The mower is belt-driven by an orbit motor, allowing it to cut both horizontally and vertically. "I use it to cut both the sides and tops of shrubs, small trees, and hedges. I can go up one side of a hedge and down the other, and also across the top," says De Blonde. "I can trim as high or low as the loader allows. I left the 3-pt. mounting brackets on the mower so I can still use it to mow hay." De Blonde bought the mower from a neighbor cheap. He removed the pto shaft and mounted the orbit motor in its place on a homemade shaft and coupling setup. He used lengths of channel iron to make brackets that fit onto the loader forks. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jerry De Blonde, Box 132, Swan Lake, Manitoba, Canada R0G 2S0 (ph 204 836-2726).

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