Zero-Turn Mower Converted To Tracks

Zero-Turn Mower Converted To Tracks FARM HOME Lawn Mowers 31h 38 James Bassett Berlin Md turned an early 1990’s Yazoo zero-turn riding mower into a camouflaged marsh buggy that rides on tracks and can motor through the marsh land on his property     The tracks ride around 3 sets of wheels and axles The mower’s original rear wheels drive the machine and the tracks ride around them and 2 more sets of axles in front A wooden compartment just in front of the driver is used for storage and to haul dead deer     “I live on a big farm that borders a bay with lots of marshland We do a lot of deer hunting there and it’s always a battle getting dead deer off the marsh My marsh buggy works excellent both on and off the marsh ” says Bassett     “I already had the zero-turn mower and a friend gave me some old hard plastic tracks off an old Argo off-road vehicle ”     The Yazoo mower was equipped with a 25 hp Kohler engine and 60-in deck He removed the deck then cut off the front part of the mower frame and used 2-in square tubing to lengthen the mower frame by 18 in He mounted 2 boat trailer axles on front     The gas tanks were in the way of the tracks so he added 2 wooden side panels to the machine and bolted the gas tanks onto them     “I built the machine 5 years ago and it has really changed the way I hunt Now I want to shoot deer on the marsh just for a chance to use it ” says Bassett “The rear tires drive the machine without any slippage inside the tracks and the side pieces keep water from splashing on me as I drive I use the mower’s original controls to steer and to go forward and backward If I need to haul more than one deer I pull the second one on a rope behind me ”     Bassett also replaced the mower’s original rear tires with lugged ATV tires “The 4-wheeler tires have plenty of tread to pull the tracks ” he notes     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup James Bassett 9632 Goody Hill Berlin Md 21811 ph 443 366-2034; bassettpullingteam@yahoo com