Gang,
In the dropbox, pictures of a little project I did for a local guy.
He has a JD commercial walk-behind, zero-turn mower that
needed a sulky. Made from scrap materials, bed rail, old
one-inch pipe, etc. Grease fittings provided at all swivel
points. Pictures are in the dropbox:
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky.txt text file
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky1.jpg overall of machine
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky2.jpg rear mount
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky3.jpg tongue mount
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky4.jpg rough frame of platform
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky5.jpg final version
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky6.jpg final version
Feel free to comment.
Thanks.
Ken

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:03:39 GMT, Ken Sterling (Ken Sterling) wrote:

Gang,
In the dropbox, pictures of a little project I did for a local guy.
He has a JD commercial walk-behind, zero-turn mower that
needed a sulky. Made from scrap materials, bed rail, old
one-inch pipe, etc. Grease fittings provided at all swivel
points. Pictures are in the dropbox:
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky.txt text file
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky1.jpg overall of machine
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky2.jpg rear mount
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky3.jpg tongue mount
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky4.jpg rough frame of platform
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky5.jpg final version
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky6.jpg final version
Feel free to comment.
Thanks.
Ken



At this moment the text file is there, but not the pics.


Mike Patterson
Please remove the spamtrap to email me.
"I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:03:39 GMT, Ken Sterling (Ken Sterling) wrote:

Gang,
In the dropbox, pictures of a little project I did for a local guy.
He has a JD commercial walk-behind, zero-turn mower that
needed a sulky. Made from scrap materials, bed rail, old
one-inch pipe, etc. Grease fittings provided at all swivel
points. Pictures are in the dropbox:
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky.txt text file
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky1.jpg overall of machine
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky2.jpg rear mount
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky3.jpg tongue mount
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky4.jpg rough frame of platform
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky5.jpg final version
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky6.jpg final version
Feel free to comment.
Thanks.
Ken



At this moment the text file is there, but not the pics.


Mike Patterson
Please remove the spamtrap to email me.
"I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin
Yup, just checked and the pix haven't made it through, yet. Guess I
gotta wait a little longer before I post that they are there....
Ken.

Really sorry..... I forgot to rename the pictures out of my
digital camera. They are in the dropbox as:
P1010001c.JPG
P1010002a.JPG
P1010004c.JPG
P1010005d.JPG
P1010009a.JPG
P1010011a.JPG
Ken



Gang,
In the dropbox, pictures of a little project I did for a local guy.
He has a JD commercial walk-behind, zero-turn mower that
needed a sulky. Made from scrap materials, bed rail, old
one-inch pipe, etc. Grease fittings provided at all swivel
points. Pictures are in the dropbox:
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky.txt text file
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky1.jpg overall of machine
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky2.jpg rear mount
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky3.jpg tongue mount
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky4.jpg rough frame of platform
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky5.jpg final version
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky6.jpg final version
Feel free to comment.
Thanks.
Ken

Really sorry..... I forgot to rename the pictures out of my
digital camera. They are in the dropbox as:
P1010001c.JPG
P1010002a.JPG
P1010004c.JPG
P1010005d.JPG
P1010009a.JPG
P1010011a.JPG
Ken
Overall of the machine(Sulky1) would be:
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/P1010005d.jpg

Rear mount (Sulky2) would be
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/P1010001c.jpg

Tongue (Sulky3) would be
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/P1010002a.jpg

Rough Frame (Sulky4) would be
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/P1010009a.jpg

Final result (Sulky5) would be
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/P1010011a.jpg

and (Sulky6) would be
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/P1010004c.jpg

Sorry to all for not renaming these....No excuses, I just screwed up.
Ken.

Ken Sterling wrote:

Really sorry..... I forgot to rename the pictures out of my
digital camera. They are in the dropbox as:
P1010001c.JPG
P1010002a.JPG
P1010004c.JPG
P1010005d.JPG
P1010009a.JPG
P1010011a.JPG
Ken




Gang,
In the dropbox, pictures of a little project I did for a local guy.
He has a JD commercial walk-behind, zero-turn mower that
needed a sulky. Made from scrap materials, bed rail, old
one-inch pipe, etc. Grease fittings provided at all swivel
points. Pictures are in the dropbox:
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky.txt text file
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky1.jpg overall of machine
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky2.jpg rear mount
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky3.jpg tongue mount
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky4.jpg rough frame of platform
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky5.jpg final version
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky6.jpg final version
Feel free to comment.
Thanks.
Ken





No seat ? or are you doing the roman chariot driver thing :-)

Hey Ken,

Very neat job. And "complete" too, what with the matching JD paint.
Looks great. Good photos, showing details. You should get the mower
owner to spread a little of that paint around on the rest of the
machine!

Please, not as a criticism, but a comment though.....did you "ride it"
to try it through a series of sharp turns (the purpose of a zero-turn
mower)? It looks to me like the sulky pivot point is in the same
vertical plane as the handles. I can't see how it will be easily
steerable. If the sulky pivot point was at the centre line of the
mower rear axle (or as close as possible), which is effectively the
mowers "pivot point", then it would "pivot" around that point when the
operator forces the handles to one side or the other to steer. I
can't see how he can do that as it is rigged.

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:03:39 GMT, Ken Sterling (Ken Sterling) wrote:

Gang,
In the dropbox, pictures of a little project I did for a local guy.
He has a JD commercial walk-behind, zero-turn mower that
needed a sulky. Made from scrap materials, bed rail, old
one-inch pipe, etc. Grease fittings provided at all swivel
points. Pictures are in the dropbox:
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky.txt text file
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky1.jpg overall of machine
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky2.jpg rear mount
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky3.jpg tongue mount
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky4.jpg rough frame of platform
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky5.jpg final version
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/sulky6.jpg final version
Feel free to comment.
Thanks.
Ken

Hey Ken,

Very neat job. And "complete" too, what with the matching JD paint.
Looks great. Good photos, showing details. You should get the mower
owner to spread a little of that paint around on the rest of the
machine!

Please, not as a criticism, but a comment though.....did you "ride it"
to try it through a series of sharp turns (the purpose of a zero-turn
mower)? It looks to me like the sulky pivot point is in the same
vertical plane as the handles. I can't see how it will be easily
steerable. If the sulky pivot point was at the centre line of the
mower rear axle (or as close as possible), which is effectively the
mowers "pivot point", then it would "pivot" around that point when the
operator forces the handles to one side or the other to steer. I
can't see how he can do that as it is rigged.

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Brian,
Pivot point is indeed about centered between the ends of the handles.
Reason being that it keeps the operator between the handles as a turn
is being made. The turn is made by squeezing the "trigger" on the
handle of the "inside" of the turn. If you want to turn right, you
squeeze the right handle. If the pivot point were in the same place
as the center of the main machine axle, as the turn was being made the
"trailing action" of the sulky would place the operator "outside" the
handles on one side or the other. Not good. The up/down hinging
action of the rear mount, along with the pivot point just ahead of the
operator's toes permits him/her to remain "inside the controls" as the
turn is completed. Also, there is a horizontal pivot point under the
operator's feet, which pivots to allow the sulky to climb over areas
which are higher/lower on the sides. Three pivots all together, and
if you look closely, you can see a grease fitting located in the
center of the expanded metal lath, between the operator's feet, which
greases the horizontal pivot point. I have taken it for a test ride,
and it seems to work great, although I didn't try it wide open in high
gear :-). The owner's complaint was that this thing will mow (and
very well) at about 13 MPH, and running behind it was just no longer
an option. This sulky will help him on that respect.
Thanks for the comment.
Ken.

Best if you shrunk the pics a bit also. A lot of us are broadband and
don't care but dial up folks will take at least 80 seconds to load each
pic.

Heh, heh, 13 mph mowing?? That's moving right smartly!

Ken Sterling wrote:

Really sorry..... I forgot to rename the pictures out of my
digital camera. They are in the dropbox as:
P1010001c.JPG
P1010002a.JPG
P1010004c.JPG
P1010005d.JPG
P1010009a.JPG
P1010011a.JPG
Ken

Overall of the machine(Sulky1) would be:
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/P1010005d.jpg

Rear mount (Sulky2) would be
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/P1010001c.jpg

Tongue (Sulky3) would be
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/P1010002a.jpg

Rough Frame (Sulky4) would be
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/P1010009a.jpg

Final result (Sulky5) would be
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/P1010011a.jpg

and (Sulky6) would be
www.metalworking.com/dropbox/P1010004c.jpg

Sorry to all for not renaming these....No excuses, I just screwed up.
Ken.