I've been slowly piecing together a franken-mower. Started out as a working/mowing cub cadet that was a side discharge that I got for free from my father in law. I hate having dead grass after I mow my little over 1/3rd acre... so I went to my local small engine repair shop and dug through their mower grave yard and pieced together parts to make a complete bag system off a John Deere. found a deck chute, chute tube, and bag box w/ bags (hard to find btw...) and gave the guy his asking price of $30. it fits almost perfect. I had to make a custom mount to mount the bag braket to the back of the mower and rivet the deck chute to the deck, and the rest kind of just fell into place. I tweeked my blades up a little bit to create more lift/air flow. I was still having some clogging issues. So I went to my local pawn shop and picked up a dang near new 4-stroke Ryobi leaf blower for $50. (sorry pokey, that one from you had a bad pickup-coil, thank you again though) fabbed up some brakets and make the two tubes meet nicely, and badda bing, I have a grass cutt'n lean mean S.O.B.
the blower is quick disconnect too and the only thing modified on the blower is the extra blower tube. I still have the original one, and can disconnect it and blow leave (or whatever) in about 10 seconds.
Hence John Cub-Obi
Cub Cadet - Free
John Deere bag system - $30
Ryobi blower - $50
John Cub-Obi - Priceless
It somehow rotated my pictures when I uploaded them to the pic converter thing, so just tilt your head...
looking down the chute
the blower is quick disconnect too and the only thing modified on the blower is the extra blower tube. I still have the original one, and can disconnect it and blow leave (or whatever) in about 10 seconds.
Hence John Cub-Obi
Cub Cadet - Free
John Deere bag system - $30
Ryobi blower - $50
John Cub-Obi - Priceless
It somehow rotated my pictures when I uploaded them to the pic converter thing, so just tilt your head...
looking down the chute
