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<blockquote data-quote="Cobweb" data-source="post: 1519581" data-attributes="member: 19872"><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Hence John Cub-Obi</p><p></p><p>Cub Cadet - Free</p><p>John Deere bag system - $30</p><p>Ryobi blower - $50</p><p>John Cub-Obi - Priceless</p><p></p><p>It somehow rotated my pictures when I uploaded them to the pic converter thing, so just tilt your head...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/2zex7us.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i43.tinypic.com/2mo2zpf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/2hqe5b6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/9r0mr8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i41.tinypic.com/2lcsda1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i43.tinypic.com/1g3sar.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i41.tinypic.com/kdwdfn.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>looking down the chute</p><p><img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/2j2ur2u.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i43.tinypic.com/2ujqjkm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cobweb, post: 1519581, member: 19872"] 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... [IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/2zex7us.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/2mo2zpf.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/2hqe5b6.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/9r0mr8.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/2lcsda1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/1g3sar.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/kdwdfn.jpg[/IMG] looking down the chute [IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/2j2ur2u.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/2ujqjkm.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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