Work Car 1009 ("ROWMOW1") - Official Work Thread

[Mike Fox]

3 new bars have been made up, one with new serated teeth on the outer 2 1/2 feet. I will install it hopefully Saturday and try to break it again.

[Stephen Hussar]

Awesome, see you Saturday!

Stephen

[Matthew Gustafson]

Fantastic work on the Mower car. Great job on it. One question is it self propelled or does it need to be pushed?

[Dwight Winkley]

Pushed by the Brookville using the slowest gear.
dwight

[Steve Smith]

Dwight, would you hazard a guess as to how many mph that is, or perhaps what fraction of an mph?

[Dwight Winkley]

Unknow by yours truly. But it is so slow it makes for a boreing job. unless you are up frount running the mower.
dwight

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

Instead of mph maybe it should be calculated in mpd.  Miles per day 

[Mike Fox]

2 miles an hour, in about the thickest grass. Third gear was working in the finer grasses. this is probably closer to 5 to 7mph. But if you try to walk that far with a weedwhacker, cutting the same amount, it is much slower.

[Steve Smith]

Mike, you and all who helped must be very pleased with those production rates. Thanks for the info, and Congratulations!

[Mike Fox]

Like anything, once the bugs are worked out, things go better.

[Mike Fox]

Never thought of this early enough to get a good picture, but this photo shows just how far the mower reaches. Does an excellent job getting the grass and such away from the cars. And makes the tracks look neat, as one local photographer told me as we were cutting.

[Stephen Hussar]

I took this Saturday morning...ROWMOW1 does a great job!

[Bill Reidy]

Never thought of this early enough to get a good picture, but this photo shows just how far the mower reaches. Does an excellent job getting the grass and such away from the cars...

I remember riding a year of two ago (before ROWMOW 1 had made a pass), and the grass and particularly the goldenrod was rubbing against the cars.  This is a huge improvement for railway passengers.

Thanks Mike and Stephen.  ROWMOW 1 does do a great job!

[Wayne Laepple]

Keeping the grass mowed back from the track is a great help in allowing the ballast and ties to dry out after a rainstorm, too. Good work, Mike and crew!

[Ira Schreiber]

Nothing like Yankee Inginuity.....

Definitely a cut above the previous method.

Ira Schreiber