This started out as an idea to prevent a separate guy from having to drive around in front and behind each triplex mower blowing debris and clippings. We need a blower rack on the triplex but where? There isn’t a good place with access to the frame on the JD 2500. It needed to accommodate a stihl or redmax blower, not impede operator view and not have to be removed to service anything. Between the ROPS was the only real option for location. So, I drew it up on paper and it actually turned out like it was supposed to. Go figure…
All total I spent around 3 days building this rack. It could be done in 4 hrs now that I have the layout. I added the 3/4 square tube to this rack because I didn’t have enough angle. This steel was ordered for racks on trailers but turned into a rack for triplex. The bushing is a club car front leaf spring spacer that I cut a 1/4″ length off for each side. I put a bungee on it and bent the hooks closed so it can’t be removed. The operator simply lifts the bungee up and and over the blower backrest to remove blower. The only thing I’m going to change on this one and the second one is to make the lower bolt (the one the rack rests on) a 4.5″ long carriage bolt and put a spacer on it for the rack to rest on. If you have any questions about this just ask cphillipsgolf@gmail.com or on Twitter @CAPgolf.
Getting the geometry worked out for the bolt holes was quite fun. Haven’t used that Math in a while, good to know I still can though.
