Morning all,
Thanks once again Jack.
The said abstract to the said patent document is said by myself to to unreadable because of the said use of the word said. We'll blame the lawyers
What were people doing to his machines that he thought the deck float needed such a rework. His old system with a chain link (mentioned in an earlier patent) is more that sufficient unless the operator is attempting to mow down, say, a small volcano. A case of trying to stupid-proof a machine?
The idea is a clever one and the bloke had a natural gift when it came to geometry. My only comment is that the front of the deck has no float. It is attached to the adjuster link by fixed rods. I'd have thought this would be a down side?
I don't think this idea made it past the XL's and into the tractor range. Perhaps it was ultimately deemed too complicated or unnecessary. Might have taken a bit to get that layout onto the tractors.
I mentioned once before in another thread (the one where NormK was repairing his XL) that my parents were looking to buy an XL as it was a little cheaper than a tractor 8 but mum couldn't adjust the deck height on the XL - it was too heavy so they got a Tractor8 instead. It is still my daily drive. I guess the 'heaviness' could have been overcome with a longer height adjust lever or a slight tweak in the design somewhere.
