The AcrEase Finish Cut Mower is a self-contained mower that has been designed from the ground up as a wing mower. You can be pulled them off to the side of a lawn and garden tractor or zero turn mower as a single unit, left and right wings, or tandem units. When using ATV or utility vehicles for towing, the AcrEase Finish Cut Mower uses the optional ATV Tongue.
Tow the AcrEase Finish Cut Mower with almost anything, such as lawn and garden tractors, small tractors, front mount or mid-mount zero-turning radius mowers, utility vehicles, and ATVs.
Each AcrEase Finish Cut Mower requires about 1 to 1.5 HP to pull. Small 10 HP lawn tractors have pulled wing mowers very well on gradual slopes. As slopes get steeper, you will need heavier lawn and garden tractors for more traction. If the hill is unsafe for a lawn and garden tractor, You could use an ATV.
When towing AcrEase Finish Cut Mowers in tandem, you should not use them on slopes greater than 15 degrees because the back mower will pull the front mower sideways. If the mowers are attached directly to the side of the tow vehicle, they are stable on slopes greater than 15 degrees. Do not use the Briggs & Stratton Professional / Intek and PowerBuilt engines on angles greater than 20 degrees for any length of time because the engine may lose lubrication. The Kohler and Briggs & Stratton Commercial Turf engines are equipped with excellent pressure lubrication systems and rated for slopes of up to 25 degrees.
Note: Most slopes appear to be steeper than they are. From our experience, a 25-30 degree bank seems to be approximately 45 degrees. Use Caution when mowing on steep banks. Most tow vehicles will become unstable after 20-25 degrees.
The 20″ blades under the deck are in a straight line. Because of the problems associated with timed blades, we do not time them. Instead, we pull the deck slightly angled to get the necessary blade overlap.
The AcrEase Finish Cut Mower is exceptionally user-friendly. Since it is highly maneuverable, these mowers can give a standard lawn and garden tractor zero-turning-radius capabilities in the direction of the wing mower. Mowing around trees, under low branch trees, and next to buildings becomes easy with only a tiny amount of practice.
The AcrEase Finish Cut Mowers will do an excellent job at 6 to 10 MPH in normal cutting conditions. We have customers who claim they are moving around 12 to 15 MPH. On any finish cut style of the mower, we have found that the cut quality typically drops off over 10 MPH. The blade tip speed is approximately 17,500 feet per minute. The deep deck with the built-in wind tunnel and a large side discharge gives the mower high capacity.
The four anti-scalp wheels in the front and the two in the back located under the deck make the AcrEase Finish Cut Mowers one of the least scalping 60″ mowers on the market. The deck flexes as it is pulled over uneven yards giving an extremely level mowing job. Our optional Floatation Kit, which consists of extra pneumatic tires, can be added to the central section of the mower. This kit works great on extremely rough areas, road banks, or to allow the end of the mower to extend over a pond edge.
With a 60″ AcrEase Wing Mower is added to the left of a lawn and garden tractor with a 48″ deck, you can get time savings as much as a 3-hour yard reduced down to 1 hour when a 7″ overlap used. Since the 60″ wing mower has a 58″ cutting width, we gain an additional 51″ cut. In the above situation, you would go from a 48″ to a 99″ cutting width. Add another wing mower and your cutting width becomes 150″. Pull the pins, and you go from a wide mower back to a 48″ mower, which you can use to get into those tight places.
There are no voluntary safety standards that specifically cover pull-behind wing mowers, but we use the safety standards for lawn and garden tractor mowers. The AcrEase Finish Cut Mowers have passed the OPEI Lawn Mower Safety Test. An additional safety zone has been built into the mower, both front and back, so the mower blades are not next to the outer layer of metal. It is in this safety zone we place the anti-scalp wheels. We fixed the discharge chute that cannot create an unsafe condition by being flipped up.
Many of the parts in the mower are standard parts that you can purchase at the local hardware store. All bearings, belts, tires, and many other components are stock. All unique pieces are available through Kunz Engineering, Inc or local AcrEase dealers in your area
The fixed tires in the back determine how and at what angle the AcrEase Finish Cut Mower will pull. The front caster wheels and the short-coupled hitching system give the mower agility and maneuverability.
All AcrEase Finish Cut Mowers equipped with an electric start engine have a battery box but there is no battery included. Information on where to purchase a durable dry cell type battery can be found in the Owner’s Manual packet.
If the AcrEase Finish Cut Mower is raised vertically on its front casters, removing the blades for sharpening and doing other inspections is straightforward. Use a second person to help stand it on its front casters. An overhead winch is required to raise the rear of the Pro60K model mower deck.
Several people push their AcrEase Finish Cut Mowers; however, we do not provide the brackets needed to mount any AcrEase Mower in the front. Front mowers on ATVs make them very clumsy to operate. The best place to use a single wing mower with an ATV is behind and off to the side because then you can mow around trees and not have to look over your shoulder to see the mower. People who have equipment other than an ATV capable of pushing the mowers upfront should equip the wing mower with casters in all four locations.
