Oregon 42-049 Mower Sulkey With Two Swivel Wheels

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Product Feature

• Oregon 42-049
• Comes with two swivel wheels and a large platform for extra foot space
• Backs up easily and safely
• Tapered roller bearings for smooth operation
• Easily attaches in minutes to most commercial mowers and is a hydro necessity

Product Description

This Mower Sulky has two swivel wheels and a large platform for extra foot space. With true Zero turn performance, this Mower Sulky backs up easily and safely. It keeps operator centered behind the mower and has tapered roller bearings for smooth operation. It easily attaches in minutes to most commercial mowers and is a hydro necessity.

Oregon 42-049 Mower Sulkey With Two Swivel Wheels Review

Ok. History. I had a Snapper belt 48" walkbehind for years. Recently picked up a 2005 JD Hydro 48" walkbehind. After 11 years of walking, wanted to try a sulky. Almost bought a fixed wheel sulky. ** DON'T **. Fortunately, did some research and thought about the way a hydro works (true zero-turn). You do not want the wheels to be in a fixed position. They need to be true 360 deg. swivel wheels. This allows you to rotate any direction of travel at any time. Becomes a true extension of the mower, not a drag along that limits the way you have to turn on your mower. If you never turned or backed up, a fixed wheel sulky would be fine.

That said, I purchased one of these used on Craigslist. Mine was actually a Havener Ent. SW2000, exactly the same thing. Must be the same comany as Oregon, not sure. It had some years of wear on it so I can comment on that. The major parts that showed wear were at the joint where the sulky arm attaches to the mounting plate on the mower. All is heavy duty, but there will be a widening of the holes on the u-joint where the 9/16" thick pin goes through as it has no bushings there. Also, the removable pin itself will wear and the included flange bushings (x2) on the mounting plate holes will eventually wear down. So mine had the holes already widened from the continuous stress of turning. This causes the sulky to pull to one side as you drive straight which causes the mower to pull the other way to compensate. I priced the parts to replace from Havener Enterprises and it was pretty cheap @ around $53 w/shipping. I almost went that way but then decided to take it to a machine shop and have larger bore holes drilled, larger bore bushings put into the holes on the existing sulkly arm where they were just drilled holes from factory and larger bore and bushings in the mounting plate. The iron pin from factory was replaced with higher quality 5/8" shoulder bolt from machine shop. This way, as the flange bushings start to wear, I can just replace them (cheap) vs. replacing the sulky arm each time. The machine shop charged me the same as replacement parts and I agree that it is a much higher quality setup. They said the bushing and shoulder bolt setup would last MUCH longer than setup from the factory.

The sulky rides nice, works well and has saved energy and my legs. The major problem I have is that John Deere put the hydro reservoir in the iron tube that should mount the sulky plate. You cannot drill or weld this area, so it is different than most mowers. I had to extend the sulky mounting plate by 2" vertically and then drill holes and use (2) 4" U-bolts from hardware store to mount the plate to the mower. The mounting area on the JD is also 6-8" further toward the back of the mower than other mowers, so it sets the sulky further back by the same distance. I haven't decided yet whether to shorten the arm of this sulky by cutting and welding or leave it alone. It sets a little to far back which causes the front of mower to want to jump off the ground easier with your added weight. Again, mower issue more than sulky problem.

If you use this on most other commerical walk behinds, it should set you right under the hand controls and be a good position from factory. The length of arm is set, you can't adjust it but that is pretty standard with any swivel wheel sulkys. Since its a fixed arm/swivel wheel, you can back up straight or at an angle and avoid any jack-knifeing. All joints have grease fittings, but the one at mower attachment is at an angle on mine that I have to lift the sulky up to get my gun to meet up with the fitting. Minor inconvenience. Goes from ground to cement with no issues and does well on rough/hilly terrain. Can't use on steep hills real well, at least with a 17hp engine as mine has. Slows up significantly and I'm only 5' 7", 185#. I just step off back and hold controls and then get back on when I can.

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