Bolens lawn keeper

Anonymous-0

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Hello,
I found a bolens lawn keeper and was interested in it because I have a old dairy barn with a narrow manure alley with a tight turn, no gutter, just flat behind the cows. I was thinking with it being articulating I could use it to push the manure/bedding out if the barn and around the tight narrow turn, instead of shoveling. With a blade in the front do you think it would be up to the job? It's a little small so I thought I would ask. Thanks.
 
I just checked my Bolens "Attachment Guide", and they did have 36" front mounted blade for the Lawn Keepers.

I'm thinking that as long as you didn't allow the manure/bedding to build up a lot that the LK would be able do handle it, as long as you have enough weight for traction.

Finding a blade for it could be a pretty good quest though. You would probably have to modify some easy to find blade so that it would mount on the LK.
 
look into the swedish rider husqvarna builds it is articulated and comes in 4wd verion. has several attachments for it. sold some of these i think they nice units
 
There are a lot of older garden tractors that would do the job but like the others said, traction is the problem. I'd go with something more solid that you could find parts and accessories for, like a Cub Cadet or a Deere.
 
Maybe the Cubs, Deere, etc will push more, but he's looking for something VERY maneuverable and those aren't.

The new Husky's are nice with the AWD, but I'm betting that they are probably a bit to wide for what he's wanting.

The Lawn Keeper is very short coupled and narrow. which along with being articulated makes for a VERY maneuverable tractor.

Here's a couple of pics of my Estate Keeper with a 30" reel mower just to show the basic idea of what he's talking about.







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You got it oldbuzzard! Was the estate keeper a bigger version
of the lawn keeper? The articulating stiener tractors look great
but thier price tags dont. I also like the pasquali tractors, they
are a little better priced but both might still be a little big for my
application. Thanks everyone for your replies.
 
I work for a Husqvarna dealer. I would not recommend one of their articulated units for what you have in mind: pushing manure. All the parts are expensive and they have a complicated belt drive (to the deck) and are generally hard to work on.
 
Yes, the EK was the "Big brother" to the LK.

It's a lot heavier, has electric start, and a HI/LO 3-speed trans. However to go from HI to LO or back meant changing belts.

The early EKs (1964-1966) used the 7.25 Hp Wisconsin S-7D, and the later ones (1967-1969 used the 10 Hp Wisconsin TRA-10D. We Bolens guys generally refer to them as the EK7 and EK10.

The LKs were produced from 1964-1970 and used mostly 5 & 6 Hp Lauson engines in 5 & 6 Hp. They did use Briggs engines in 1964-1966.

All of the LKs were manual start.

At full lock, the front and rear tires will almost touch, so that are as close to a zero turn as you could get then.
 
I can"t help but think, as I read this, that
wheels could spin on slick wet, manured concrete.
Chains, like in the photo, would make a difference
 

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