[Tim Hancock]

Originally Posted by nota

my dad had a rig with 3 old style reel mowers the kind that the wheels power the blades
and towed behind a golfcart
it worked but required a touch up mower to reach the tight bits it missed

gas mower better then split power takeoff or el or air or hyd oil power from the tractor
or just wheel turned powered like my dads reels ?

and why the one side for both and not one on each symmetrical

Not sure what your first question means, but each Swisher has it's own gas engine turning the blade system via belts. My old Befco 6' finish mower on my tractor is driven via the PTO shaft of my tractor.

I stagger them all to the same side so that I am not throwing grass onto an area that that one of the pull behinds would then have to cut through also. Maybe more inportant is that I now just steer so the right edge my bucket is following the last cut line. If both were staggered out, it would be hard to judge where to steer without missing strips or wasting cut width.