Mini Road Grader / Garden tractor Project

[Waldon52]

Todays picture shows tractor number four in the workshop. I have already pulled the front axle off , rolled the axle forward five feet and set the blade from the walkbehind snowplow in the center to get a rough idea of my plan.
This tractor has been in the shop before to get home made rear fenders, hand built rear wheel adaptors for larger rear tires, new five bolt front hubs and spindles for larger front tires . :thumbsup:
I guarantee two weeks from today it will look much different. :thumbsup:

 

[handirifle]

What are the power train specs on that tractor? Looks like an interesting project.

 

[roadhunter]

Can't wait to see this project complete.

 

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Is the engine going to be behind the driver as a traditional road grader has?

 

[bcp]

Is the engine going to be behind the driver as a traditional road grader has?

Farm tractors converted to long wheelbase graders used to be more common than now. Much easier than going to a rear engine.

Here is one:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joeross/177638600/

More:
https://www.google.com/search?q=tra...nN8ffoASw6oGgAQ&ved=0CCUQsAQ&biw=1411&bih=743

Bruce

 

[Ed of all trades]

Looking forward to seeing the finished project and the steps you take from here to there.

 

[Waldon52]

Building it more like the old road maintainers. Several years ago I built two models for a 80 year old fellow and his 83 year old brother who had a real Ford Maintainer and I was the only one they could find to build them out of steel for them. So this project is a little on that idea.
Todays picture shows me cutting out the 6 inch steel tubing and some 3 in. steel tubing for the front frame beam section. 20 years ago I bought this band saw and only used it five times. It sat for 18 years and last year I was going to put it on Craigslist for $200.00 . Once I started puttering with the garden tractors I started using it.

 

[Waldon52]

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[Waldon52]

Here is a picture of the Ford Maintainers I built steel models of several years ago.

 

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Farm tractors converted to long wheelbase graders used to be more common than now. Much easier than going to a rear engine.

Here is one:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joeross/177638600/

More:
https://www.google.com/search?q=tra...nN8ffoASw6oGgAQ&ved=0CCUQsAQ&biw=1411&bih=743

Bruce

Thanks for the pics Bruce. I enjoyed them. The maintainers I do not think I've seen before. I wonder how much that attachment was back then? If anyone could build a rear engine grader however, it would be Waldon.