JD 111 any good for racing?

Tractor Time · Nov 19, 2012

I have a JD 111 that my girlfriend is bugging me to fix up for her to race. Although I've been a drag and circle track guy all my life I don't know the first about racing these things. Is this tractor any good for a stocker type class (I don't want to have a $5K garden tractor that runs on nitro :laughing

, any suggestions where I can look into this? I will try google again, may have missed something the first go round. Dach.

jesseb3@att.net · Nov 22, 2012

Google gave me a bunch of hits. Here's a build blog...
http://www.heymow.com/index.php?topic=11134.0

Here's a video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4YDeijQags

Looks like fun, but I wouldn't have the time to invest!

mikehaugen · Nov 22, 2012

I had a 111 that I bought from a guy with a bad rearend, but he had given me a used replacement with it. I put it on and it didn't last long either. I have a feeling that they weren't very durable. I asked at the dealer if they were rebuildable and they said that you could still get all of the internals for them. Luckily, while being a small mower, it was still a quality mower that you could rebuild. I never did, and sold the mower for cheap since I really had no interest in it.

to be honest though, it didn't strike me as being a very durable tractor overall and I don't know that I would try to race it.