Would it be possible to convert a lawn mower into a lawn "tractor"

[airbiscuit]

We monkeys deserve to hear from the OP.

 

[Yander]

We monkeys deserve to hear from the OP.

I'm thinking you may never... not sure how serious he was in the first place.

 

[Williy]

Instead of using the riding mower he needs to
get some angle iron make a frame then built up
what he wants at least he will have something
that will work and fold up in the middle of some
thing

willy

 

[jjeff]

This thread got me thinking of lawn tractors/mowers anyone ever put tandem rear axles on one, not dualies two rear gear driven transaxles. Figure you'd have to extend rear frame, add what you wanted to the extension, double up the drive pulley on 1st transaxle, make a couple linkages so you could shift both with same mechanism. Keep mower deck on if you wanted to mow. As a novelty of course.

 

[Renze]

This thread got me thinking of lawn tractors/mowers anyone ever put tandem rear axles on one, not dualies two rear gear driven transaxles.

The East Germans did prototypes on farm tractors though...

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

This thread got me thinking of lawn tractors/mowers anyone ever put tandem rear axles on one, not dualies two rear gear driven transaxles. Figure you'd have to extend rear frame, add what you wanted to the extension, double up the drive pulley on 1st transaxle, make a couple linkages so you could shift both with same mechanism. Keep mower deck on if you wanted to mow. As a novelty of course.

No, here's an idea. Put a dummy axle in rear. Put a sprocket on your first axle and another on rear axle. Chain drive the second axle. If you put a differential in the rear axle, chain and sprockets on each side. Or put a chain off both sides of your rear to a straight axle and have true twin screw in the rear. Or best if you had a way to release one drive sprocket to turn, then engage on a straight pull. I'd have to build a frame over the rear axle to stack cinder blocks for weight. I can see it now...

You could even make some snow chain tracks and have a half track...

 

[jjeff]

But if you used two open differentials you probably would have less to fabricate just stack another pulley on top of first differential to send a belt to the second with the added extension you can devise a way to tension the second belt by sliding the differential forward or backwards on the extension, I think the biggest problem would be devising a linkage for forward, reverse and the 4 or 5 speeds imo. Anyways I actually have the parts to try and do it at minimal cost but definitely not the time. Hope someone either did it or will try it cause I'd like to see a contraption like this.

 

[jjeff]

The East Germans did prototypes on farm tractors though...

No video but I saw something like this before on a picture never on a lawn mower though

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

No video but I saw something like this before on a picture never on a lawn mower though

We talking about the daddy of lawn mowers now.

 

[airbiscuit]