OK, thoughts on a stranage idea, please

[rcrcomputing]

It is now my wallpaper. I just can't figure out if it's a tractor turned cycle, or a cycle turned tractor! Cool!

 

[PineRidge]

Hey Kenny if that's your bike then you can ride all over my lot. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Laminarman]

Check this out, you mean something like this??

http://www.deere.com/en_US/ProductCatalog/GC/series/GC_front_full_series.html

 

[Mith]

Yea, only im planning on doing it a bit cheaper than that /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Like free-ish /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[newcountry]

Love it!! Kenny, drive that up by Topeka sometime. It'll hit the speed limit on the Turnpike, won't it?

 

[KennyV]

Just a note to PineRidge and newcountry…

Mike, No that isn’t my creation… while reading mith’s purposed project, I remembered that picture a friend had sent me… I don’t know where it is located, I’ll try to find out and get some other pictures if possible.

Eric, I don’t know where you would hang the ‘Ktag’ /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif KennyV.

 

[Ozarker]

Back in the mid 70's General Electric built a mower that would fit your needs.......the Elec-Trac. It was a 36v electric lawn tractor with a front mounted deck. It also had other attachments such as a tiller and a snow blower. Maybe you could find one of them and refurbish it.

http://www.elec-trak.org/

 

[ducksjunk]

Yup, Yup!! It can be done. With the vertical crankshaft ( Horizontal displacement ) engine, reversing the motor won't mean a thing. It's all still going to turn in the same direction.
If you use a unit with a top loading transaxle, Then the rest is a breeze. Cut, weld, resize belts, wait for a nice day, and take pictures of the neighbors laughing.
Should be a fun project. Don't forget the chromed stacks and wheelie bars!!
R.

 

[Mith]

Ducksjunk, youre sounding like me!
The way i plan no levers, linkages belts will have to be significantly changed
Planning to go to a local machnery auction to pick up some mowers to use for various projects
Cheers!

 

[gbirky]

If its a vertical shaft engine, then the only problem I see is that the deck belt routing might be interesting since the deck is originally powered from the front rather than the rear.

Sounds like a neat little project. I just wish I could find a 3 blade lawn tractor deck in working condition, or inexpensively repairable (free...). I want to put a front mount deck on a little diesel 4wd tractor I have.

I attached a photo of the tractor. That's my 5 year old son tilling.