quesiton on Clutch selection on a powere wheel barrow?

[BHD]

wanting to build a powered wheel barrow, and like the muck truck idea, Motorized Mini-Dumper Wheelbarrows | Gas Powered Wheel Barrow, engine powered wheel barrows for sale, muck truck parts, walk behind, landscaping wheelbarrow conversion kits

many more videos on you tube of it working,

I am concerned on the belt clutch, and the traditional lawn mower clutch with tighter for heavy loads and frequent engagement and disengagement,

one amazon review gave the clutch a questionable response and gave indication that it took a lot of adjusting to keep it working correctly,
and If I am using it for a difficult pour and the thing craps out, it could be such that a push wheel barrow would not even be usable do to grade or softness etc., and would be a hard ship to loose a few yards of concrete do to a belt clutch failure,

of the types below which one would you think would hold up the best under load and frequent start and stop,

I think here are the choices,

1 standard mower tractor belt tighter clutch, most like the lowest cost,

2 a go cart type centrifugal clutch, Belt Drive Centrifugal Clutches & Parts | Go Kart & Mini Bike Parts | MFG Supply mid price,

3 a different type of clutch that works more like a belt tightener, Centrifugal Clutch War Eagle: NORAM Centrifugal Clutches it grips the sides of the belt, as the pulley squeezes the belt, higher in cost,

4 Torque Converter Clutches type that snow mobile and some scooters use with the variable pulleys, https://www.gokartsupply.com/tavapp.htm higher in cost,

which type would you think would be the longest lasting type and easiest on the belt and the most durable,

 

[BHD]

one more of it working an amazing machine, there would be a lot of belt slippage working it over some of the obstacles as in the below video,

and the last thing I would want is to have to stop and replace a burning belt or a one that was shredded,

so what type of clutching would you think would be best?

I only want to make this unit once,

 

[farm boy00]

Only time i have ever seen the traditional lawn mower system not work is when i broke a belt

 

[Mysfyt]

How about a transaxle from a garden tractor? Hydraulic swashplate drive that would vary your speed and you don't have the worries about belts and clutches smoking. Forward and reverse to boot.

 

[BHD]

How about a transaxle from a garden tractor? Hydraulic swashplate drive that would vary your speed and you don't have the worries about belts and clutches smoking. Forward and reverse to boot.

that was my first idea, and mostly likely would work, even was given, a sears AYP mower, but need the lawn tractor, to use, but in the process, of using it, I used it to pull my portable scaffolding about a 500 pound trailer) around a lot this spring, and when I came up to some small obstacle the unit would stall out until either the speed control lever was moved to a higher level, or the engine speeded up (to develop more pressure), and did not like the way it would respond to some obstacle, the John Deere 111 with the manual transmission would deal with the obstacle easers than the hydrostat, and I talked to some others and said they noticed the same thing when more torque was needed, works fine under the loads of a mower, but with a load found it would stall out, If not maxed out. so I gave up for looking for a hydrostatic transaxle. thus the clutch and a manual transaxel.

 

[aczlan]

Look for one out of a garden tractor (80'sish machine with 5 bolt rear wheels). They are much stronger than a lawn tractor transmission.

Aaron Z

 

[4570Man]

Have you ever seen the blade engagement on a old piece of equipment? They have a spring loaded idler pulley that tightens the belt to engage the blades and loosens it to dis-engage. It would be costly, but using hydraulics like a skid steer or zero turn mowers would be the best solution.

 

[bigdeano]

How about this manual clutch? I just found it by googling.

Drag racing manual clutch, not a centfical but a true cable clutch

 

[farm boy00]

that was my first idea, and mostly likely would work, even was given, a sears AYP mower, but need the lawn tractor, to use, but in the process, of using it, I used it to pull my portable scaffolding about a 500 pound trailer) around a lot this spring, and when I came up to some small obstacle the unit would stall out until either the speed control lever was moved to a higher level, or the engine speeded up (to develop more pressure), and did not like the way it would respond to some obstacle, the John Deere 111 with the manual transmission would deal with the obstacle easers than the hydrostat, and I talked to some others and said they noticed the same thing when more torque was needed, works fine under the loads of a mower, but with a load found it would stall out, If not maxed out. so I gave up for looking for a hydrostatic transaxle. thus the clutch and a manual transaxel.

Your hydrostatic has the peddle right?? Did you know the more you push it in the faster it goes but likes torque

The less you push it in the slower but more torque

 

[bigdeano]

Maybe you could use a small motorcycle engine for power. They have a built in clutch and multi speed gearbox. Get one with electric start and you can put an electric fan blowing on the cylinder to cool it.