Walk behind skidsteer

[Taylortractornut]

I recently repaired a mini skid steer that a rental company lost off a trailer. It had 4 wheel motors like a Powertrac uses. It had a busted wheel motor so I ordered a new one from Surplus Center. Im thinking about buying 4 right now. It would be 7to800 dollars. I have several pumps and a few motors on hand. I cant justify the cost of a mini skid Ill have to make one.

 

[12barber12]

Thank you all for your responses they are very helpful Does anyone know what size sprockets and how many teeth this is what I'm thinking with the wheel Motor in the center

 

[12barber12]

So after pricing all the sprockets and chains and pillow blocks etc I think I'm gonna buy 4 wheel motors and attach them directly to the wheels any suggestions on low speed high torque and is 10cu enough I'm new to hydro motors and don't know what to look for

 

[Iplayfarmer]

So after pricing all the sprockets and chains and pillow blocks etc I think I'm gonna buy 4 wheel motors and attach them directly to the wheels any suggestions on low speed high torque and is 10cu enough I'm new to hydro motors and don't know what to look for

Go to your nearest golf course. Somewhere out in the weeds behind the rough there are a few old reel mowers. Probably orange. Offer the guy a few bucks for everything there and take the wheel motors off those. There are likely two per mower.

 

[12barber12]

No I have not finish my project yet I am still in the process of finding all of the parts and also I keep going back and forth whether to use a vertical engine shaft or horizontal engine shaft only reason being I don't know about running a hydraulic pump with a belt and pulley

 

[12barber12]

I would like to use a Vertical shaft engine but I don't believe they make a bracket to mount a pump to it as for the steering I wanted to use the onboard pump and valves from the walk behind mower Then I was going to add another hydraulic pump and valve to run the loader that is why am kind of leaning towards a Horizontal shaft engine and losing the onboard pump in Valve from the mower and just running a four block control valve off of 1 pump That is the only thing I can come up with where I won't have any belts

 

[Charlie Packwood]

You might want to go to machine builders.net. Machine Builders Network - Forums powered by UBB.threads™ There is a lot of good advice. I have built a front end loader using wheel motors. You can use either a vertical or horizontal shaft motor to drive your pump, no issues with pump orientation or controls for that matter. Direct drive is the best way to go. You may want to investigate CadPlans on the web. They have various plans available. Another site for you to look at is CDP backhoe > backhoes & thumb kits. This guy has a set of plans for something similar to what you want to build. You can decide if purchasing the plans is worth it for the knowledge and modify to meet your needs. I would also look at Surplus centre for wheel motors Surplus Center. As for the bracket I had to fabricate one to fit the mounting on the motor, not a big project really. Do you have access to any machine tools such as a mill or lathe?