Calm down

[metz12]

No need for a bigger pulley.

The deck will have two 5/8 belts

This is how the drive works
Take a MTD with a two gear trans and swap the rear end with a 6 speed off a craftsman using the rear end pulley off the MTD so you still have the 7 speeds on the MTD plus the 6 one the rear end from the craftsman.

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

oh okay. i get it. i was just confused because my mtd is a 6 speed. i guess one track mind:laughing:

 

[afoulk]

No that's to easy.

4wd with option to free wheel the front wheels.

Going to use mtds drive set up but with a 6 speed rear end so you can cut grass at 4 mph or go to the store at 30 mph.

42 inch deck with 4 blades Not sure what brand spindles yet.

Steering will be a rack

That's the basic plan

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

will you be posting your build on here? I think most everyone on here would love to see it:thumbsup: Do you have any pics of your past builds?

 

[Carscw]

will you be posting your build on here? I think most everyone on here would love to see it:thumbsup: Do you have any pics of your past builds?

I started a thread about a year and a half ago on a build and no one ever post on it so I stopped putting pics on.
I will look on my old phone and find some pics.

It's a lot of fun thinking up things and building them.

My wife wants to do a rat rod

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

 

[Carscw]

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

 

[metz12]

thats sweet, im guessing a pulling tractor?

 

[afoulk]

Nice:thumbsup: I've always wanted to build a rat rod too. I'd really like to do one with a tractor trailer, preferably something with an old two stroke detroit

 

[Carscw]

Nice:thumbsup: I've always wanted to build a rat rod too. I'd really like to do one with a tractor trailer, preferably something with an old two stroke detroit

Doing a rat rod is fun no matter what you do to it no one can say hey that's not right or that model did not come with that.
I enjoy just sitting in the shop full of mowers and doing what ever pops in my head.

This will be my first tiny making my own deck and frame. I think a 4 blade 42 inch deck I should be able to mow faster.
Going with BIG hp and big chrome stacks.

Still keeping my eye out for the start of a rat rod

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

 

[djdicetn]

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I remember seeing those pictures when I first joined these forums and thinking.....wow, a Rennaissance Artist trapped in a Georgia Redneck body:0)

Or.....maybe huffing too much of that eau de mow:0)

 

[djdicetn]

Mine is in December.

Do we have to stop mowing:0(
I'm getting to where it's so much fun mowing with that ZTR I wanna do it year round(except maybe the weeks when there is snow on the ground:0)
Most likely my neighbors would begin to look at me a little strange(and doubt my sanity) when they went to their mailbox in January and there I was.......mowing non-existent grass:0)

 

[Carscw]

This is the ride that made my wife want to build a rat rod.



(( cowboy up and get over it ))