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Hey

I currently own a roper rt 16 with a kohler 10 hp engine, Still needs a little work doing to it recently had grizzly quad tyres put on the back and a stack being measured to go onto it and even managed to put on a foot pedal instead of the old hare and tortoise hand throttle

I don't use the roper to cut grass at all to admit i have a few friends and we go to a small 8 acre field and do a lot of mud bogging on them

just joined up so i have somewhere to go if i need to ask a question or two when i get stuck on a job so looking forward to what the forums can offer me advice wise :biggrin:

I though i would add some pictures of the roper as i realised the one i added is my profile picture

That looks like a nice tractor! And welcome to LawnMowerForum! :smile: :welcome:

Thanks

I'm not sure if this is the place to ask but at the moment im just testing the foot throttle and managed to work it off a bike lever with a cable of it but i really do not like seeing a brake lever on a ride on it looks a tad tacky !! So i was wondering would anyone know any way i would manage to work it off a small tractor/car foot pedal instead of the brake lever but i cant think of a way to mount it so it will push down and work like a normal foot throttle ??

Welcome to the Forum.:smile:

have you locked the rear end yet if not you might want to look into that

scott47429 said:

have you locked the rear end yet if not you might want to look into that

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:welcome: Glad you are here. I like your rider. Keep in mind that if you lock the rear axle the front end will have some serious push.

Hey no i havent locked the rear end yet i have though about doing it. Thanks for the advice

I all so used a bike brake lever and cable only way to use a car gas pedal is to run a pulley with it then the mud gets in it and cable jumps off.

If your going to play in the mud do not lock the rear end makes it very hard to turn or do donuts.

I took wire mesh and made a cover over the air filter box keeps some mud out of the air cleaner.

Nice looking tractor

Have you done any mods for more speed?

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

Hey thanks for the help i have seen i guy on youtube fearlessfronts manage to use a car pedal but i had no clue that could happen. And not quite yet i am going to put a 5" engine pulley and a 3" trans pulley (i think thats what there called) to start with then work up. Do you recomend any mods?

1998murray125 said:

Hey thanks for the help i have seen i guy on youtube fearlessfronts manage to use a car pedal but i had no clue that could happen. And not quite yet i am going to put a 5" engine pulley and a 3" trans pulley (i think thats what there called) to start with then work up. Do you recomend any mods?

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Try and find his one on clutch for Murray I did it on mine as close to his as I could and works good never any belt slip. I run 4 inch pulleys front and back works good for riding wheelies and throwing mud. I did try a 6 inch front with a 2 inch rear not good in the mud but very crazy fast



(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

Ah yeah i know the one thats in i will have to give it a go we have had a few nasty accidents due to belt slip. Belt slipped right on the peak of our hill climb and he rolled down backwards and the mower rolled 3 times at the bottom once over the top of him. Yeah that does sound pretty even front and back we have tried going stupid on the sizes once it was fun but corners were mad it never stayed on 4 tyres

http://youtu.be/6lYuXYwQp8M

See if you can watch this.
It is my first one I built

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))