lawnmmower buggy

i am going to make a lawn mower buggy. didnt know where to put the build thread. i cant really start buying for it but i have the frame and tranny cleaned up.

i am hoping on making it look like a go kart/ mini buggy for offroad. top speed i want around 20 mph. yes its a hydro build. i do like my hydro. i ran it for 4 months while i was saving to fix up my current mudder. it was going around 12 mph top speed and through thick and thin. 2 ft of water and up hills. so thats why i am using the hydro. i want to custom weld foot boards and seat mounts and possibly a partial cage. put 8" front rims with 18" tires and maybe a solid axle swap inside the hydro making it wider than it is for better balance depending on what tires i use and how they look

thats what came off. minus the engine. it was a murray wide body.

as it will sit till i find an engine and tires or another rim

i might modify the frame so the engine sits in the back depending on what i get and rider in the middle obviously. that way rear wheels have lots of weight. and get some fenders if i can. like craftsman fenders or design my own into a cage around the engine kind of. all in good time tho. money comes first.

how well do duro mud/sand tires hold up to thick mud?

They do pretty good speedfreak241
Has them not the best but they cake up pretty fast

hmmm. maybe ill try directionals like i wanted to. im looking for mud only tires mostly

www.simpletires.com has some good deals

have you tried [url]rockymountainatv.com[/url]? its cheap. thats where i was looking for the duro mud/sand. i still gotta get an engine and rim and hope someone buys my other mower before i can even think about buying tires tho

Do you need a tire to with the rim and not lately ill check it out tho but I'm spending all of my tire money for my mule on a steering rack for it

no. i have a tire for now. i just need a rim. i bent mine up real bad

what happened to the steering rack?

It jammed up and sheeres all of the teeth on the pinion and just destroyed it

oh wow. i had a clutch pulley lock up on me the other day and sheered off. haha kinda like your story. nothing like 15mph to 0 mph in 2 seconds

if you look in the first picture theres a rim in the background. lol. thats the bent one. it wobbles like crazy....

Yep but this is 200$ though  

What is the width of the wheel?

its a 20x10x8 wheel. my moded turfs.

I have an 8.5 in wide wheel all the rest are being used

is it a lawnmower rim? maybe i could swap the tires around?

Yep

yea swapping tires is easy actually. 2 screwdrivers and some elbow grease. lol

Yep just did it today actually lol

its fun the first time. :p

Ya I've done it many times I do it in auto to

ahhh yea. lol. u got tools to do it there tho