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arild365 Skilled


Age : 24 Join date : 2010-02-11 Posts : 320 Forum Rep : 0 Location : Canada, BC
 | Subject: Shaft powered lawn tractor Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:43 am | |
| I wanted to know if any of you had a shaft driven lawn tractor. It would be ideal for water. I think some Cub cadets have have em. It wouldnt be too hard to make. |
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Chunk Master


Age : 28 Join date : 2010-02-10 Posts : 779 Forum Rep : 0 Location : Angus, Scotland
 | Subject: Re: Shaft powered lawn tractor Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:56 pm | |
| It would be very easy to do with any lawn tractor. You'd need two Right Angle Gear Boxes, one under the engine and one on the tranny. That would give you a 1:1 ratio. Only problem is you'd need a proper clutch like a car. Can you tell I've thought about this before? lol. The biggest expence would be the RAGBs, theyre not cheap new. |
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dangeroustoys56 Grand Master


Age : 49 Join date : 2010-02-10 Posts : 1726 Forum Rep : 0 Location : Florida, USA
 | Subject: Re: Shaft powered lawn tractor Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:57 pm | |
| Someone somewhere mentioned about home making one out of two axles that have pinion gears - use two pillow blocks to support them - id say mount them to some square tubing ( L shaped) and add a cross brace - then build a box with oil seals out of steel sheets, welding all the sides but one ( to access the thing, bolt the unit to the bottom ( to remove it if needed) - i think its possible and sometime i wanna try it!
Only hard bit would be to mesh the gears correctly- might need to check it like when checking a differential ( to see if they mesh right). |
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ncredleg Apprentice


Age : 54 Join date : 2010-05-16 Posts : 59 Forum Rep : 0 Location : NC
 | Subject: Re: Shaft powered lawn tractor Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:21 am | |
| - @arild365 wrote:
- I wanted to know if any of you had a shaft driven lawn tractor. It would be ideal for water. I think some Cub cadets have have em. It wouldnt be too hard to make.
I don`t see why a transaxle couldn`t be mounted at a 90 degree orientation to original and use a steering U-Joint attached to the input shaft . You would have to figure a method to clutch it though to change gears, unless it was a hydro. |
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Guest Guest
 | Subject: Re: Shaft powered lawn tractor Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:51 am | |
| my honda has a shaft n it goes ok in the mud its just kinda heavy if u get better tires itll do better |
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dangeroustoys56 Grand Master


Age : 49 Join date : 2010-02-10 Posts : 1726 Forum Rep : 0 Location : Florida, USA
 | Subject: Re: Shaft powered lawn tractor Tue Aug 10, 2010 4:26 pm | |
| The bigger cubs have shaft drive - they weight alot as well. Thats why alot of tractor pullers use a cub trans as a starting point.
I dont know how well a transmission mounted sideways would work - where would you mount it? They take up alot of room - plus theyre weak ( unless filled with oil and heavy duty berings) - only way to find out is build one actually.
Belts will still work when wet- IF theyre the better quality ones - i ran my agway in the mud and water up to the bottom of the motor and it still moved easily ( only lost traction from the crappy stock tires is all). |
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CraftsMAN Skilled


Age : 33 Join date : 2010-06-01 Posts : 361 Forum Rep : 1 Location : NY
 | Subject: Re: Shaft powered lawn tractor Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:49 am | |
| I had a bolens with shaft drive.. |
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dangeroustoys56 Grand Master


Age : 49 Join date : 2010-02-10 Posts : 1726 Forum Rep : 0 Location : Florida, USA
 | Subject: Re: Shaft powered lawn tractor Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:36 am | |
| Yeah that guy Tommarytn on YT uses all those old Bolens tractors with the wisconsin and kohler motors - neat things about those are the trans can be locked like a front axle on a 4x4 - just twist the knob on one of the rear wheels- plus the tube chassis is cool. He takes those things everywhere - mud, water.
The shaft setup is sorta weird- it hooks to the motor by belts- its not directly hooked to it - its mounted a few inches below the motor back to the trans. |
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DICE464 Apprentice


Age : 23 Join date : 2010-07-30 Posts : 129 Forum Rep : 0
 | Subject: Re: Shaft powered lawn tractor Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:24 am | |
| ive thought about doing this a few times but alot of times i dont have the money |
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Jordan Apprentice


Age : 25 Join date : 2010-10-03 Posts : 170 Forum Rep : 0 Location : Ontario Canada
 | Subject: Re: Shaft powered lawn tractor Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:41 pm | |
| - @dangeroustoys56 wrote:
- The bigger cubs have shaft drive - they weight alot as well. Thats why alot of tractor pullers use a cub trans as a starting point.
I dont know how well a transmission mounted sideways would work - where would you mount it? They take up alot of room - plus theyre weak ( unless filled with oil and heavy duty berings) - only way to find out is build one actually.
Belts will still work when wet- IF theyre the better quality ones - i ran my agway in the mud and water up to the bottom of the motor and it still moved easily ( only lost traction from the crappy stock tires is all). i had 2 similar tractors a few years ago and they both had the exact same belt, i replaced both belts within 2 months but i bought them at the same time because i knew id need it anyway one of them i could completely submerge and itll still grip fine but on the other it didnt take much at all and the belt was slipping and i had to get the other tractor to pull it out |
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dangeroustoys56 Grand Master


Age : 49 Join date : 2010-02-10 Posts : 1726 Forum Rep : 0 Location : Florida, USA
 | Subject: Re: Shaft powered lawn tractor Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:55 pm | |
| On Tommarytn's YT cahnnel- when they went into deep water- water would spray up like a water fountain when the hood was open , just in front of the steering wheel- pretty funny. |
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