Scotts S1742 Trail & Trailer Pulling

Trailer is looking great! Are you going to weld the front axle so the chassis doesnt tip all around? Or did i miss something?

CornShuck4CE wrote:

Finaly someone found a good use for a craftsman.   
Looks good like the build

Woooooah!

Yes I'm going to weld it. Need to strip paint off and maybe even add metal before welding.

Did a little work to the Scotts last night. Forgot to take pics   

I removed the transaxle, replaced the 4" steel pulley with a 6" aluminum pulley. 6" is actually the stock size for the spicer tranny. I wanted to go a little slower as it's more useful that way. Didn't have to change the belt because the belt-tensioning system gave me enough slack for the larger pulley.

Filled the trans with gear oil (didn't remove the grease) to try and tone down the whining noise. Drilled a hole though the neutral switch and put a rubber hose on to vent it.

Just little fixes here and there. This is still my favorite, and most reliable machine. At some point, I want to treat it to some better front tires.

Weight! for the front. Two brake rotors and two flywheels to be exact.



It really needed it because of the ATV tires. They are very grippy and I was always having to shift my weight forward to turn. Now I can just turn the wheel and she goes! Less unintended wheelies when taking off too. I'll add a bracket to the top for support later, but it stays in place pretty good right now.

Changed my muffler today. The "down-in-front" muffler style isn't all that great for off-roading, or in my case, pushing brush back. My buddy's Murray with B&S OHV has a much simpler design that has the muffler right on the exhaust side. I've been patiently waiting for a cheap one and found it on a friend's MTD that had a hole in the block.

Just making sure it fits. You can see the old muffler still attached.


Took it off, painted and refit.


It stops just before the tire.


I did have to modify the hood.


The sound is the same. Actually, it's a little quieter because after I hit something with the old muffler, it separated it from the header pipe and was louder

B440 wrote:

Yes I'm going to weld it. Need to strip paint off and maybe even add metal before welding.

Ha, I've changed my mind. I found an easier way to stop the front axle from pivoting. A couple bolts:


Carefully placed into these holes,


and Bam! No more pivoting.


Not sure why it took me that long to do this? I haven't used the trailer in awhile. It got some use today when I had to grab a parts machine and take all four wheels off. Still thinking about the crane hoist attachment, but that's at least $100 away


That's all I got for now. I've been busy with a JD 212 that I've been setting up for plow duty.

Crane attachment? Yea know HF has there 2500lb winch on sale for $50 this weekend or something.

Also, what about your 4x4x4x4 thing?

It's been cold, and rainy, and did I mention cold? I lose a lot of interest in building when it gets real cold out. But, I found someone giving away gym equipment on CL, which leads me back to working on the trailer. This is where the tower will go:


Mocking up the metal. These are pieces from a bed rail and a large box store sign.




Two pieces of angle iron should be strong enough for the base.


I thought about bolting the large angle piece, but just welded it. I didn't want to remove any structural integrity.


Here is the part from the gym equipment. Already has a pulley up top.


It's bolted in three places and I reused the plates that came with it. You can sort-of see the plates. They are acting as washers on both sides.


I still need to purchase the hand-powered winch from HF. It'll mount where my hand is. A mock-up of the cable location;


This is how it will sit until I get the winch. I don't think I want to get an electric one. Trying to keep it simple. I may add a ramp to the back to make it easier to load.

I think a little too much time has past since my last post.

But I have been doing a little bit here and playing a bit there. The tractor popped the welded diff while I was doing donuts in the woods. No damage, I'm back to an open diff

I bought the hand winch a long time ago and it collected dust in the garage. Today, it is mounted and ready to use.


I did as much welding as possible today. I even beefed up the towing plate on the tractor. Hard to see, but the ball hitch sits a little higher now.


I made up a better mounting point so the winch handle didn't hit anything when spun.


So here's a Scotts 20/48 garden tractor. Nice and heavy.


I really need to add a ramp. The tractor still required lifting, but I didn't have to completely dead-lift it. More like; Turn the winch a little, shove tractor, turn, shove, turn, etc. Didn't even break a sweat.