long time no see. need suggestions on my next project.

hello fellow tractor rompers! some of you may know me already and some not, im redzz02 over on youtube too, if you haven't checked out any of my videos id really appreciate it if you would.

my camp where all my mowers are caught on fire a couple months ago and the fact that I picked up a job with a lot of hours I never have weekends off to make it up camp to do some work or atleast bring a mower home to mess with. the first day I get off that I can make it up camp ill be bringing home a mower to lift, but...... I have a question for you guys about what I should get/build? should I...

buy a truck to lift and play in the mud/woods with, keep in mind I could only have it up camp which I do not get a lot of time to go up there, plus I have no truck nor trailer that can legally and safely transport the truck. this being said I can only use it in a friends woods whenever he allows me too when I go up camp.

or should I blow several hundred dollars into parts to build a 4x4 2 seater gokart out of gokart parts and lawn mower parts, having full suspension, driveshafts and all with 25's and an 18 hp twin? thank you for whoever checks out my channel and thatnk you for taking the time in reading this post and any ideas are welcome

We need to know what you have to work with.

Figure out what you want to do,

Sux about the fire.

what do you mean work with?

What do you have for useable parts?

ohhhh I have a shit done of part, and the money to blow in parts to build the 4x4 gokart, I know hat I need to order to get it done, 1 inch live axles front and rear and anywhere from 3-5 gears forward and a reverse depending on tranny I pick, will pasically be a 4x4 buggy, I just cant decide wether I want to spend the money on this gokart or if I should just buy a beater truck

Got room to drive the kart?

a trucks bigger than the cart so I have room to drive the truck so yes haha I got room to drive the cart here and up camp, I have room to drive the truck here and up camp too, I would just need to invest in a 1 ton truck and trailer to haul it, or find someone around here with a truck and trailer

That's not what I meant.

If you have room for both at both places.

What do you want?

A killer kart/tractor/buggy can be hauled in/on the back of a pickup
a truck can't.

Save up the money for the hauler and build the toy to fit.

I guess that would be the logical thing to do..... now the question is should I build this cart in the mean time?

so basically mylist of parts from bmi karts, for almost everything for the front and rear axle minus the square tubing to make the housing, and the spider gears is 280.17$ including shipping, my bill from suplus center would be 98$ even without shipping, plus the cost of the donor gokart, 50$ and then I still need metal for the axles, and do a three link setup in the front with coil springs and leafs in the rear, I would also need 4more u joints for the drive shafts so 428.17$ is my total plus another lets say 200-300$ in metal and other parts that would be 628-728$ for 2 seater 4x4 go kart

redzz02 wrote:

so basically mylist of parts from bmi karts, for almost everything for the front and rear axle minus the square tubing to make the housing, and the spider gears is 280.17$ including shipping, my bill from suplus center would be 98$ even without shipping, plus the cost of the donor gokart, 50$ and then I still need metal for the axles, and do a three link setup in the front with coil springs and leafs in the rear, I would also need 4more u joints for the drive shafts so 428.17$ is my total plus another lets say 200-300$ in metal and other parts that would be 628-728$ for 2 seater 4x4 go kart

Jesus, that enough to mod mowers for years.

If youre serious about making a 4x4 go-kart, why not just buy a 2 seater pre-made and just mod it so it has a live front axle? I dunno how prices for go-karts are in PA but I know around here you can get them running for $500 or less.

Or mod a mower. Seems a lot less complicated really.

that's where the 50$ comes in I have a two seater gokart I can get off a friend, believe it or not all of those parts are for the front and rear axle, to make them articulate like a solid axle on a truck, about 300$ of that is u joints..... wish I knew where to get them cheaper at

Im not sure how strong they are but you might be able to use U joints from a steering assembly.

As for the rear, you shouldnt need U joints. You could run a thick, solid live axle, although you would need to limit it so it doesnt twist the chain off.

good to see you back redzz.
you should buy a 4x4 lifted monster mower that fits on the back of a pickup.
i recall you having a f150 i think. it burnt oil and was losing power.

btw check out my yard king offroad/racing mower.
http://atltf.forumotion.com/t1458-yard-king-racing-offroad-mower-build

I'd say go for the little buggy.

I'm a fan of people that design and build their owm projects.
I've had an offroad truck before and to me it became a big hassle, got to have a big garage to fit it in or your out in the weather working on it, When your broke down/ stuck in the middle of a woods its difficult to get someone to go back and get you out and so on.

Smaller toys like tractors, gocarts, atv, ect can take up very little space in a garage, and parts can be takin in a basement or spare room to be worked on. They also can go many other places a truck cant fit plus getting them there is alot easier.

Thats just my .02c In the end its up to you .

If you do build the go cart or even another tractor and need a hand or maybe a special tool, ect Im only about 1/2 of an hour away from your camp area, hit me up I'm always willing to help out members.

muddstir thank you for the offer on helping me build it, maybe some time we should get together and do some mower romping,
thatrandomguy- you got a nice build there good work!
doug fackler- like I said in the post above the ujoints are for the drive shafts its not going to be chain driven

redzz02 wrote:

muddstir thank you for the offer on helping me build it, maybe some time we should get together and do some mower romping,
thatrandomguy- you got a nice build there good work!
doug fackler- like I said in the post above the ujoints are for the drive shafts its not going to be chain driven

thanks, join the chat sometime.
keep us updated on the what you decide on building.

yeah once I get some days off work and make it up camp ill either be bringing home my wheel horse- lift it and make it unbreakable redo my dynamark, bring home a little huffy frame and do a rat rod mower, or start on a 4x4 mower

redzz02 wrote:

muddstir thank you for the offer on helping me build it, maybe some time we should get together and do some mower romping,
thatrandomguy- you got a nice build there good work!
doug fackler- like I said in the post above the ujoints are for the drive shafts its not going to be chain driven

Sounds good-

now I just have to finish one of mine

redzz02 wrote:

yeah once I get some days off work and make it up camp ill either be bringing home my wheel horse- lift it and make it unbreakable redo my dynamark, bring home a little huffy frame and do a rat rod mower, or start on a 4x4 mower

that wheel horse willl sure be unbreakeble. bullitproof transaxles.
btw im on the chat right now.

yea 6 gears forward and two in reverse with 25's all around it, will be one bad ass monster mower

well..... basically I think im gonna build a 4x4 gokart, im about 85% decided, I need more money to get all the parts but I think im gonna order some parts to build one of these axles I have in my head and see how it goes....


so theres my crazy idea for an axle

Whats the ragb for?

ragb is so that I can attach a u joint to it and a drive shaft that way it will be like a truck axle I can have suspension flex

see flex this is what im after not just a swing arm and up and down travel, chains aren't ment to be twisted and belts aren't made to turn four 25 inch tall tires through mud water rocks and hills