My montgomery ward off-road tractor.

I have been working on this for some time but have not said anything about it. 40ci opposed twin, peerless 700 5 speed with 18" atv tires from the murray, along with the rear rack.

This looks like a fun build if you do anything please keep us up to date cause I love older tractors and love to see what people do to them but just one recommendation:bumper

Nice exhaust system.

thanks guys, the original 8 hp caught fire and burned the hood so I decided to do this. it needs a bumper for the front. I love the exhaust, but my buddies think that it is too loud. it sounds like a very loud harley davidson.

Yep, a very loud harley davidson that has something wrong in the carb.. LOL... i think you need to redo your exhaust as tight to the frame as possible, bennens hit his front tire, but we fixed that.

I just got tubing to redo it today, and I scored a $20 hf winch from the store because I had gift cards and a coupon. so it is getting a strong bumper tomorrow and new exhaust. Z is sounds like a bad carb because when you heard it it had starting problems and I thought it was the carb so I was playing with the mixture. I will put the exhaust on my 6211 dozer.

aww but the 6211 looks so good! and i would run the pipe as close to the frame as possible at all times for clearance and it will look more trick.

All ready for zsmachines and brennen to come over for a romp today! i will get lots of pics

The new and improved Montgomery Wards Dependable Power Plus 8 4 Speed. It is no longer 8, but 18 horse power. If I open the throttle in 5th (I added 5th gear) I do a wheel stand. Luckily I have the rear rack which keeps me from falling over, although it feels like you are straight up in the air when it goes. Anyways, I have a 2 into 1 exhaust, and I got it to idle without having to open the throttle at all. Winch is attached and ready. Now I am waiting for Zsmachines and Brennen to get here so we can go on a ride. We shouldn't have a problem getting stuck since the mud is frozen solid so it is like concrete.

Do you have all the tin work removed from the engine except the shroud? I was thinking of removing most of it on an opposed twin I am going to build. I planned on extending the tin down on the lower of the two cylinders though since I saw a picture of one and there was a decent gap. I guess you haven't had any overheating issues?

I have not had problems, but I have the tins if I need them. Rode it today, till the chain broke, then the belt broke. Ran it for some time though, and it works great! It has tons of power, so awesome! I will rebuild the tranny but I need the countershaft and I can't find one.(splines for reverse sprocket are stripped, and I want the two outputs so I can put on breaks.) I am thinking of getting a straight axle and getting a break disk on that.

i would put the brakes on your axle so that you still have brakes even if your chain breaks.

@ZSmachines wrote:

i would put the brakes on your axle so that you still have brakes even if your chain breaks.

good point.

I finally got a chain and belt for it, and it probably goes 20 mph. I will try to get a vid of it today.

Looks good! Always wanted a front engined rider with a 700. Pretty hard to come by. Good work mate, keep it up!!

@MatthewD wrote:

Looks good! Always wanted a front engined rider with a 700. Pretty hard to come by. Good work mate, keep it up!!

well if you buy parts you could always make one

Yeah I have not seen many of these around. sears had a 8hp craftsman with the same setup. Anyways, I made a stronger tie rod that is 2x as thick as the original, since the old one bent in my hand. this is a shortened mtd rod with adjustable ends.

rode it around the other day, flipped it, and the rear pulley fell off. off to fix that... I think the setscrews backed out.

That stinks!

Ya know... I think that a quad it dirtbike motor would be cool in this... You could hear it down to where 1st gear would be at like 2 mph and high would be like 45...

No. Z that's a bad idea. Traded this to Zsmachines, he sold it to his buddy, and they screwed it all up lol. on the lookout for another!

one last pic of it: