Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT"

Yeah it's r was lly hard to get no vibs. Still figuring that on my videos

LOL, I gave up on mounts for the time being. Looks like you could pull the tractor out with that when you are done.

Added a third beam. The most part of the bouncing seems to be gone. Gonna hold off on painting this time to make sure I have it finalized.




Maybe I'll put up a video later of my horseing around with the mount lol

Nice job Rich.

Thanks. Can't wait to get some good video with it.

Got some good wheelies in this vid. Camera shake is mostly eliminated from the pole it seems, still a bit of side to side with the adhesive mount, but it's not that bad.

Footage looks as good as anyone else's pole camera with a solid mount. Only 2 things I can think of to help with any shakes. Make one of those fancy springy mounts or make MUTT hover. LOL.

Nice video Rich! Too bad we can't hear the new exhaust very well, haha. Maybe a video of the new exhaust setup next?

Springy mounts you say?

AllisKidD21 wrote:

Nice video Rich! Too bad we can't hear the new exhaust very well, haha. Maybe a video of the new exhaust setup next?

I keep telling myself I'm gonna do a video on it. I'll get to it eventually lol.

And the award for best hair during a romp video goes to... RichieRichOverdrive

I didn't really notice the camera shaking at all. I think your mount is fine. Nice wheelies in that video too.

Lmao on the hair comment.

Wheelies are fun when they're on purpose...sometimes not when you don't intend to. Youd think all the junk I added towards the front woukd keep her down, but I guess not. Maybe a nice big winch would help keep the front end down...

Oh and since Allis did I figured I would too lol.

Eh that's not a very big list. Lol jking it's huge. Good luck

I actually have added some more stuff to it since then...

Uhuh. Like I said I don't make lists , they grow beyond the possibility of ever being finished for me

What are you thinking about for a filter on your snorkel Rich? Like a little round one like I had? That would probably look pretty neat.

Foam element filter from a Honda clone

Oh yeah? That would probably look pretty cool.

Not really concerned about looks lol. I think I'm gonna keep it tucked up in the hood anyways.

Well fair enough haha. Are you gonna close off the holes in the blower shroud that are supposed to blow air into air box? I alwalys wondered if it would be better to close them off if you did a custom intake so it maybe traps the cold air in the shroud better.

I'll probably duct tape them, I have before and it works fine

Also makes it a little less easy for mice and stuff to get it there and build a nice nest, haha. I've been there before.

Oh yeah lol. Although I rarely have my machines sitting in one place long enough to pick up a mouse nest.

RichieRichOverdrive wrote:

I don't know why both of my 820s have been so loud. Might be because I only put used 15w-40 in em? I know my input bearings aren't the greatest, but I'm not sure they'd be the problem. Maybe when I get some money I'll pick up a new bearing and some Lucas oil stabilizer or something.

Would thicker oil quiet em down any?

I think they will be noisy any way you put it.  I noticed in my test video's how noisy it was. I guess you would need a camera with a remote Mic at another location to clean it up.

AllisKidD21 wrote:

Well fair enough haha. Are you gonna close off the holes in the blower shroud that are supposed to blow air into air box? I alwalys wondered if it would be better to close them off if you did a custom intake so it maybe traps the cold air in the shroud better.

That's a good idea. Instead of that air going out the side of the blower shroud and going nowhere, it could be put to better use by blowing more air over the head to help keep it cool.