Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 20th 2018, 8:30 pm
Does your tires hit the bumper or does it stick out far enough? Looks good. Good to see some other Craftsman's in the forums and not just a bunch of Murrays. (this from someone with 2 Murray's
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 20th 2018, 8:37 pm
Tires have plenty of room, but will it have even more once i get some suspension on it!( i have a bunch of coil overs that i horded and need to use since ak got me into this crap)
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 22nd 2018, 9:49 am
Here is a vid from the first romp on the "Quagmower" .
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 22nd 2018, 10:25 am
And another one ...
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 22nd 2018, 10:28 am
Wow, that diff slips bad, even with mud lites. Doc's Fugazi has mud lights and a locked diff and he hasn't broken anything, you might be able to figure something out.
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 22nd 2018, 11:20 am
well the front end is locked so once i flex it up a bit with suspension i will stop getting hung up.
Doc also has an 820 in his. those are much more durable
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 22nd 2018, 12:15 pm
Nice romp videos with a variety of terrain and your shepard is your rompin' buddy, so cool. It makes total sense that since you have a rigid front end, once you go on uneven terrian you only have 2 or 3 tires making good contact with the ground so you're going to be spinning one of the rear wheel a lot. Knowing you I'm sure that you have some cool suspension plans in the works to fix that.
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 23rd 2018, 12:08 pm
Crazy_Carl wrote:
Nice romp videos with a variety of terrain and your shepard is your rompin' buddy, so cool. It makes total sense that since you have a rigid front end, once you go on uneven terrian you only have 2 or 3 tires making good contact with the ground so you're going to be spinning one of the rear wheel a lot. Knowing you I'm sure that you have some cool suspension plans in the works to fix that.
Yup i am planning a good suspension , it will be similar to the murray but even more beefy.
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 23rd 2018, 12:50 pm
here is part 2 0f the mud romp.
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 23rd 2018, 3:25 pm
Wow, to fill in all the tread on Mud Lites is really something!
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 23rd 2018, 5:41 pm
Looks fun man!
I've filled up the tread on my Executioners. Damn clay lol
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 24th 2018, 10:17 am
yah the field that i mud in is mostly creek clay with a sand base. its really easy to get stuck .
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 24th 2018, 11:31 am
Yeah, clay's no fun.
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 26th 2018, 8:44 pm
Took it out for a romp the other day, rode for 30 min, spent an hour getting it out.Also built a heavy duty bumper so now i can lift the rear end out easier . The rack is just mocked up cause i cant decide if i want to rack it or not. Whadda yall think about putting a rack on it ?
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 26th 2018, 9:08 pm
Rack looks kinda cool. Like the rear bumper too, simple but effective. That's the thing I don't like about mudding is it can be more work to get it out than it's worth. I've only been that stuck a couple of times, but it's no fun at all. That's why I stick to crawling and stuff a little bit more than hitting the mud.
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 26th 2018, 9:41 pm
That looks really neat! Did you film it? (I really enjoy romp vids.)
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 27th 2018, 9:00 am
i didn't even try filming it because i hitting the mud hard and everything was covered , so i would have been filming a dirty camera lens the whole time. I got it stuck, then moved it a couple feet , then stuck again,. I repeated that for an hour so the footage wouldn't be the greatest anyway
The rack would need to be out a little farther or i could chop some rack out and weld it back in but over out of the way . Then the gas tank cap would have good access i think, i really would love some storage on it but i kinda like it with and without the rack
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 27th 2018, 2:42 pm
When you put the rack on it looks more like an atv and not a tractor so I hear you Biggas.
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 27th 2018, 3:15 pm
i might just put a removable cargo box on the rear bumper , then it can still look like a mower.
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 27th 2018, 4:21 pm
Well I like the look of a wheeler, so I think that NellyBelle is gonna get a rack. Especially with the way it's set up, there is no storage what so ever.
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 27th 2018, 8:32 pm
Eh i don't know or care yet if i will rack it. i think it looks pretty good now
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 27th 2018, 9:25 pm
Yeah it does, and I like some tractors that look like tractors, the Craftsman GTs look good as tractors. But they make good atv style things too.
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Subject: Re: 1993 Craftsman LT4000 heavy mud build. January 27th 2018, 9:28 pm
Its a craftsman II, not a gt
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