MTD off-road romper build.

richie thomas wrote:

and that is why i run a hood! lmao
glad your not hurt tho man, that would suck

lol yup i shoulda had the hood on but i didnt think it was important till it was on its side lol.

live and learn

willis923 wrote:

live and learn

Yeah not a big deal tho. Only nothing good came outta this but its ok

I wouldn't say nothing good came out of it... tractor crashes (as long as no serious injuries) are pretty entertaining... entertaining=good. I just wish we had half of our crashes on tape haha!

I see you need work on your roll over technique. Thanks to countless rollovers on ours, we have a way of doing it somewhat painless. Keep both arms on steering wheel, straight out, as you roll onto your back, you can guide the tractor to the side, while pulling your leg out.

I did get injured last time I rolled, but that was due to not wearing long pants, and leg got burned on exhaust pipe.

glad your not hurt! those MTD spindels are 5/8" wile other mowers have 3/4" ones, so if you find another mower you probly swap in the front end into your MTD without much trouble and you can find more wheels for it.

redlinemotorsportts wrote:

richie thomas wrote:

and that is why i run a hood! lmao
glad your not hurt tho man, that would suck

lol yup i shoulda had the hood on but i didnt think it was important till it was on its side lol.

Yes you should! I know from experience what can happen to the pristeene flywheel shroud and air filter! lol

Bahahaha, you guys... Yeah im not exactly a pro when it comes to this. it was my first time ad just happened to be on film. Happens so quick that the moment i realized it was going bad was when i had the engine coming towards me. im very lucky i didnt roll it on the other side, i coulda smashed the carb and air filter.

The airfilter/carb/manifold took most of the impact when I flipped mine. I couldnt see any damage to the carb/manifold. I was actually surprised it was cracked or something.

TheBeal wrote:

The airfilter/carb/manifold took most of the impact when I flipped mine. I couldnt see any damage to the carb/manifold. I was actually surprised it was cracked or something.

I was releifed that it was only a spindle on mine, becuse yours was really smashed. Yep lawn mowers dont like to be rolled lol

redlinemotorsportts wrote:

TheBeal wrote:

The airfilter/carb/manifold took most of the impact when I flipped mine. I couldnt see any damage to the carb/manifold. I was actually surprised it was cracked or something.

I was releifed that it was only a spindle on mine, becuse yours was really smashed. Yep lawn mowers dont like to be rolled lol

Its what I do! lol

Stretch44875 wrote:

I see you need work on your roll over technique.  Thanks to countless rollovers on ours, we have a way of doing it somewhat painless.  Keep both arms on steering wheel, straight out, as you roll onto your back, you can guide the tractor to the side, while pulling your leg out.

I'll have to try this, it actually sounds like a good idea!

mr.modified wrote:

Stretch44875 wrote:

I see you need work on your roll over technique.  Thanks to countless rollovers on ours, we have a way of doing it somewhat painless.  Keep both arms on steering wheel, straight out, as you roll onto your back, you can guide the tractor to the side, while pulling your leg out.

I'll have to try this, it actually sounds like a good idea!

from experience i can say it works on lifted mowers also....but dayum thats a long way down

Roll over on your back like a Pill Bug and bench press the tractor? Then toss it to the side? I gotta see this!   

*sniff sniff* do i smell a tutorial video? LOL. someone should roll over for fun and show how its done

Yall are nuts lol. Maybe stretch has a junk mower laying around and can show us how it's done?   

Just keep in mind that technique might not work as well with some of the narrower fella's out there. If yer tractor out weighs ya 3 or 4 to one, you may do better just jumping off and pick up the tractor later. Easier to weld up a frame or hood than to weld up an arm or rib.

Haha, that's what I was thinking!    I can easily lift my tractor and this sounds like a great technique if it was set up right. However, there's balance and speed to contend with and a loop-out never goes the same way twice. I'd actually try it on purpose, but not on accident. With my luck, I'd find the only sharp rock in the area with my kidney.    

Added my old case lights i bought in august. Lenses arnt together and not wired up. waiting for some led lights i won to get here for the rear fenders.





Pics didnt come out as good as i was thinking. maybe the lens was foggy or something   

I sooner would've put them behind the mesh in your hood.  Then they won't snap off or get snagged by things as easily.

LAWN MOWER MUDDER wrote:

I sooner would've put them behind the mesh in your hood.  Then they won't snap off or get snagged by things as easily.

But ill have to disconnect a wire every time i remove the hood and ill smash em when i roll, and thats happened oone to many times lol

Headlights look good. Ever think about painting a number on the grill?

mr.modified wrote:

Headlights look good. Ever think about painting a number on the grill?

Nah, maybe if i had a hole bunch of buddies and we romped alot maybe.

Looking good! Hey, if you don't mind, can you chime-in on my LED thread in the Electrical section if you learn anything from using the rear LEDs you won? Pics and maybe a comment how they work?   

Heres a few things related to the thread:
I won a giveaway on a facebook mower group (Norman Ferguson is a very generous man hes mtd2fast4u here) and got two led lights. Both lights have 4 leds in them and are very bright! very very happy with these, water resistant, adjustable mounts, bright, and will work perfect for my application!


A little offtopic:
last saturday about ANOHER v-twin. This time its a 22hp intek briggs 40ci. not sure on the year, im guessing a 03-05 ish. someone tried to pull it and broke a motor bolt in the motor mount, oh well. Unsure on running condition just like the tehcumseh v twin. Now i have 3! v-twin dickted....




I plan on servicing this and selling it for 2 bills. hopefully.....

Well i started mounting all the lights. leds went on the rear fender, modifying the stock wiring kit was easy.




Re-assembling front bug lamps  and hooking them up.

Wire passing thru the light post

Controll pannel has new members

Bug lamps frying everything in sight. Even snow

Just bug lamps on

Leds and bug lamps on