monster mower

i got a craftsman mower off my buddy and i had an 18 hp twin. ive always threw around the idea of one and my friend has one too so i started to make it i still need front tires and one rear tire but this is hat i got so far.



thats the rear axle set up



theres the front axle but i still need to exstened the spindles for bigger tires

also the exstended steereing arm


this is a rulling chassis if you wanna call it that it ill have 22inch tall tires all around and the back tires will be different and wider apart

and the picture above will be what it kinda looks like in the end, but it will have bigger quad tires in the frint and be painted black and lime green with maybe a winch

front end looks great! well done, what type of shocks are they? (on the front) should be cool in the end, this really makes me wanna get on with the 4x4 snapper! but alas no money to buy any parts!

mini bike/gokart shocks

you should put some shocks on the rear or the thing too. since your doing a chain sprocket drive you can try to set it up like quad would be.

Good god! Your gonna need a ladder to get onto that beast!

Nice work!

Has some serious potential- you might need more reinforcement on that rear axle and front axle setup tho- plus room for alot larger tires. Cool.

the front just needs a sway bar and i might just need a latter but im gonna reinforce the back somemore

where did you find a 3/4 inch shaft for the back? well presuming it IS!

i got it from gokartparts.com for 29.99 and if you want one i would just get the 1 inch axle just to be safe and it ill be stronger

ive been to go kart parts.com but haven't bought anything off of there. good prices though compaird to some of the local places around me.

whats the diameter of the axle?

i can't find that website you told me about, the main part being it needs to fit a lawn mower tyre and has to have the special key-way for them...

hoooolyy! That is seriously cool. I go away for a week and come back to this. Its awesome!

sorry i havent updated in a while, but i got my monster mower up and driving but i have been fighting to keep the chain working with key ways twisting and ales staying tight, i am longing to get it in mud but there is no mud anymore it hasnt rain in about 2 weeks and its all dry

That why you need a trailer with some 45 gal. drums. Fill em up and make mud yourself! Thats what I used to do. Becuase my house is near the bottom of a small valley, the woods nearby are always muddy, even after 3 weeks of solid sun it was still damp in there!

isn't that thing top heavy as all hell?, you need a wider wheel base side to side

That makes it all the more fun to ride Never know when it'll topple and fall on you I'd make it a little wider, alot of the monster mowers use pick up truck wheels and tyres, and those things are heavy so they dont have that problem.

Chunk: "That makes it all the more fun to ride - Never know when it'll topple and fall on you"

Thats the reason i took my murray apart - seemed stable being still ( was stock hieght and seating position), but going over 30mph, forget it- was seriously unstable - any lil bump and it would dart in that direction - a serious handfull keeping all 4 wheels on the ground- dont get me wrong, the rush of going that fast was amazing- always had to be wary that at any second you might do a faceplant on the ground.

My mild mod MTD tho - that thing id go full speed all day - handles awsome being lowered.

I was joking when I said that guess its just my sense of humour. Rack and pinion steering is great in monster mowers

i knew y were kidding - but its true tho - even with just a stock tractor.

i personaly think the monster mowers with trucktires that are so tall are stupid as hell you see all the videos of them mudding and they dont do good for nothing considering they use half balled or completely balled tires and it is stable and not that top heavy but im also not taking it on any real tipsy trails to make it roll

you could put chains on the tyres

hey, since ii have a realy long chain on this it keeps poping eventhough its inline and is tight does any one have ideas of getting it to stay on it

Not really sure. Do you have a tensioner?

I'd ask Kel Anthony (from Xtreme Mower Mayhem) and see what he says. He's the best on monster mowers

add a guard or a tensioner, this will be my problem when it comes to that!