Monster work tractor

After 4 grueling hours of sweating swearing grinding and hammering i finally got the rear end out!

Here is the new layout my neighbor and i came up with today, Im going to extend the frame a few inches and weld some angle iron or tube steel down the frame to have a sturdy support to mount the transmission and transfer case to.

Doc Sprocket wrote:

dylansrockinrigs wrote:

it is an ohv im not sure what valve lash is i know for a fact its not the starter because i can turn my neighbors 18 horse opposed twin over by hand and i used to be able to pull startit this one..

Don't count on it. Your neigbour could have low compression. Your starter's bushings could be dry and dragging, bad brushes, whatever. Lotsa possibilities.
It's very likely the valve lash has gone outta spec or the starter is ailing. Hell, could even be a poor electrical connection.

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does anybody have any advise for removing the rear axle from the truck?

Yes- bring a torch!

Or a big guy with a breaker bar, and a piece of pipe. Glad you got it out

An angle grinder worked just fine.

Always a handy tool. with care.

yep.

I went and tightened the steering up real good on the craftsman for now. I just need to figure out how to mount the transfer case and tranny in there.

Alright bringing this back from the dead, i just started working on it again since the weather has been nice, i scored a free 10 horse that should work perfectly for this project and im going to build my own frame out of 2x3 steel tubing

dylansrockinrigs wrote:

Alright bringing this back from the dead, i just started working on it again since the weather has been nice, i scored a free 10 horse that should work perfectly for this project and im going to build my own frame out of 2x3 steel tubing

Is a 10 horse going to be big enough for such a big tractor?

I think it should, im doing my own version of a Pow R, Pup and those use 3 horses and gear reduction so i think my 10 horse will work fine if not ill get a big V-twin

get the gearing right and it will be a tank. my bolens is a 10 horse tejunkseh flatty and it has more balls than some bigger engines

Im not sure of the ratio im going to use but it will have 5 speeds with high and low range and the rear has 4:1 gearing