The Mudding Craftsman

What did you do to ensure both sides were even? Or did you just eyeball it and and call it good?

Im going to have to cut out my craftsman hood to fit the oppy... Id like it to be even as possible.

yes i just eye balled it with a torch... and sorry for my absence ive been workin on my truck i just bought so mowers are kinda not my priority right now

The ol 15 hp oppy is back on, I'm just gunna weld the original front axle back in to get this thing rompin, its going back to the 24" ATs and probably the 20" Ching Shin's on the front.

nice, get a vid when you go ride

I am gunna get one with my new Go Pro, I'm gettin a head strap for it soon. Plus me and Murray got the 'Man almost all the way together, with a bad ass stack! We're gettin the front axle & steering together tomorrow, then we're gunna tear up some grass & water, the AT's are flat (I'm getting some spare 25" mud tires from MM's house soon) so all it has are turfys but it'll still be fun on a mower with an oppy, 1-1 ratio, and a 820   

sounds like fun, cant wait to see

yeah im finally gunna get this pos driving instead of just talkin bout it
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all right I got the front axle welded on, motor runnin and startin beautifully I'm starting on the steering tomorrow and then I'll go for a lil ride around and upload a video for you guys!

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I hung out with my grandpa for most of the weekend but I managed to complete the steering about 60%... all it needs is linkages and a wheel, then I'll be rompin

Well I haven't been able to work on this for a while cause i got in to a tussle at school and almost got expelled for it, but now everything's smoothed out I can start again! Yesterday I got the motor completely mounted and all I have to do to test the motor again is weld up some exhaust, I can't fit my stack without cuttin either my frame or hood so I'm runnin it under the floor boards. When I get home I will take and post some pictures of the frame in the back end. I never noticed that it was completely screwed up, it looks like what FF's Murray's axle was so I have to to cut and weld a lot of crap and put a LOT of supports. On top of that since I went to a Kohler twin its now a 1 1/4" shaft so I went to a bigger front pulley, and it needs a bigger belt, finally I still need to do the steering! I'm puttin my dead line as the end of the school year to have this thing completely square.

Yesterday I got the Kohler runnin on startin fluid, I was outta gas lol. I also got the 820 out and opened it up, I'm lockin it this week, I don't know if I'll be able to do it tonight... Plus I still gotta torch the livin crap outta all the random stuff I welded to my frame.
P.S. how should I do my clutch?

A double pulley or a tentionet with a clutch arm next to it decreases the amount of throw to tention the belt. Less throw = less moving parts.

Ok thanks, I was thinkin about using a double pulley clutch from my old Craftsman gt...

Yeah, the GT had a stock double pulley already setup for the use of a mower, just hooker up, weld it up and let 'er eat!

I finally got around to locking the 820, and when my dad gets home in about 30 minutes I'm gunna torch off the old transaxle mounts and belt retainers. I still need to get gas to test the Kohler. Here's some pictures.

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badass ig getting taken to a new level

If I have those in the back and my 24's in the front, this thing's gunna look goooood!

i bet it will

dont lock your trans if you r going to put those big
tires on it ,it will break, u should get good traction without
it locked ,sweat tires where did u get them how much

i also wouldnt lock it. mine is unlocked and it does fine

Ive locked it, the video is from a couple days ago, the 820 can take it, and the tires I pulled outta the bushes and got for free. They're 26x12x12 Firestone All-Traction Field and Road tires and they don't hold air.

locked is the only way to go   

Locked is fine just matters how fast your going I just wouldn't go bigger then 28's on the rear then it starts twisting the rear end but just but just be careful romping on it lol can't wait to see it finished it will be BA