Bolens FMC LT8 lifted tractor

TheBeal wrote:

looks like fun!

Haha it sure is!!

Im looking forward to be able to goof around in the snow when the Craftsman is finished... dont really have anywhere around for muddin, but we get snow... gotta have some sort of difficult stuff the ride through.   

TheBeal wrote:

Im looking forward to be able to goof around in the snow when the Craftsman is finished... dont really have anywhere around for muddin, but we get snow... gotta have some sort of difficult stuff the ride through.   

Yeah i got the same problem round here, Brought My MTD to mudfest in the summer but the belt snapped  

redneck4life76 wrote:

TheBeal wrote:

Im looking forward to be able to goof around in the snow when the Craftsman is finished... dont really have anywhere around for muddin, but we get snow... gotta have some sort of difficult stuff the ride through.   

Yeah i got the same problem round here, Brought My MTD to mudfest in the summer but the belt snapped  

lol i took dixie to trucks gone wild in october, and the stock set screw on the 2 inch shaft coupler broke, im ready to go back now tho, i welded that thing sold

richie thomas wrote:

redneck4life76 wrote:

TheBeal wrote:

Im looking forward to be able to goof around in the snow when the Craftsman is finished... dont really have anywhere around for muddin, but we get snow... gotta have some sort of difficult stuff the ride through.   

Yeah i got the same problem round here, Brought My MTD to mudfest in the summer but the belt snapped  

lol i took dixie to trucks gone wild in october, and the stock set screw on the 2 inch shaft coupler broke, im ready to go back now tho, i welded that thing sold

haha yeah i hade the same thing happen to my transaxil pulley on the Bolens!

Had a little fun in the snow!!!

Gettin the hubs sandblasted and powder coated tomorrow hopefully. Gonna try to get them back by friday at the latest so i can do some romping videos this weekend!!

Looks like fun machines. You've got the exact same wood stove as I do. Time for a foot throttle so you can control your drifts!    

T-Dub13 wrote:

Looks like fun machines.  You've got the exact same wood stove as I do.  Time for a foot throttle so you can control your drifts!    

hahaha sweet, should get a foot throttle when i get a new motor prolly!!

Why wait?!! When I was running a 6hp B&S quantum motor with zero balls, I hooked up a foot throttle. It made driving it SO much better, I could give that stupid little motor the abuse it deserved haha, You will never go back!    

T-Dub13 wrote:

Why wait?!!  When I was running a 6hp B&S quantum motor with zero balls, I hooked up a foot throttle.  It made driving it SO much better, I could give that stupid little motor the abuse it deserved haha, You will never go back!     

because i dont want to put anymore money or time into that motor and i would have to make a whole new throttle for it to hook up.

Bolens Motor swap and custom exhast build

you dont have a wheelie bar, you have a wheelie PIPE! lol, looks great

willis923 wrote:

you dont have a wheelie bar, you have a wheelie PIPE! lol, looks great

Haha thanks man im hopefully gonna figure out an actual wheelie bar eventually cause it pops wheelies like crazy now!

Progress, I love it! Looks like and old skool hot rod.   

I don't know how many RPM's those 16's can handle, but I'm always inclined to eliminate the governor. It usually makes the foot throttle a little more user friendly too.

That motor doesn't sound like it's working too hard at all. So much power! I bet you could double your primary belt ratio and still have a slow enough 1st gear to do technical stuff.

Great tractor build! Keep us posted!

T-Dub13 wrote:

Progress, I love it!  Looks like and old skool hot rod.    

I don't know how many RPM's those 16's can handle, but I'm always inclined to eliminate the governor.  It usually makes the foot throttle a little more user friendly too.

That motor doesn't sound like it's working too hard at all.  So much power!  I bet you could double your primary belt ratio and still have a slow enough 1st gear to do technical stuff.

Great tractor build!  Keep us posted!  

Actually yeah its not getting enough rpms but thats only cause the pedal wont go all the way down and pull the throttle back fully, i have it adjusted a little bit better now but i have a lot more to do to it, hopefully i will get a video posted on it soon, ive been really buisy lately...