Now THAT's a Tow Rig!

Went to see lawn tractor racing at the Alliston Potato Festival today. Don't know who built this or anything about it, but- Dang! That's cool!

I know what I may do for my next project now.

thats bad ace right there lol

Now I know what Im building out of all my spare parts

I have not a clue if the rearmost axle is driven, but I could see how it could be pretty easily done. One way would be 2 transaxles, linked together by swapping out the pulleys for double pulleys, and linking them with a simple belt, one to the other. HOWEVER- you'd have to shift 2 trannies at the same time, and if you accidentally put one in the wrong gear, you're going to break something.

The best way I can thing of is a tranny (think Peerless 700) and twin live axles, linked by chain and sprocket. Thoughts?

I'd let one axle freewheel, it really would have no function except for extra capacity over the rear and stability. At least that's my opinion

or you can setup a cable shifter and shift both with only one shifter

id like the shifters together to for off the up front shifer.. just weld a bar from one to the other.. should work..

And a wicked traction advantage. 4 wheels, no diff!!! A cable shift could work as well as a decent mechanical arrangement- but it had better be perfect! One miss-shift and you're going over the trail with a magnetic sweeper to collect all your stuff...

You rang?

Sweet... That yours?

I wish, eventually I'll build up a tow rig from a suburban. Not yet though.

this is how i would do it

Not bad, not bad. I think that if I had the choice, I'd still go with the 700 and double live axle, but full props to this guy for pulling this off. If you have 2 of the same transaxle kicking around, it certainly is the cheaper option.

that's badass