Bolens Build

If your keeping it slow. Weld the damn axle back together really hot. It works. Believe me.

The axle half-shaft? I think it would break, if not bend. There a hardened Metal and when you weld it it isn't as strong

It works. Trust me. Back before my ATLTF.com days, I fixed a statesman that did that. it ended up snapping the case when a rock busted the bottom of it off..

TroyBilt Pony wrote:

It works. Trust me. Back before my ATLTF.com days, I fixed a statesman that did that. it ended up snapping the case when a rock busted the bottom of it off..

But that's a grass cutter, I wouldn't want a axle snap at 21mph.

Nope, this my first offroader, well, my buddys, but I pretty much build the mowers. It had 1 turf and one 16in AG tire lol. It was awesome.. haha. But it was a learner when I was like 12. Learned alot.. It did 15.

It's not fun if you don't break some stuff I guess, just not every 5 seconds of course...

We will have him back in action Saturday. Hopefully for a while this time!

Wrench, Wheel, Wreck, Repeat...

Wrench, wheel, un-wheel, wreak, hopefully don't repeat lol

Strech, This time dont tell him to do wheelies! I Will switch to an 820 in time, since i got a job now, start on jan 1st so i will have money coing in and then it going into the Bolens. So eventually get ready to prep my 820 and drop that 25 v or my 18 oppy in!

MoWheeler wrote:

Strech, This time dont tell him to do wheelies! I Will switch to an 820 in time, since i got a job now, start on jan 1st so i will have money coing in and then it going into the Bolens. So eventually get ready to prep my 820 and drop that 25 v or my 18 oppy in!

yea, stretch, lol. that opposed will be nice, MoWheeler.

that is how I locked my MST that I used in my murray, put in two extra spider gears and filled the cracks with pices of old fuel line. 

I'll let him wheelie one of ours next time...

Watch out tho. He always finds a way to break everything. He was probably the iceberg that sank the Titanic..

The Bolens lives again. Cut the old axle out the diff, and welded in a new one. He was out doing snow donuts just fine. Played on ours some, but TRB's starter/battery was giving us fits.

Thanks Stretch and TRB For the help On the Bolens! Ive had a blast working with you guys and racing your rigs around. Glad I live close because I know Ill be out often!

Yep, hopefully we will see you at our annual tractor party, and maybe haspin. Have fun in the snow with it!

Come spring, we want to check out clearfork ATV trails.

Well it didnt last long being unbroken.. I let Chris ride it and BOOM! flips it. Breaks off the exhaust. Thank God the engine is fine. So I just threw on some stock pipe from another engine since it fit and didnt interfere with anything. I will build a new one, probably tomorrow.

Here is after the wreck..
Pipe I threw on just so we could ride, we were pulling around a sled..
Then started on the front bumper. Had some bumper my grandpa made a while back for his quad i think and cut the ends down..
Welded two pipes on it so i can weld them to my mower but ran out of weldeing wire before i could finish. So more pics tomorrow!!

Sounds like chris needs a bolens time-out LOL. Sweet bumper, that thing is beef.

Hey guys got the bumper finished yesterday but still no pic! MY BAD. But i did get a picture of my new air filter setup.

Throw a bumper on the rear, for push starting, and getting pushed out of a hole...

Hate to say I told ya so on that exhaust... anything that sticks out like that should be braced. Lucky the block is OK.

It was only stacked for simplicity sake. Im thinking im gonna drip the twin in it and do sidepipes like you TRB.

Got a picture of the bumper installed and one of the new exhaust as well!


This is a staged pipe I got in a trade a while back that was just laying around. Cut it and welded the flange where i needed it. Clears the tire by just a hair at the full turn but i rarely go that far so its all good.

That has got to be LOUD...

TRB's is stupid loud when you get on it, as you know. Going to put a muffler on it?