[Finalist] [24] Mighty's Marshal

I meant to post on Mar 24th how much I liked your video, I watched it twice.  Your dog walking across the screen at the beginning was excellent with the music. I really like your skid plate for the hi/low belt set up.  The folding brush guard gave me an idea on my current build.

I decided to put grab handles on my LT/GT tractors after seeing yours.  I have them to shut the doors in my 4x4 rusting wrecks, but, can see how handy they are to put weight on the uphill side when riding a LT.

I have a set of handles from Amazon waiting to go on.  Though I might paint them white or wrap them in white tape because the GA sun is brutal on black or metal anything.

Though at the end I thought "he really isn't going to ride up that sketchy ramp to load?".

I guess you let it idle up the ramps using the brake and then shut it off once it is in the bed of the truck?

The Marshal inspires me to do a nice clean looking job, usually I just slap stuff together and consider it done as long as it has good brakes.

JB_4x4 wrote:

I meant to post on Mar 24th how much I liked your video, I watched it twice.  Your dog walking across the screen at the beginning was excellent with the music. I really like your skid plate for the hi/low belt set up.  The folding brush guard gave me an idea on my current build.

I decided to put grab handles on my LT/GT tractors after seeing yours.  I have them to shut the doors in my 4x4 rusting wrecks, but, can see how handy they are to put weight on the uphill side when riding a LT.

I have a set of handles from Amazon waiting to go on.  Though I might paint them white or wrap them in white tape because the GA sun is brutal on black or metal anything.

Though at the end I thought "he really isn't going to ride up that sketchy ramp to load?".

I guess you let it idle up the ramps using the brake and then shut it off once it is in the bed of the truck?

The Marshal inspires me to do a nice clean looking job, usually I just slap stuff together and consider it done as long as it has good brakes.

Thanks!  I'm glad I gave some inspiration.

The answer to that question about riding Bowser up.  That was the first time I DIDN'T.  I had been riding it up to the pickup bed for about a year.  I was extra tired that day, rode about 5 hrs straight that day, the tires were extra dirty...  I didn't want to risk it.  I've loaded it this way since.  Saves me from climbing back down out of the pickup too.

Great looking tractor, I picked up a GT6000 but with the horizontal engine in it.

Maybe I missed it but what size of tires did you end up putting on it?

Nice Work, very professional.

Rear: SunF 24x10-12 ATV UTV 24x10x12 All Terrain Tires 6 PR A033 POWER I
Front: SunF Power.II 19x7-8 ATV UTV Off-Road Tires, All-Terrain, 6 PR, Tubeless A051

Yesterday, I got Marshal out as the brake is a little "too" good and was going to loosen it.  I quickly found out that I could have had an interesting time with it when I took it out to the lake.  Flip hill or washout ravine would have been interesting if this happened.  My cotter pin holding the pin through the yoke on the brake shaft was not split.  It could have fell out any time.  Glad I caught that.  Also, decided the brake just needs some breaking in still.  

Marshal is all cleaned up and ready for the vote in three weeks!

Finally fixed the final thing with Marshal today. Brake dragged pretty good after the new lining was installed months ago. I thought it just needed to break in. After our ride back in spring and random riding since. The lining is still like the day I installed it.  I did find if I could tug the brake rod a little it helped 100%. So I was looking and the clutch spring is installed with a tab like this.



I was looking and there is a spring provision on the side with the brake rod as well. So I looked around and I had a u-clamp backing that looked like the clutch spring side.   So I installed a second spring off the rod yoke and it works perfect now!  This tractor is a lot of fun.

Looks great dude!