smhardesty
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First, this is just a thought that I have. No need for anybody to do any serious researching or elaborate explaining of how to do what I'm thinking. This is nothing more than an idea that MIGHT work for me.
I screwed up a couple of years ago. We had two cars, a truck, and a 14", 3500 pound, single axle trailer. I was already drawing rocking chair money and my wife was just about to retire. We decided we didn't need all the vehicles so I sold one car, the truck, and the trailer. Now, here I am back in the small engine repair biz and I need a way to haul mowers and tillers, mostly just around town.
I'm not too keen on the idea of buying another truck. I have thought about putting a hitch on the car and buying a small trailer. I really don't want to put a hitch on the car so have been rolling an idea around in my pea brain. That is where I'm needing some general thoughts about this idea.
I know there are ways to make a lawn or garden tractor run faster than normal (ground speed, not engine RPM). I have never done that. So, is there a relatively easy and inexpensive way to jerk the deck from under a tractor, change gears or pulleys, and make the thing run 2 or 3 times faster than normal? What I'm thinking is that I could then buy a small trailer that will handle most lawn tractors and then also any push mower or tiller. I already have a Hi Hitch that fits most MTD tractors and probably a whole lot more than that. If I had a little tractor and a trailer, I could then run around town and pickup and deliver equipment and do it a little quicker than the standard speed of any lawn tractor. I already know I'll have to devise a way to keep the front of the trailer planted on the ground while loading a lawn tractor on the trailer. That won't be a big issue. I already have a couple of thoughts on that.
So, what I really need to know is how easy, or difficult, it is to increase the ground speed of a lawn tractor. I don't have a tractor that I'd do that to right now. I'd need to buy whatever I would use for that purpose. If one type or brand of tractor is easier to do that to, I can start looking for one that is in decent shape.
Anybody got a quick, general idea? Or, should I abandon this idea right now?
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I screwed up a couple of years ago. We had two cars, a truck, and a 14", 3500 pound, single axle trailer. I was already drawing rocking chair money and my wife was just about to retire. We decided we didn't need all the vehicles so I sold one car, the truck, and the trailer. Now, here I am back in the small engine repair biz and I need a way to haul mowers and tillers, mostly just around town.
I'm not too keen on the idea of buying another truck. I have thought about putting a hitch on the car and buying a small trailer. I really don't want to put a hitch on the car so have been rolling an idea around in my pea brain. That is where I'm needing some general thoughts about this idea.
I know there are ways to make a lawn or garden tractor run faster than normal (ground speed, not engine RPM). I have never done that. So, is there a relatively easy and inexpensive way to jerk the deck from under a tractor, change gears or pulleys, and make the thing run 2 or 3 times faster than normal? What I'm thinking is that I could then buy a small trailer that will handle most lawn tractors and then also any push mower or tiller. I already have a Hi Hitch that fits most MTD tractors and probably a whole lot more than that. If I had a little tractor and a trailer, I could then run around town and pickup and deliver equipment and do it a little quicker than the standard speed of any lawn tractor. I already know I'll have to devise a way to keep the front of the trailer planted on the ground while loading a lawn tractor on the trailer. That won't be a big issue. I already have a couple of thoughts on that.
So, what I really need to know is how easy, or difficult, it is to increase the ground speed of a lawn tractor. I don't have a tractor that I'd do that to right now. I'd need to buy whatever I would use for that purpose. If one type or brand of tractor is easier to do that to, I can start looking for one that is in decent shape.
Anybody got a quick, general idea? Or, should I abandon this idea right now?
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