Exhausted?!

reynoldston said:

I guess it all depends on what you want this tractor for? We have tractor pulls around where I live and can get around 50 HP out of some of these small engines. Its all about on how much money you want to spend? The Kohler K model is a very popular engine to modify for this.

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ricebridge said:

Well, I wouldn't mind being able to use it for as much as possible! Of course, making it as quiet as possible is one goal, but more important than that is making it as strong as possible. Even with its 12.5hp it seems a little weak from time to time, and if I could pump its muscles up enough to have it double as a snowplough during the winters, that would be an extra plus (albeit not necessary).

Indeed, silence and power are generally contradictory goals, I do realise that.

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reynoldston said:

Living in upper NY state I know all about snow removal. I am using a 12 HP Wheelhorse garden tractor with a snowblower and find other then wet heavy snow it has all the power it needs. You will find that using a snowplow it traction that is lacking other then power.

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ricebridge said:

Yes, it's snow chains that you need, right?

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