Gear tooth wear was indicative of a well cared for transmission. The oil, though low, (she's a piddler!) Looked clean and cared for. I also pulled the differential top cover for a look at the all important spider gears, bearings and ring gear. I pulled the relief valves (actually did that first before testing g) and got them to pop up from their stuck down position. As I had already mounted the chassis on my improvised roll around cart, I couldn't test torque output but it seemed reasonable to assume it was generally serviceable. Pretty quiet for a hydro in my experience. I tested the hydrostatic transmission and it went forward/reverse without issue. I read somewhere that CC replacement engines are factory black? Anyway, after fiddling with electrical bits and replacing the carb with a knockoff, it fired right up and sounded perfectly healthy. Other than the suspicious black color, it appeared to be 100% stock. I started by spending some time checking the important stuff, namely drivetrain health. Love me some big projects and this one is checking all the boxes. I'll be breaking down the major milestones one at a time but can say I'm pleased and happy. We have a steep lawn and driveway and have yet to find a place it won't happily climb into or out of.Īs I stated, there is much massaging yet to do, but for this moment it's working far better than it has any right to and has exceeded all of my finger-crossed, Rube Goldberg Era design parameters. Even a 30" long, narrow track would have 873 times more winter traction than the best, chained and studded wheel version. I wanted a relatively short track length/width. I, unlike many of the YouTube conversion offerings, wanted to keep weight to a reasonable minimum. My goal was a 50% speed reduction with the corresponding increase in usable power as well as being more gentle on the differential and spider gears. With a high-wheeler, I could use whatever size drive sprocket I wanted. With a conventional design, I'd be pretty much stuck putting on the biggest drive sprocket I could find to get the ground clearance we needed. I knew that as a minimum set of goals, I wanted a high-wheel design for ground clearance and the ability to have more drive sprocket choices. ![]() A lot of what you see is not the final version, but merely the "I wonder if this will work?" stage of chair-seat design. Garden Tractor Turned Into "Mini" Bulldozer TRACTORS Conversions 34-5-35 A "mini" bulldozer made from a junked out 1975 Cub Cadet 1250 garden tractor lets Art Pascale, Monson, Mass., handle snow and gravel on his driveway.While there are many remaining steps yet to do and then the necessary tuning and massage, it's safe to say that with 3 or 4 hours of run/work time behind us, it's working really well. 01057 (ph 413 267-9982).Ĭlick here to download page story appeared in. long steel plate under them."Ĭontact: FARM SHOW Followup, Art Pascale, 59 High St., Monson, Mass. "I kept the fenders but cut them down and welded a 2 1/2-ft. I can set the blade at 3 different positions by changing the position of a pin. Or, I can pull a lever to bring the blade up or down more quickly. "The blade can be raised or lowered electronically by an electric motor, which was originally used to raise or lower the 3-pt. It took about 6 months and $800 to construct. "I designed it myself without using any blueprints, and just building it as I went along," says Pascale. Pascale steers the dozer by pulling forward or backward on 2 levers which control the hydraulic disc brakes. Track tension can be adjusted by tightening a bolt that runs through a slot cut into a telescoping tube. A total of 124 plates were used to make both tracks. The tracks were made by a fabricating shop and consist of interlocking, 8-in. sprockets side-by-side on the end of each rear axle. To drive the tracks, he installed two 12-in. Then he lowered the Cub Cadet chassis into the undercarriage and bolted them together. Inside the frame on each side he installed 3 idler wheels to support the tracks. Then he used more tubing to build an undercarriage for the Cub Cadet. He installed a new front axle made from 2-in. He discarded the Cub Cadet's wheels, front axle, steering wheel, steering column and tie rods, keeping the rear axle, hydrostatic transmission, gas tank and starter. ![]() "Everything unbolts, and the tracks are fully adjustable." Improved traction is the key," says Pascale, a retired machinist. "It works great and outperforms the original wheeled Cub Cadet. A "mini" bulldozer made from a junked out 1975 Cub Cadet 1250 garden tractor lets Art Pascale, Monson, Mass., handle snow and gravel on his driveway.
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