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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 09:15 PM
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got my lawn mower done

well all but some body work and paint,but she's ride and drive now. im scared to "open it up" cuzz around 30-35 she gets a lil squirrly. heres a couple pics on the trailer not the best but ya get the idea







i had it over to a freinds house to do the front end alienment and he snaped the pics for me
 
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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 09:24 PM
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oOo I see, instead of cut the grass you've opted to just flatten it down.
 
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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 10:42 PM
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Thats Sweet i want one!!!
Seriously 30mph?
 
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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 10:50 PM
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Boy you must get some tall grass out there..

Looks mean... Great job..
 
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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 11:19 PM
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I'd like to see some better pics. HOw are you driving the wheels? That's a vertical shaft 16hp briggs.
 
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 12:32 AM
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I'd like to see some better pics. HOw are you driving the wheels? That's a vertical shaft 16hp briggs.

with the exeption of different sized pully (7"rear and 6" front) all the stock parts were use so the origanal clutch works like it should and so do the brakes. the power goes down to the trans via 3/4' shaft sopported by 2 bearings under the rear pully. i hooked up the stock shift leaver to a B&M shifter cabe i had so it even shifts like it did when new the only diffence between drivin it stock and now is that the top of the hood is 63 inches tall and you look down on a set of 33's
 
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 12:41 AM
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Looks a bit top heavy. I'd be scared going 30/35 too. But does it do wheelies? Greywolf's "Bullfrog" does wheelies.
 
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 12:45 AM
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itll lift the front about 6" with just a crack of the throttle in 3rd gear(has 6) so i dont even wana try a big wheelie with this one! thats what my murry is for.

 
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 01:46 AM
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Ok that was not what I expected when I read the title.
 
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 09:36 AM
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I'd like to see some better pics. HOw are you driving the wheels? That's a vertical shaft 16hp briggs.

i dont have any pic realy as i was biuldin it,other then the 2 ive posted before in a different thread but heres a link that give me the idea and basic plans(i had to change it up a bit) http://www.heymow.com/index.php?topic=5342.0 these pics above was taken at this guys place that biult the one in the link
 
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 11:31 AM
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That's pretty cool. We had an old dynamark that we put a 3hp with a 3.5" pulley at hte engine on, it would run ~15ish. The guy I sold it to put a 5hp briggs on it with 4" pulley and it ran ~25. It was a lot of fun until we flipped it over.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2008 | 02:13 AM
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I've had a 440 Polaris engine in the basement for 3 years now and was originally planning a hot rod mower to go 50 mph. But now I found a junked Skidoo chassis to put it in instead.

Sweet lookin ride 33's LOL.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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wtf thats awesome!

me and my friend tried putting a smaller pulley om his 70 something agway, ended up blowing the trans/rearend into pieces...
 
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Old Dec 12, 2008 | 12:14 PM
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You went too small then. I always preferred to change the pulley on the engine to a larger one (does the same thing as a smaller on the trans). It's easier to get to.
 
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