Home-Built Driverless Garden Tractor And Wheeled Cart
I recently built this driverless garden tractor and wheeled cart to pull my wife and I around at tractor shows. The cart is an old sleigh that used to be on skiis. I mounted a pair of wheels on it and made a tongue with a ball hitch. I mounted a deck height adjusting handle off an old Sears riding mower on one side of the sleigh to serve as a clutch/brake for the tractor. A cable runs from the handle up to the tractor’s foot clutch lever. Pulling on the handle depresses the clutch.
A pair of ropes are attached to both sides of the tractor’s steering wheel and lead back to the sleigh. It steers quick - I don’t have to turn the steering wheel very much to turn the tractor’s front wheels all the way from left to right. To go forward I just pull the handle back on the sleigh. The handle locks into a notch and releases with a thumb button on the handle. I start the tractor and put it in gear, then get in the sleigh and drive away. (Mike Hodgson, Fruitport, Mich.)
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Home-Built Driverless Garden Tractor And Wheeled Cart FARM HOME Miscellaneous I recently built this driverless garden tractor and wheeled cart to pull my wife and I around at tractor shows The cart is an old sleigh that used to be on skiis I mounted a pair of wheels on it and made a tongue with a ball hitch I mounted a deck height adjusting handle off an old Sears riding mower on one side of the sleigh to serve as a clutch/brake for the tractor A cable runs from the handle up to the tractor’s foot clutch lever Pulling on the handle depresses the clutch A pair of ropes are attached to both sides of the tractor’s steering wheel and lead back to the sleigh It steers quick - I don’t have to turn the steering wheel very much to turn the tractor’s front wheels all the way from left to right To go forward I just pull the handle back on the sleigh The handle locks into a notch and releases with a thumb button on the handle I start the tractor and put it in gear then get in the sleigh and drive away Mike Hodgson Fruitport Mich
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