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I'm building this machine to, as you said, do it all. I'll probably end up with a gas motor, but what worries me is it has to be large enough to move the machine with a full load of gravel in the dump bed, and a full load of firewood on the miniature gooseneck trailer. No, it will never be run like this, but it needs to have the power to...
For my dump bed, I'm using the hand operated hydraulic unit off of an old pallet jack. If the situation warrants, I may wind up adding a second battery to supplement lights, and electric compressor out of a car's AC unit. After thinking it over, it'll stay belt drive from the engine to factory transaxle. To put the TA in high, I'll stop, and cut off the engine. Lock the clutch 'down' with the parking brake, and flip up the modified seat on modified mounts to reveal the top of the transaxle where the pulleys are. I'll take the belt and pull it off the largest pulley and move it up to the next one. Then, I'll adjust the pressure pulley I'll have to add so the belt will fit the smaller pulley snugly, and not slip as much. Sound like it will work?
I'll need one, maybe two power steering pumps. I cant decide if I want to put a 3 pt on the back, or a hitch I made myself. It works like a 2" reciever on a pickup, but instead of 2" square tubing, it's 1" electrical EMT conduit. This would give me a lot of options on the rear...but I could always make a drawbar for the 3 pt with this hitch... My engine braking is a really neat feature, to me. I'm designing it because basically, I want this to have the hauling (and stopping) power of a lawnmower sized big rig, but be able to go anywhere. I'm also designing dual rear wheels, but eight 15 inch Ag tires would be quite an investment...
Rambling,
68 Mag
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