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Lawn tractor snowcat!

sheep_mtn

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Good for a chuckle.
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PJL

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Well that's just great. I finally convinced my wife that I don't need to mow in the winter and someone does this...
 

undy

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Huh. Curious to see. I've been thinking in a slightly different direction.

In another thread I detailed a tracked wheelchair I built to transport a friend of mine. It ended up accomplishing the minimum goal I set: to get him to the shore of the island a couple times. But ultimately it didn't work because the tracks I found (from a tracked power-buggy) were too thick and the rolling resistance was too high. It needed more hp. So I've got these tracks and undercarriage just sitting around...

Then I found a Husqvarna lawn tractor that just needed the shifter linkage freed up, with a junk deck. I got the tractor operational and junked the deck and it's been just sitting around...

...so with a couple adaptors I can mount the sprockets on the Husqvarna and hang the tracks on it. They are about 3' long.

I like the idea of the skis. I'd been thinking about leaving the tires and add new tin to make it a mini half-track.

Maybe I better get those adaptors ordered. This forum is a great incubator for cultivating (crazy) ideas!
 

Melensdad

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I'm thinking a hydrostatic drive Cub Cadet with a bigger engine might be better, but it would be heavier so probably not as good in deep powder :hammer:
 

mla2ofus

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I'm thinkin' leave the front tires on it and mount a snowplow or a snowblower. If need be you could screw a bunch of hex head sheet metal screws in the tracks for "chains".
Mike
 

Bamby

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Leave the tire in place and fabricate the skis to be securely fastened to the tires. Maybe up and over with a ratchet strap?
 
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