Motorized Pedal Tractors
When Jim Fox's son went to compete in the National Kiddie Tractor Pull some time back, Fox tried to give the boy some added incentive before the competition. "I told him on the day of the big event that if he won the competition, I'd put a motor in his pedal tractor." Of course, his son won so Fox had to get to work.
He first put a chainsaw motor in the pedal tractor but couldn't gear it down enough. So he tried a Weedeater motor with a gear reduction unit and drive shaft. That worked so well he's powered several more pedal tractors since then.
His motorized pedal tractors can pull up to 1,600 lbs.
"They have spring-loaded throttles and centrifugal clutches so when you let off the gas, the tractors stop dead. It's like putting on the brakes. It can't take off," Fox says.
Fox built a pulling sled and set up a pedal tractor "rodeo" for kids. The tractors run at speeds up to 4 mph. He's helped friends build their own and would be willing to build them for sale for $2,500.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jim Fox, 3961 Boundary Rd., Prospect, Ohio 43342 (ph 740 494-2158).
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Motorized Pedal Tractors AG WORLD 29-1-24 When Jim Fox's son went to compete in the National Kiddie Tractor Pull some time back, Fox tried to give the boy some added incentive before the competition. "I told him on the day of the big event that if he won the competition, I'd put a motor in his pedal tractor." Of course, his son won so Fox had to get to work.
He first put a chainsaw motor in the pedal tractor but couldn't gear it down enough. So he tried a Weedeater motor with a gear reduction unit and drive shaft. That worked so well he's powered several more pedal tractors since then.
His motorized pedal tractors can pull up to 1,600 lbs.
"They have spring-loaded throttles and centrifugal clutches so when you let off the gas, the tractors stop dead. It's like putting on the brakes. It can't take off," Fox says.
Fox built a pulling sled and set up a pedal tractor "rodeo" for kids. The tractors run at speeds up to 4 mph. He's helped friends build their own and would be willing to build them for sale for $2,500.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jim Fox, 3961 Boundary Rd., Prospect, Ohio 43342 (ph 740 494-2158).
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