4-WD "Tag Axle" Tractor With Dump Box

4-WD "Tag Axle" Tractor With Dump Box TRACTORS Made-It-Myself 29-5-34 I built it as a challenge after reading about a similar tractor in FARM SHOW," says Doug Brown, Columbia, Tenn., about his 4-WD garden tractor that's equipped with an add-on tag axle, a dump box, and a front-end loader. He started with a Sears Craftsman 18 hp garden tractor equipped with a 6-speed transmission and front-end loader. He bought a second, identical tractor and cut off the rear half of the frame. Connecting the two axles was a tricky job, because to make the two frames match up he had to turn the add-on frame upside down, reversing the position of the two halves of the frame. And, he reversed the direction of the fenders. To drive the rear axle, he machined down the wheel hubs on all four wheels so he could mount sprockets onto each wheel. The rear axle chain-drives the add-on axle. "The tractor drives and steers beautifully, which surprised me because I thought I might have problems with the add-on axle," says Brown. "At first I tried to get both transmissions to work together with one shift lever but it didn't work, so then I decided to chain-drive the add-on axle. I keep the add-on axle's transmission in neutral." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Doug Brown, 2904 Luke Moser Rd., Columbia, Tenn. 38401 (ph 931 388-1314; dkbrown13 @earthlink.net).

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