2008 - Volume #32, Issue #5, Page #22
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Deere 110 On Tracks
He removed the wheels and mounted a Deere 110 tractor on homemade fiberglass tracks. The tracks measure 7 1/2 in. wide and were made by using a right angle grinder to cut a snowmobile track in half lengthwise, mounting one half on each side of the tractor. The tracks ride on homemade 5-in. dia. idler wheels, also off a snowmobile. Originally gear-driven, the tractor now has a hydrostatic drive salvaged from a Cub Cadet garden tractor.
A pair of levers are used to activate the brakes in order to steer the rig left or right. He replaced the original 10 hp Kohler engine with a 16 hp Kohler.
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