2021 - Volume #45, Issue #2, Page #19
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Teen Converts Garden Tractor To Diesel
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Yoder uses the tractor around his parent’s farm, and with wheelie bars installed on back and a homemade sled he also can use it as a pulling tractor.
“Not only does a diesel engine have more torque, but by opening up the governor and turning up the fuel they really smoke, too. The smoke comes out of a big 2 1/2-in. dia. chrome pipe I installed. Also, I just like the way diesels sound,” says Yoder, who made the conversion a year ago.
“Our family likes to attend garden tractor plowing and pulling events. In some years we’ve entered up to 8 different tractors at a time. I started rebuilding used WheelHorse garden tractors when I was just 12 years old, and like to fix them and then resell them. My dad didn’t help me at all with this project.”
He bought the tractor used about a year ago. He replaced the front turf tires with tri-ribbed tires for more traction when turning. He also replaced the original rear tires with Deestone 26-in. high by 12-in. wide lugged tires.
He had to modify the tractor’s frame some and drill new holes to make the engine fit. He also installed a bigger fuel pump and a turbo fan. He added beet juice in the rear tires and added weights for ballast, and also installed weights on front of the tractor along with an LED light bar. The wheelie bars were made by modifying a pair of old bicycle training wheels.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Luke Yoder, 13205 Co. Rd. 20, Middlebury, Ind. 46540 (ph 574 825-7596 or 574 350-6947; deere4346@gmail.com).
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