/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>292187
I have no clue yet, Most likely towing.

Still in progress but I like it.

Oh, look.
http://themostinterestingmenintheworld.com/?p=432

>>279772
Are you using the stock transaxle or did you give it a live axle?

>>279743
Is that Wolverine's small clone?

New transaxles don't even have seals in them... Huh.

>>272734
>>272708
>>272689
Beautiful even though i'm an alice chalmers fan

>>272526
No
>>272537
Look at the tracks, I made this shit with the bargin bin at a hardware store.


As for the rest of the halftrack questions it is a retired design, I will try a track system again someday but only when i get a good Zero turn frame.

>>272224
It is gas powered.

I was going to do that anyway but not have it go full autonomous because after i scare the shit out my neighbors i think it would be re-purposed to come get me if i broke down on a trail.

Anyone have a lawn tractor? can you please put a torque wrench to the steering wheel, I need to know how strong of a servo I need and I am out of town.

>>270987
Yup, thanks.

>>270976
What? the halftrack? It was strong enough to hold 5 people and full paintball loadout, other than that i never did a true load test.

>>270972
Hey now, In general I 'aint a big fan of safety but that is just ridiculous. gnawing off a persons leg or foot because i couldn't see them isn't my personal idea of fun.

>>270966
Pretty cool, my main reason for doing this is so I can scare the shit out of a friend as a driver-less lawn tractor on steroids comes and tears up his back yard.

Should have been more specific, I would like to know all the different components of a rc radio system, the transmitter, receiver, crystals and such.
>>270961
Here is how the track system works:
The wheels support the load of the vehicle, but the guidance system itself is done using a piece of u channel to prevent wear on the wheels (plus it helps keep the track from coming off alot better than using the wheels). The drive is transferred from the transaxle to cage & pinion sprocket (rods on drive wheel engage into the track guides). The tracks themselves are wood screwed onto conveyor with steel pads. so basically start studying snowmobile rear ends and get good with a welder.
I'm eventually going to make a new version off a zero-turn chassis so ill start a thread here when i do that

Eh, the thing was alright, got through snow with ease, ended up making a plywood enclosure for it and using it in paintball wars.

Been doing some late night/early morning thinking and what I came up with was a remote control lawn tractor. Sounds pretty stupid but I still want to do it because I can and I've done pretty much everything else possible with a lawn tractor. From my basic understanding of how rc cars work I know I will need a servo for throttle, steering and shifting gears. I will also need two switches to trip solenoids, one for the starter and one for the shutoff wire coming from the coil. Other than that I know nothing. So help me out /diy/, What do I need?

How strong are the welds compared to if you were using gas?

What is /diy/'s opinion on gasless mig welders?