I get a fair amount of bumped off center steering wheels and bent A arms on the front end
I check them by running a string from tripods and clip on bars around rear tires and back . The string has to be center to the rim and barely touch both sides of tire on rears . That will let you see what adjustments you need .
Today I fabbed up these brackets to bolt to lift
One for each side . They will be adjustable and easier to use .
Take the measurements of the front rim .Making it quick adjust will speed things up for sure .
No more tangles . I'll be wrapping it around this pulley . It will be easy to pull out and use now .
The power of twitter and sharing /seeing ideas . I recently came across a few post from Brian Bressler that I thought are great and practical problem solving fixes we face on the course .
Yes the dual tank on a pro force idea . Toro pro force works great but is hard on fuel .guys might get 1.5 to 2 hours out of them and have to carry a jerry can = more chance of fuel spillage plus they seem to run out at the furthest distance from the shop . When I seen Brians post and how we moved the shut mechanism I had to try the build .
Made a template from Pics on the twitter.
The diamond plate I had left over worked great .
Tip he had for good action on belt movement was to also move the little bearings .
Picked up a gravity fed tank at Princess Auto for 35$
Laying out ideas to weld to frame .
Trying to keep fuel caps at the same level . The tanks are both vented .
Getting ready to weld framing in .
A few picks .
Had some Canadian hardwood to level things up with and it will pad the tank .
Nuts for anchors front and back .
Here it is in action . We found out that it will draw from the gravity fed tank first instead of the ideal both at the same time . Brian installed a shut off valve to go in line from the new tank and keeping it half closed was enough to create enough drag so it will pull from both tanks .
valves installed . take it for a rip later and see if tanks draw down the same .
Have been seeing lots of tow type retrieving gear on twitter lately . Tried a few designs , some sort of copies to what I've seen but to my surprise they all failed . Either it was to long and folded up or it was strong enough but tow vehicles suspension couldn't handle it well . Also having the issue of wheels rolling off the tray on sharp turns . Big learning curve and a hard build for sure . I had thought originally after seeing one on Hectors shop to do it for a 3 point hitch on the tractor . Should have stuck with my original thought . '
First attempt has no issues with picking up rental cart for towing but still didn't turn enough to keep unit on tray . Plus a hydraulic top link will be a big bonus .
Couple of shots on 3 point hitch first try build .
Had a couple of rental carts in the shop to try it out on .
Found it didn't swing far enough before hitting tray section .
So It was lowered and hopefully will try on Monday . I'm thinking the wheels will still have to be strapped on . Will see . Picked up a hydraulic top link to .
Finally success ! Hard Build to figure it out .
A bunch of pics at different angles . paint time .
Basic list of materials . Double check cuts before cutting . It's just an out line . I built mine mostly out 1/8" but feel 1/4" would be better . The only thing I would have changed is in pick above maybe take section on top link and put it in front of uprights and weld tabs with holes facing up for top link .
Couple of videos . works pretty good . I'll keep a 1" strap to wrap one wheel to tray .
A little update . Strapping both wheels works the best . also the small tractor ids out working most of the time . So I decided to add framing from scrap pieces that slide over tailgate of out HDXDs .
turn out OK .
It was built keeping in mind that I could still use it as a 3 point tow truck too.
a little paint .
works very well . By tipping box up it puts tray flat on the ground to put a club car on .
Easy to put on and use . Tried it a half dozen times with out any problems .
I've been battling this occasional problem of machines being hard to pull backwards or no traction since new .I have 2015 vintage mower ( pretty sure they are ). All 4 have the same model numbers .But 2 of them have slight differences
Notice the shine mark on the belt guide . This ones to high and when engaged will hit cover preventing it from engaging all the way plus will also make them hard to pull back .
Did adjusts them originally as per the operator hand book we have here . Down a little further made the troubled ones work as they should .
Notice the step jack
Must have been changed mid season .
Same for the belt drives
A bit different .
One of the Guys on Twitter mention that this is one good reason to give your serial # too when ordering parts .
