![]() rods on the drums to fit between the track’s lugs. His biggest challenge was lining up 1/2-in. To add traction he bolted angle iron every 3 in. He notes the Scorpion tracks don’t have gaps, which is important to keep dirt out. “I thought about making my own tracks, but I like the rubber tracks,” Newman says. The “technical stuff” includes a 12 hp Roper lawn mower expanded and beefed up to accommodate an 18 hp Briggs and Stratton twin cylinder engine snowmobile tracks from old Scorpion snowmobiles hydraulic valves from a multi-car hauler small motors off a Deere combine to drive the tracks and a 21 gpm hydraulic pump for running everything including the snow blade. I drew a picture of it and worked out the technical stuff as I went,” says Newman. “Dozers and backhoes have always interested me. 20640 (ph 301743-7718).Lowell Newman’s mini bulldozer pushes, lifts and maneuvers like a full-size dozer - just at a smaller scale. He turned his garden tractor into a mini bulldozer FARM HOME Miscellaneous 13-3-10 A "mini" bulldozer made from a junked out 1969 International Cub Cadet lawn and garden tractor lets William "Crank" Cranford, Indian Head, Md., push snow and gravel along his steep driveway as well as pull out small tree stumps.Ĭontact: FARM SHOW Followup, William "Crank" Cranford, Rt. 20640 (ph 30).Ĭlick here to download page story appeared in. He says he spent about $3,000 to build the dozer.Ĭontact: FARM SHOW Followup, William "Crank" Cranford, Rt. "If I built another dozer, I'd install a gear transmission with a creeper gear to cut speeds in half," says Cranford, noting that the rig's hydrostatic transmission wasn't designed for heavy pulling. To pull a stump, Cranford places the drum, with the pipe standing straight up, against the stump and wraps a chain around its back side, then pulls with the bull-dozer. The cable runs through a set of double blocks which provide additional lever-age. cable runs from the pipe to a chain fastened onto the bulldozer's rear hitch. pipe to the middle of the drum, bracing the pipe by welding strap metal between it and the drum. Next Cranford installed a new 12 hp short block Kohler engine and a new seat removed from a later model Cub Cadet.Ĭranford built his own stump puller by welding together two old split truck rims to form a drum. ![]() Cranford purchased a set of commercial tracks._ Using lengths of threaded pipe, he made a tool to draw and pin the track ends together. Cranford steers the bulldozer by pulling forward or backward on two levers which control the hydraulic disc brakes. ![]() He installed another sprocket, removed from a Harley Davidson motorcycle, to apply the disc brakes. He bolted the larger of the two sprockets on the outside of the flange and bolted the smaller sprocket on the inside of the flange, then installed chain tighteners. To drive the tracks, he installed two sprockets side-by-side on the end of each rear axle. Then he lowered the Cub Cadet chassis into the undercarriage and bolted them together. Inside each rail he in-stalled five idler wheels to support the tracks. wide channel irons to build an undercarriage for the Cub Cadet, welding the rails together with 1/4-in. He installed a new front axle made from 1-in. The only drawback is that if I'm not careful the cleats dig up my lawn when I turn."Ĭranford discarded the Cub Cadet's seat, rear fenders, wheels, front axle, steering wheel, steering column and tie rods, keeping the rear axle, hydrostatic trans-mission, gas tank and starter. However, the bulldozer's tracks don't slip at all. The tires spin, even when they're equipped with chains. "On my steep driveway none of my Cadets can push much snow or gravel. ![]() Improved traction is the key," says Cranford, a retired machinist and collector of Cub Cadets. "It outperforms any of my wheeled Cub Cadets. ![]() The "mini" bulldozer, which Cranford built two years ago, is 40 in. A "mini" bulldozer made from a junked out 1969 International Cub Cadet lawn and garden tractor lets William "Crank" Cranford, Indian Head, Md., push snow and gravel along his steep driveway as well as pull out small tree stumps. ![]()
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