4 X 4 ?

[Digger 66 3,478]

Any of you backyard engineers ever toyed with the idea of converting one of these machines to a four wheel drive ?

I'd be lying if I said I never thought about it .

Seems like it might be a fun project for a machine that wasn't slated to be restored . 

[posifour11 723]

There's a few floating around. There was a similar threadrecently.

[boovuc 1,090]

Search "418-AA" or search "articulated 4 x 4".

Very nice mods from a few members with a lot of talent!

[meadowfield 2,570]

Search 854x4, that was a very nice conversion

[Hodge71 664]

Been throwing the idea around for a while now of taking a D series and doing it.  The biggest problem I'm having is locating a suitable front axle out of a sub compact utility tractor. I actually talked to a local green/yellow and also a Massey Ferguson dealer about getting a complete front 4WD assembly. JD wanted $3300 and MF wanted $1999 for theirs. Needless to say I stopped at that point. I'm not spending that kind of money. Eventually a used one will show up  for the right cost. The other option would be to buy a complete used SCUT and take all the sheet metal from a D an put it on that tractor. I would sooner do a FWA axle on a D though.

[CasualObserver 3,408]

There have been some amazing ones done by one of the members here.

 

These are all Bob Rock originals.

 

 

 

 

(I don't remember seeing a build thread after its reveal)

[Hodge71 664]

Bob does great work but I'm more interested on doing a non articulator. I think it would be cool to see a regular tracor with a FWA axle under it.

[Digger 66 3,478]

Bob does great work but I'm more interested on doing a non articulator. I think it would be cool to see a regular tracor with a FWA axle under it.

 

Those  articulated machines are awesome , but I'm with hodge71 on this .

[Foozerush 40]

I remember seeing a 4x4 simplicity legacy? At a local tractor shop maybe last year, in passing I thought to myself how hard would it be to put one on the front of my 416-8.......

[CasualObserver 3,408]

Look up the 854x4. That's more what you're talking about.

[953 nut 55,049]

   Have you considered taking a  Rear end and cutting the axils off short, use universals from a 1" or 1 1/8" round shaft light duty PTO and make a pair of hinged blocks with two flanged pillow blocks on the outer  halves and hubs for the wheels at the end. The inner halves would be attached to the rear front end. Replace the single pulley on the rear with a double and run a belt from front to rear. If you want to run smaller wheels up front this could be done with pulley size changes.

 

I hope you can pull this off, I would love to see it! 100 percen   4X4.

 

Keep us posted and send photos.

 

 

Edited August 31, 2013 by 953 nut

[posifour11 723]

Have you considered taking a Rear end and cutting the axils off short, use universals from a 1" or 1 1/8" round shaft light duty PTO and make a pair of hinged blocks with two flanged pillow blocks on the outer halves and hubs for the wheels at the end. The inner halves would be attached to the rear front end. Replace the single pulley on the rear with a double and run a belt from front to rear. If you want to run smaller wheels up front this could be done with pulley size changes.

I hope you can pull this off, I would love to see it! 100 percen 4X4.

Keep us posted and send photos.

Yeah, what he said! Couldn't put it all together in my head but sounds neat.

[Digger 66 3,478]

Look up the 854x4. That's more what you're talking about.

So.... how bad is the torque-steer ?

Or do you have some type of damper ?

Or have you gone " whole-hog " & adapted some form of DPSâ„¢ or P/S ?

[meadowfield 2,570]

Here's mine taken a few years in the planning and 6 weeks to build

[Digger 66 3,478]

Here's mine taken a few years in the planning and 6 weeks to build

 

 

 

I have to say : that's soooo neat !

I would love to see a video ( walkaround & some operation ) .

[meadowfield 2,570]

Here's mine taken a few years in the planning and 6 weeks to build

 

 

I have to say : that's soooo neat !

I would love to see a video ( walkaround & some operation ) .

Look up project c4 for the build details....

[Rollerman 290]

To add to Jason's pictures of Bob Rocks 4x4 creations.

Here's a pic of Bob's 264 with 4x4 front assist conversion, he later tore it down & rebuilt it as the articulated 264x4 you see further up in Jason's post.

That's my son Taylor driving years ago when we visited Bob.

 

[Brrly1 1,146]

Jason, another super bendy twisty thing is coming to life very soon. If anyone noticed a picture up in the gallery a few months back it might have given to the idea of what it is.

[victor3ranger 11]

I really want to do this to one of my GT's, but I don't have any kind of tooling to build special parts to make it happen like some of these.

[victor3ranger 11]

For some reason when I do a search for 854x4 I can't see the pictures in the results.

 

This is the way I would like to build one.

[posifour11 723]

For some reason when I do a search for 854x4 I can't see the pictures in the results.

This is the way I would like to build one.

If its an older post, the pictures may not have made the migration from the old forum host.

[CasualObserver 3,408]

 

For some reason when I do a search for 854x4 I can't see the pictures in the results.

This is the way I would like to build one.

If its an older post, the pictures may not have made the migration from the old forum host.

 

 

 

Yes, it is... that post was from 2011, before the crash/conversion. That tractor belongs to member dave24.

 

 

 

 

Jason, another super bendy twisty thing is coming to life very soon. If anyone noticed a picture up in the gallery a few months back it might have given to the idea of what it is.

 

 

John... that post was from back in August, I don't think you guys had let that idea slip yet at that point.  I'm excited to see how this latest one turns out!

[Brrly1 1,146]

So am I! Hows my radio? Lol

[CasualObserver 3,408]

Hows my radio? Lol

Ha ha ha... patiently waiting.

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[Brrly1 1,146]

Some how, some way I ended up here. What the heck, going to add one that's only been seen on Junkies!