Winter fun - Project “Freedom” 440cc 2 Stroke 1054 Snowmotractor

[Handy Don 12,130]

4 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

Remember, the F plate on a 953/1054 is MUCH thicker than a smaller Horse.  3/8” or 1/2” thick if I recall.

Didn't know that and good thing to have in this application. Are the frame members also stronger?

Thanks for the info.

[Pullstart 62,782]

4 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Didn't know that and good thing to have in this application. Are the frame members also stronger?

Thanks for the info.

I want to say they are.  @953 nut?  Are the frames heavier?

[Pullstart 62,782]

Picked up some locking collars and fuel items at the hardware store.  Spending the big bucks!  $39 more out of the till.

 

 

 

 

[Pullstart 62,782]

I opted to work most of last night instead of sleep.  Momma asked me to be in by 11 tonight.  Let’s see if I can make it that long!  Almost 5 hours!  

[Oldskool 6,640]

27 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

I opted to work most of last night instead of sleep.  Momma asked me to be in by 11 tonight.  Let’s see if I can make it that long!  Almost 5 hours!  

Sometimes when your on a roll ya just can't stop.

Guilty of that a few times.

Sometimes get cleaned up just in time to hop in the truck and head for work.

[Pullstart 62,782]

The steering shaft is welded up.  Another item in the swap that was almost meant. To. Be.

It’s practically on the exact plane as the front pivot point!  I will check the length of the tie rod or intermediate rod soon.

 

 

 

[Oldskool 6,640]

17 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

The steering shaft is welded up.  Another item in the swap that was almost meant. To. Be.

It’s practically on the exact plane as the front pivot point!  I will check the length of the tie rod or intermediate rod soon.

Well Wheel Horse did make a snowmobile.

Fate......maybe. 😆

[TJ5208 1,824]

4 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

Well Wheel Horse did make a snowmobile.

Fate......maybe. 😆

Good point I did look at one the other day.

[Oldskool 6,640]

Just now, TJ Salyers said:

Good point I did look at one the other day.

There is one for sale that has been taunting me for a couple weeks now. I just can't make the 9-10hr round trip at the moment. 

[TJ5208 1,824]

3 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

There is one for sale that has been taunting me for a couple weeks now. I just can't make the 9-10hr round trip at the moment. 

Where's the one you're looking at.

[Pullstart 62,782]

11 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

Well Wheel Horse did make a snowmobile.

Fate......maybe. 😆

I bet MY  snowmobile will be better… 

[953 nut 55,049]

8 hours ago, Pullstart said:

I want to say they are.  @953 nut?  Are the frames heavier?

      Don't remember the numbers but think the angle iron was 1/8" thicker and 1/4" wider than the 1055.

[Oldskool 6,640]

3 minutes ago, TJ Salyers said:

Where's the one you're looking at.

Southern Maine

[TJ5208 1,824]

1 minute ago, Oldskool said:

Southern Maine

To far from me I thought I'd steal it from underneath you

[Oldskool 6,640]

3 minutes ago, TJ Salyers said:

To far from me I thought I'd steal it from underneath you

I wish you would so I don't keep seeing that ad.

[TJ5208 1,824]

1 minute ago, Oldskool said:

I wish you would so I don't keep seeing that ad.

Would you help me pay for it.

[Pullstart 62,782]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

      Don't remember the numbers but think the angle iron was 1/8" thicker and 1/4" wider than the 1055.

not to mention all the welded structure from the fenders, steering tower and tunnel. @Handy Don 

 

The outside dimensions are 8” wide.

Edited February 9, 2022 by Pullstart

[Pullstart 62,782]

My throttle cable extension just left the nearest big city!  I should get it tomorrow!  

[Handy Don 12,130]

50 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

not to mention all the welded structure from the fenders, steering tower and tunnel. @Handy Don 

 

The outside dimensions are 8” wide.

Yep, I've never looked closely at these "big" ones but I'll be checking them out at the next big show! (And I'll bring my calipers!)

We lost all our snow here in the last two days to rain and then sun. Sigh.

[Pullstart 62,782]

24 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Yep, I've never looked closely at these "big" ones but I'll be checking them out at the next big show! (And I'll bring my calipers!)

We lost all our snow here in the last two days to rain and then sun. Sigh.

Good Lord willin’ and the Creek don’t rise, this one will be on display next Big Show too!

[wallfish 16,980]

1 hour ago, Pullstart said:

not to mention all the welded structure from the fenders, steering tower and tunnel. @Handy Don 

 

The outside dimensions are 8” wide.

 

With that variable pulley on the engine, Do you need to add another one on the trans too? Like a torque converter does?

Or can the belt slack be taken up as it changes with a spring loaded idler pulley on the normal clutch pulley spot? or something else?

 

[Pullstart 62,782]

11 minutes ago, wallfish said:

 

With that variable pulley on the engine, Do you need to add another one on the trans too? Like a torque converter does?

Or can the belt slack be taken up as it changes with a spring loaded idler pulley on the normal clutch pulley spot? or something else?

 

I’m planning  that it will simply act like a clutch.  Idle will slack the belt.  Rev it up and it bites… getting tighter and tighter until it’s closed.

[Pullstart 62,782]

Time for trailing arm mounts.  I turned one of these cuts…

 

into this:

 

 

 

[Handy Don 12,130]

19 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

I’m planning  that it will simply act like a clutch.  Idle will slack the belt.  Rev it up and it bites… getting tighter and tighter until it’s closed.

Just the ticket for "stretching" the belt?! 😜 

 

[Pullstart 62,782]

Both ends machined.