[Dave Koller]

Great minds eh? One good thing is that the building game in Ireland is dead so stuff like minis can be had for pennies on the dollar! No need for a controller just a good contactor like a kilovac. So all thats needed would be an ev van with a trailer for the ev mini digger. Low carbon garden services ltd!

Got a great new job idea there Jack!
The building game was great up here in the Lake country
of the Northwoods of Wisconsin - then the bottom dropped out!

But the wealthy cabin owners from the big cities still use garden services BUT
this time of year - Plowing driveways of the white stuff . EV plowing in -20 degree (err Fahrenheit) ...

Nice job on the spline Woody - I will be lurking!!

 

[Dave Koller]

So, having stripped the Land Rover axle and got the innards out to play with I happened across a really cheap 2CV gearbox with inboard disc brakes.

If you feel "the urge" to take a picture - that would be nice .. I am still lurking on this...

 

[Dave Koller]

I know Jim is lurking here also so here is my two "Commie" (Belarus) tractors... Errr they pull - but just around the farm ... Reworked them both -

The snow was in early fall - it would now be up to the first step - lol....

 

[Dave Koller]

Looks like you might have fun with all of that Wood

I'll stick to my circuit boards for now lol...

You think those disk brakes come off easy?

Nice and compact - wheelies in the yard ..

 

[Dave Koller]

Jim

 

[Dave Koller]

Awesome wood :d:d:d

 

[Dave Koller]

Good to see you back at it Wood! still lurking with interest!

 

[Dave Koller]

Whew!!!

 

[Dave Koller]

LOL Wood! Your tires remind me of my old "Beach Buggy" - chopped a 55 Ford flathead to a real short body added on a jeep grill... AND split the rims (so they were TWICE as wide) and put old Cadillac tires on them - really run the sand ...

Keep it up I'll be watching!

 

[Dave Koller]

Thanks.

Yes, there will be a 'bullet proof' chain guard that will allow for easy access to the pulleys for a PTO and will also be able to allow for chain tensioning. It may be part of the wheel arch/mud guard that will go between me and those wheels!

Nice movie - took me forever to download on dial-up - Curious if you were going to put in a small idler sprocket with spring to auto-tension the chain slap on high torque dig-ins ( and just in general ) ?

 

[Dave Koller]

I just tried running the chain with a bearing on a stick to see what the tension is like.

Apart from the motor moving about I think most of the chain slap is that the large sprocket has a bit of run out. The bore seems ok so I think it is where the triple pulley bolts to the large pulley. A small run out there would be a large run out at the sprocket teeth.

I shall have a look at truing it up. I was on Ebay looking at timing belt and timing chain tensioners last night just to see what shape they came in.

Yep - the sprocket has run-out AND the Chain will stretch a bit as used - hence the the tensioner .... Not a big deal to do.. but will be better in the long run for the sprockets ...

Er --- still lurking....

 

[Dave Koller]

Those big wheels are scary!

LOL NOW add two MORE big wheels to that Rear - extra dig-in extra stable on those hairpin turns ...

 

[Dave Koller]

How does that work ? Is it meant to be in oil as a friction type tensioner?

I was thinking it should look like this :

http://www.roverparts.com/Parts/6318.cfm?gpf

On a shaft and spring held turning with chain...

Perhaps on both sides (forward - reverse)

 

[Dave Koller]

Nice!

Makes me want to hop up my ride-on at the farm!! It is boring cutting around the old apple trees and house and down the 1000 foot drive. To small to get my brush hog on the tractor around - too big for the ride-on LOL..

 

[Dave Koller]

How can one guy have so much fun without us??? ..
Still lurking on that build... We have had warm weather here (early) - so I get to work on all the chores!... BUT car is next!

 

[Dave Koller]

Wood would be fantastic and a couple of pictures would sure go a long way to showcase all of your skills.

Jim

I second that Jim!

 

[Dave Koller]

Great work Wood!!!!
I am still lurking and watching - I had visions of that thing all laminated with wood when you are done including that seat ... Like a little roadster - what a parade showpiece - don't forget the hitch on the back to tow around all those trailers and wagons ... Yep it is looking good!

 

[Dave Koller]

LOL that will most certainly do !

 

[Dave Koller]

Wood:

You realize you can drive around your neighborhood pushing cars out of parking spots and trees over for hire with that "little" project!

I want to see videos (even if I have dialup) of you burning rubber on the street!

Looking great keep up the pics - I love it !

 

[Dave Koller]

I want one of these for the tractor!

LOL you do know my EV sounds like a Hemi engine on start... And all of my functions TALK to the driver - look at the last pages of my thread listed below...