For those of you not familiar with what I am building, I'll start at the beginning.
Here is what I started with:
I bought this stuff from a scrapper last year.
Cylinder is 4.5" bore and 30" stroke, pins are 1 5/16"
Tanks are 17 gal according to tag, they measure about 17" square. The top was 3/4" steel bolted on, with internal pump. I got rid of the top and welded a 1/8" plate with the necessary bungs. Filler, vent and return. The return has an internal pipe going down in about 14". Tank does have a baffle and the filler has a screen and magnet.
Mock up:
Motor is a new 11hp predator from HF for $219 after coupon.
Axle was off an old pop up camper, tires and wheels off a Honda Civic, I had to cut the center out of the rims with the plasma cutter to fit over the hubs, it came with small fat wide tires.
A friend gave me the beam, I just had to cut it to length (about 8')
This morning I started bolting it together:
lift cylinder came in the stuff I bought from the scrapper, not sure of diameter but it has a 6" stroke.
front hitch is like a receiver, take it out and turn it sideways for traveling
I decided to build a little removable dog house over the motor to protect it
Not so much for me but my brother will use it and I know how he takes care of stuff! LOL
I ended up buying a 22 gpm pump and mount from Surplus Supply
Only things I'm lacking now is the valve, the half of the love-joy for the pump and some hoses.
I put some oil in the motor today and a little gas, two cranks with the choke on and it was running, very smooth and quiet. I was impressed.
Here is what I started with:
I bought this stuff from a scrapper last year.
Cylinder is 4.5" bore and 30" stroke, pins are 1 5/16"
Tanks are 17 gal according to tag, they measure about 17" square. The top was 3/4" steel bolted on, with internal pump. I got rid of the top and welded a 1/8" plate with the necessary bungs. Filler, vent and return. The return has an internal pipe going down in about 14". Tank does have a baffle and the filler has a screen and magnet.
Mock up:
Motor is a new 11hp predator from HF for $219 after coupon.
Axle was off an old pop up camper, tires and wheels off a Honda Civic, I had to cut the center out of the rims with the plasma cutter to fit over the hubs, it came with small fat wide tires.
A friend gave me the beam, I just had to cut it to length (about 8')
This morning I started bolting it together:
lift cylinder came in the stuff I bought from the scrapper, not sure of diameter but it has a 6" stroke.
front hitch is like a receiver, take it out and turn it sideways for traveling
I decided to build a little removable dog house over the motor to protect it
Not so much for me but my brother will use it and I know how he takes care of stuff! LOL
I ended up buying a 22 gpm pump and mount from Surplus Supply
Only things I'm lacking now is the valve, the half of the love-joy for the pump and some hoses.
I put some oil in the motor today and a little gas, two cranks with the choke on and it was running, very smooth and quiet. I was impressed.
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