Tracked Lawn Mower?

[karl]

Well after I finish my mini bike, I am thinking of crap. I have a jd111 lawn mower. I got a snowmobile undercarriage from a freind. He said I could have a track for it to. It is a steel cleated arctic cat track. It has some damage but it would cost no money to fix it, just some time. I could make a half track, have the snowmobile track powered by the transaxle via chains or pulleys. They I would weld up the frount bar tilt thingy for the front tires and it will turn by 18in front tires. Any comments? Suggestions?

 

[Ghanem]

I think yes

 

[Doc Sprocket]

I would love to see that- I say go for it!
I'm concerned it may not steer well, but you won't know until you try.
If it works, it'll be nearly unstoppable!

 

[karl]

Yea. It has 50 10in steel cleats, I plan to use it for plowing dirt. We have another junk snowmobile that has 14.5in long cleats and the track is wider. I am trying to get it for free.
While on snowmobiles, I just bought a 1978 arctic cat JAG 340cc snowmobile for $120, runs and drives with a decent track. But im driving that one next winter.
Below is what there are 50 of on the track
But I gotta get my fat tire bike finished first, to many projects at one time is never good !

 

[FULLSCALE]

I don't see why not!
BTW that mower looks very familiar! I picked up a 112L (same style) last year and cleaned 'er all up. Those decals seem to be tough to find so I used some newer ones. I say do it and paint it up like mine, it'll look great if it works!

 

[karl]

When I go my john deere it got beat to crap. They were pulling scrap medal with it. The original motor blew up so they put a tecumseh on it and cut a hole it the hood, scrapped the mower deck, blew up the tecumseh, it was horrible. I got it for 10 dollars and laid a coat of primer on it.