mudding fun

who said hydros dont work?

I don't know if anybody actually said they don't work... Let's face it- if it didn't, it wouldn't be an option! However- a hydrostatic drive arrangement isn't really conducive to regearing. You pretty much have what you have, and you're stuck with it.

Looks like you had fun though, which is great. Be sure to get under there with the hose or pressure washer and get that transmission clean. Mud=heat, and heat=cooked tranny...

Where is the mud, but on you and the tractor :p

if i guesstimate right, i have it going about 10mph top speed. thats with a 7" in the front and original in the back which i believe is a 3"

I also have a hydro in my mud/trail mower rustey and it does good offroad so far.

well thats good to know. i always saw on youtube people saying not to use hydros. so i did it just because. its good for light stuff. not mud holes because im affraid to burn it up. i cant wait to get my 5 speed spicer going again. gunna have it top speed of about 20-25 if i guess right. its about 12 right now. or was. haha till i took it apart

hey man, i relocated your thread to pic and video section, as i understand this is for the pics of you mudding, if it was intended for your build thread, let me know, and ill move it back,
thanks,
richie

I put my posi locker back into the case, cleaned all the grease out and put new grease in, cleaned all the bushings inside of it, put rtv on it and put it all back together and threw it back under the tractor. I also primed my grinding spots on the fenders and took it mudding to "test" the locker. Works awesome.

No engine shroud? Asking for trouble IMO...

ive never had an issue. been running this thing for going on 2 months like that now. ran another for a year without a problem. if i turn it off i can touch the exhaust without burning myself

Hes saying that because of cooling. You may not be hurning it but that's what the shroud if for, and also safty.

i understand that. unfortanetly i dont have the shroud. it was rusted heap. fortunately this one blows enough air over the engine it stays cool. and im swapping it over to my original tractor now that its fixed up finally. which will be covered with a hood

i climbed that hill :p no problem.

Is that next to the reliever road?

yes it is

actually took a picture of that. haha. i live back in lamancha

I thought it was familiar lol

yea. unless im in lox im always riding around that pond or the other side the hill is some nice holes

Ya there's some good ones out by me but that's like 5-10 miles from the reliever road lake

i wish there was a way i could get out there and ride sometime with you...

Ya now my wide body just fried the pinion   all I have right now is the mule

i would say i have a spare but all i have is my fnr and a hydro....

Ya I should have a spare pinion I just need to rip the axle out again for like the 20th time I also have a 5spd but that needs a pinion too

im getting ready to take apart my murray widebody down to the frame for a later project if you need any body parts? and i understand the 20 times thing. i finally got my tranny working right for like the 20th time after blowing my input bearings....