garden tractor

Author	Message
jorn Newbie Joined: 30/12/2012 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22	Posted: 10:37am 17 Jan 2024       Based on a John Deere type, I wanted to make a usable electric garden tractor. Started with the flanges of the rear wheels.
jorn Newbie Joined: 30/12/2012 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22	Posted: 11:29am 17 Jan 2024       Shaping the axles.
jorn Newbie Joined: 30/12/2012 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22	Posted: 11:05am 18 Jan 2024       The scale is approximately 1:5 so that the tractor can really be used for work in the garden.
jorn Newbie Joined: 30/12/2012 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22	Posted: 12:37pm 18 Jan 2024       A set up with a 36 volt motor. Edited 2024-01-19 06:57 by jorn
jorn Newbie Joined: 30/12/2012 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22	Posted: 10:21am 19 Jan 2024       For a smaller turning circle I made a narrowfront-axle.
jorn Newbie Joined: 30/12/2012 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22	Posted: 11:40am 20 Jan 2024       In my tractor model actually fits a water-cooled 4-cylinder engine. That's why I thought about a 4 cyl. solenoid. I started with a 1 cylinder test setup. Edited 2024-01-20 21:43 by jorn
Revlac Guru Joined: 31/12/2016 Location: Australia Posts: 1309	Posted: 12:15am 21 Jan 2024       Nice work,  solenoids do work and the timing could be from the crankshaft etc, but how are you going to limit the power to them, PWM speed comptroller or something better? Ah found it, you used an electric wheel barrow motor instead. Edited 2024-01-22 12:21 by Revlac
jorn Newbie Joined: 30/12/2012 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22	Posted: 10:05am 22 Jan 2024       The shaping of a four-cylinder solenoid engine for my tractor is an ongoing project with test setups.
jorn Newbie Joined: 30/12/2012 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22	Posted: 10:33am 22 Jan 2024       Later I mounted on the rear wheels of my tractor  1 motor for each wheel.
jorn Newbie Joined: 30/12/2012 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22	Posted: 09:58am 23 Jan 2024       It is fun to do all kinds of work with this little tractor. I want to mount a sickle bar mower with double knife.
Revlac Guru Joined: 31/12/2016 Location: Australia Posts: 1309	Posted: 11:00am 23 Jan 2024       Nice work, sickle bar mower should work well, they don't take much power to drive them.
jorn Newbie Joined: 30/12/2012 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22	Posted: 03:22pm 13 Feb 2024       What also comes in very handy is my cart with a low loading floor.