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 posted on February 24th, 2004 at 10:17 AM |
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What the ????
A friend came across this in his travels.
It is some ones attempt at creating a vw powered Ride On Mower.
It is a little scary if you ask me.
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sgetty
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| posted on February 24th, 2004 at 11:24 AM |
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wrecker67
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| posted on February 24th, 2004 at 11:51 AM |
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now thats an idea,,,
i have a race cart here
maybe. might have to make it long wheel base...
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KruizinKombi
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| posted on February 24th, 2004 at 12:09 PM |
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Interesting setup. I've been thinking of a similar idea myself, but something more 'conventional', with a VW motor.
Kruizin Kol
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| posted on February 24th, 2004 at 12:14 PM |
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It is a very crude set up. They have cut a hole in the side of the gear box and have two levers to select gears. The main linkage has been replaced
with a shaft to drive the blades.
What scares me is that it would in theory, be capable of producing over 100km's an hour, with rotating blades on the front and no brakes. Nothing
to slow you down!
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| posted on February 24th, 2004 at 12:18 PM |
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Kruzin Kombi,
I,m going to have a go at building a similar thing. In the latest edition of Vw Trends, there is a small tractor that has been built with a vw motor
and box. Worth having a look as he has done a good job of it.
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| posted on February 24th, 2004 at 04:05 PM |
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very , very scary mmmmm !
Danny:thumb
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| posted on February 24th, 2004 at 04:07 PM |
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actually i've seen a scooter (as in skateboard on wheels) with a NOS powered motor! Now that would have been one hell of a ride!!! |
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| posted on February 24th, 2004 at 04:43 PM |
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Saw a bunch of mates 5 of um ,all late 20's blasting down the road in Bondi on souped up kids scooters. Crazy fools. Man fall off one of those in
a t-shirt and shorts doing 40 and you'd know about it!! Thats why i stopped doing D/H biking. Nearly killed myself every w'end! Sod that ,
i'll polish my bug instead! :thumb
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MickH
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| posted on February 24th, 2004 at 08:35 PM |
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Some guy came to Townsville about 6 years ago and bought ALL the VW stuff(boxes/motors) from the wreckers. He spent 1 month here and bought all
VW's for sale in the papers and stripped them of their boxes and motors. Was from the NT apparently and was using the bits to build
slashers/mowers. Could not keep up with demand. Also raided Cairns. Ruined it for the rest of us trying to put em back together.......:cussing
tssnq.com.au
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Buger Gary
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| posted on February 24th, 2004 at 09:59 PM |
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We have a fella at our local school that bought the school mower that was always unreliable and fitted a 1200 industrial motor to it in place of the
crappy air cooled one that was on it.It is one of those hydrolic driven ones. The 1200 runs the hydrolic pump with heaps to spare.He said it's
now the best mower that he has ever had and he should know as he has had a lot of mowers at the school over the years.
Gary
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