ebinmaine 62,969 #26 Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, pullstart said: That’s a sweet piece of equipment @D_Mac! I often wondered how a snowblower on the back of a pickup would do... I've talked over things like that with others in the past. I can remember discussing a unit that would have been trailer hitch mounted with a couple of side braces and a lift mechanism.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slim67 2,730 #27 Posted December 30, 2020 On 12/27/2020 at 8:17 AM, pullstart said: There’s a young guy on YouTube repowering trucks and tractors with Predator engines. I imagine the top speed of the blower, it would be easy to find an old carcass of a truck and toss a Kohler under the hood.. enough gearing and it’ll move. I have a Perkins 3 cylinder diesel laying around... hmm... Theres a guy who powered a Toyota pickup with 44s using a 13hp predator and a "tow truck" with a 6.5 if haven't seen . 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,559 #28 Posted December 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, slim67 said: Theres a guy who powered a Toyota pickup with 44s using a 13hp predator and a "tow truck" with a 6.5 if haven't seen . yeah, impressive stuff! It’s all about gearing with that kind of build 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 62,969 #29 Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) With enough ratio multiplication all things are possible. Ancient mechanical proverb. Two or three years ago at one of the Owls Head shows we had the pleasure of speaking to a guy about a couple of seventies Land Rovers him and his friend had built. If memory serves me correctly he had a regular four-speed transmission going into some other type of four or five-speed transmission and then into the transfer case and out to the axles. His division rate in first, first, 4 low was nearly 200:1 and his friends vehicle was even lower.. Edited December 30, 2020 by ebinmaine 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slim67 2,730 #30 Posted December 30, 2020 12 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: With enough ratio multiplication all things are possible. Ancient mechanical proverb. Two or three years ago at one of the Owls Head shows we had the pleasure of speaking to a guy about a couple of seventies Land Rovers him and his friend had built. If memory serves me correctly he had a regular four-speed transmission going into some other type of four or five-speed transmission and then into the transfer case and out to the axles. His division rate in first, first, 4 low was nearly 200:1 and his friends vehicle was even lower.. you could probably walk faster ! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 62,969 #31 Posted December 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, slim67 said: you could probably walk faster ! Oh yeah yeah ABSOLUTELY Those machines had a few gears that would do less than one mile per hour. Calm sedate walking speed is about 2.5 to 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,559 #32 Posted December 30, 2020 You could move the world if you had a big enough lever 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1995 520H+96+97 935 #33 Posted December 30, 2020 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,559 #34 Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, 1995 520H+96+97 said: yep, I’m a fan of that one! He can drive it just as fast in reverse as he can forward! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
