old and newer wheel horses

[dirtywheel 0]

took the horses in the parade on the 4th of July...me and my son...I have a 61 suburban with a 4 hp kohler he has a B82 with 8hp B&S... I was pulling away from him in third gear and he was in third also....are the b83's that much slower?? i changed the belt thinking i had some slippage, but no diffrence?? whats the story??

[Rideawaysenior 25]

All in the gearing. The Suburban has a unidrive transaxle in it and his B series has the aluminum peerless or foote rear end. Even the bigger tractors with the 8 speeds would have different drive speeds. The four pinion was 5.3mph and the 8 pinion was 5.5 mph. If you had an earlier hydro with the eaton 1100 or the sundstrand, you could see as much as 7mph out of your machine.

[nylyon-(Admin) 7,880]

I can't speak for the pre-1974 models, but I had a chance last year to do a little racing here is the race