Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

Eugen wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 12:11 pm It really should be articulated. A rigid frame for the rear wheeled dumper somehow offends my sensibility.

It probably has individual wheel motors and the wheel timing based on the steering input.

I'll bet it practically spins in place like a skidloader.


Right?

@thebuildist yeah right


It's a cool project and I would've done a lot worse of it. But it's easy to comment from the bench.

Eugen wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 1:23 pm Thanks Bob, that's a gem! The seat at the back though! Priceless. I wonder how many hydraulic pumps the tractor's running..

Eugen, when you mentioned “the seat at the rear.” Were you speaking about the computer chair in front of the tool box? Harry

Harry wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:48 pm

Eugen wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 1:23 pm Thanks Bob, that's a gem! The seat at the back though! Priceless. I wonder how many hydraulic pumps the tractor's running..

Eugen, when you mentioned “the seat at the rear.” Were you speaking about the computer chair in front of the tool box? Harry

ahahahaha! You're right Harry, my mistake! I thought it was a real seat attached to the tractor, but it's actually behind the tractor. My eyes tricked me.

...from the FB group "Modified Lawnmowers"
- just an idea for people contemplating adding that extra axle on the back of your GT...

RoamingGnome wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:44 am ...from the FB group "Modified Lawnmowers"

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- just an idea for people contemplating adding that extra axle on the back of your GT...

Gerry, thanks for posting. That reminds me of a track vehicle back in my youth. If I remember correctly it was a jeep body with a tractor ag tire stretched over the tires. It was steered by handles that locked either side lije a zero turn machine. I wish I would have taken a pic but I can still see it in my mind. Harry

I am trying to figure out if the builder is retired or just retreaded.

Some of the group comments were cringe worthy - the OP is just starting his project and I think this was just a visual proof of concept for him.

Other posts in the group have mounted prefab atv style track assemblies on the rear wheels - that could be something to explore if you had the budget

-Note to self---don't join this FB group. don't need any more ideas or projects.

RoamingGnome wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:33 pm Some of the group comments were cringe worthy - the OP is just starting his project and I think this was just a visual proof of concept for him.

Other posts in the group have mounted prefab atv style track assemblies on the rear wheels - that could be something to explore if you had the budget

Like a lot of sites there can be some nasty comments . Some like mine were meant to be funny . I have got a lot of inspiration from others putting stuff together out of what ever they had on hand . I have personally built ,rebuilt, scrapped and tried again until got a working product .
It is said that you learn more from failure than successes . Based on that , I think I am go for a PHD (piled higher and deeper) in creative tractor accessory building .