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RE: Test Driving a Homebuilt Tractor - posted for Steemmakers
That's really quite the project!
I can see how the front spindles might fail under pressure at the elbow, too much pressure on that spot in a turn.
Yeah. The metal is under a lot stress there. The welding heat also made the metal coarse grained and brittle.
After the initial shake out, nothing else has broken. I used to use it all the time for mowing with a 60" tow-behind mower, plowing, disking, and cultivating. Now I mostly just use it with a dump cart. It is like a power wheelbarrow.
A powered dump cart is something I could really use around here. I'm always digging and moving dirt somewhere in the yard. :-)
We don't have enough grass to mow to bother with anything bigger than a push mower, a lot of the yard has been converted from lawn to something else.
As for garden work, I have my dad's old Troy Bilt tiller to use for the hard work.