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West Central IA | Dad modified a pedal tractor for my 2.5 year old son. Bigger tires, bearings on the pedal crank, big rear axle with bearings, heavier smoother steering, multiple sprocket/gearing choices, a "shift" lever on the side, and 4255 decals....just like daddy's! He also put a heavier axle and bigger tires under a wagon. He's working on a few more for my nephews. He also built a hay rack and a 4 row planter when I was a kid.
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Dearfield Co. | looks like a neat little tractor-------hope he enjoys riding it as much as the builder enjoyed building it |
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Missouri | Very nice!!! Do you have pictures of the planter? |
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| Quad or powershift? Nice tractor! |
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Schlegel Farms, Hagerstown Indiana | Looks good.
Are there any weights for the weight bracket? |
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The rapidly vanishing farmland of Boone Co. Ind. | Very cool! Thinking it needs a better seat for more low end torque though. |
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Ohio | Has he have any RED tractors?
Years ago I built several tractors for our Young Farmers group for Kiddie tractor pulls, and the sled. That was great time ! |
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| Could you please show or explain the steering improvements. |
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East Central Ia, S. Waterloo | Years ago very handy neighbor set one up like that for the grandkids tractor pulls. Didn't take long for them to be DQ'd, and rules changed to everyone uses the same tractor. |
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| could you show us more pics of the steering and the gear or transmission setup? i dont have kids but would still be fun to make a couple of these for some relatives and friends kids...i loved my pedal tractor growing up
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West Central IA | I'll have to see if dad has pictures of the steering. I really don't know how he remade the steering....but it steers unbelievably easy and smooth. And I'll try get one of the planter sometime. He has made 3 other tractors and 2 sleds for pedal pulls. We used to do 5-10 pulls a year but now only do 2 local fairs. Pull from 4 years to adult classes....the adult ones get pretty interesting sometimes!
I'll post a few more pics and see if dad has some from building them....
And yes he has built one red one....it gets used for the men's class
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NE Nebraska | That's awsome! When I was a kid it always drove me nuts the wheels couldn't handle the gravel, but those will be good to go! |
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West Central IA | Planter pics
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| what does the lever on the right side of the steering wheel do? is that some kind of tensioner for the chain? i'm assuming you cannot switch gears or "shift on the go" the way it looks or am i missing something? |
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West Central IA | You're right...it's just a lever for the kids to play with |
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Frytown, Iowa | So it's a broken T/A? Wasn't that only on red tractors? |
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West Central IA | frytownfarmer - 5/10/2015 18:16
So it's a broken T/A? Wasn't that only on red tractors?
LOL!!!!!!!! |
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