Homemade Tracked mini dumper

4570Man · Aug 27, 2016

How did you cut the tires? I've never had any luck cutting tires.

PILOON · Aug 27, 2016

Interesting, am also in early stages of building one.
I plan on using a walk behind snowblower as the traction as it provides varied speeds and build up the front framework with a wide full swiveling wheel or maybe even 2 full swivel.
It will be side dumping.

I have feelers out for a discarded blower frame and one friend said to take the one he was about to haul off to the scrapper.
Problem is that it took me all of 1/2 hour to do a complete tune up/ repair and I now own a 13HP 33" MTD c/w electric start that looks like new and starts 1st pull.

Ideally what I wanted was an old Ariens, 24" w/o motor as I have a few in my project pile.
For power anything in 3-5 hp is all that I'd need and that I have.
Another neat candidate was a discarded electric golf cart that I am still contemplating.
Also have access to a discarded electric wheelchair that could become a suitable doner .(if I decide to go electric)

Vyacheslav Nevolya · Aug 30, 2016

4570Man said:
How did you cut the tires? I've never had any luck cutting tires.

Rubber is easy to cut, sharp knife when heat gas burner.

KubotainNH · Aug 30, 2016

Cool project. Very innovative.

Vyacheslav Nevolya · Jan 26, 2019

Hello. After two years of pause, work on the project continues.

davedj1 · Jan 26, 2019

Welcome back and thanks for the update. Is there anything that holds the track on? I would be concerned with it walking off with no center sprocket. Keep up the great work! One thing in the video, it's just weird to me seeing the piece move and the drill bit not spinning...LOL

Vyacheslav Nevolya · Jan 26, 2019

Vyacheslav Nevolya · Jan 26, 2019

RBA50 · Jan 26, 2019

davedj1 said:
One thing in the video, it's just weird to me seeing the piece move and the drill bit not spinning...LOL

Nothing odd about it, just standard lathe work.

davedj1 · Jan 27, 2019

RBA50 said:
Nothing odd about it, just standard lathe work.

Oh I know, I've just never been around it so it's weird to me

Vyacheslav Nevolya · Feb 4, 2019

Fixing bearings. The next step will be the manufacture of brake support

Vyacheslav Nevolya · Feb 20, 2019

Vyacheslav Nevolya · Feb 20, 2019

Vyacheslav Nevolya · Feb 20, 2019

Xfaxman · Feb 22, 2019

Looking good, lots of progress :thumbsup:.

radios1 · Feb 22, 2019

davedj1 said:
Welcome back and thanks for the update. Is there anything that holds the track on? I would be concerned with it walking off with no center sprocket. Keep up the great work! One thing in the video, it's just weird to me seeing the piece move and the drill bit not spinning...LOL

a little convex shape on the wheels would keep the track on, that's what is used on old machinery that use a flat leather belt, works great..