so ive been using an old fiat tractor with a wessex tow behind mower deck for the last few years its done the job just fine but the tractor is on its last legs it over heats after 20 mins and i cant see where the water is disappearing too and now the clutch is giving up only drives in lowbox 1 and 2 now , slips in all other gears last cut of the season is done so now is the time to replace it ready for next years, now i know people are going to say just fix it but its well past its sell by date and the cab is almost rotted away,, and i like making things lol,
so i only have 4 or 5 months so i dont want to start from scratch and make a chassis etc
so heres the question has anyone use a 4wd pickup/jeep/landrover added a pto and successfully towed and mowed with it, over here land rover discoverys are ten a penny the body rots of them but the drive trains work fine, they are around 120 hp 2.5lt diesel, lowbox is 3.3 to 1 to get the ground speed down to somewhere near mowing speed, i think the pto is driven off the gearbox mainshaft so the pto speed will be what ever the engine is doing ,
can i mow at 1100 rpm input into the mower or do i need to cut that in half with a 2 to 1 box ?
the victim, i was planning on chopping the wheelbase down to a more manageable 80" and drop some sort of fiberglass body on it, do you think it will drive a set of 6ft wide cutters, my old tractor was 70hp and never ever had a problem power wise ???