the showman 4,074 #1 Posted March 5, 2014 This project was something I had in my head for a while. Being a lover of Wheelhorse's and tracked vehicles having driven diggers and alike for years, I looked at a few MG's but didn't like the metal tracks One day a friend gave me a Wheelhorse A 90, it came from a school and had a seized engine and had been partly dismantled to stop the children playing with it, this started me thinking, all I had to do was find something on rubber tracks, narrow enough to go through a garden gate and have forward and reverse gears rather than hydromatic. 6 Ian, meadowfield, nigel and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pmackellow 2,738 #2 Posted March 6, 2014 Looking forward to seeing the rest of this story Mr Showman (even though I know how it ends) !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 1,900 #3 Posted March 7, 2014 Hurry up with some more pics Mr Showman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 4,458 #4 Posted March 7, 2014 Yes! Hurry up I'm intrigued. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #5 Posted March 7, 2014 i'll have a look tomorrow for the memory card there on. keep guessing ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C-101plowerpower 548 #6 Posted March 7, 2014 i'm thinking of a motorised wheelbarrow for tracks? Koen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #7 Posted March 8, 2014 Ha,ha found the photos, will load them up saturday evening Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #8 Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) Well done c101. After spending hours on flebay and lots of research i found this down in kent. called the seller up and went for a look. Its a Kubota tracked dumper, petrol pull-start engine with 3 forward gears and 2 reverse , had a drive round his yard and had a deal. Edited March 8, 2014 by the showman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #9 Posted March 8, 2014 forgot this one of the controls Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C-101plowerpower 548 #10 Posted March 8, 2014 wasn't hard to guess, i've got a idea for a tracked horse in my head for quite a while and my ideas also use a tracked dumper thingy. Koen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #11 Posted March 8, 2014 once the skip was of i just had to have another drive round before i backed it up the drive, the first photo shows where i think the seat will fit, the next shows my daughter trying out leg room, next engine cover off and the last shows the gearstick sticking out the front. all this was done on the same day august 8th 2009 6 pmackellow, Stormin, Triumph66 and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neil 524 #13 Posted March 8, 2014 Blimey Chris , you dont arf look different with hair & those sun glasses Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #14 Posted March 8, 2014 Blimey Chris , you dont arf look different with hair & those sun glasses its not hair neil, its one of nigel's wigs 1 nigel reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neil 524 #15 Posted March 8, 2014 i didnt realise Nigel wore a syrup . I have been looking forward to reading about this build of the trachorse ., i was allways intrigued as to how you did build it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #16 Posted March 8, 2014 The next day i spent a while working out how i could operate the gearstick from the front. looking at the gearbox / front axle i noticed that it was held on with u bolts, simple all i had to do was turn the engine and transmission around the other way, so the next 4 photos so the progress 7 Aidan, meadowfield, ranger and 4 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian 2,417 #17 Posted March 9, 2014 It's great to see some build photo's Chris, I've only ever see it in it's finished state Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel 1,876 #18 Posted March 9, 2014 ime going to make one using 3 tracked dumpers so there. mr showman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 4,458 #19 Posted March 9, 2014 I've heard of going one better, but...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #20 Posted March 9, 2014 Now i had the gearstick in the right place, after turning the axle i had to modify the engine frame and turn the engine all the rest of the controls were cable operated so made it easy to change. photos are --- engine fitted bodywork from A90 offered up and with bonnet fitted. to fit all the bodywork i only had to weld some angle along the frame as it was the same width. 4 Gazza, Triumph66, DougC and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #21 Posted March 9, 2014 (edited) The next job was to cut the spare box section off the front and tidy it up, fit some bonnet hinges, fit a battery under the seat (to work the headlights) and cut some slots in the floor for the two slew levers. for the clutch i used the deck handle with a rod to the belt tenioner. the throttle and choke cables are halfords bike cables and solderless nipples, and rear fender from a 60s lawn ranger Edited March 9, 2014 by the showman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #22 Posted March 9, 2014 Here's a couple more 7 Ian, Aidan, rotoscytheben and 4 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 4,458 #23 Posted March 10, 2014 Looking the part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #24 Posted March 11, 2014 when I had finished this part I made up a rear lift and had it hooked up to the skip ram, but it didn't work to well so moved the ram to the front and fitted the dozer blade. the next work to do will be new rear roller bearings, a nice shinny paint job, new rubber tracks and maybe swap the kobota engine for a kohler. I don't know when this will be as each time I get it out I just want to drive it 1 pmackellow reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian 2,417 #25 Posted March 15, 2014 I don't know when this will be as each time I get it out I just want to drive it That's fully understandable Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
