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Tractor supply

09-28-2003 19:20:07




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I want to built a hot rod tractor. You know with a tractor running gear and a V-8 engine.
Were do I began?
What type of tractor rear-ends are best?
How do you hook it up (engine to rearend)?
I know the guys around here put a automatic transmisson behind the engine.
Which do you shift the car transmisson or the tractor transmisson? (Example if you want to go in reverse, or you want to spin the tires fast, or slow your wheel speed down, or go forward).
What is the best engine. I want a small block.
The guys around here mash the clutch to stop but with a automatic you do not have clutch.
So how do they do it?

Any tips or info will be apprated and welcomed.
Thanks in advance

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a puller

09-30-2003 13:14:46




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 Re: need info., pictures,websites,help on building in reply to Tractor supply , 09-28-2003 19:20:07  
I believe a Farmall M and a chevy smallblock are almost the same boltpattern. the auto tranny don't matter since the clutch is farther back in the drivetrain. it's not any different than a motor hooked up, it constantly is turning. most people I talk to use a built 350 and run the turbo 350 tranny. they put the auto in 2nd gear, and the framall tranny in like 3rd gear.



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FB

09-30-2003 13:04:35




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 Re: need info., pictures,websites,help on building in reply to Tractor supply , 09-28-2003 19:20:07  
Why would you want to put an automatic trans in a puller???As you are going down the track and get under a load the trans would shift down and break traction???? kinda like throwin the TA at full rpm in antique tractor pulling..... ..... ??



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joecool

10-01-2003 03:32:25




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 Re: Re: need info., pictures,websites,help on buil in reply to FB, 09-30-2003 13:04:35  
I can tell you have never driven one. Automatic is better to pull with, you can keep trans in any gear you want.



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FB

10-01-2003 13:21:36




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 Re: Re: Re: need info., pictures,websites,help on in reply to joecool, 10-01-2003 03:32:25  
I am not old enought to pull anything with an automatic trans..... i have just saw some "stock" trucks pull and this is what the atoumatic transmissions did.....



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joecool

09-29-2003 03:23:04




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 Re: need info., pictures,websites,help on building in reply to Tractor supply , 09-28-2003 19:20:07  
My friend has found that massey's or oliver are easiest due to full frame to set engine in and also chain coupler to mate with tractor trans. Simple installation, plenty of room.

He has a Desoto Hemi in a Massey 33. with automatic, automatic's make it easier to start than straight shift.Just put tractor in what ever gear you want and let it go.



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TimC

09-28-2003 20:36:19




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 Re: need info., pictures,websites,help on building in reply to Tractor supply , 09-28-2003 19:20:07  
An M farmall would be a cheap way to start. Get a 350 or 400 SBC with a TH 350 tranny. You will need a yoke for the tranny and a yoke for the input shaft. One thing not to do is let the automatic slam the gears in the tractor. They are brittle and don't like it. Keep the idle low enough to prevent this.

Mounting the engine should be a snap also.

F 20's are strong rear ends and you can build a lower center of gravity by rotating the rearend housing. Then make your own frame.

AC WD's make good pullers also but you may want to extend the frame rails and make the tractor a little longer.
These are just my observations and by not means the most correct way to go.
I can get you pictures of all of these setups eventually if you really need them.

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Steve in OR

10-02-2003 15:49:28




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 Re: Re: need info., pictures,websites,help on buil in reply to TimC, 09-28-2003 20:36:19  
Most people out here use MH 44 or 55 rear ends with auto tranny.
Steve



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