Posted by Determined on October 30, 2016 at 07:56:45 from (216.130.212.110):
In Reply to: Homemade pto? posted by Turnaround on October 30, 2016 at 07:13:03:
Wet manure is heavy, unless your spreader is tiny towing it behind a lawnmower sounds like an accident waiting to happen.
1 yard of manure weighs more than your mower.
If you were to build the drive system you described how would you disengage it during transport to the field?
Small wheels will theoretically spin the rear end faster if they have traction but with only the weight of the rear end the whole thing will likely just slip, slide and drag around behind you.
A small engine and gear box or hydraulic motor as others have suggested along with a real tractor would be your best bet.
Maybe an option to see if you can add on a PTO to your tractor.
Sounds like the perfect excuse to use the '' Honey we need to buy another tractor" line.
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