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dagr8tim
01-09-2012, 11:15 AM
Here's the super secret project I've been messing with for a week. I picked up a banged up Craftsman LT1000 Tractor with a 17 HP Briggs OHV motor for $40 on New Year's Eve.

There's a small community of guys modding and offroading these things. Being as I already have an LT1000 with a 15 HP flathead Briggs, for the price it's cheap spare parts.

I figured I'd share some pics because I've been posting some random and odd Facebook statuses lately.

Here are the pics the kid posted with the CL add. I don't have any pics, but I've got afew video's on youtube.
http://buckeyejeeps.com/albums/LT1000OffroadTractor/5L15Kf5H53F13L13Mfbcoe6b178ff1d5d19b7.jpg
http://buckeyejeeps.com/albums/LT1000OffroadTractor/5Na5K55Fe3G73Ff3J2bco369ad9f5d118159f.jpg

Firemanray
01-09-2012, 11:28 AM
We had a "lawn mower" race track around here for several years. It was pretty cool, circle track'n on a lawn mower at 40 m.p.h.

dagr8tim
01-09-2012, 11:52 AM
This guy's pretty cool and is an XJ owner. His Craftsman has some serious flex for a lawn tractor.

The Craftsman Crawler - YouTube
Craftsman update: Suspention Details 3/13/10 - YouTube
Craftsman update: suspention test 3/7/10 - YouTube

bluedragon436
01-09-2012, 12:05 PM
That is awesome.. I used to have a Murray when I was in HS that had no deck, and was tweaked a little bit.. wish I still had that thing.. wasn't quite as cool as the one above, but was still fun to play with

BlueXJ
01-09-2012, 04:55 PM
Interesting project. Keep us up to date as you make modifications.