(Updated video)I couldnt wait for a new bronco so....

[MaverickMan]

..... I built me a new offroad hot rod. It has a full roll cage, custom LED light bar, upgraded driveline, custom fenders, custom wiring and surfboard racks.

Its actually part of my new mowkart racing series I built for my lil neices and nephew, I live in a 3.5 acre valley with 2 ridges and I plan to one day have a perimeter trail around it.

This is the 2nd model unpainted but built for speed, I think it is pushing 20 mph, with more to go with a tire swap. The first day I got it running on the pulley swap I pulled a 30ft wheelie. All I could see was sky. I will be making wheelie bars for it out of mower deck rollers before the kids get ahold of it. I also locked out 3rd through 6th gears for now.

The 1st one I built evolved into a dump truck with a dump system built out of an elliptical machine and a wheelbarrow.

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[TheNavDad]

All I see is a GENIUS!!! Tricking the kids into yardwork by making them "racing" tractors. You should change your forum name to Tom Sawyer.

 

[BroncoKong Jr.]

All I see is a GENIUS!!! Tricking the kids into yardwork by making them "racing" tractors. You should change your forum name to Tom Sawyer.

Yeah I'm assuming my grandfather would laugh his ass off when I would mow his pasture. Driving a tractor when you're a kid is cool!

 

[BroncOcotillo]

Very cool.

 

[BroncoDude]

Love it! That is so awesome. I need to build one for myself.

 

[MaverickMan]

The root cause of this project was that I refuse to pay $2000 for a lawnmower made out of thinner metal that will likely start to rust in under 5 years when I can buy one pre rusted on craigslist for $300 that will last me 2 years. Without a climate controlled garage and a unlimited water source, they just wont last that long. Both of these had under 85% of their decks left.

So what do you do when you collect multiple running tractors? I may live in Hawaii but I grew up in Ohio cornfields. The answer is we BUILD RACECARS!

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[MaverickMan]

For the ingenious of us on here this thread could become a "I couldnt wait for a bronco so I built, did, or visited this crazy thing" thread. Feel free to add your stuff could be fun while we wait for the build and price.

 

[MaverickMan]

Got my wheelie bars installed! ? ?

 

[bbqbronco]

Wot n tarnation. Awesome!

First thing I thought of..

 

[Fordboi]

wooooow i need to do one of these. RIGHT NOW!!

 

[MaverickMan]

wooooow i need to do one of these. RIGHT NOW!!

Its pretty fun, just unbolt everything you dont need, put a smaller pulley on the axle find a belt that fits and dump the clutch instant fun. Since the kids would be driving em I lowered the seat mounts aswell as making the seat move for me or them to drive and also threw on a seatbelt and a roll bar. Wheelie bars help too! So far the kids have only driven the dump truck one it drives like an automatic, I cant wait to teach em how to drive the 6 speed. I am putting a foot throttle on it so it works like a real manual.

 

[Portapot]

It’s got a better interior.... ;-)

 

[MaverickMan]

It’s got a better interior.... ;-)

It actually is lawn grade vinyl!
New paint job the other day, gonna rattle can the bronco to match!
Next up custom rims!

 

[BeerForMyHorses]

When I started reading your post I thought you were joking until I read 20 mph and wheelie... Now that's just cool, and fun!

 

[SamR]

How is this thread not 100 pages by now? This is the coolest thing ever.

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