Unfortunately, we have to admit that the ready-made cultivators and walk-behind tractors, which are presented in our stores, are not designed for particularly high productivity - for summer cottages of 6 acres.
There are more decent industrial ones, but their prices bite. And what about those who have almost 20 hundred square meters? The idea to make such a walk-behind tractor myself came suddenly, and not to me, but to a neighbor - an artist. He came up with it, and I have already finalized it.
How to make a walk-behind tractor with your own hands
The work began with the "Ant", or rather the engine from the T-200 scooter. First, we iterate over. Then we make a frame - we weld an iron sheet 4 mm thick with pipes 4 cm in diameter. The frame is fixed rigidly with three supports to the engine.
The next stage of the assembly was the installation of the carburetor, magneto, air filter, muffler. In order to protect the engine from overheating, it was necessary to come up with a cover on top for forced cooling.
The chain drive was made as a drive from the engine to the shafts with flanges (they came from a conventional combine). An important point is that the rotational speed of the shafts can be excellent with the correct selection of gears, but you still need to carefully calculate the size of the lower crankcase on the frame. If you get carried away with one frequency, the frame will simply go over the top and will not reach the ground. Gear ratio motor-gearbox 4: 1, in gearbox 2.5: 1
Everything inside must be lubricated with oil - for this, drain and bay hatches are made.
As a rudder - an ordinary metal pipe (to adjust the height, you can take a telescopic pipe from an old vacuum cleaner). The unit operates in first gear, although there are already three gearboxes. The carburetor flap is operated manually. There is a wheel in front of the walk-behind tractor, how deep the soil needs to be plowed depends on its installation, and it is not particularly difficult to drive. The weight of the structure turned out to be decent - a little less than 90 kg.
I made the nozzles from a corner and pipes, on the shaft they are fixed with a key in a groove, so that there is no axial movement, we clamp it with a bolt. Capture width -1m. 20cm.
According to the test results, it turned out that the engine adequately withstands the passage on virgin soil, you can plow the field with the bayonet of a shovel, passing through the field 2-3 times, on previously treated soil, a second pass is not required. Due to the heavy weight, it is not very agile, but it works great in a garden where there are no bushes. When a homemade walk-behind tractor needs to be moved, I insert wheels, which are fastened with through bolts.
For the same unit, I planned to make a special body support for transportation in the back, I also plan to reduce the size of the wheels and make plows, a tiller and a potato digger.
At present, the development of agricultural machinery has reached a high level of development. It is difficult to imagine a modern farmer without a cultivator or walk-behind tractor.
There are many varieties of motoblocks on sale, but most of the store ones are designed for small areas - up to 6 acres. There are more powerful industrial-type units, but their price will already be much higher. Considering that the device for walk-behind tractors is not so complicated and already, you can make a walk-behind tractor with your own hands.
1 Motoblock based on motor scooter Ant
For practical and convenient use of a walk-behind tractor, it can be made from an old Ant motor scooter. On such a technique, it will be convenient to move around the cultivated area, transport the grown crops, humus, agricultural tools, even firewood, garbage and much more.
Due to its practicality and economy of fuel consumption, motoblocks based on the Ant motor scooter are increasingly being made by folk craftsmen. After reading reviews about homemade walk-behind tractors, you can come to the conclusion that it will not be difficult and cheaper to make it yourself.
Branded walk-behind tractor Ant
1.1 Where to start the manufacture of the unit?
First you need to find an old scooter and decide what size the areas will be processed. The power of the walk-behind tractor engine depends on this. The motor scooter Ant with an engine from a walk-behind tractor is remade for a real walk-behind tractor according to the standard traditional scheme:
- Frame.
- Engine.
- The chassis is based on two wheels.
To the vehicle - walk-behind tractor minor details are attached, which can be very useful in the future use of the device:
Following from the above, the frame, engine, wheels, steering wheel, seat and electrical equipment are considered important elements for the manufacture of a walk-behind tractor.
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1.2 Frame for walk-behind tractor
All elements of the walk-behind tractor are located on the frame. The frame structure consists of two side members, which are made of 1/4 inch steel pipe. The front and rear ends of the side members are bent upwards, the rear ends must be bent towards each other, then welded together. In the manufacture of steering, you can use the motorcycle "Izh" and its spare parts.
Homemade walk-behind tractor with a motor from Ant
A steering structure from a motorcycle is welded to the rear ends of the side members. To tension the chain of the first stage of the transmission, it is necessary to connect the side members along the length with several cross members. The platform for the battery and other parts also serve as crossbars. The gearbox housing, which is part of the frame layout, in addition to its functions, also performs the function of a rack between the chassis and the power unit. To transport loads by trailer, you can hook a two-axle bogie to the lower rear of the crankcase.
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1.3 Walk-behind tractor engine
In the manufacture of such a unit, you can use a two-stroke gasoline engine from the Ant motor scooter. Such an engine has forced air cooling and this is an undoubted advantage at a low speed in order to avoid overheating. The engine is interlocked with a four-speed gearbox. To reduce the cost of the unit and reduce the size of the walk-behind tractor you can make a muffler with your own hands, using parts from a factory muffler from a scooter. The exhaust tract is positioned to the side, and the muffler itself is inserted into the exhaust cylinder.
The engine is started using a kickstarter, the speeds are switched using a lever located on the box with sectors. It is necessary to lengthen the reduction shaft by 170 mm in order to integrate the overrunning clutch. The driven sprocket is attached to the end of the left shaft. Due to the rotation of the shaft, the coupling interacts with the roller and the roller is set in motion.
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1.4 Chain reducer
A two-stage chain reducer can reduce the rotational speed and increase the torque that is transmitted from the output shaft of the power unit to the rippers or wheels.
Homemade gearbox for walk-behind tractor
A popular solution is the use of an assembled gearbox from the Ant motor scooter. It is enough to install rollers on the bridge of the future walk-behind tractor so as not to use the entire wheeled platform from the motor scooter. This choice of chain reducer allows you to get the ideal ratio of travel speed and power of the walk-behind tractor.
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1.5 Homemade wheels
It will be difficult to move on such a mechanism when loosening or in a snowy season if ordinary wheels from a scooter are installed on it. The rippers that are installed on the future walk-behind tractor are homemade. Wheels are selected 5-10 inches. In order to increase the grip of the wheels with the ground, you need to put on a homemade bandage on the wheels. Such a bandage can be made from a steel strip.
Its cross-section may be different, but the optimal one will be 90 by 5 mm. The lugs are made from a corner of 25 mm and are welded to the steel strip. To avoid slipping of the lug band, antennae are welded to it, which are bent into the inside of the disc.
In a walk-behind tractor based on the Ant motor scooter, there is no need to make a homemade trailer, since the motor scooter was originally already with a body. This body will serve not only for transporting equipment and crops, but also for people. If the walk-behind tractor is equipped with a special snow shovel, then it can be used in winter for clearing snow.
Among the wide range of choice of cultivating and motoblock equipment, I would like to highlight the motoblock Muravei-1 and Muravei-2.
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2 Ant-1 - characteristics and features
Motoblock Ant-1 (First) is designed for cultivating sandy and clay soil and preparing it for planting vegetables.
Also, with the help of the Ant, you can cultivate dry, loose soil.
- engine model - BS170F / P;
- engine power - HP 7;
- number of speeds - 1 backward and 2 forward;
- fuel tank / crankcase volume - 3.6 l / 0.6 l;
- transmission - belt-chain;
- plowing depth - 100-300 mm;
- plowing width - 750 mm;
- completeness from 4 to 6 cutters;
- launch - manual;
- wheel size - two wheels 4.00-8 ";
- weight up to 90 kg.
2.1 Motoblock Ant (video)
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2.2 Features
Motoblock Ant-1 is one of the most popular walk-behind tractors, equipped with a powerful four-stroke gasoline engine. The change in speed occurs smoothly without jerking with the help of the speed control lever, which is located under the thumb of the right hand.
When plowing or cultivating, trampling of the treated soil is excluded due to the rotation of the handle in the horizontal plane. The rubber of the wheels has a wide tread, which provides better grip on the ground. Operator safety is ensured by two protective fenders.
Ant-2 has the same characteristics and features as the Ant-1 walk-behind tractor. If you have enough funds, then you can purchase a ready-made walk-behind tractor in a specialized store. But with a limited budget, you can do it yourself to assemble a walk-behind tractor from old scrap metal and spare parts.
Unfortunately, we have to admit that ready-made cultivators and walk-behind tractors, which are presented in our stores, are not designed for particularly high productivity - for summer cottages of 6 acres.
There are more decent industrial ones, but their prices bite. But what about those who have almost 20 hundred square meters? The idea to make such a walk-behind tractor myself came suddenly, and not to me, but to a neighbor - an artist. He came up with it, and I have already finalized it.
How to make a walk-behind tractor with your own hands
The work began with the "Ant", or rather the engine from the T-200 scooter. First, we iterate over. Then we make a frame - we weld an iron sheet 4 mm thick with pipes 4 cm in diameter. The frame is fixed rigidly with three supports to the engine.
The next stage of the assembly was the installation of the carburetor, magneto, air filter, muffler. In order to protect the engine from overheating, it was necessary to come up with a cover on top for forced cooling.
The chain drive was made as a drive from the engine to the shafts with flanges (they came from a conventional combine). An important point is that the rotational speed of the shafts can be excellent with the correct selection of gears, but you still need to carefully calculate the size of the lower crankcase on the frame. If you get carried away with one frequency, the frame will simply go over the top and will not reach the ground. Gear ratio motor-gearbox 4: 1, in gearbox 2.5: 1
Everything inside must be lubricated with oil - for this, drain and bay hatches are made.
As a rudder - an ordinary metal pipe (to adjust the height, you can take a telescopic pipe from an old vacuum cleaner). The unit operates in first gear, although there are already three gearboxes. The carburetor flap is operated manually. There is a wheel in front of the walk-behind tractor, how deep the soil needs to be plowed depends on its installation, and it is not particularly difficult to drive. The weight of the structure turned out to be decent - a little less than 90 kg.
To assemble a walk-behind tractor from a motorcycle IZH, Vostok or Ural, you will need to prepare drawings of the future unit. We indicate the dimensions of the structure on them. Any home-made products from a motorcycle are made under the condition of minimal tuning of used motor vehicle units. This requires a certain amount of experience and knowledge in this area.
To make a homemade walk-behind tractor from a motorcycle of any model, it is recommended to develop a multi-stage transmission. Such a gearbox will increase the ratio, traction and torque. The main structural element is a reducer with an adapter.
The mechanism that tightens the chains is fixed to the sliders with studs. The last parts can be made from a steel angle. They move easily, allowing the drive chain to loosen or tighten. To do this, make grooves in the sliders.
It is more difficult to equip a homemade walk-behind tractor with a main gearbox. Steel plates are used for its assembly. A bracket is welded to the rear of the gearbox, which allows you to equip a mini-tractor with a motorcycle engine with any attached agricultural equipment (plow, cultivator). The gear is removed from the agricultural machine.
Tillers require wheel locking. To do this, grind the cylindrical neck of the right axle shaft. A thread is cut at the other end of it. The impellers are dismantled from the electric vehicle. We cut 16 grooves in the rim of each disc. The plates welded into the structure serve as the base for the lugs. Jumpers are welded to them. A homemade walk-behind tractor is controlled by 2 rods from a mower. The productivity of the received equipment is 3-5 hundred parts per hour. Normal soil is plowed in second gear and heavy soil in first.
Simple technique
To assemble a walk-behind tractor for plowing ordinary soil with your own hands, use the engine from the "Karpaty" moped. To increase the power of the power unit, it is recommended to equip the equipment with an additional shaft. More powerful equipment can be made from the Voskhod motorcycle, Muravei, Minsk.
A homemade walk-behind tractor, equipped with an engine from a Voskhod motorcycle, has a power of 13.5 hp. The ignition is dismantled from the Vyatka-Electron scooter. To maintain the normal operation of the motor, forced cooling is installed. For this we use a supply fan. The gearbox housing dismantled from the ZIL-130 is used as a base for the frame. We weld the struts of the subframe of the power unit to this structure. The receiver itself is cut to 243 mm. We install a carburetor and a gas tank on the stretcher.
To assemble the drive shaft, use spline shafts from the following units:
- gearbox from ZIL-130;
- transfer case from GAZ-66.
The crankcase is fixed to the gearbox housing, in which we cut out a window to fix the gears. The next stage is making wheels. Experts recommend welding steel wheels. We weld the rim to the disc, to which the lugs are welded (16 pieces).
To make control levers for motor vehicles, we use a steel pipe. At the top, we connect the levers with a cross member, and at the bottom we weld the flanges. A crank is required to change gears. It can be mounted on the left control arm.
To attach attachments to a walk-behind tractor equipped with a motorcycle engine, a suspension and adjustment units are made. A bracket is used to fix the first element. The disadvantage of homemade agricultural machinery is the lack of a differential. It will take extra effort to turn around. But such a constructive solution has its own plus - the movement of transport without adjustment by the driver.
Cooling the power unit
Before making a mini-tractor with an engine from a Ural motorcycle, a forced cooling system diagram is being prepared. Without it, the motor will overheat. Experts do not recommend equipping a liquid cooling system.
The principle of such a system can be taken from motor vehicles (transfer of force from the crankshaft to the fan). Cut a thread at the end of the pulley. To fix it to the crankshaft, you need an M7 screw. The supply fan is equipped with 4 blades cut from sheet steel. The fan shaft is available as a driven pulley design.
The shaft bearing is installed in the housing. For the production of the protective ring, we use a steel sheet with a thickness of 3 mm. The housing with bearings is mounted on 4 steel spokes in the center. You will need 3 brackets to fix the ring to the motor. The guide cover is made of duralumin. This part reduces the dispersion of the air flow from the fan.
The self-made mini-tractor is equipped with a checkpoint from "Pobeda", a bridge from "Moskvich 408". The wheels can be removed from the UAZ, and the wheels can be removed from Volvo. To change the direction of rotation, turn the reducer on the bridge by 180º. With the help of chains, you can get compact mini-equipment (in length as "Ural").
To assemble a heavy walk-behind tractor, an engine from an IZH motorcycle is used. Since the speed of movement of equipment during operation is low, therefore, a forced cooling system is installed. For this, an electric fan or a device with a drive is used. To direct the flow of air masses to the working cylinder of the power unit, a protective cover is installed.
With the help of a homemade walk-behind tractor from an IZH motorcycle, you can process large land plots.
Now the development of agricultural machinery has reached the best development. It is hard to imagine a modern farmer without a cultivator or walk-behind tractor.
For convenient and comfortable use of the walk-behind tractor, it is made from an old Ant motor scooter. On such equipment, it will be comfortable to move around the cultivated area, transport the fed collection, humus, agricultural tools, even firewood, garbage and everything else.
Branded walk-behind tractor Ant
First of all, you need to find an old scooter and determine what size the areas will be processed. This affects the power of the motor-block motor. The motor scooter Ant with the engine from the walk-behind tractor is being converted into a real walk-behind tractor according to the standard classical scheme:
- Frame.
- Engine.
- The chassis is based on 2 wheels.
To ts - walk-behind tractor minor details are attached, which, of course, will be very necessary further on using the device:
Following from the above, the necessary elements for the production of a walk-behind tractor are a frame, an engine, wheels, a steering wheel, a seat and electrical equipment.
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The elements of the walk-behind tractor are placed on the frame for our client. The frame structure consists of 2 side members, which are made of an inch and a quarter metal tube. The front and rear ends of the side members are bent upward, the rear ends must be bent towards each other, and later connected by welding. At the production stage of the control unit, the Izh bike and its spare parts are used.
Homemade walk-behind tractor with a motor from Ant
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The control structure from the bike is welded to the rear ends of the side members by welding. To tension the chain of the first stage of the box, you need to connect the side members in length with several cross members. The platform for the battery and other parts also serve as crossbars. The gearbox housing included in the frame assembly, in addition to its own functions, also makes the function of a rack between the undercarriage and the power unit. For transportation by trailer, you can hook up a two-axle cart to one of the rear of the crankcase.
scooter with an engine from a walk-behind tractor
At the stage of production of such a unit, a two-stroke internal combustion engine from the Ant motor scooter is used. Such an engine has forced air cooling, and such an environment is an indisputable advantage with a small speed of movement in order to avoid overheating. The engine is interlocked with a four-stage box. To reduce the cost of the unit and reduce the size of the walk-behind tractor perform a muffler at home, using parts from an industrial muffler from a scooter. The exhaust tract is positioned to the side and the muffler itself is inserted into the exhaust cylinder.
The engine is started using a kickstarter, the speeds are switched using a lever located on the box with sectors. The reduction shaft must be lengthened by 170 mm in order to integrate the overrunning clutch. The driven sprocket is attached to the left end of the shaft. Due to the rotation of the shaft, the coupling interacts with the roller and the roller is set in motion.
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With the help of a two-stage chain reducer, it is possible to reduce the rotation speed and increase the torque, which is transmitted from the output shaft of the unit to the rippers or wheels.
Homemade gearbox for walk-behind tractor
A popular solution is the use of an assembled gearbox from the Ant motor scooter. It is enough to install rollers on the bridge of the upcoming walk-behind tractor, so as not to use the entire wheeled platform from the scooter. This choice of a chain reducer allows you to get an impeccable ratio of travel speed and power of the walk-behind tractor.
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It will be difficult to move on such a mechanism when loosening or in a snowy season if it has ordinary wheels from a scooter installed. The rippers installed on the future walk-behind tractor are homemade. Wheels are selected 5-10 inches. In order to increase the grip of the wheels with the ground, it is necessary to put a homemade bandage on the wheels there. Such a bandage is made of a metal strip.
DSCF2677 Reverse from the ant reducer to the walk-behind tractor. Valery Bryzgalov.
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Its cross-section is possibly different, but 90 by 5 mm will be good. The lugs are made from a 25 mm corner and welded to a metal strip. To avoid slipping of the lug band, antennae are welded to it, which are bent into the inside of the disc.
In a walk-behind tractor based on the Ant motor scooter, there is no need to make a home-made trailer, because the motor scooter was already with a body at first. This common rumor will serve not only for transporting tools and crops, but also for people. If the walk-behind tractor is equipped with a special snow shovel, then it is used in winter to clear snow.
In the midst of a huge range of choice of cultivating and motoblock equipment, I would like to highlight the Muravei-1 and Muravei-2 motoblock.
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Motoblock Ant-1 (1st) is intended for cultivating sandy and clay soil and preparing it for planting vegetables.
Also, with the help of the Ant, dry loose soil is cultivated.
- motor model - BS170F / P;
- motor power - h.p. 7;
- number of speeds - 1 reverse and 2.4 forward;
- fuel tank / crankcase volume - 3.6 l / 0.6 l;
- box - belt-chain;
- plowing depth - 100-300 mm;
- plowing width - 750 mm;
- completeness from 4 to 6 cutters;
- start - manual;
- wheel size - two wheels 4.00-8 ";
- weight up to 90 kg.
Motoblock Ant-1 is one of the most popular walk-behind tractors, equipped with a massive four-stroke internal combustion engine. The change in speed occurs smoothly without jerking with the help of the speed control lever, which is located under the huge finger of the right hand.
Agricultural machinery used in household plots, fields, vegetable gardens and summer cottages, at the present time, is a fairly technologically advanced device. It is almost impossible to find a person who has not used a walk-behind tractor or cultivator to facilitate the labor associated with working on the soil.
You can choose a walk-behind tractor for every taste and wallet, or you can make it yourself. Often the motor from the unit is used to make a full-fledged scooter, which is also indispensable for farmers, because the movement of goods over long distances is always required. Consider how to make a motor scooter Ant with an engine from a home walk-behind tractor.
Use the motor from the walk-behind tractor to give life to a new device
How to install an engine from a walk-behind tractor Ant
Work on installing the engine from the Ant walk-behind tractor should be started by sorting out the motor. Then it is recommended to adhere to a certain plan in order to get a high-quality and reliable unit:
- Frame manufacturing. This is done by welding a sheet of iron to a 4mm diameter pipe. The frame must be firmly attached to the engine.
- We install the carburetor, air filter and muffler.
Important! To protect the unit from overheating, a cooling cover must be fitted.
- The transmission is carried out using a chain that drives the shafts. Their speed should be different, even if the gears are correctly selected, since if they match, the frame will not come into contact with the ground.
- It is necessary to provide openings for draining and filling oil, since the inside of the engine must be constantly lubricated.
- The steering wheel can be made from a regular tube, preferably metal. For ease of control, it is better to provide for the ability to adjust the height.
- Although the technique will work mainly in first gear, but a walk-behind tractor usually has two or three speeds, there is no need to redo the gearbox.
In this video, we will consider an ant on an engine from a walk-behind tractor:
Attention! You will have to open and close the carburetor flap manually.
- we install the wheel in the front of the walk-behind tractor, and the level of plowing depth and ease of control will depend on the correct attachment;
- we make nozzles from pipes and corners, fix them with a key in special grooves and, so that no movement along the axis occurs, we fix them with bolts;
- we determine the level of capture of about 1-1.2 meters, depending on the work performed.
The unit based on the motor scooter Ant will turn out to be a little bulky, weighing about 90 kilograms, and slightly clumsy. But special maneuverability in the garden and in the field is not required, since there are usually no obstacles that must be frequently bypassed. But the motor will perfectly withstand all loads, even with long and continuous operation.
When a home-made Ant with a motor from a walk-behind tractor needs to be moved a long distance, then in the manufacture of equipment it is necessary to provide for the possibility of installing wheels that are bolted through, or make an additional stand for transportation in the back of a truck or in a trailer.
It is also possible to make the wheels smaller and attach a plow, potato digger or tiller.
