10:26 i love how he took advantage of the wheelie fail. I need this upgrade asap!

Purchased this to replace a guide pulley kzfaq.infoUgkxO9seYZjlnuP5UvMkb7osQW3WxPVeSnPk on our John Deere x304 snowblower. As I stated in the title, it is just about perfect. The stock pulley has a spacer at the bottom. I used four washers to emulate said spacer, and it works perfectly now. Great product, and great price especially if compared to typical JD prices.

For those times when the wife says, "No Saturday football and beer until the yard is mowed!"

"But Doc, the yard is too short!" "Marty, my boy. Where we are going, we don't need any grass lawns!"

Really liked the wheelie that got out of control so you used it as a good time to show the underside. Great save! HAHA!

Perfect! I'm giving my parents a lightly used Craftsman lawn tractor, and I think I may turn their old Troy-Bilt Pony into my little ripper! I may want to see about adding a foot throttle, engine mods, lower it a little, wheels/tires, etc.

Damn Man U had me rolling on that killer fender scraper!! I must have watched it 10 times. Thanks! Trust me I’ve had my moments on my rider. Hauling 40 sinder blocks with my trailer, I got off it kept rolling down the hill through my neighbors fence. I wish I had it on film!

👍🏻 Wheelie to almost flipped straight into demo of current build dodging the emergency room along with the snickering from the cameraman/person.. PRICELESS.. Wheel weights and it’ll turn into a Guinness world record in some country..

I think I would have turned the angle iron for the frame around so the horizontal piece was under the frame instead of sticking out... other than that, it was cool seeing the speed difference, and you leaning a bit too hard on that last take-off hehe... glad you weren't hurt though :)

I did this same thing with a 90's model Vari-Drive mower, I also bought a 3" longer than stock belt (stock is 53, I bought 56) and it worked perfect, despite being an older and different setup. Swapped on a v-twin, bypassed the governor and it will go 15 MPH before the valves float. Cheap and effective, I want to try a torque converter on the crank pulley!

That's a sweet trailer at 6:18. Love to see a video on the build!

I would have trimmed the tabs with a cut off wheel. But, I really like your video, I subbed and high fives! Thanks for sharing. And there goes his health insurance!

Clear directions. Best video I came across.

Chud, your channel is hands down the best on here. Way to rep us country boys and some good old boy knowledge! Keep it up bud.

Smart fellow 👌 Thank you!!!! for your expertise. N.J

Buddy, you just became one of my new heroes!! I live just down HWY 301 where 10 is... Subbed fo sure.

0:25 i do that to my muray all the time love the vid

I need a new belt for my mower so now I have a reason to do this I’m going to have so much fun, thank you

Awesome. Love the magnet and drill hole

...FYI ; No need to replace the carb.! Search KZfaq to learn how to “Fix surging carburetor” Only takes a few minutes guys

I've old classics I'm always modifying on diggly squat respect

Full on "WaterBoy" style. Noice!!!

Hahahahahaha! I love it!! I’m gonna do this! Maybe get some tippy bars for the backend. Thank you for the video 👌🏼

That was a good wheelie!

That's kickass I'm definitely subscribing with notifications on

I used to build these "Hot Rods" for my kids !! LOVE IT !! I'm 67 years old and it still cracks me up !! Just plain GOOD OLE FUN !! I know you did the wheelie on purpose so you could show the under side ... wink wink !! LOL !! Keep on keeping on my man !! Have fun and stay safe !! P.S. put a smaller pulley on the transaxle ... and HANG ON !! LOL !!

Looped out on a riding mower 😂😂😂😂👍I have the same riding mower!about to swap some pulleys and do some holeshots and wheelies 👍👍cool video bro

Impressively ingenious! We'd have a ball wrenching in your garage. 😁

The carb sounds like a good clean out and new spark plugs.

I'm from Florida and I "lifted" my weed eater and did a Jerry rigged pully swap I wish I would have rewatched your videos but I was ready to ride so now my mower wants to kill me, but great videos

Just picked up the exact same mower. Whe i was pulling the deck off i noticed the way the pulleys where ran and it got me thinking... Stumbled across your video and hell yeah... Building this rider for my girls. Geat video for sure. Very clear instructions.👍👍👍

great job ! thinking outside the box !!!!

Tim Taylor says, "MORE POWER."

This man a legend!

Really good idea for rider mower thanks for sharing this video,? I needed to start doing my rider mower to,

HITCH UP THE WAGON BOYS WERE GOING INTO TOWN

I really like your style, your having WAY to much fun. I'm a retired mechanic and love tinkering with anything mechanical! Looks like you do to. Keep up the modifications and your sprit!!!😂😎😂

You really enjoyed what you done and do I enjoy also your videos

when you did that wheelie fail you got me in trouble in school because i was laughing so hard

Great vid 💪 nice wheelie 👍👍👍

Grade 8 bolts are made to hold things together, fastening one thing to another. They are not made for shear strength.. they will snap when the shear force is too high where as a grade 5 bolt will bend and flex before it breaks. Most people think a grade 8 or hardened bolt is the best you can get and you should use them in place of a grade 5 if you need something stronger and that’s just not the case unless they are being used to fasten one thing to another.

Don’t know if this was suggested but wheelie bars would be a good thing. Nice work looks like fun

I just got a zero turn after using two 21" unreliable mowers, one needed to be started with an industrial impact drill. Almost broke an arm doing it, now I have a reason to use it again!

This guy is the “BOB ROSS” of riding mowers. 👨‍🎨

That mower looks hilarious going that fast

80k man congratulations!

I rode one that had the back pulley swapped. It was fast. One thing about doing something like this....make sure your brakes are excellent. Also if not careful going down hill on a bumpy road, it can get away from you fast.

Fist bumps 👊👊👊👊👊, high fives/pats on the back ✋✋✋✋✋, extra thumbs up 👍👍👍👍👍 Pets ❤❤❤❤❤, treats and tummy rubs.

Two things, if you ever see this comment! Show us how to put a pedal on that will still let you use the dash lever? Set and forget the lever but 'boost' with the pedal.. and now I've forgotten what the other thing was so nevermind. :P Good video. liked, subscribed (about a year ago) and finally rang the damned bell!

I think Ive found my new favorite KZfaq channel.

Im doing a pony I picked up the other day, got 26 inch tires on it! It came from my d105 build I did, but I'm swapping the 17.5hp to the Troy, its a rolling chassis. So its alotta work, but it'll be worth it! the 17.5 has your pully swap already,so I came back to your vid for the belt sizes Thanks a ton!

Wow! Now I think it needs ,snorkel,bigger front tires,and maybe you could put a couple of bug eye lights on there? Paint it blue and call it the rally mower!

Just wondering how long it took to put the belt on? Thanks for vid, really helpful!

its amazing how smooth they idle with a good carb, not some china trash from the newer briggs an strattons, there twitchy messes, great video bud thanks for the infos ^^

Liked the video for the belt size and info u r giving

That sneeze laugh doe😂😂

Time to put a wheelie bar on the back

Anyway belt swapping 😂 nice recovery

Thank you. This was very helpful and I will be doing this soon.

LMAO Good video dude and funny as hell too!

Lol. After flipping that you really tried to make it look like it was on purpose to show it off lmao

I don't want my kidneys jarred out of my body, on these rough riding lawn mowers > Its fast enough

Sweet! Nice job...

cool video I enjoyed watching

Clean your carburetor, completely. That means the main jet, especially. A partially obstructed main jet will cause a surging carburetor. You also should be using a fuel filter coming directly from the fuel tank.

The flip on your back looked kinda rough😣, totally played it off though like it was on purpose😂🤣😂

Man I've Got a Chine LA 140 Deere that I can't keep running to save my life. What your doing with junk is amazing.

Troy looks good man

Have a good day I liked this video

Hello yes it does wheelies now 😂😂💪🏼

im glad to see that your ok man i hurt my self pretty bad once puting on its back

Appreciate you editing out all boring shit. Was looking for reviews on a Troy Built Bronco but your video is much more interesting.. good shit dude..

You make the best video's☺.

Chud: I'm going to double the speed of this by increasing the size of the pulley. Me: that's stupid now he's cutting the torque in half. It'll take forever to accelerate. Chud: does a wheelie and a tiny rooster tail Me: .... N/m he's good

Thank you this helped out a lot

i luv that wheelie

That's cool I I built a lawn mower probably 10 years ago that went approximately 45 to 50 mph

10:29 “No sane person has truly lived” - Berad

I have the same tractor. Just did this to mine. Had to do some steering work too.

6:07 I've never seen 10MPH look so perilous.

Love your channel. Im just curious on how long it will last. And how durable is doing it that way. And will it qithstand the abuse. Thanks

My son goes “me like lawn mowers!!! So faaaaaast!!!” Hahaha excellent work. Have you had any experience with the sealed plastic gen trans rear ends?

I think it would be more aerodynamic if you put the angle iron under the frame rather than having it outside. Thataway you won't catch your flip flop on it when you lose another wheelie. Thanks for the fun!

Sweet! Crazy fun!

By flipping the front pulley, the deck would only turn half as fast, so you wouldn't want to use it to mow the grass any more. Looks like you could have flipped the intermediate pulley (the one at 8:20) instead and gotten the same result. And then you could still use it with the deck on it. Of course, if you have no intention of using it to mow the grass, you could _still_ flip that second pulley, and get even *_more_* speed out of it.

You nutzoid - lol - you are so fun to watch - now THAT was a wheelie !!!!

Thanks man this was very informative ✌️

Needs a wheelie bar! 🤣👍

10:27 Camera dude This was your chance to laugh like hell.. What happened? I'da lost it right there and started pointing at him and going ahaha haha ha.

4:40 I would only drill out to 1/4" and then use the weakest bolt possible (#2 zinc?). If the load on the pulley becomes too great, you want the bolt to shear not the pulley or the crankshaft.

I love it! Flip flops and mechanic work - you'd be hard pressed to find a better match. Do you cut grass with that thing? Will it sling the clippings into your neighbors yard? Have you knocked out a window/windshield when it picked a rock while mowing? Damn good post. My skills as a mechanic have become so poor that the Georgia Association of Shade Tree Mechanics have pulled my license and tools. They left with a pair of pliers that slip and a small bit Phillips screwdriver that has a rounded of tip.

Thanks for the cool video! That's bad a**!!

Use a hand throttle. You can use a brake handle from a bicycle. Just mount it to the steering wheel and have fun

Hey Tomcat can you provide a link to those back tires their badass man

Nice one lol that wheelie lol

GREAT Video Dude. I am in Plant City FL. I could use an upgraded system. Thanks again. God Bless..

Seems to me you need a welder , if you don't already have one. But you got a good imagination to share with those yung'ins. subbed :)

That's pretty fast for a lawn mower.

Perfect for my mower races

Bud, u needa wheelie bar 🤣🤣🤣