Love it! Great build! Too funny what fearless said bout' REPO mowers! Have a Super Blessed Week!.....Gus

being a tow truck driver for 14 years and somewhat of a fabricator I can tell you you're on the right track. number one your stinger is not working your center of gravity and lifting point is all wrong... unless you change the whole design only a couple things are really going to help number one snatch block needs to go opposite of where it is the cable needs to go back and hook to the Boom... by splitting the line you fraction the weight.... and you need to reduce the length of the Stinger buy a good foot at least and instead of having a side to side pivot need to have a left-to-right pivot so you can turn but damn good job otherwise

😂😂😂 coolest tow rider I’ve ever seen.

On any of those belt and pully drive riding mowers this would be pretty useless, but on an actual garden tractor with gear or hydrostatic drive like a Cubby or Jhon Deere 200 series this would actually be pretty useful for dragging logs out of the woods!

I like it! Seems to work really well... only thing I might change would be to make the stinger adjustable.. So you could adjust the length like a telescope. Keep it snugged up close to the rear end for heavier loads. Get a diesel motor, and a big-ass front bumper on there and that will be all the front end weight you'll need! Now you can REPO riding lawn mowers! lol

I believe you're a tow truck operator in the making! Add some ballast to the front and you'll be good to go!

LOL My Sears FF-18 with a 3 Point move my smaller garden tractor around with ease, but trying to move my John Deere and my Cub Cadet makes my front wheels lift off the ground. The front tires on the FF are larger and mine are fluid filled. Only way I can keep the front down is put on my snow plow. lol I do like the idea that you can change or make different lift points for different machine towing.

Nice! I suggest you get a chain to secure the tow to the stinger. The frame which connects the stringer to the tractor could be linked to the winch mount / rear bumper. I'm thinking of it as a sort of travel lock, still allowing the stringer to lay flat on the ground when needed. Some anchor legs would allow you to winch out tows to where you can hook up easily. Log skidding anyone? I'm sure you'll find many ways to extend its uses. Great to see such " out of the box" thinking.

haha. so do u still have an actual tractor for your lawn?

Sweet! Worked pretty well! Now you have to make it 4x4 to move all the weight! haha looking forward to more updates/builds/romps. That 2 cyl kubota project sounds intriguing.

Look! A Teeter-Totter tractor Mom.Lol! Nice job man.

So just extend it wider. Add 2 L shaped pieces of steel with a tire mounted to each one of them..

I like this , something i wanna build just like I wanna build a loader and backhoe but this is something I think I could manage now with the time and tools and with a little more material, but I think I would make my stinger I believe is what you call it a wheel lift style

That is so cool I hope to try and build something like that

That jd is sweet

Worked pretty good. Might be good idea to add an alternator to it, 10si GM would work fine around 40 amps so the engine would not strain to much. You would be able to jump start the pickup with that.

Maybe a shorter boom would help, not sure but you could try it out in a temporary setup some how. Nice work, killer!

Very nice the problem is a overhang distance, may you try with a any sling version

I have never seen a tow truck lawnmower

Looks like fun 🤩

Get front end wheel weights. Find an old gravely tractor some of them have front weights.

Maybe a wheelie bar with wheels in the back would help. Just an idea

i agree with you on the front beef it up and good battery all is good

If you put bigger tires on the front with tubes you can fill them with windshield washer fluid for weight.

Shorten your boom/under reach a little bit and put your PIN behind your lifting hook so you can swivel at the lift point like on a real tow truck. That way you're not binding and picking up your front end while trying to turn

Badass we have one as well

Lift the mower from the rear so your not picking up the heaviest part and lower the boom so you have less of an angle and you won't have your front end off the ground

Pick it up from the rear and you want be doing a wheelie. If it’s 4 wheel drive, put some dolly wheels under front tires.😎

That cool ... Nice job

fricking sweet for the first run that was great do you think the 130# is tooooo heavy for counter weight i was thinking just another 50# or even 75# if you put to much weight up there you might have to beef up the front for the battery just use a car battery i think the charging system is not big enough to charge that deep cycle thanks Ric

Can you add a larger alternator. One from an electric pto tractor? Also if you move your stinger pivot points forward you should fix center of gravity steering issue

If you fill your front tires with water it should help weigh the front down

the setup need to hang some weights off the front bumper of the tow truck.

it needs more weight on the front maybe try to put a metal slab up in the front maybe I'll give it down

Fill the front tires with antifreeze and you would probley be good

lol sweet setup man

cool once the bugs r worked out it's going to be a nice rig

nice work man

I like this just shorten the rear bar it'll make it no it act like a lever and let the front end down

Maybe put 35 inch wheels on the front.

what do you farm other than lawn tractors?

put about 150 pounds of weight in the front and that will keep the front end in contact with the ground

Cool but you need some weight up front. But you know that nice work.

This is soooo funny

Note: when towing from rear, you have to tie off the steering wheel.

Looks like you need a weight then you won't pop wheelies lol

why dont you fill the tires with water instead of air for weight

Pretty elaborate but, should of just used the new design on a real tow truck instead of the old boom style and so it's hooked to the tires lower to the ground so instead of counter weight you could of just used a tire on each side of the lift..

the front tires that is

put some weight,s on the front that might nelp

Need a shorter piece of angle iron !

Maybe shorten the tow bar?

Who is watching this video in 2020

hook an alternator to the drive belt. add a little weight and your in buisness

did u make the jhon deere 4X4

Need rotator boom.

Put weights on front

4 wheel in the back wound help ..

1:43 was that a cow

Turn the 4x4 deer into the tow truck

i think you need plowh wheights on the front

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Should had made it a rotator..😉

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your stinger is way too long