DIY Tiller Ski Module
How to make homemade caterpillars for a tiller with your own hands
Owners of motoblock equipment often go to home-made manufacturing of components for a powerful unit. The caterpillar tiller is distinguished by its maneuverability, it is convenient when working in the garden and in other works. And the tracks themselves, if you have the material, experience, you can make yourself. You only need to follow a certain technique and sequence.
Two more methods
Tracked motoblock machines are often created using wedge-shaped belts. Fasten them to the lugs. The belts are fastened with rivets. A popular method is to use uniformly sized chains. They can be found in the garage and are often left over from other vehicles. Step-by-step work:
- Take 2 equal chains.
- Break the extreme links, unite the chains into a single ring.
- Brew.
- Hooks fasten the chains together and create strong fasteners. They can be made from steel plates of the required thickness. They are bolted together.
A crawler track for a tiller requires skills in working with equipment, with a welding machine.
Phased technology
Several reliable DIY technologies have been developed for creating a tracked structure. They have shown themselves to be more reliable, so they are often used. Which one to choose depends on the skills and materials that you may need. You can make tracks for a tiller with your own hands, following the recommendations of the masters.
Structural differences
Tracks for Tiller Neva significantly simplify the transportation of cargo, the movement of the equipment itself. The tracked module covers a significant surface, the walk-behind tractor drives more evenly, provides the least pressure on the road and does not slip on difficult soils. The device on tracks can function even in bad weather, and in sunny weather it has excellent maneuverability.
It is not difficult to look after and use the module on tracks, but you can build it yourself. The main thing is to understand that when the motoblock device has caterpillars in the kit, its speed mode will be less, but insignificantly.
tracked tillers in the other do not differ at all from standard walk-behind tractors:
- The engine is suitable for 4-stroke with the possibility of auto-locking the axis, so that the technical device can turn around without turning around in a circle.
- There is also a requirement for a mandatory arrangement of water cooling to cope with overloads, due to which the engine heats up excessively.
- A tracked module of this type is more efficient than an air-cooled one.
- Hitch system, gearbox and gearbox in the standard model design. It is necessary to control when using the handle.
A mower for a tiller will help you quickly and efficiently remove not only grass from the site, but also weeds and even small ones.
When making tracks to the tiller with your own hands, you need to know that if you design them very high, then the center of gravity of the walk-behind tractor will change, and it will have problems when turning, and even bending to the side. It is necessary to make the second driven axle 2 cm longer.Also, by using a bushing, it will turn out to expand the wheel base already available in the motoblock structure.
What materials are required
Converting the wheel modules into tracks requires a powerful engine. It must have an axis block. Power is important, as the vehicle will be driven by the tiller on difficult roads. Without improvement, getting good maneuverability is unrealistic. Basic building materials that are required:
- Motoblock machine with gearbox, 4-stroke motor, axle unit option.
- Several extra wheels to put on a caterpillar.
- The track attachments themselves.
Depending on the building material used, two good diameter tires and a conveyor belt may come in handy. If you include a platform here, you get a compact tractor.
When choosing a building material to make tracks on a tiller with your own hands, it is important to take into account that it should not be heavy. The motoblock device is not equipped with a powerful engine, it simply cannot cope with a heavy load and will break. Tracked modules are made from:
- Motorcycle tires.
- Chains.
- Tubes.
- Belts.
- Conveyor belt in symbiosis with a bushing.
Tiller attachments are usually made from car tires. these elements can be converted without problems. It is correct to take the tires of large trucks, given the existing tread pattern, shape, because the pattern will improve grip. Tractor tires or elements from other large machines are perfect.
The tread pattern can provide full contact with wet ground, and with an icy road, with a snowy track. In addition to materials for the tracked module, to create a full-fledged device, a tiller with a gearbox is required, as well as several car wheels. If necessary, fix the trolley and, if you want, even on skids, in order to carry significant weights through the snowdrifts.
Conveyor belt
The technique is the easiest. In addition to the conveyor belt, it is required to take a sleeve roller chain. The ease lies in the fact that it does not require a lot of additional materials and tools to create. To increase the period of application of the machine tape in the module, it is necessary to circle it along the edge part with a fishing line. Be sure to provide a step of 1 cm.
Particular attention is paid to the height of the material. It completely depends on how long the device will withstand. It is optimal to take a tape with a height of 0.7 cm at least. There is one more wheel to be taken care of on both sides. Suitable from an old car, but at the same time it matters that the size is the same as that of a wheel on a walk-behind tractor.
Using the base from Buran
Basic information
Before carrying out work on the manufacture of a trailer, it is necessary to develop a detailed action plan and adhere to it.
The work plan for the manufacture of a trailer for a tiller is as follows:
- At the preparatory stage, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the device of the mechanism, analyze its functionality depending on the power of the tiller.
- Sketch the structure. Self-made trailer diagram will greatly simplify the work.
- Calculate the dimensions of the tiller cart.
- Design a drawing of the carriage, on which to render the main units, parameters and dimensions of parts.
- Plan the principle of operation of the main and additional mechanisms, think over ways of connecting all nodes and parts, their functioning.
- Prepare a list of required materials and tools.
- Begin the assembly and finishing process.
Depending on the ability to transport cargo, trailers are divided into 3 types:
- Simple 1-axle attachment for tillers up to 70 kg load capacity. Its design is simple and inexpensive.
- Universal cart with carrying capacity up to 110-120 kg. It is often used in the household.
- Trolley trolleys with a lifting capacity of over 120 kg. Such mechanisms are designed to move heavy loads, therefore, they have a more complex device, respectively, the costs of materials for the frame and cladding increase. The functionality of this technique is expanding.
Based on these parameters, the material is chosen according to its strength for the frame and finishing of the mechanism.
Do-it-yourself trolley for a motorized towing vehicle
A motorized towing vehicle (motorized dog) is a device for transporting goods, traveling through snow and wetlands. The towing vehicle itself has a caterpillar track and is complemented by a sled. A sleigh trailer is convenient in winter, provided there is a large snow cover, however, in summer or in snowless winters, using such a trailer is problematic.
Agricultural machinery manufacturers offer a wide selection of trailers, adapters and carts, including those for a motorized towing vehicle. Some owners of such equipment create a cart with their own hands. Its device is practically no different from a tiller cart.
The main difference between a motorized towing vehicle, which dictates the features of the device of trailers, is a caterpillar track. These vehicles are ideal for off-roading, so the trailer must meet the same requirements.
Two types of trailers are recommended for motorized dogs: a loading platform and a skidder. Both options are difficult to implement, so it is better to adapt the finished trolley to the tiller. Drawings and dimensions for the trolley and tiller will be almost the same, so you can use any.
The main feature of the trailer for this type of equipment is the low pressure wheels. They have a high shock-absorbing effect and are excellent for off-road use. A trolley with such wheels can be used at any time of the year. This modification requires axle reinforcement from the bogie, as well as wheel attachment. All other parts of the cart can remain unchanged.
How to make a cart for a tiller with your own hands: drawings and dimensions, photos, videos
Trolley trolley. trailed equipment for universal agricultural motor vehicles for transporting goods on personal and land plots. With the help of such a mechanism, garbage, animal feed, building materials, fertilizer, grain, inventory are transported.
The trailer and tiller adapter are varieties of homemade products made by skilled mechanics. The adapter is a longitudinal beam with its own chassis, driver’s seat and footrest. This module makes it possible to work the soil in a sitting position, as well as attach 2 equipment at once. in front and behind.
The trolley is a type of adapter with a difference in the design of the undercarriage.
A purchased tiller cart is expensive. To save financial resources, craftsmen make it themselves, design construction drawings, select the necessary materials. The process of creating such a useful vehicle does not take much time and is not difficult. Even a beginner, at least a little versed in technology, can handle it.
A brief review will help you understand the question of how to make a tiller cart yourself with good performance.
Trolley making
In order to understand how to make a cart to the tiller with your own hands, you need to perform the following algorithm of operations:
- For the manufacture of a supporting welded rigid frame, take 5 pipe blanks, cut off the ends of an angle grinder.
- Press with clamps to the chipboard sheet and weld the joints of 3 longitudinal blanks with 2 perpendicular ones so that they create a lattice frame.
- Check the geometry of the structure with a regular construction square. The angles of the connected ribs must be 90 °.
- Install spacers between the tacked workpieces in the corners of the bottom and in the center, tack with welding.
- To the longitudinal pipes of the bottom, make tacks with a welding electrode 4 vertical posts in the corners.
- Check the perpendicularity of the corners, check the dimensions of the sides of the structure with the dimensions in the drawing of the cart for the tiller.
- Finally weld all the workpieces to each other, grind the welds, clean them from sagging and formations.
- The body can be made of plywood or wooden planks, while the corner joints are fixed with steel corners.
- Boards are installed on the frame and bolted.
- durable sides of the master are made of steel sheets. The sides can be hinged and fixed. Hinged sides of the body are considered more rational, because unloading cargo of large volumes is easier. The sides are also made of square or rectangular metal pipes. They are performed, like the frame, they are grabbed, the geometry is checked for strength and to avoid braces and deviations, they are finally welded, rigidly attached to the frame. The tailgate is fastened with ordinary door hinges and equipped with latches.
- Take a metal rod with a diameter of 30 mm and a length of about 1050 mm to make an axle for wheels, connect it with a longitudinal hinge and corner supports. The length should be chosen so that the axle does not extend beyond the limits of the wheels. Sharpen it to the required diameters of the bearings in the hubs.
- As a running gear, you can take a wheelbase from a scooter, stroller, wheelbarrow or other agricultural machinery. Heavy wheels from a car trailer with hubs are not recommended to be installed.
- For the manufacture of the drawbar, 2 profile pipes with a diameter of 25×50 mm and a length of about 1.85 m are taken, they are welded to the frame beam so that a triangular structure is obtained. For reinforcement in the corners, metal kerchiefs with a thickness of 4 mm are attached by welding, a plate with a thickness of 8 mm is attached in front of the trolley.
- Tipper technology provides for the installation of door hinges attached to the bottom of the beam and to the bottom struts.
- Sheathe the frame of the structure made with wooden boards, plastic or metal.
- The driver’s seat on a tiller with a trolley is installed ready-made or in the form of homemade boxes from a piece of chipboard and foam rubber sheathed with dermantin. Such boxes are necessary to hide inventory and materials.
- The machine’s parking brake can be used as a brake. Fix the brake pedal made of 6 mm thick plate on the footrest under the seat, weld 2 corners. Install the pedal in the front part, in the back. a plate with 2 holes for fastening the brake cables, the ends of which are connected to a T-shaped plate with a rod.
In this way, you can make a do-it-yourself cart for a tiller.
Cart device
Tillers and motor-cultivators on trailers consist of the following basic elements:
- frame;
- body;
- hitch or drawbar;
- driver’s seat;
- steering gear;
- chassis.
To withstand heavy loads, a homemade tiller cart is reinforced with special stiffeners.
For a 1-axle trailer, a manual device is sufficient. A 2-axle tipper wagon with a heavy lifting capacity must be hydraulically operated against tipping.
With a lifting capacity of over 350 kg, the self-propelled cart is equipped with braking parts for safety. Mechanical brakes can be made by yourself. If these details are not taken into account, then when overloading during descent from a hill, the tiller’s cart with its own hands will not be able to stop and will tip over. In order for it to remain in the working position after disconnecting from the tiller, the stops are installed.
Materials and tools
To work, you need the following tools:
- angle grinder for cutting parts;
- welding machine;
- welding electrodes;
- jigsaw;
- screwdriver;
- regular construction square for measuring angles.
In the manufacture of a trailed structure, the following materials and parts will be needed:
- metal profile pipes of square or rectangular cross-section;
- wheels and springs;
- duralumin sheets 2 mm thick;
- steel sheets;
- channel;
- metal corners;
- metal rod;
- fasteners.
All parts, especially if these are remnants of old metal products, are carefully inspected for damage, cracks, cleaned of rust, cut off.
A wheelbarrow for a tiller do it yourself
A wheelbarrow for a tiller is an irreplaceable assistant in the household. Such a device allows you to transport goods (crops, garbage, building materials, etc.). You can make a trolley for a tiller with your own hands from auto parts or from individual materials. In both cases, welding and certain design skills are required. The wheelbarrow assumes the simplest design, any drawing of a trailer for tilers is suitable for its creation.
For the Neva MB-2 tiller, a hinged wheelbarrow with an H-shaped coupling is suitable. This type of connection is universal and easy to manufacture. The hitching point of the wheelbarrow and the tiller is one of the most important units that receives a large load, therefore the materials for its creation must be strong, it is mandatory to check for defects (cracks, rust).
A wheelbarrow for a tiller consists of a frame, sides and wheels. If you add a seat and a steering column to it, you get an analogue of a mini-tractor. Any of the options for a wheelbarrow for a tiller can be made from improvised means, there are many photos and videos on the Internet with the process of assembling devices.
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Variator
Its effectiveness is higher in dry weather and natural conditions. Infinitely variable transmission of torque from the motor to the tracked conveyor is smoother, provides less wear of parts and more savings in gasoline or diesel fuel.
It has one significant drawback. it is afraid of moisture.
The belt gets wet when water gets on it and cannot make a full hitch with the metal cheeks of the variator disc.
Tools and materials
- profile pipe;
- saddle;
- plastic skis;
- steering wheel;
- shock absorbers.
Tools:
- welding machine;
- Angle Grinder;
- drill;
- spanners;
- small consumables (fasteners).
Overall dimensions
The universal ski module has the following parameters:
- length. 150 cm;
- height. 120 cm;
- width. 110 cm;
- weight within 20-25 kg.
Sledges have 3 dimensions:
- length. 145/173/198 cm;
- width. 70/73/93 cm;
- height. 26 / 50×35 / 75×31 cm.
Weight reaches 10 kilograms. Recommended plastic thickness. 6 millimeters.
Sklizovaya
Suitable for the winter season, it provides more comfortable movement on the snow. It is presented in the form of a rigid base made of two interconnected skis (skis). The special structure of the tracks and the small number of moving parts prevent snow from getting inside the suspension. Another plus is a small load on the engine.
This suspension has its drawbacks. First, you need to constantly lubricate the parts, since this design system is highly susceptible to wear.
Snow can act as a lubricant, but it is possible that sand, earth or dirt can get into the system with it. Secondly, the skid suspension is quite stiff, and all bumps and pits will be felt when driving.
Gasoline or diesel engine
The most commonly used single-cylinder four-stroke DSV (internal combustion engine), the power of which can vary from 6 to 15 horsepower. This is the simplest design of a piston engine with one working cylinder. It has a high efficiency and low heat loss, but on the other hand, engine parts are subject to thermal and mechanical stress. In terms of traction, 6 horses are designed to carry one person, and 9 are for two.
Suspension
This element acts as a connector between the motor dog body and the road. In total, there are three types of pendants.
On pneumatic wheels
The easiest suspension to operate, the engine is protected from wear thanks to a small number of moving parts, and all oil seals hide the bearings. Minimum maintenance. check several times a year for worn bearings and seals. The universal suspension, just like the roller suspension, can be used at any time of the year. If you install a buoy between the wheels, you can not be afraid that the motorized dog will drown, crushing thin ice. Pneumatic wheels can also be attributed to the disadvantages. the possibility of puncture with something sharp and not resistant to severe frosts.
Advantages and disadvantages of a ski module for a motorized towing vehicle
Buying and maintaining a motorized towing vehicle is cheaper than repairing a snowmobile. For this reason, they are so popular with hunters and fishermen. However, driving a motorcycle dog from a drag sled is not a very convenient activity. Of course, you can try to install a seat on the sled, but such driving also creates some discomfort: a homemade chair is inconvenient to remove, and the sleds quickly wear out at the attachment points due to uneven weight distribution. Therefore, it is much more practical and more convenient to use a ski module, which you can do yourself.
The ski module is a metal frame with a seat, handlebar and sprung skis, which is attached to the towing vehicle on four bolts. Installing the ski module allows you to turn the towing vehicle into a kind of mini snowmobile. The structure weighs about 10 kilograms and does not take up much space during transportation. To control a mini-snowmobile, all the necessary switches are installed on the steering wheel: ignition, throttle lever, etc.
Among the advantages of installing a ski module are the following: an increase in the capacity of a drag sled, an increase in the speed of a motorized towing vehicle, ease of control, better contact of skis and tracks with the surface and a decrease in fuel consumption due to the correct distribution of weight. Due to the wide location of the skis, the stability of the structure increases, which prevents the towing from overturning.
The main design advantage is undoubtedly the versatility of the ski module. Thanks to a simple device, it can be attached to almost any motorized towing vehicle of domestic or imported production.
The disadvantages of the add-on module include the following:
- the need to have the right to drive a newly formed vehicle, since the towing module hitch is equated to a mini-snowmobile;
- poor passage of a motorized towing vehicle in deep and loose snow;
- additional load on the towing vehicle frame, chassis and suspension, which can lead to frequent breakdowns (unlike the ski module, the creators take into account such loads more in mini-snowmobiles).
How to make a ski module with your own hands
In order to make a ski module, you first need to understand its structure. To do this, you can view photos or a drawing of popular models on the Internet. As you will see, there is nothing complicated about its design. Therefore, if you have all the necessary details, tools and skills, then it is better to make the module yourself. It will be much cheaper, and with the right approach, the structure should be stronger.
The main thing to remember is the design features of the frame itself. The skis should be at a distance of approximately 90 cm from each other. this will give the structure stability, and there should be places on the frame for attaching the module to the towing vehicle (usually four nuts).
This is how you can easily turn your motorized towing vehicle into a mini snowmobile. As we have seen, this is not difficult.
Advantages and disadvantages of a ski module for a motorized towing vehicle
Buying and maintaining a motorized towing vehicle is cheaper than repairing a snowmobile. For this reason, they are so popular with hunters and fishermen. However, driving a motor dog from a sled? not a very convenient occupation. Of course, you can try to install a seat on the sled, but such driving also creates some discomfort: a homemade chair is inconvenient to remove, and the sleds quickly wear out at the attachment points due to uneven weight distribution. Therefore, it is much more practical and more convenient to use a ski module, which you can do yourself.
Ski module? This is a metal frame with a seat, handlebar and sprung skis, which is attached to the towing vehicle on four bolts. Installing the ski module allows you to turn the towing vehicle into a kind of mini snowmobile. The structure weighs about 10 kilograms and does not take up much space during transportation. To control a mini-snowmobile, all the necessary switches are installed on the steering wheel: ignition, throttle lever, etc.
Among the advantages of installing a ski module are the following: an increase in the capacity of a drag sled, an increase in the speed of a motorized towing vehicle, ease of control, better contact of skis and tracks with the surface and a decrease in fuel consumption due to the correct distribution of weight. Due to the wide location of the skis, the stability of the structure increases, which prevents the towing from overturning.
The main design advantage is undoubtedly the versatility of the ski module. Thanks to a simple device, it can be attached to almost any motorized towing vehicle of domestic or imported production.
The disadvantages of the add-on module include the following:
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- the need to have the right to drive a newly formed vehicle, since the towing module hitch is equated to a mini-snowmobile;
- poor passage of a motorized towing vehicle in deep and loose snow;
- additional load on the towing vehicle frame, chassis and suspension, which can lead to frequent breakdowns (unlike the ski module, in mini-snowmobiles the creators take into account such loads more).
How to make a ski module with your own hands
In order to make a ski module, you first need to understand its structure. To do this, you can view photos or a drawing of popular models on the Internet. As you will see, there is nothing complicated about its design. Therefore, if you have all the necessary details, tools and skills, then it is better to make the module yourself. It will be much cheaper, and with the right approach, the structure should be stronger.
The main thing to remember? these are the design features of the frame itself. Skis should be approximately 90 cm apart from each other? this will give the structure stability, and there should be places on the frame for attaching the module to the towing vehicle (usually four nuts).
This is how you can easily turn your motorized towing vehicle into a mini snowmobile. As we have seen, this is not difficult.
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