Residents of rural areas, summer residents, gardeners, in a word, everyone who works on the land, always dream of a mechanized “helper”. They expect him to finally replace the shovel. The best will be a walk-behind tractor. We will tell them step by step how to build such a unit in your yard from scrap materials.
Let's imagine ideas from which you can make a simple walk-behind tractor. Firstly, the main unit is the internal combustion engine (ICE). Most often single-cylinder to reduce gasoline consumption. Secondly, the design must allow plowing, weeding and becoming a vehicle.
You can attach a number of homemade devices to the walk-behind tractor to make work in the garden easier. The most necessary: a moldboard or moldless plow, a drum or tine cultivator, a grass mower with a minimum grip, or a pump for supplying water from any source.
The question immediately arises: what is the gas mileage? A 4-liter tank is installed on the walk-behind tractor. It is enough for half a day of engine operation. But only if it is not a virgin (compacted) area, but is often cultivated, even with a shovel.
Step-by-step construction
Determine the power of the internal combustion engine. Remember: air-cooled internal combustion engines overheat due to long work, they need and forced ventilation. Therefore, put aside the internal combustion engine from chainsaws, even from the Ural 2T Electron with 5 horsepower (hp).
More productive internal combustion engines from Planeta brand motorcycles are single- and two-cylinder (16-22 hp). Soviet motor scooters of the Vyatka group (prototype of the Italian Vespa), as well as Tula and its prototypes, including the cargo Ant, are also suitable. Their power ranges from 5.5 to 8-11 hp. Such motorcycles and scooters are still in garages and sheds; they can be bought for next to nothing through advertisements.
Let's continue detailed instructions how to make a walk-behind tractor. For those who have a plot of land of 20-50 acres, we will offer to manufacture a walk-behind tractor with the internal combustion engine of a single-cylinder Izh-49 motorcycle or a two-cylinder K-700, or the first editions of Ural.
The technical value of the Izh-49 lies in the steel engine head, not the aluminum one. Despite the power of 11.5 hp, this Izh will give a head start in traction power to its successor - the Izh-Planet P-5 with its twenty “horses”.
In villages today they plow their gardens without any modifications. And they carry up to one and a half to two tons of hay on trailers. They are slow moving, so they don't get hot.
What is needed for assembly:
- “donor” from which some spare parts are removed;
- drawings (from the Internet or the passport of the factory walk-behind tractor);
- a welding unit, preferably a mini-turning unit (there is a school type);
- set of tools.
Assembly Features
The main thing in this is the drawings and dimensions of walk-behind tractors with your own hands. Draw them even by hand, setting the parameters, indicating the places of welding and bolting.
Install the main gearbox from the Ant on the frame. The frame is from an old motorcycle with the front wheel fork removed. Attach a hitch to the rear of the frame attachments. Attach wheels from classic cars (“Zhiguli”) to the axle pipe.
Main nodes
A lot has been said about the internal combustion engine. At Izhi, working with high speed, a creeper is required. It is mounted on many walk-behind tractors and is sold as a regular spare part.
The factory gearbox is already equipped with a creeper. You can’t assemble it yourself; it’s better to buy it or dismantle it from a non-working or outdated walk-behind tractor. This simple options do-it-yourself walk-behind tractors.
Trolley trailer
Factory units are often equipped with a two-wheeled cart with a driver's seat. It won’t be difficult to assemble attachments for walk-behind tractors with your own hands. One of them is a trailer truck.
What you need to prepare for work:
- metal pipes;
- wheels, preferably ten-inch ones from an old Soviet motor scooter or sidecar;
- steel sheets with a thickness of 0.2 - 0.3 millimeters;
- corners, hardware, tools.
It is advisable to weld the frame in one place. This will give it a rectangular shape without vertical bends.
Assembly technology
From the corners you make crossbars that will be installed at the back and front. They are connected by vertical profiles with a rectangular clearance. Get the grate.
Attach the same four racks to the longitudinal ones - fasteners for the sides.
Weld 0.3 mm steel to the grille, make the sides from 0.2 mm.
TO cross beams weld the side members. Attach springs from Moskvich and Lada classics to them. Connect the middles of the springs to the wheel beam.
Weld a “drawbar” in the front part for a non-rigid coupling with the walk-behind tractor.
The seat is installed either on an extended drawbar or in the back of a trailer. It is from the front seat of any passenger car, or welded by ourselves and equipped soft pillow and back.
Caterpillars on a walk-behind tractor
Peasants and summer residents work in the fields and gardens almost until the first snow without frost. It is not easy for a walk-behind tractor with a trailer to drive onto such soil or onto asphalt or a grader. For clarity, take a photo of the walk-behind tractor with your own hands.
They will improve the traction force by installing unique tracks from a conveyor belt or old tires. But here some experience or advice from craftsmen is needed.
In such weather it is easier to put car chains on the tires. We drove out of the mud and snow onto the asphalt - remove the chains and go home without incident.
DIY photo of walk-behind tractors
If previously you had to harrow and plow almost manually, using minimum quantity auxiliary tools, now this could be done using special equipment. In this case, we are talking about walk-behind tractors - units that are full-fledged assistants in the garden. However, the cost of all this equipment is quite high, taking into account the cost of the walk-behind tractor itself, so many craftsmen have adapted to making new homemade products of one or another technical device.
It is not surprising that the growth of such interest in this technology was associated with the use of various additional equipment, trailed and mounted type(KUN), which significantly expand the functionality of the walk-behind tractor.
About the device of the walk-behind tractor
Next, you will find out which walk-behind tractor is better to choose. To make it clearer what the principle of homemade walk-behind tractor manufacturing and its additional components is, you need to consider in detail the structure of the walk-behind tractor as a means of small-scale mechanization. So, this unit includes several main working units:
- The main driving force, i.e. engine.
- Transmission.
- Chassis.
- Basic controls.
Engine
The main driving force in the design of walk-behind tractors is a standard internal combustion engine. Depending on the type and brand of walk-behind tractor, for example Cayman Vario, Patriot Ural, Texas, Foreman, Crosser, Viking, Forza, the engine used may be different:
- Gasoline 4-stroke engine. This engine is used for units belonging to the light and medium class of devices.
- Diesel 4-stroke engine. Motors of this kind are used on heavy and powerful walk-behind tractors designed to work on the most difficult surface areas.
Video: The best diesel walk-behind tractor
For more information about the operation of a diesel walk-behind tractor, watch the video:
Of course, 2-stroke engines are also available, but they are used in fairly old models of walk-behind tractors, being significantly inferior to 4-stroke engines in terms of power thrust. However, most consumers get 4-stroke gasoline engines. Their device includes the following systems:
- The system responsible for supplying fuel. Consists of a fuel tank, carburetor, air filter and a fuel hose.
- A lubrication system that carries out the process of lubricating those parts that rub against each other.
- A starter that spins the crankshaft.
- A cooling system that removes heat from the engine cylinder block using air flow.
- An ignition system that produces a spark at the spark plug.
- A gas distribution system that ensures the flow of the air-fuel mixture into the engine cylinder and is also responsible for the exit of exhaust gases.
The important thing is that the engine is sold with all the main operating systems, which greatly facilitates the process of making a homemade walk-behind tractor.
Transmission
The main function of the transmission is to transmit torque from the engine to the wheelbase, as well as regulate speeds and change the movement of the unit. Its design includes several working units: gearbox, clutch, gearbox and differential (not available in all models).
Transmission can be of several types:
- Gear.
- Belt.
- Chain.
- Combined.
Basically, the classic type of gear transmission is used on heavy walk-behind tractors, and it consists of bevel and cylindrical gears.
Other types of transmission are used in light and medium types of walk-behind tractors. At the same time, regardless of the type of transmission, the design contains a PTO - a power take-off shaft, which transmits torque to the working units of the unit.
As for the clutch, it can be different:
- In the form of a V-belt transmission. The essence of the process is the clutch lever, which tightens or loosens the belt, thereby transmitting or stopping the transmission of torque from the motor to the gearbox.
- Single or multi-disc dry or wet clutch.
- Conical coupling.
Most high-quality walk-behind tractors Sadko, Don, Huter, Profi, Plowman, Champion, Carver use the second type of clutch, which is the most reliable.
Chassis
The chassis includes not only the wheelbase itself, but also the frame structure to which these wheels are attached, and where the main working units of the walk-behind tractor are located.
In more modern models The walk-behind tractor provides for changing the distance between a pair of wheels, which allows you to adjust the track size of the walk-behind tractor.
Today, there are two types of wheels - pneumatic and metal with lugs.
Basic controls
The walk-behind tractor control is located on the handle of the unit, responsible for changing the speed and direction of movement of the device. The controls include:
- Levers, steering wheel and gear shifters.
- Clutch control.
- Engine stop lever or button.
- Gas supply, etc.
The design of the walk-behind tractor does not have a seat for a person (as in the Salyut walk-behind tractor), so the control itself is carried out by a person with his own hands.
DIY accessories for a walk-behind tractor
I would like to start analyzing homemade products with the direct production of walk-behind tractors with my own hands. There is no question here that we will make the unit from scratch, because this is technically impossible for home conditions.
The main working units will be taken from other equipment; all we have to do is prepare a certain base on which all the parts of the walk-behind tractor could be successfully connected.
I would like to talk about diesel walk-behind tractors on 4 wheels, the homemade construction of which will be discussed later. At their core, these units are similar in appearance and in their technical data to full-fledged mini tractors.
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The only difference is the lack of a differential lock on the walk-behind tractors, but otherwise they are very similar - the presence of a driver’s seat, steering, and the presence of two pairs of wheels.
It is clear that the modification will be based on adding several additional components to the existing walk-behind tractor - an additional frame for the second pair of wheels, installing a steering wheel and a seat under which the speed control should be located, etc.
Video: Minitractor from the Neva MB2 walk-behind tractor
The finished version costs about 120 thousand rubles, so not everyone has the means to purchase it. This is where it becomes appropriate homemade production, which is gaining popularity every year.
How to make a four-wheeled walk-behind tractor
To make a full-fledged 4-wheeled walk-behind tractor, we will need a fairly powerful basic unit (Zubr, Neva, etc.). In this case, we will consider a conversion from a Neva walk-behind tractor, because it is quite common in our country.
For greater convenience, you can purchase a ready-made conversion kit, which costs about 30 thousand rubles.
Let's conditionally divide the assembly process into several stages:
- First of all, we need to take care of making the frame. We are talking about an additional supporting structure, under which the second pair of wheels will be located. To make the frame we will need pieces of pipe and metal corners.
- There are no special requirements for the pipe parameters, but it must be taken into account that the load on these elements will be sufficient.
- The pipe elements need to be cut with a grinder, and then fastened together with bolts. For better stability of the structure, a transverse steel beam can be welded.
- You also need to weld a device for attaching attachments and trailed equipment to the frame. It can be mounted both in front and behind the unit.
- To attach the front pair of wheels, we need a metal pipe, the diameter of which must match the width of the front axle. Wheel hubs must be attached to the pipe.
- In the center you need to drill a through-type hole through which we attach the structure to the front frame. Next, the gearbox and steering rods are installed. Then we install the steering wheel.
- You can use old ones from Soviet cars as wheels.
- We install the existing engine on the front part of the structure. This is done so that the walk-behind tractor is more stable on the surface, because attached or trailed equipment will be located behind it.
By the way, additional equipment for the walk-behind tractor will be connected to the walk-behind tractor using a towbar (for a trailer to the walk-behind tractor) and a special bracket (for attachments).
Such homemade do-it-yourself walk-behind tractors are quite reliable and practical to use, because the entire structure turns out to be more monolithic, representing a full-fledged device with a seat and steering wheel. In terms of functionality, they are even comparable to mini tractors, which are much more expensive.
Let's additionally consider homemade products for the Neva walk-behind tractor with our own hands, since it is so popular. In particular, several options for additional equipment can be manufactured:
- Blade for walk-behind tractor.
- Hiller disk type etc.
Blade
A blade is necessary not only for clearing snow in winter, but also for clearing various debris. To make it we need a regular sheet metal, the thickness of which will be about 2 mm. Inside it you need to weld 4 ribs of the same steel, but about 4 mm thick.
You need to drill holes in them through which the blade with rods will be attached. It is best to sheathe the lower part of the structure with tin, which will prevent the blade from burying in the ground.
Hiller
To make it, we will need a pair of ordinary metal pan lids (enameled ones will not work in this case). Their diameter should be about 500 mm. Next we sharpen the edges of the lids to grinding machine so that they penetrate the soil better.
Disc hillers need to be attached to a homemade cart with wheels. They are made from ordinary bushings and pipes welded together.
Attachments to walk-behind tractors and walk-behind cultivators, the homemade products of which can be completely made independently, come in the most various types:
- Weeding equipment.
- Potato diggers and potato planters.
- Snow blowers, etc.
Homemade trailer
Trailers for walk-behind tractors and their homemade products are quite simple design, consisting of a conventional box with sides located on a wheelbase.
For self-made trailer we need:
- Profiled pipe 40×25 mm and 25×25 mm. It is needed for the manufacture of the coupling of the trolley with the walk-behind tractor, as well as for the manufacture of the sides - inside and under the trailer.
- For the body, we need to make a frame structure from corrugated pipe 40x25 cm and 25x25 cm. The bottom of the body can be made from an ordinary piece of sheet metal. Pieces of corrugated pipe need to be welded to the bottom of the body so as to form a grille. A full piece of corrugated pipe is welded on top of these edges along the entire perimeter.
- You need to install a profiled sheet on the finished frame, which will serve as the sides. The height of each side is approximately 30 cm.
- The tailgate needs to be folding. We use regular latches as latches, which need to be attached to both sides of the side. This side is attached to the bottom of the body using regular door hinges. On the same board you can install reflectors that act as light reflectors.
- Wheels can be taken from Oka or Zhiguli cars - their diameter will be optimal.
- The bridge can also be taken from the old Zhiguli. The wheels are attached to it using a pair of bearings. You can secure the bridge to the frame using pieces of pipe, up to two on each side. Some ends of the pipe are welded to the bridge, and the other to the body.
Feasibility of manufacturing homemade trailer is quite understandable, because the cost of all the costs for a homemade product is about 4 thousand rubles, which is several times lower than the price of a ready-made trailer in a store.
Best DIY Equipment
Homemade products with an engine from a walk-behind tractor (read do-it-yourself harrow for a walk-behind tractor) are also of some interest. Among them, the greatest interest is in the manufacture of a snowmobile. As a running gear, you can use a transport tape on which you need to attach snow hooks.
In addition, interesting are the options for manufacturing other various types of equipment from a walk-behind tractor:
- All-terrain vehicles. The design resembles a mini tractor, but has wheels of a higher diameter. This is necessary so that the unit can pass through the most difficult terrain.
- Mini tractors. This design we have already considered, which includes an additional part of the frame for a second pair of wheels, as well as steering wheels and the driver’s seat.
Conclusion
Do-it-yourself walk-behind tractors, drawings of which can be found on the Internet, are the best solution for those who do not have the opportunity to spend extra money on purchasing additional equipment.
Considering that the savings are significant, there are a lot of people who want to make similar technical means with his own hand.
Having bought a walk-behind tractor, its happy owner solves most of the problems associated with cultivating the site.
A rich set of attachments allows you not only to plow the soil efficiently, but also to cultivate it, harvest potatoes, clear snow and pump water.
You can always buy a trolley for a heavy walk-behind tractor, which will turn it into a mini-truck.
What should the owners of medium and small walk-behind tractors, which are not structurally suited for transporting goods and performing other “tractor” work, do?
One thing can be firmly said: you shouldn’t sit back and wait for a miracle. Anyone who understands the mechanics of cars can make many interesting cars out of a walk-behind tractor.
Mini tractor and all-terrain vehicle made from a walk-behind tractor
Almost all homemade products from a walk-behind tractor are made to increase comfort at work. Indeed, why waste energy driving a heavy unit “by the horns” when you can ride it, turning it into a maneuverable mini tractor?
However, one important note needs to be made here. By sitting astride a walk-behind tractor, you will increase its center of gravity. This will increase the risk of rollover during sharp turns. To increase stability, you need to make the second driven axle quite wide (1-1.2 m).
It is very desirable to expand the narrow wheelbase of the walk-behind tractor itself. Today, you don’t need to look for an experienced turner for such alterations. There are ready-made bushings (extensions) available for sale that are placed on the drive shaft to increase the distance between the wheels of the walk-behind tractor.
If a light or medium walk-behind tractor does not have a differential, then you can increase its maneuverability and at the same time increase the wheelbase by installing locking rotary extensions that perform these functions.
Anyone who is not confident in working with iron and does not have much experience in designing machines can make a mini tractor from a walk-behind tractor by purchasing a ready-made kit.
It includes:
- frame with engine mounts;
- footrests with pedals;
- seat;
- axle shaft lock release levers;
- steering with rods;
- front beam with brake discs and wheel hubs;
- rear linkage with manual lifting mechanism;
- wings.
The price of such a kit is in the range of 20-22 thousand rubles. There are no special problems when converting a walk-behind tractor into a mini tractor if the listed assembly units are available.
In the end you will succeed homemade tractor, on which you can comfortably process the area and carry loads by attaching a trolley. An important advantage of the finished technical kit is its design - precisely calculated and tested in operation. When independently adapting a walk-behind tractor to a homemade tractor base, most of the components will have to be manufactured and docked independently. This process often requires rework and fine-tuning.
Anyone who made a mini tractor with their own hands can assemble an all-terrain vehicle from a walk-behind tractor without any problems. To do this, just change the standard wheels to wider ones and install off-road tires on them.
It is best if the base for such a mini-all-terrain vehicle is a walk-behind tractor with a water-cooled rather than air-cooled engine. It is more resistant to prolonged loads and overheats less.
Snowmobile and swamp vehicle made from a walk-behind tractor
There is no fundamental difference between these homemade products, since a snowmobile made from a walk-behind tractor, like a swamp vehicle based on it, has one fundamental requirement in common: minimum pressure on the ground. Converting a walk-behind tractor to a new 4-wheel chassis Special attention You need to pay attention to the quality of manufacturing of wide snow and swamp wheels.
It is best to make the lugs in such a way that they can accommodate standard walk-behind tractor wheels.
Owners of heavy walk-behind tractors with a trailed cart can make a homemade snowmobile out of it without changing the design at all. To do this, it is enough to change your manual tractor into new off-road “bast shoes”. Before doing this, you need to deflate the tires, then jack up the frame, insert the wheels into the lugs and inflate them again. After this simple work, you can safely go on a trip through wetlands or deep, loose snow.
Practice confirms that such a homemade swamp vehicle, even with a not very powerful 6-horsepower gasoline engine, drives quite briskly on the plain and confidently overcomes small slopes.
Motorcycle dog and caracat
Anyone who has had the chance to ride an imported motorized towing vehicle will probably see in its design a lot of similarities with a conventional walk-behind tractor. Almost the same front traction unit with the engine, a similar method of transmitting torque, similar controls on the steering wheel. The only thing missing is rubber tracks, with the help of which the motorized dog will pull the sled and rider across the snowy field.
When realizing their dream of a motorized towing vehicle, avid fishermen and hunters can go in two ways: buy a ready-made snowmobile attachment or make it yourself.
Today, tracked attachments for almost all types of walk-behind tractors (Neva, Salyut, Agat, Favorit, Cascade, Forza, etc.) are produced on an industrial scale. The price of this unit is quite high (about 30 thousand rubles).
Therefore, anyone who is trying to save money and at the same time is well acquainted with the caterpillar undercarriage structure can make it and ski sleds themselves. To do this, you need to weld a strong frame on which the engine and steering wheel, chassis and driven sprockets, as well as two intermediate shafts with rubber rollers will be placed.
Speaking about what can be made from a walk-behind tractor, it is worth mentioning this interesting homemade product, like a caracat. The strength of this car is in its huge wheels, which are ordinary inner tubes, tightened with strong belts.
Sometimes truck tires are used to make ultra-low pressure tires. They are made easier by carefully cutting out part of the surface electric jigsaw, leaving only part of the bead and lug tread pattern.
They put homemade ones on the carakat from a walk-behind tractor. wheel disks, modifying and expanding standard automotive ones. You can also put a very original wheel on a lightweight walk-behind tractor. To do this, two aluminum basins are welded along the contour, the bottom is cut out to fit the size of the hub, and they are equipped with stiffening ribs and side stops for fixing the camera.
Despite its external clumsiness, the carakat based on a walk-behind tractor is surprisingly passable and stable. It not only easily overcomes swampy lowlands, but is also capable of carrying quite a significant load (up to 100 kg).
Anyone planning to build an ATV When using a walk-behind tractor as a basis, you must be prepared for the fact that it will not reach super-high speed. But in terms of maneuverability and maneuverability, such a device is in no way inferior to its more expensive branded “brother”.
The seating position in a home-made SUV remains traditional “motoblock”, and not motorcycle-like as in a “quad”. There is no need to make rims for this ATV yourself. You can use standard ones from any passenger car, designed to install wide-profile “mud” tires.
The first thoughts of making homemade devices for a walk-behind tractor appear after the need to transport cargo, so my epic began with useful devices for a walk-behind tractor and was the first to make a homemade trailer cart.
We make homemade products for the walk-behind tractor with our own hands
To quickly and efficiently process the soil, you need to make homemade cutters like “ crow's feet» for a walk-behind tractor, which will mix the soil to a sufficient depth and break up hard clods.
A homemade rake for a walk-behind tractor is also a useful attachment. It is best to have several of these different types of rakes.
Every gardener will also need a homemade hiller for a walk-behind tractor. The hiller will allow you to form smooth and high ridges in all beds with root crops.
A homemade blade for a walk-behind tractor will make it easier to remove snow and sand from land plot, will create good conditions for further tillage.
Homemade rake for walk-behind tractor
If you wish, you can easily make a homemade rake for a walk-behind tractor. For wide-grip hay rakes, you can use regular ones. water pipes, differing in their diameters. You will need to put a special bushing on the round rod, then tap its surface, turning it slightly.
When making, a round rod is best suited. Most parts of the rake are held together by electric welding, since this method is simple, and at the same time a reliable design is obtained.
Greater design simplicity can be achieved if the rotating parts on the axes are fixed without rolling bearings.
It is better to make the hay rake for the walk-behind tractor foldable, as this will simplify their transportation.
How to make a homemade blade for a walk-behind tractor
The walk-behind tractor can serve as a bulldozer for leveling soil, clearing sidewalks or roads from dirt and snow. To do this, you need to make a homemade blade on a walk-behind tractor, usually sheet metal 1-2 mm thick is used. Four steel ribs (stiffeners) from a sheet 3-4 mm thick are welded inside the blade.
Holes are drilled into them locally to fasten the blade with the rods in a strictly vertical position in relation to the front of the walk-behind tractor. It is also better to sheathe the bottom of the blade with tin so that it does not bury itself in the ground.
- 1 – dump sheet (tin);
- 2 – 4 pcs stand (stiffening ribs);
- 3 – bottom sheet of the dump (tin);
- 4 – knife; 5 – linkage mounting eye.
Convenient homemade seeder for walk-behind tractor
Conventionally, seeders for walk-behind tractors are divided according to the number of simultaneously sown rows - from 1 to 5; vegetable seeders and seeders are also distinguished precision seeding.
Vegetable seeders are used for dotted sowing of vegetables: carrots, onions, beets. The device for feeding seeds is driven by the support-drive wheels of the sections. In addition, the rotation speed of the device is regulated by replaceable sprockets.
Precision seeding vegetable seeders have a brush sowing device. In such a device, a rotating brush agitates the layer of seeds in the hopper so that they fall out into the hole located in its back wall. The hole is closed by a rotary disk having holes of different diameters. By turning the disk, you can change the size of the holes and thus change the seed sowing rate.
A homemade seeder for a walk-behind tractor is usually connected to the walk-behind tractor using a universal hitch, thanks to which the walk-behind tractor can be equipped with two-row and four-row seeders.
Homemade shovel for walk-behind tractor
The walk-behind tractor often acts as a bulldozer, leveling the soil and also clearing sidewalks or roads of dirt and snow. It is equipped with a blade shovel.
You can make a homemade shovel for a walk-behind tractor without any difficulty if you have a grinder, a drill and a welding machine on your farm.
You won’t have to look for a long time for a suitable metal, since an ordinary two-hundred-liter steel barrel will be suitable for making a shovel-dump. By carefully cutting it into three parts, you will get three curved segments for a shovel. By welding two of them along the contour, you will get a blade shovel with a metal thickness of 3 mm, which is quite enough for the required rigidity of the blade blade.
Making a homemade disc hiller for a walk-behind tractor
We begin to make a homemade disk hiller for a walk-behind tractor by searching for lids from steel pans that are unnecessary on the farm (preferably not enameled, but simply metal). The required diameter is approximately 40-50 cm, taking into account the fact that the depth of germination of potato roots into the ground is no more than 15-20 cm. Next, we sharpen the blades of the lids, and in our case they are already hiller discs, on a grinding machine. If the lids are flat, then they are slightly bent to one side with a hammer.
Next, in order to make a convenient hiller, you need to make a cart to which the disks that move the soil will be attached. This can be a structure made of pipes and bushings; we attach small support wheels to its lower frame.
After this, you can proceed to testing such a hiller directly in the potato plot of the garden.
How to make a homemade plow for a walk-behind tractor
Is it necessary to make a plow for a walk-behind tractor if you don’t have any special metalworking skills? Yes, it's worth it. The design of this agricultural implement is quite simple and therefore anyone can make a homemade plow for a walk-behind tractor correctly.
Before you begin to implement your plan, you need to look through the previous posts on our website, where we described the manufacturing process in detail with drawings.
Professional tools are best suited for the job; they will allow you to perform all technological operations with your own hands at the required level and at the same time maintain their quality. An amateur tool is unsuitable for such work because its level of strength is insufficient to perform some of the operations.
Homemade crow's feet cutter for walk-behind tractor
This is an all-welded, non-dismountable steel cutter, which gives it significantly greater strength than conventional cultivator cutters. Homemade crow's feet cutter for walk-behind tractor shows greater efficiency and is successfully used when plowing hard soil. It can be aggregated with almost any walk-behind tractor or cultivator with a suitable axle diameter.
The “crow’s feet” cutter is very good to use when plowing the land for planting potatoes, especially if the soil is hard with large clods of earth, or when, to prevent the Colorado potato beetle, wireworms and other garden pests, you need to quickly plow the garden “in the winter.”
“Crow’s feet” are usually sold unsharpened, and many gardeners who have already tested these cutters recommend sharpening them for easier and faster plowing.
Below are the drawings homemade cutter“crow's feet2 with a diameter of 520 mm, grip 1250 mm, total number of arms 30 pcs. 3 pcs. per section. The beam is bolted to the coils.
When plowing the soil with such a cutter, it loosens and rises to a depth of an average of 40 to 100 mm, depending on humidity.
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Do-it-yourself hitch to a walk-behind tractor, photos, drawingsToday's peasants cannot imagine their activities without special equipment. Most people assemble attachments for a walk-behind tractor with their own hands, since this machine goes on sale with a minimal set of additional tools for cultivating the land.
For summer residents and residents of rural areas where fairly large areas of land need to be cultivated, this technique is a real savior, allowing them to complete the intended work quickly, efficiently and without heavy physical effort. Only the walk-behind tractor itself is valuable as a tractor; to perform various earthworks, you need to purchase or make your own attachments.
Additional tools for this machine cost a lot, so purchasing them is beneficial only for large farmers and those who carry out land work to order. But in order to process it is enough small areas land or to save money, you can create all these tools with my own hands. Experts often advise purchasing a hitch in a store, since it performs quite well. important role in work and has universal type. It is simply necessary for walk-behind tractors; it can be used to attach attachments, such as a plow, trailer, potato planter, hiller and much more that a farmer will need in his work. Unfortunately, this coupling unit is not included with the equipment, so it will have to be purchased separately. But many craftsmen, if their search for a hitch is unsuccessful, make it themselves.
How to make a coupling assembly?
This part must be made of durable material, as it is the connecting link between the tool for work and the traction force of the walk-behind tractor. This assembly must have strong fastening elements on both sides.
To make it you will need the following tools and materials:
- Metal or channel. They will be needed to create the main body of the unit.
- Fastening elements in the form of bolts, nuts and steel rods.
- In order for the position of the unit to be changed, you need to think about what adjustment element is needed. It should be a durable and metal lever.
- To assemble this part of the walk-behind tractor, you will need a welding machine, a set of keys, drill bits and a metal drill.
Such home-made devices must correspond to the dimensions and load-carrying capacity of the machine. The unit must have sufficiently strong fastening parts and be suitable in size for the main equipment.
Of course, you need to make a universal hitch, since it will be possible to attach to it, like homemade devices, and purchased.
The universal unit is assembled in the following sequence:
- First, you need to take 2 U-shaped metal arcs of the same size; channels are perfect for their manufacture. You need to drill holes in each metal plate: 6 pcs in one, and 8 pcs in the other.
- The body is a more complex part and is assembled using welding machine. It must have clearly measured and drilled holes for connecting elements, and on one of the brackets you need to think about how to make a movable connection.
- The most difficult thing in this work is the manufacture of the lever, or rather, the mechanism itself for adjusting the position of the walk-behind tractor. Its main parts are a screw, a bracket and a handle.
To perform this work, it is recommended to use a special machine on which you can turn out all necessary details. When the hitch is assembled and ready for use, it is worth checking the strength of its connection and the fastening of the working device for the walk-behind tractor.
Attachments for walk-behind tractor
In order to cultivate the land and perform a number of agricultural works on a small-sized tractor, you will need the following: additional accessories:
- Rake.
- Plows.
- Hillers.
- Potato planters and potato diggers.
- Harrows.
- Weeders and mowers.
- Wood splitters.
- Sprayers.
- Rotators.
All these devices will be needed sooner or later, but most often they use rakes, plows, hillers and devices for planting and harvesting potatoes.
How to make a hiller?
The simplest homemade attachment is a hiller. To assemble this device you will need the following tools and materials:
- 2 disks of the same size from durable metal. You can make them yourself, or take them from an old seeder.
- Bolts, nuts, metal axles and washers, plain bearings.
- Metal frame T-shape.
- Racks - 2 pcs.
- For correct adjustment To determine the rotation angle of the discs, it is necessary to purchase screw lanyards.
Adapters are placed in the center of the disks; they are used to attach them to the frame. Racks should ideally be mounted on such devices so that the distance between the disks can be adjusted in the future. The remaining parts are assembled by welding and bolts.
Potato digging device
This device is indispensable during the harvest of tuber crops, especially potatoes. It is not so easy to make such homemade products for a walk-behind tractor with your own hands. Before work, you need to create drawings of the attachments and think through every detail.
The frame, as the main body, is made from metal corners or channels by welding. It must be strong enough and stable.
To directly collect the tubers, you need 1 or 2 metal plates with rounded edges, this is done so that they do not cut the potatoes. You will also need metal rods that are welded to the plate. This entire structure is called a ploughshare - it is a moving part of this device.
An equally important piece of equipment is the editorial unit. To manufacture it, you need to purchase 2 metal cylinders; they are designed to connect 2 bushings that ensure the interaction of the shafts.
Housing for cleaning tubers. It is quite difficult to make for an inexperienced craftsman. To assemble it, you need to purchase roller chains and steel rods; it is with their help that you need to assemble a structure that, in its own way, appearance will resemble a squirrel wheel. This wheel must be firmly secured to 2 special rods so that the drum can rotate.
Properly assembled parts will allow you to use this device for many years, and the quality result will please you.
Snow removal device
It is not difficult to complete; to create it you need to prepare 2 metal pipes and brackets. The so-called dump can be made from metal sheet. Rods are attached to its body by welding, and brackets allow you to fix its angle of inclination and location relative to the coupling assembly. This moving part can be taken from self-propelled equipment that has expired.
Potato planter
In order to assemble this attachment yourself, you need to prepare the following parts:
- Frame is the main one load-bearing element, it can be welded from metal corners and channels.
- A metal axle must be attached to the frame, to which the wheels will be attached.
- A potato hopper is attached to the bottom of the frame.
- The chain sprockets must be properly attached to the frame and connected to the adjuster.
Particular attention must be paid to the correctly adjusted position of the stars, since the distribution of tubers in the soil during planting will depend on this. The wheels on this device can be of different diameters, it all depends on the dimensions of the walk-behind tractor itself and the attachments.
Some craftsmen manage to create universal devices For earthworks, for example, by adding or removing any parts, you can create a potato planter from a motor cultivator, and rakes can easily be converted into harrows by changing the main attachments on the frame. If you approach this issue competently and knowledgeably, you can gradually collect all necessary tool for household and agricultural work on a walk-behind tractor.
