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Build the versatile suburban tractor: plans
IT WILL: MOW THE LAWN, HAUL LEAVES, DO LIGHT GRADING, BULLDOZE SNOW, ROLL THE LAWN, PLOW, PULL A DISC OR HARROW, CULTIVATE CROPS, PULL A SEEDER, AND TOW A SLED
NOT A toy, but a real man-sized tool, the Pow'r Pup goes a step beyond the straddle-type tractors now in widespread use and brings to the home workshopper, for home construction, a rugged, simple, and economical machine for yard work, and for leisure entertainment. Many Sears Tractor attachments will fit it, and you can build it for $175 (in 1963 dollars.)
This award-winning design, based on used car parts and various components from the Sears catalog, is extremely stable and maneuverable. With three speeds forward plus reverse, it will do any job from light hauling to heavy plowing.
The design calls principally for cutting, drilling, and welding operations. By special arrangement a supplier has been established for components (dated.)
The design is flexible enough to permit a wide choice of automotive parts: you could base a small tactor design on almost any manual-shift transmission and symemetrical rear end, and many small air-cooled engines from 3 to 10 hp would be suitable. However, any departure from the design given here will require careful study of the problems involved. If you make changes, keep in mind that the ready-made Sears parts listed will fit only the Pow'r Pup as designed.
THIS PACKAGE CONTAINS Eleven pages which I have enlarged 125% for clarity and your reading enjoyment containing the plans, an orthographic drawing with 'curved arrow' callouts, subassembly drawings, A complete materials list, a miscellaneous parts list, a Tractor Parts list (sources listed), and a Sears parts list. Sub-topics: Your first step, cutting a surplus frame, three cutting alternatives, bend the wheel spindles, prop the rear end, the steering mechanism, the drive mechanism, making the hood frame, completing the mechanical work. (Part 2) Putting the pow'r Pup to work, rear attaching implements, decorative finishing touches.
This is quite an extensive package. You'll save an enormous amount of money, and of course, you'll have a valuable tool.
