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Old 03-25-2020, 10:53 PM   #13 (permalink)
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If you know nothing about tractors just know they're designed to kill you. The biggest Hazzard is tip over..
You definitely want weight up front, but not up high.
The second biggest hazard is the PTO. It's designed to rip your arms off and beat you to death with them before you have a chance bleed out.
The third hazard is your attachments. Anything goes here, wood chipper? Brush shredder?
Wood chipper would be a 100hp meat grinder, need I say more?
The brush shredder can cut some one in half from 100 feet away if it throws a blade.

Well yes, the first problem in your plan. A tractor engine is not like a car engine where it's structural part that helps hold the front axle on.
You could always rebuild that sub frame, if those won't work as is.
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