Power forecart conversion

[Ed Thayer]

Mark,

I was just guessing 8 hp considering the trailing mowing machines on the market are using 5 hp Honda’s to power a 7′ sickle bar.

I have a 8hp Honda I pulled off a snow blower that was scraped and use it for my wood splitter. Way more power than I need but it was free and in excellent condition.

Ed

[near horse]

Here’s the address for Donn’s pics – there’s a file of his GD setup and his power forecart (and much more).

picasaweb.google.commulemandonn

[Anonymous]

If it is just for tedding you may be able to just hook the motor right up to the tedder?

Jared

[Jonathan Shively]

The Elmo Reed hitch cart had an engine that bolted as a unit (pto/engine/various neccessaties) in a cage format so if you didn’t need the engine with four bolts it could be lowered to the ground and the cart backed over it and out of the way.

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