Build Your Own Awesome Snow Dog! (Part 1)

Taryl's building his own Snow Dog for tearing it up in the snow/dirt and this is how he's gonna build it. This is only part 1 so be sure to check out the rest of the series as it drops week-to-week on this cool build. Got any suggestions? Drop 'em in the comments! He's gonna use stuff he has laying around the shop and what's in his brain to make this happen. So sit back and enjoy the build! Now There's Your Dinner!!
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[@TarylFixesAll]

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[@stclairstclair]

Taryl you and your family had to have laughed your asses off when you made the first "Tecumish decal with your profile, That is hysterical!!

[@noelhenderson8095]

Have you got any toro groundsmaster ride on mowers im after a hydraulic pump shaft

[@user5.56]

*Snow Rabbit* seens its smaller & faster then a snow dog

[@alans.4658]

Wow! Who knew Ronnie could fly!

[@rverro8478]

He always forget, the landing flaps.

[@williamwalker5984]

disc brake on the main drive shaft

[@williamwalker5984]

like what's on some bicycles

[@1Barrett50]

He just doesn't land too good.

[@adamdnewman]

He can fly but not land, a least not properly LOL

[@rossco5995]

Taryl, it doesn't matter if the drive or driven wheel is in the front. The wheels drive the tracks and the tracks drive the vehicle. Weight distribution is what your after. Look at the John Deere 8RT.

[@yerneedsry]

What does it do to snow?

[@BillMalcolm-tn3kq]

Yup, tracks aren't wheels. Why do snowmobiles drive from the front? Because that's where the engine is. Why does an Abrams battle tank drive from the rear" Because the engine is out back. The whole point of a track is -- it don't matter what end you drive it from.

[@DoingItCheap]

It never ceases to amaze me when you remove a pulley with the air chisel. And no penetrating oil !

[@OldF1000]

Does Ronnie get frequent flyer miles?

[@jammy46235]

Really can’t wait for the finished product this is going to be fun to watch been awhile since we had a build episode 👍

[@dougjones4007]

You should have become a Mechanical Engineer ! Brilliant absolutely brilliant!

[@james1795]

He IS a Mechanical Engineer.

[@jeffpiatt3879]

The math required to obtain an ME degree destroys any creativity that the prospective engineer may have. I worked with some University ME majors, years ago, in their drone program. None of them had any sort of mechanical skills and had never built anything with their hands. The all had major issues understanding mechanical advantage and why the servos they were using could not move the control surfaces that they wanted to move. These were juniors in college, at the time.

[@james1795]

@@jeffpiatt3879. Hence.... educated idiots.

[@Punny1234]

@@jeffpiatt3879 As a Mechanical Engineer, I wholeheartedly disagree with your comment. The small few that you met does not in any way represent all Mechanical Engineers. I think you would enjoy Allen Millyard on KZbin, an Engineer and absolute wizard at building with his hands .

[@W1RMD]

I love your energy man! If you're having a rough day, this channel is sure to cheer you up! Thanks for sharing this project with us.

[@Charles-pu1tx]

Spare parts making a new contrapt-ion in the grass rat garage, good video Taryl and gang. Thanks for all of your efforts to get the vids out. Taryl knows how to keep things on Track! Theres our dinner.

[@stevebrueggen800]

Hey Taryl, Please, Please, with all due respect, I don’t think ( I’m pretty sure) it will not make any difference if the front or back wheels are driving. It still will rear up. It’s driving on the tracks. If you put it into reverse, It would want to rear up in the opposite direction. Yes Snowmobiles drive from the front , but they wheelie with the best of them. Do what you think is best but I hate to see you go through all that work and not change anything. And I know how much time and money goes into building and fabricating. Just a friendly observation. Love your videos. I’ve been working in the industry for 40 years myself. Recently retired and now fixing my own projects. 👍.

[@lawnmowerdude]

The nice thing about those engines with ptos on the camshaft is they have a pretty robust camshaft drive.

[@durkkooistra4797]

Hi Taryl, I don't think that flipping the drive to the front will gain you much if anything. If it had 4 wheels than yes, it would spin the front tires and lose traction as the weight shifts to the rear tires. The way it sits now the tipping is caused by too much power to short tracks and a high center of gravity. If you were to hook the trailer/sled like a gooseneck place a ball about center of the tracks and move the engine forward to clear. Place the wheels on the trailer towards the back so when it's loaded it adds more weight to the tracks as well as the back. This should help keep it more stable and also make it easier to steer. Fun little project, looking forward to more!

[@leerouse2001]

Can't wait to see you get it done !

[@JohnR9965]

Poor Ronnie….went for a flight

[@hollandbuzzard1039]

A front piece like the bow of a boat would work pretty good as a battery compartment as well. Looks like another fun build!

[@ElainesDomain]

That is my thought too. Has to be an old leaky boat around the neighborhood.

[@stevennowak7081]

A Regular Acid Battery Would Not Take The Pounding...Good Thought Though For Weight....Maybe a Gel Pack Battery Would Work???

[@barrypettit3668]

Can't wait to see what this will look like when it is finished, pretty cool video. I give Ronnie a 10.0 on his landing. Keep up the great work Taryl!

[@beanolatte2682]

Looking forward to seeing the finished product!!

[@RK-kn1ud]

A $15 kneeling pad will probably save you multiple decades of misery. I'm probably a fraction of your age, but I have learned hard mistakes from people nearly double your age. I like to learn from mistakes of others instead of my own...especially from people with FAR more experience. Do good work, but don't harm yourself in the process.

[@bobblenuts]

🍺 "S N O W R A T" 🍺 Call it a Snow Rat Taryl...it"s a Snow Rat 🐀🐁🐿 Mfg., by Grass Rats Garage! 💋 Great project video thanks Taryl Waiting fir part 2!

[@jeffpiatt3879]

Watching Taryl is one of the highlights of my week!

[@freetolook3727]

@20:10 Sintered alloys is a fascinating process. I worked in a factory that made those type of parts. First, a formula of powdered metals is mixed in an industrial blender. Then the metal is pressed in a 20 or 50 ton press. The parts that come out are fragile but can be handled. Then the parts go through a furnace on a conveyor belt. The furnace "sinters" the parts at a high temperature fusing the powdered metals together. The parts come out just as hard as solid machined blocks of metal. The process is used to make small complicated parts that would require too much machining to make practical manufacturing cost effective.

[@Ecksterphono]

Meh!! Ronnie will be OK. A bit of duct tape a few bolts in his head and legs to fix the broken bones and a few stitches, bit of loctite so the screws don't work loose he'll be fine. Old school mechanics are good doctors for quick fixes when emergency and hospitals aren't within reach and are miles away.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

are you sure it will make a difference where the drive axle is in the front or back? if it has tire's, I'd say it would matter but with tracks I'm not so sure.

[@kallejohanson3507]

You are right!

[@mr1pearl]

I'd make it like a snowmobile and have that part in the rear ! Then you don't have to redo anything just fabricate the nose .

[@josephsteffen2378]

Just tie a rope to toboggan and rip it down a trail. ...or down the road to the Snow Bar. Have a Hamms and check out some of the local felines.

[@818garage]

Flipping it around is a bad idea, it's not going to matter which end your drive hubs are because the entire track is the drive so it's going to pop a wheelie no matter which direction the tracks are rotating

[@azdeserthobbies2047]

Judging by where the exhaust is pointed you could call it the ball broiler 5,000

[@rverro8478]

1:54 I didn't know, Ronnie had his pilot license. 💥 Nope, still can't land properly.

[@Nodrog269]

Darrell Darrell, ive enjoyed every second of this vid and your channel. Your expertise and inventenous shines brighter than the sun. Can't wait for part 2 3,or 100 keep building andy uk

[@blindmelonlemonjello]

Who is Darrel?

[@flash21502]

Love it! can't wait too see how the "Snow Kitty", turns out.

[@johnperez93640]

Compress-ion! Transmiss-ion! Instruct-ions!

[@rodneybrand8521]

Watching you throw Ronnie over the fence made my day..lol..🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alternatemusicaddict5226]

I’m doing the exact same thing except making a 3 wheeler with a ski on front

[@jamesmacfadyen92]

OMG i got the same project.🤔

[@silentdeath9237]

The cvt would give the tourque advantage for takeoff and variable speed

[@eddierichardson4205]

Love your content man keep them coming. London Kentucky watching.

[@mmccon2007]

Hey Taryl! Love the videos! Getting that thing balanced so it doesn't want to flip over will be interesting. If the handle bars lock into position, that's gonna help out a lot. I look forward to the rest of the series.

[@stevennowak7081]

Definatly Need To Lock Handlebars. Operator Needs To Be Flexable.

[@sammyrussell936]

Cant wait to see this finished.. That would make a cool mini bike trike with a ski on front. Sit over engine or even rear engine mount.

[@EliminatorPerformance]

Cool build Taryl, I was going to say you might also want to put a little 90° on the muffler so it's not shooting exhaust fumes towards you, but you solved that by reversing everything!

[@starcarrier1874]

From now on we have to start grading Ronnie’s flights over the fence. That was an 8.5!

[@ChrisStokes07]

Damn, just because you let Ronnie live on your property doesn't make him your personal punching bag Taryl.

[@TarylFixesAll]

I disagree, he’s going over that fence

[@yellowdemon16vt74]

Hhhmmm. That chain n sprocket set up you could use the front half of a pitbike motorcycle and fab up this track set up in place if the rear swing arm and drive it with the countershaft sprocket off the pitbike motor. 😁 or make pitbike mounts on track housing and make a hand shifter. Weeeee

[@yellowveedub]

Quite the idea

[@dawford8981]

I'm not Shure changing the drive around will help because the track doesn't know where the power is coming from.

[@ryan1turbo899]

I agree, another comment was run the hitch underneath to the front to pull it down. Maybe on a heim joint with only enough movement for articulation vs. wheelies. Hands will be occupied, maybe a foot brake that scrubs the ground like a gt snowracer sled. I’d call it a Sno-Mutt

[@mymusicaccount1456]

Video posted for 19 minutes, 1000 views. Very good taryl.

[@468delray]

Taryl, need more ground clearance. soon as you get into deep snow you're done. also, might need a heavy duty clutch with a low rpm engagement. clutches don't like unlocking a lot and you will be pulling a ton of weight under load. looking good.

[@stevennowak7081]

YES....SO TRUE

[@johnconnell1424]

Pretty awesome project 😎

[@andrewbryan1036]

Now you got yourself a mini redneck tank

[@cwradio4571]

Oh No another goofy build that is useless.

[@jmistret419]

Thumbs up people!👍👍👍

[@almclean4835]

A Taryltractor, great project.

[@lynnmitzy1643]

Oh, it's dinner time

[@jamesi.fraser459]

Where can one purchase replacement tracks for a John Derp TrX machine, made by Noma . Learned a lot and have saved and made$$$ recycling machines. Two thumbs up on pretty well all your vids. Watching from snowless (at the moment)Eastern Canada .

[@davidfoster6803]

Like a bolens Hus-ski Go Taryl !!!

[@Timberns]

Flippin it around won’t change anything… save yourself the trouble

[@PRBB25]

👍I agree. It flipping because of a small footprint and a high center of gravity.

[@dustcommander100]

Taryl, I sure like the stuff you come up with!! I have an idea fer you - instead of adding weight, make a hinge with 2 bearings to connect the motor/track part to the part you ride on. That will keep the motor/track part from leaning back under load - it will always be level with the part you ride on, and your weight as a person will hold the tracks down. You know, like them big tractors that swivel in the middle. I am amazed at all the stuff that you find to make stuff with - all them spacers and bushings and sprockets and everything. You are an ingenious man! You sure can throw Ronnie a long ways! I think it should be an Olympic event - the Ronnie throw. Maybe come up with a more dressy name....

[@johnchadwicktilton]

This is my thoughts exactly.

[@IFIXCASTLES]

Use red thread lok on set screws. Cool ideas Faryl!

[@zundapp-werk]

if you flip it around, nothing will change, don't forget about the tracks!

[@dba1665]

You got something in your teeth

[@timothypirnat3754]

Awesome project Taryl! Can't wait to see how it turns out. Looks like it's going to be fun.

[@richardtharp1608]

Nice Hodaka Combat Wombat there Taryl Dactle.. THAT is Your Real Wheelie Machine There!! .. Like to See you On that Beast.. Betcha you Would Look Funny as Heck there.. There's your Dinner!!

[@USMC-Sniper-0137]

WOOOOOF! Where's my dinner?????? You should never work near a drain in the floor. Drains swallow most needed clips and nuts.......

[@joemitchell877]

...DIG IT..MAN ♂️ Cuz I'm A RENNI SAUCE REDNECK AND A TRIBOLOGIST 🤣👍🥾🦠

[@bobwalton4879]

Dude, ha ha....I Love your videos, I watched these out of sequence, fault of the menu computers provide, My 16 year old son and I both watch, 66 earth years single father, ha. Did miss on both of your videos part 2 first and part 1 ( start her up, start her up)..... I am going to now, finally SUBSCRIBE.

[@jeep2003]

Its not going to make any difference driving from the front

[@angelmoreno5963]

Wheres the bloopers and outtakes of 2022..?? And missing some years on bloopers and outtakes after 16'...!!!

[@LongWalkerActual]

Build a off road mower!! Not for mud, but riding over logs & such!!

[@timsmalko6224]

The handle so high is what is pulling the front up. If you attach the handles to the bottom and lower. AND hook up your sled from the bottom and low it should NOT pop tracks. LOL ( POP WHEELIES )

[@wg4405]

Dam - it Taryl I still see that's Woods ( AKA Grasshopper ) is still there , when you gonna do a video bringing it back to life and show us how to rebuild a Gemini 770/771 series hydro ??????

[@Steve-ct4jn]

Couldn’t you just attach your sulky with a pivoting yoke assembly to transfer the torque of the motor to the sulky instead of switching everything around. Seems simple. Just a thought 🤷‍♂️

[@LCculater]

Man I’m laughing sooo hard !!! More throwing over the fence stuff please ? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ImJuanka]

im no rocket mechanic, but since it's a track.... won't it still lift, regardless which cog is moving the track? The track is what's pulling on the ground/snow causing the lift...... I think.

[@rusosure7]

I haven't read through all the comments yet, but IMHO, I don't think driving the tracks from the front sprocket will make much, if any difference. A front-wheel drive car will still lift up the front end when accelerating, just like a rear-wheel drive.

[@ClickinChicken]

Parents can use that to pull their kids back up the hill during sledding, so the kids (and Parents) want to stay out longer! < Put a compartment off mufkin, that keeps Hot Chocolate. IN case there aren't 'warming houses' anymore...

[@JPRD2379]

Your project gave me another goofy idea-How about using an old amusement ride "horse" hollowed out to cover "Snow Dog" with a full-length skirted blanket pulling a cart or chariot,Ha-Ha!

[@1Barrett50]

Taryl, I'm not sure changing everything around is going to help you're traction, unless the engine(weight) is mounted farther forward. The ground won't know if the track is driven from the front or the back. Or I could be completely wrong.

[@dajones1128]

If you look at a HOLMES 440 wrecker boom....you will notice that that hoisted weight is applied downward to ahead of the rear axle by a boom and bracing system.....yet the towed weight is behind the rear of the tow truck. Maybe that may help you in a design of your hitch. I know there are trailer towing hitch systems that also apply downward weight of the towed trailer.....but they only apply to the rear axle and the front still lifts up. The Fergerson 3 point hitch system revolutionized farm tractor... by prevent front end lift up ...when the plow hit a immovable rock. The 3 point apply a downward pressure on the front of the tractor.

[@zeuswinston5004]

Drive wheels should be in back like a dozer. Snowmobiles are in front because of ease of design. They have full undercarriage and bogey wheels to support track. You don’t have any support under track. Driving from rear will keep track tighter under machine. High center of gravity you want to hitch low

[@kingsweet4588]

Taryl, if you were going to build a mtd style lawn tractor to make it go faster, how would you do it? Mine has a 25 HP Intek vtwin with a vertical shaft and no mower deck on it. I haven't seen any of your videos about how to do that...Maybe someday you'll get bored and make a how-to vid about it 💥👊😁

[@PRBB25]

You need a Wheelie bar!

[@carolscott6644]

These videos are a great inspiration for having fun building frankenmachines!...Al Scott

[@jonnyb9982]

Taryl my first thought was to attach the sled hitch to the front, then under it to the back so when you take off it your weight pullls the front down.

[@blind1too372]

YOU GOT IT RUIGHT - Almost - The pivot would have to be at the rear like a bolt hitch for the surey - a horizontal short tube welded to the toung of surey and then a short flat bar bent into a "U" shape with the ends of the "U" drilled for the tube to fit inside of and the bottom of the "U" bar would have to have a short flat bar welded and drilled to bolt to the hitch bar with enough slack to move by using a double nut to lock it up. - - All of that would have to be just behind the ends of the tracks to clear for turns binding against the tracks. . . Also - the wheel or wheels would allow for more weight to the drive the farther back behind the your fanny or - the closer to the power drive you would be placed allowing enough room for your knees to clear the handle bars when turning - - - and there's YOUR dinner - FREE OF CHARGE - hee hee THIMK - there's more then all this to it - it's complicated in short - - -

[@twt000]

Kotter Pin... Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out Welcome back, to that same old place that you laughed about Well the names have all changed since you hung around But those dreams have remained and they've turned around Who'd have thought they'd lead ya Who'd have thought they'd lead ya Back here where we need ya Back here where we need ya

[@jcatfl]

Please help me understand. Even though only one cog is "driving", the whole track is turning. How can turning it around make a difference? '

[@matthewholzinger1042]

With the front/rear wheels connected by the track I don't think there would be any advantage to reversing anything. Plus I'd go with the V as a plow. A panel pushing down will just compact snow underneath and high center the machine. 🤓

[@irvinslagter8298]

Taryl , question??? What good would it do to flip it around? It's not like a front drive mower or a rear drive mower where only one end drives. Since it has tracks it makes no difference which end the tracks are driven from, it will pull exactly the same from either end. What you need is a pivoting hitch on a half circular drawbar mounted on the back that the bar that goes to your sulky hooks to. That will keep the front from coming up, sort of on the order of a David Bradley type hitch, or a farm tractor pivoting drawbar. It will act as a solid unit that way.

[@tr4415]

"Snow Rat" .... because it came out of grass rat garage ..... it's a "snow rat"... I like it ..it's really cool it makes enough speed

[@jimbagle.3939]

I don't think changing the drive wheels is going to change anything. If that was the case, you couldn't do wheelies on a snowmobile. It will behave the same regardless. Save yourself the work.

[@scottsatterthwaite4073]

Too bad you don't have a pair of those track drives laying around. You could build an articulated quad track. Make a subframe with a center pivot and connect the drive units with a CV shaft.

[@rickmcdonald1557]

Hey Taryl, every time you said "I'll spin everything around" I took a shot. Now I have to go to bed~!!!!!

[@edwardestes8038]

What kind of shop are you running....turn that damn flaslight off.Soon Biden will try to raise taxes on drycell batteries.

[@RavenTheLabrador]

You were saying Murray or MTD but I noticed on one of the plates or stickers on the one side of it it says Craftsman I don't know if Murray or MTD manufacturers Craftsman products or not but I did notice the Craftsman sticker on it

[@stclairstclair]

After building go karts I finally figured out #35 chain is not roller chain, #40 41 and 420 actually roll where #35 chain has fixed rollers and wears sprockets faster.

[@michaelfularz1055]

You could add a suspension system to the swivel from track to slide.. a spring or small mini bike shock absorber? Just a thought

[@nathanhazlett1381]

Maybe you could mount a small blade on the front of this kitty? Help with weight and could clear the drive way at the same time. Idk food for thought . Love this channel

[@blind1too372]

I put a reply to (Jerry B) that had the answer to your project one day ago that probably will add a great deal of work for you to consider in order to gain great headway with a little more positive results - I'm in hopes of your success and hope that's really your dinner - - check it out - said Samuel -

[@martincraig2013]

Think it would work better as a pusher then a puller. If this doesn't work, I think a half track riding mower would be cool

[@kb-zk1yg]

Couldn't hear the sound when watching while scrolling just saying not sure why KZbin does that to certain people.

[@perrymattes4285]

I don’t think it makes a difference which end is driven. The track is a belt so it won’t do what you want dig in. It’s till going to pop up till you have weight In the front. Move the engine forward like a snow machine that’s what holds the front down. Not the end that’s driven.

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Battle bot ...Build one for grass rats out of old mower parts.. I see a Hodaka in Ronnie's shop.. If MTD put grease fittings on those bushings they would last .. Sad.

[@m9ovich785]

Man !! I would like to have the Thing before He took it apart, Would make a great Trailer Mover. Mow I'll have to keep an Eye out for one.