How my off-road mower belts and pulleys are setup. Tips and tricks

[@Jamesmartens55]

Awesome video! Hope y’all are safe from the fires, it seems pretty bad up in your area… love your videos though! Inspiring me to start my own mud build

[@okoffroadmowers]

Thank you We are doing are best to be safe and prepared

[@Tennesseemountainhomestead]

Super informative video! I remember asking about your setup a couple months ago. I went back on your channel and rewatched a bunch of episodes where I found the ones of you building this. You do some nice work, looking forward to future content and builds!

[@okoffroadmowers]

Thank you! Glad you went back, there’s a lot more in-depth Info on the setup while I was building it

[@TylerHankss]

Do you have a video on how to make the mower belt keepers/ guide bars?

[@craftsmancrusher207]

Absolutely badass machine!

[@bobd1805]

Where did you obtain that 90 degree gearbox? Thats a neat trick.

[@okoffroadmowers]

It’s out of a bolens g9 mowers it was used to run the deck belts

[@SquanchyCT]

Do you guys have a video how to swap from spindles to 4 or 5 lug in rear?

[@2002SkiDoo600]

Curious what pully ratios you were running prior to the addition of the 90 degree box. Thanks

[@jeremiahfiek5495]

@okoffroadmowers what are your opinions on running double groove pulleys with (2) identical parallel 1/2" belts. Im building a pretty large all custom tractor with a ~100 ft/lbs of torque @ 2750rpm motorcycle V-twin. It sounds like a good idea to me. Thoughts? Edit: I'll also be using this tractor for work, ground engagement, offroading, pulling trailers, etc.

[@johnhenry4679]

I have mud mower i'm revamping need better trans axle but don't have ability to make it? Is there a way to talk to you directly ? Thanks , would like to wheel again 😁

[@cole8557]

Great video. Do you use wheel spacers on the rear hubs to push the wheels out? My wheel horse with 12x4 would be completely under the fender. Thanks

[@okoffroadmowers]

Yes musty runs 2” rear wheel spacers

[@jonathansansoucie5378]

Wear do you get the gear box thing at

[@jessebennett3164]

Hey ryler I have some questions I have a mtd transaxles with fnr and I was wondering how I could convert them over to a off-road transaxles because I live in Kentucky and then transaxles is all I can find around here because no one around here has geared transacle for sale an I can't find one no where and the one I have found is to much for my bank account so I was just wondering how to convert them over

[@mickcrazy400]

Hi can you send a link to where I can find a 90 degre gear box like you, I wan to use a old garden tractor transmission on a modified lawn mower with homemade frame and 3 pts hitch, I need a strong transsmission.

[@okoffroadmowers]

Check out the peerless website! We got the 90° gearbox out of an old bolens g9 was used to engage the cutting deck

[@B1gbassenergy]

Does it slip underwater?

[@okoffroadmowers]

it does great under water!

[@theruggedarts2751]

What about an 8” up front and a 4” on the axle

[@okoffroadmowers]

Yes that would work

[@tylermacleod4012]

So my tractor is actually a GT18 of around the same year as yours. I’ve only ever seen 2 on the internet as they came out then shortly after immediately got a face lift on the body. Looks like a bigger beefed version of your gt16 body style. Has the 4 speed transmission with a disc brake funny enough it came with this. 2345 peerless I believe. But the belt is routed the same way you used to have it before the gearbox. Is there anyway I can keep it from melting the belts with a 6inch in the front and a 2.55inch in the back? I like the speed but the belt gets basically melted. I have the 18hp oppey with the intake riser mod as well. Thing just has torque for days and the belt doesn’t like it. I’ve been wanting to try maybe the green belts instead of the blue ones. But is there another way I can get the same speed with maybe a different pulley setup to keep from burning up the belts? My rear pulley gets hot enough to burn your hand as it’s happened to me. Should I try a torque converter at the front and maybe a 3.5inch pulley at the back?

[@Masterhammer23]

Might i ask what engine you’ve got in it?

[@okoffroadmowers]

19.5 hp opposed twin

[@M_Track]

What if I put a 7 inch Pulley on the front and a 5 inch Pulley on the transmission? I have A 6 speed transmission Out of a Craftsman 2 It's not the big transmission.l bty

[@spudstudios3342]

Can you send a link for the 5 lug hubs you use on your 820s, I need some

[@okoffroadmowers]

www.princessauto.com/drive-plates/product/PA1000001400

[@okoffroadmowers]

You will also need these weld in hubs for your axle size if it’s 820 then 1” bore

[@okoffroadmowers]

www.princessauto.com/x-series-weld-on-hubs/product/PA1000001386

[@scizzahands]

I see your motor setup is vertical shaft. Do you prefer horizontal or vertical and why?

[@okoffroadmowers]

Depends on the setup! But I think a great setup is horizontal shaft engine similar to how wheel horses are setup We just don’t get very many horizontal engines out here where we live so we make do with what we have. Magnum the mower on our channel is setup with a vertical engine and a peerless 820 transaxle and that’s a amazing setup aswell

[@scizzahands]

@@okoffroadmowers awesome seen some wheel horses by me just seen some videos where the pulleys spray mud like crazy. I appreciate the response ..im building a LT right now but also want to do a beefier GT. does the peerless 820 come in the wheel horses?

[@michaelpadilla989]

What motor is in the musty

[@okoffroadmowers]

19.5hp 42ci Briggs opposed twin

[@joeykruzewski9962]

for the 7:5 ratio what size belt do you need

[@okoffroadmowers]

That would depend on a lot of things Easy way to measure is with a piece of string We keep all our old/worn out belts to do belt size testing!

[@coltonward7444]

What kind of mower is it

[@okoffroadmowers]

86 sears GT16

[@fishing_with_kode4186]

Hi

[@austinaferg6047]

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