# Walkbehind + tractor mower

**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/walkbehind-tractor-mower/7840
**Category:** Projects
**Created:** [May 14, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/walkbehind-tractor-mower/7840 "2024-05-14T19:19:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![andris\_lv](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/andris_lv/32/51439_2.png) [@andris\_lv](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/andris_lv)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/walkbehind-tractor-mower/7840/1 "2024-05-14T19:19:11Z")

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hello  
some scrap hoarder’s build pictures below. ))

so i have an old Welger mower (broken main reductor, but bar and rotor reductors still usable )

 ![DSC_2805](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/f/d/fd111ee5b6d454d98010676f2fbb4901dbe2f9f1.jpeg)

and Lombardini walkbehind (i prefer to sit on top of it, because i am lazy).  
the mower it originally has is good only for lawn, it fails miserably in longer grass.

 ![DSC_2804](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/a/d/ad843e8cb1ea1a40c943c3b8913e4d08d900d428.jpeg)

the plan is to cut out the middle part of the bar, leaving two rotors, drive it with chain.

 ![DSC_2809](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/2/6/26fd10b85e673550b74be7e9d3918cf16a942032.jpeg)

one end of the bar closed, bearing seal installed.  
still have to make housing for outer bearing.

 ![DSC_2811](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/1/7/170d56fe79fef6a83a268af544822098c53fbad8.jpeg)

more pictures coming soon. ))

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### Author: ![andris\_lv](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/andris_lv/32/51439_2.png) [@andris\_lv](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/andris_lv)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 9:42am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/walkbehind-tractor-mower/7840/2 "2024-05-15T09:42:45Z")

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some progress ))  
so far everything seems co come together nicely.

other end of the bar closed

 ![DSC_2813](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/8/e/8e4502024944588e57fefca8e6b5c98790ec13e1.jpeg)

housing for outer bearing

 ![DSC_2814](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/5/1/512395c7d971eeef809d02bfec19c335bd3226ef.jpeg)

 ![DSC_2815](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/b/2/b223d3caf65f36c165bca9d72b48cd49b0fc0899.jpeg)

 ![DSC_2816](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/4/3/43349a0c30e7689f38ab4dc90888ae0effa722a8.jpeg)

 ![DSC_2817](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/9/d/9d2e622e24f187c0393a84ada0d18c447cad750c.jpeg)

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### Author: ![andris\_lv](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/andris_lv/32/51439_2.png) [@andris\_lv](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/andris_lv)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/walkbehind-tractor-mower/7840/3 "2024-05-15T13:35:46Z")

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hard to believe, but it is almost finished.

i have to reinforce here and there, make gaskets for rotor housings and that’s it. ))

also i do not have a connector link for this chain, i will buy some tomorrow.

 ![DSC_2819](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/9/7/975f698959124cdf0d6614cdb550c50b1c69b2bd.jpeg)

 ![DSC_2820](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/4/3/432af8cb060b33253f7b2975f0c8b978f94f58ee.jpeg)

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### Author: ![giorgio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v2/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@giorgio](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/giorgio)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/walkbehind-tractor-mower/7840/4 "2024-05-15T13:42:44Z")

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andris, nice work you do…this engine would be a good victim for a mobile gasifier…

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### Author: ![andris\_lv](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/andris_lv/32/51439_2.png) [@andris\_lv](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/andris_lv)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/walkbehind-tractor-mower/7840/5 "2024-05-15T15:17:42Z")

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greetings, giorgo, thank you.

i do like to work with metal and reuse all sorts of broken and scrapped mechanisms.  
many things can be made with car hubs, axles, flywheels, wiper motors, etc.  
a roto tiller made from truck axle, for example.

![DSC_2789](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/3/a/3ace310dce6f57a905dcb07169b450d6274c9ad1.jpeg)

i will definitely try to convert this thumper to correct fuel.  
i saw a video on youtube about simplefire gasifier, seems pretty tempting.

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### Author: ![andris\_lv](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/andris_lv/32/51439_2.png) [@andris\_lv](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/andris_lv)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/walkbehind-tractor-mower/7840/6 "2024-05-17T16:39:47Z")

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“great success” as Borat used to say. ))

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/T7yjemhp3D0/maxresdefault.jpg "DSC 2825") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7yjemhp3D0)

only thing necessary is a counterweight on mower,  
i have to lean forward in order to keep mover pressed to the ground  
and it is uncomfortable