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You can build mini-mover: tractor plans
A RARE COMBINATION OF FUN-TYPE LORRY AND DOWN-TO-EARTH WORKPONY
THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGER PLANS-PROJECTS because it was originally presented in a two-part series in the Men's Crafts magazines in considerable detail.
The first time you spin it around in a circle, you'll marvel at the extreme responsiveness of the Mini-Mover. And with only 10 or 15 minutes of practice, you'll completely master its novel method of operation.
Just pull back on one conrol handle, push forward on the other, and the rear end will swing around with blurring speed. Reverse the positions of the handles and the rear quickly swings in the opposite direction.
To move forward, simply push both handles out in front of you, while to back the Mini-Mover into a tight spot, pull back on both handles. The degree of handle movement determines both forward and reverse speed. Thus crawl speed is achieved by barely moving the handles out of the spring-loaded neutral position, while top speed is reached by moving the handles as far as poossible.
The unusual performance of the vehicle is due mainly to a unique design that combines a transmission, clutch, and differential in a single mechanical unit, called a Triple Action Transaxle. It differs from most other drive conversion units in one important aspect - it allows you to control each of its output shafts independently and without regard to speed or direction.
Thus, it is possible to turn the right wheel, for example, in a forward direction, and the left wheel in a backward direction so that the vehicle actually spins around a centerpoint located midway between the two wheels.
On this particular vehicle, the point of rotation falls almost directly beneath the feet of the driver, so you can turn the vehicle exactly 180 degrees and still have the front wheels, and your feet, in the same spot, only reversed.
If all this sounds confusing, or the drive transmission construction is bewhildering, you can still install the 4hp engine using kart-type steering and have a wonderful utility vehicle.
THIS PACKAGE CONTAINS Eleven pages (Part 1 & Part 2) which I have enlarged 125% for clarity and your reading enjoyment containing the plans, orthographic views with 'curved arrow' callouts, subassembly photos, subassembly drawings, step-by-step construction, a suppliers list, modifications (headlamps, removeable sides, canopy, etc.) and finishing tips.
