General Lee: Building my Fastest Mower Yet!!!
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- čas přidán 19. 04. 2024
- In this episode, I show every step of how I built may fastest mower yet.
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This video made me smile
Love that and thanks so much for watching!!
That's a awesome going to town rig you just built 💪 👍
Thanks so much and thanks for watching.
That race mower came out great Chud, I like how it peels out while it’s already moving down the road. I’m an original Dukes fan from the early 80’s! Love the paint scheme!
Call it the General!
I am an original 80's fan too. I love how it kicks up dirt too!! Tonight on the asphalt it was chirping the tires shifting to second and third. I have been calling it General Lee. Thanks for watching and for the comment!!
Not from the south, I’ve never gotten into all the lawnmower racing videos… but this one intrigues me finally.
Great walkthrough video. Fun project. But I bet you don’t have much time left for video games. LOL.
I can see how this could be a blast with lots of guys doing this to race together. Fun.
Love riding with friends and no time for video games at all… thanks for watching!!
Love the long videos! Great to sit back, relax, and enjoy the production. Stuff like this helps relight my passion with mowers when I get burnt out.
Excellent feedback! And thanks for watching!!
I was feeling the same
@@J_Beazy223 thanks so much, btw, the boy got a cub cadet running yesterday, engine ran good too.
I restored an old 350 Trike a few years ago... Painted her orange and put the General decals on it. Dubbed it the "General Three" lol was a fast little trike. Love the mower, nice job 🤟🇨🇦
Sounds fast and cool name. Thanks for watching!!
Dang, I should have called it "The General Free"...
Great video sir, thats one farst lawn mower. It would look so funny cutting the grass at full speed.
Yes and that would be funny. thanks for watching.
Thanks for actually showing the pulley swap
I try to show every step and that is one of the most important steps. Thanks so much for watching!!
Slicks are directional because of the crumple zone of the tire when you full throttle the tire bends a bit.
The more you know
Makes sense, thanks for watching!!
here for the girl
I love it when they start like that!
I wish all mine started as good. Thanks for watching!!
Your General Lee is fast awesome job and THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO
Thanks and thanks so much for watching!
That mower is FAST. Nice job on it. I could keep the sand rail as VW engines are plentiful and cheap if you keep looking.
VW engines used to be everywhere where, but I have trouble find them now. I will probably keep and hunt patiently. I’m did find an S-10 engine last Friday. Thanks for watching!!
Nice work! I have a 21hp craftsman with a bad deck but the motor is fine... getting ideas! Thanks for the video and good luck with your next project!
Thanks so much and good luck to you too! Thanks for watching!!
I'm glad you posted this video I've been swapping my hydro trans to a 6speed and doing a pulley swap and couldn't figure out how or where to me over the clutch. Thanks for unintentionally telling me where to put the clutch lol. Now I have to figure out how I'm getting the trans linkage hooked up. 😂👍🏻
No problem and good luck with your build!! Thanks for watching!!
Awesome stuff, thanks
Thanks so much and thanks for watching.
Call it "Secret Agent Orange"!
Man I gotta build me a fast mower! Hopefully I'll get to build one this summer. Like how you did the hood blacking out the headlights was brilliant! Just need the horn now! LOL 😂
Thanks so much and the horn would be cool!! Thanks for watching!
Great vid chud. Love how the build was mostly junkyard parts and new old stock.
Me too, make it so much cheaper. Thanks for watching!!
I like that you did good job
Thanks so much and thanks for watching!!
Wholesome content thanks friend
You are welcome and thanks so much for watching!!
Nice budget work as always.
I think it was $27 dollars for the whole build not counting $7 for the orange paint. Thanks for watching !!
Thanks for the shout out!
Welcome and thanks for watching!!
nice
Thanks so much and thanks for watching.
I can't wait to watch it
Love that and will be very soon now!!
I'm going to get my first mower for racing in a few days! This is very neat!
Be careful if you make it too fast, good luck and thanks for watching!!
@chud327 man I'm struggling to make it run let alone make it fast 😂
Loved the video I need to make a fast mower now
Thanks so much, maybe not as fast as this one. I have even done a top speed run yet… thanks for watching!!
I'd call the it the "Little Lee". Awesome content!! New Sub!
That is a cute name and thanks for watching and especially for subbing!!
Good job 👍
Thanks so much and thanks for watching!!
Awesome job! I've always wanted to build a fast mower. There is a dead one in my woods that just needs an engine. Someday...
They are a blast and thanks for watching!!
I love those murry seats tuff as could be
Meh
They are super tough, thanks for watching!!
Btw to lower the rear flip the transaxle brackets upside down and mount the transaxle upside down it really lowers it
May try that some day and thanks for watching!!
chud man get yourself one of those harbor freight mini tire changers once youfigure out how to use it
it makes changing mower tires super easy and a lot faster and less frostration i bought one and havent regretted it not one bit after i learned how to use it
I will look into that, I love easy!! Thanks for watching!!
@@chud327 i have videos on my channel
of tire changer beimg used
Im just asking because i really don't know. So don't take offense. Will YT demonetize your video if you put the Southern flag on it? Thank you.
Probably so and thanks for watching!!
@@chud327 you stole my idea I was gonna make a general Lee raising lawnmower two days ago 😂 😅
@@Swfmco. do it man, there were many made in real life… thanks for watching!!
@@chud327 yep 👍 thanks man
No CZcams won't because it's not a "Racist Flag"... if your going to call the "Confederate Flag" racist, you will have to call the "American Flag" racist. It's the same flag 😂 ... it's people that make this Flag Racist by running their Uneducated Mouths about shit they don't understand. Do yourself a favor and do some Historical Research and you tell me if it's Racist or not. Stop believing everything you see online, it rots your brain... if you repeat what an Idiot Says, that makes you a ... well, you know what it makes you 😂🤟🇨🇦
Awesome!
Thanks so much and thanks for watching!!
General Lee is perfect for the race mower
I agree and thanks so much, I already have people wanting to buy it from me... thanks for watching.
Awesome video! That is definitely a fast mower. Nice clutch set up. Would be really nice to have a throttle pedal on the general lee..Im working on the white blue tractor too. Will be dropping the video when i get back into town from my grandmas in Tennessee. The v twin is in and im working on the clutch set up. Had to come up with something weird!
Will be watching for it. Thanks for watching!!
Often, a drag slick doesnt really matter direction until they're used and they get traction for the first time. Im guessing the tires had direction arrows so that the end user simply didnt forget which way they had them rotating once installed.
I was kinda thinking that might be a factor and thanks for watching!!
General cut would be a cool name.
It sure would and thanks for watching!!
Id love to see one of the older s10s like yours with the 4.2 liter straight six vortech engine. I love the v8 swaps but after having a 4.2 straight 6 i can tell you they are strong
That would be cool and would be so different too. Thanks for watching.
keep that dune buggy, she's a beauty.
Thanks, I have dune buggy fever... Thanks for watching!!
Use di this as teenagers had one that did 60+ but the stock steering u cant keep it in one lane but when used to race use to drill pully and tape a scrub screw for added strength so the key way had les stress on it built some even did on that had rear steer made a 4x4 we to were mount to rear to a plate attached to the bolt on axel turned the input on angle like if ure gonna run drive shaft to it made links to attached to were the plate we bolted to original bolt run-through rear and then weld a plate like so we could mount axel with chain and took u joint and made shaft to run to front back and took the motor mounted the shaft faced towards seat under hood and cut slot in chassis down to the sprocket we mounted on bottom never got it fully done with having all the front and rear gears connected to a central point it would of been selected 4x4 with six gears front and back since we use a rear stear mower trans we i was gonna make it independent gears selected for if i wanted to run frunt fast in crawling atleast it was moving were just pre selected the gear and left the clutch on motor do its job it was over size chain clutch for go kart but the 4x4 concept 4 link can be done with mower part some enginuity love to tey to do it again but now 20plus years later built some crazy machine out of mowers and quads little gokart and some dirt bike parts own many bike and quad as kid more then i ever could even count done so many this anything we could use from parts we have lying around we use have my weekend parts just sitting at garage as teens and 20s just build things fun day's
Sounds fun and yes that steering can be sketchy, especially when I am hold a phone in one hand to check the speed. Thanks for watching!!
I'm sure the yellow VW is called a Sand Rail. Dune Buggy is a fibreglass bucket car.
Yeah, I use the terms interchangeably. I search for both on marketplace… thanks for watching!!
Buggy is cool, keep that-n
The more I look at it the more I like it... thanks for watching.
Painting while it's raining, ain't bad as all to me. I've done it plenty of times.. I've seen that I get less trash in the paint. Probably because the rain is keeping down the dust and the little flying bugs.
Good point, it wants to rain every other time I paint and thanks for watching!!
I love that mower, I think the name General Lee suits it. I think you should put the dune buggy on the back burner & do the S10 first.
I like general lee also. Agreed on the S-10 vs dune buggy. Good news, I picked up and engine for the S-10 last Friday… things can start happening now!! Thanks for watching!!
TIRE WHEEL NUMBER 2 IS OFF THE REAR
Thanks for watching!!
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Good suggestion and thanks for watching!!
My first was a 1970s Wheelhorse rider with an Arctic Cat 700 liquid cooled. I don't know how I survived but Vermont was a lawless land in the 90s.
Sounds sweet and glad you made it. Thanks for watching!!
@@chud327 thanks for posting. Honestly if I saw 14 year old me doing 50-60mph cable brake drifts again I'd need to have a bit of a nap. Y'all got any good mountain coasters? That's my latest safe thrill.
gret mower id love to see youguys lower this
Lower would be very cool, thanks for watching!!
hell yeah
Thanks so much and thanks for watching!!
Great tempo on the video!
Sweet, thanks so much and thanks for watching!!
My first ever mud mower was a ariens
This is my first ariens, love it so far and thanks for watching!!
Wow that buggy looks nice hope you get that going soon do you like it
I was sure when I bought it, but I didn't want to lose it. However, the more I study it, the more I like it. Hope to get it running soon and thanks for watching.
@@chud327 you are most welcome anytime I watch your video for a long time and I really love your videos!!!!!!❤❤❤❤
I seen someone put a pully so big on there mower the sides of the frame were the belts guard... you have to take pully off to change belt
That is big... Thanks for watching!
I vote fast orange!!!
I like it, but general seems more popular. Thanks for watching!!
Chud327 I can see where you get the gray hair. So Pump or side by side to keep the young men away? oh and YES nice work on the mower. 😃 uhm now that I see the Dune Buggy I say you should flip it, make it worth flipping.
Good idea and thanks for watching. BTW, I have an automatic
Give a helmet on,, Into more food there's something when you're racing down the road on that, Mower whatever you wanna call that thing with Holland ass, I love the video you do good work all the way around, I showed mom and dad, Would miss , Stacey, Draw a picture of my dad ,s, Race car if we sent to a pic of it,$$$$$, Of course we would compensate , Miss Stacy for her work.. Love the video God bless all you
I do need a helmet and thanks for watching!!
She would draw for you, she loves drawing.
Love the Channel! how do you keep the lawn mower steering stable at that speed?
It is not very stable, plus I have to drive with one had so I can hold the speedometer app for the camera... It is sketchy... thanks for watching.
I have a cub cadet with a hydro and saw your video on hydro mowers not able to go fast. But then I also saw a video of a guy making a hydro mower go fast. I’m just wondering if I’ll blow my transmission on this one or should I manual swap it?
That is how I was looking at it, if I mess up the hydro then I then have an excuse to manual swap. Then you have a better machine. thanks for watching and good luck with it.
That looks like a sand racer.
Yes and I have some paddle tires that would rock in the sand ... Thanks for watching!!
S10! S10! Yes finish the s10 please...
My goal too, found a engine last Friday, now to figure out a transmission. Thanks for watching!!
@chud327 - Really enjoying your mower build videos! Are there any complications with pulley swapping a mower with a variable speed pulley? I'm referring to leaving the VSP in place (in use) but pulley swapping the engine pulley and transaxle pulley. Is it bad to leave the VSP in place? Will it burn up quickly? Have you done a build leaving the VSP in use? Thanks!
I have pulley swapped both of my Troy bolts. Both kept VSP. One was front one was rear pulley swapped. Front works perfectly, rear has to be custom made and is inconsistent. I want to put it back to stock when I find a stock pulley. I don’t know how long it will last but so far so great.
@@chud327 So would you say to just leave the rear pulley alone then? I'm not racing this mower, just want to make it a fun utility tractor to use around the property. I'd like to see top speed up around 20 - 25mph, but still have lower "gears" for general use. I believe it's possible to hit 20mph with just a front pulley swap. One big issue is that I want to avoid having to do any welding.
@@garrybunk you can just flip the front pulleys and drill and bolt, mine hit about 10 mph. You can probably fit a bigger pulley for more speed, but I didn’t know how big you can go. If you do it let me know what you used and how fast. I suggest leaving the rear stock.
My favorite motor for S-10's are 327's probably spendy motors tho.
Very true and hard to find. Maybe someday... Thanks for watching!!
Hey Chud I love the builds man. I noticed at 16:35 that you also own a Monster Rock 'n' Roller 2. How do you like yours? Have you had to replace the battery yet? 😄
Thanks for sharing the fun!
Battery seems great still, lasts long long time... I did change the power switch last week, was quick and easy, good as new now. My antenna broke off years ago, blamed on kids, built still pick up stations fine. Love it and thanks for watching!!
Would be fun with detachable blades :)
That would be cool and thanks for watching!!
Love this one! I cant seem to find an answer anywhere else so i figured i would ask here. Im not good at pulley swapping and dont have a HUGE budget to make a mud mower/fast mower, is it possible to just swap the front and rear pulleys to make it faster? I heard somewhere else that would work but thought I would ask someone like you. Thanks in advance and once again love the new mower!
You can, but there will likely be a need to cut and weld to make them work on 99.9 % of mowers. I have videos where you can flop the front pulleys and use the deck pulley as the drive pulley. It doubled the speed the two times I did it. Thanks for watching!!
When you do builds like these, do you connect the backfire prevention solonoid on the carburetor??
Personally I do, I definitely don't want fuel destroying my engine.
My racing mower, I've been wanting to get it done.
All it really needs is electrical and everything checked over to make sure it's tight lubricated and greased, but it's scary fast.
It sets maybe 2-Inches or so off the ground.
I was told it was banned from tracks for being too fast.
I leave it hooked up if it works, I cut the plunger off if id doesn't. Many of my machines have gas cut off valves for when they sit. I wanted to lower mine, but didn't get there yet. Mine is scare fast to me, but maybe not as fast as your sounds. Thanks for watching!!
One trick I used on my craftman was flipped my front axel up side down and lowered my axel mounts to the lower hole dropped it 7 up front mega rake like my photo
I should try it and thanks for watching!!
@chud327 may need to lengthen steering rod , but you will still have articulation up front allowing you to keep normal size tires
@@user-kl7kp4bc3t I need to try it someday
this is very cool a but quick question since youve built several mowers what is the biggest tires you have put on a mower with a transmission like the general lee mower
OG Poulan has 27 inch tall tires, they are my tallest, silver built has 11 inch wide, they are my widest on they type rear end. Thanks for watching.
@@chud327 thx i recently put 25inch tires on my murray with a mild pulley swap and i was wondering how easy it would blow the trans
@@Awalk1234 idk, I have only busted one. I have 27 inch tires and I was trying to pop wheelies…
Cool flip flops
Thanks I love them and thanks for watching.
Hello All'!. Are you at the other end of the road from "Hamiltonville farm. ? 😆
I have never Heard of it so I guess no. Thanks for watching!!
im building a smaller version of a lawnmower tractor for my 7 year old boy. i bought a used push mower for the engine, im thinking it might not have enough HP. so my question is. do they make performance parts for the smaller engines like 150cc with a vertical shaft? also, thank u for your time making these videos, i know the time it must take in editing.
I am sure they do, maybe check with gooowersports.com. you are welcome and thanks for watching!!
Warning: Use extreme caution if you see this guy coming in his mower 😉
So true and thanks for watching!!
Cat attack at 0:33
Just a little guest appearance there... Thanks for watching!!
Me too
Thanks so much for waiting!!
Do slicks like these have any kind of steel in them? If so maybe the way its "woven" in the tire has to do with why its directional. Just an uneducated guess.
That may be right, but I don't think there is any, but mine is uneducated too. Thanks for watching!!
That thing is sweet! Will it wheelie?
I am scared to try, but it was pulling the front tires off the ground when shifting on asphalt. Thanks for watching!!
Even tho it's not A Johnder you can call it the John deer Lee
That is true and thanks for watching.
If you don't mine me asking how much did you sell the green s10 for and a motorcycle license plate might fit over there
$3200 and sweet because someone just sent a small tag ... Thanks for watching!!
Hey chud I’m a big big big true fan can you post more about OG polulan I really like the poulan
I will sure put that on the to-do list, I miss driving it. Thanks for watching!!
Thx So much
After receiving my new John Deere 4066r for mowing and other tasks around my property, I'm wanting to turn my John Deere x758 with a diesel and 4wd into a mud/trail riding tractor. @Chud327, what do you think about turning a 4wd diesel John Deere x758 into a mud mower? BTW that's a fast tractor/mower. I would recommend calling it General Chud.
Good name. 4X4 diesel mud mower gets my approval!! Thanks for watching!!
@chud327 I also wanted to mention the surging idle issue with ur Husqvarna tractor. I grew up in a family that's been rebuilding small engines for nearly 35 years and I seen the surging idle issue far to often. The problem is an improper air/fuel mixture in the carb. When you hear a big semi with the engine surging. It's called a lope/loping. It's caused by a whole bunch of fuel being dumped into the engine. It normally happens when the drivers tune the computers in the trucks. But it can also happen naturally by a plugged up injector, an injector that is not the right type or size, or an air intake that's choked up. That is what is happening to ur Husqvarna. If you can Balance the air-fuel mixture in the carb, the surge will cease to exist. I noticed as well when you crawled out of the pit with the Husqvarna, the idle returned to normal for a couple moments. You putting the tractor under heavy load caused the idle to return to normal for a few seconds.
The dune buggy looks like a custom military dune buggy, just missing the gunner's post
Now I am thinking army green, but then again, I like the yellow... Thanks for watching!!
@@chud327 I like the yellow too.But If I had the choice, I say orange
👍👍
Thanks for watching!!
The thumbnail got me to take a peek but I don't see her anywhere so see you later
Guess you did not skip to the end, thanks for trying.
When you do the pulley upgrade, do you remove the govenor?
I would call it more like bypass. I unhook it and just hook my throttle to the carb. Thanks for watching.
@chud327 Thanks! Love your videos 👍
Awesome build……is the radio flyer for sale? Vrooom vrooom
Thanks so much!! Maybe, feel free to make an offer!! Thanks for watching!!
You could call it "General Free" because it cost you almost nothing to build.
I just thought of that yesterday, would have been cool. Maybe I'll mention in the next update. Thanks for watching!!
Is there anything that can be done to the engine and drive train when stripping the hole thing down?
I like to remove whatever is not needed. Thanks for watching!
@@chud327 what about custom grinding, custom bearings, stuff like that
@@joeydepalmer4457 the steering could you work if you plan on going fast, they are not really built for speed.
You should build a turbo diesel mower
That would be sick!! Thanks for watching!!
Any videos on the old skool red mower at the end?
There are several old videos and even a playlist on it. I should do some current updates soon . Thanks for watching!!
@@chud327 Awesome man been watching you for awhile now im down here in florida and i like to build my own mud mowers and racing mowers, i got a sears rear end and thinking about making a project was gotta find a frame i'll also look for the playlist again was very tired the other night to look but keep up the awesome vids
Got to have parts tractors
Saves time and money!! Thanks for watching!!
I got 47mph with a Tecumseh 2 stroke and 15 in rims off an s 10...Circa 1996
It would whip a donut if i used my body weight. sold it to a buddy, he traded me his kx 125 that needed a top end
47 mph that long ago is insane, you are a pioneer in this sport... thanks so much for watching.
The good old days, love stuff like that. thanks again for watching.
Suggestion, foot peddle
Great suggestion and thanks for watching!!
*General Mow*
Great suggestion and thanks for watching!!
Can you post the link for Craftman Dan channel in Michigan. Thanks😊
www.youtube.com/@danbabcock5251 , just make sure you tell him I sent you and tell him Chud said thanks for that tag. Thanks for watching.
Slicks generally have tried, but very little.
That's why it says it's directional
Thanks and thanks for watching!!
@@chud327 I just uploaded a short of a tractor I got
@@dannydecare2116 checked it on out, looks nice!!
@@chud327 thank you it's a work in progress
General lee is better in my opinion, big red has a pretty similar pulley swap, a 6 to a 2, about the same ratio yours is but smaller pulleys, and an oppy instead of a single. Ive had it 50+ mph on the road... maybe you need to take the v-twin off the parts mower and put on this for mower power to handle the aggressive pulley swap. Dune buggy looks sick too!
That is faster than I want to go... I like the dune buggy's look too. Thanks for watching!!
@chud327 I would go slightly smaller on the back pulley, it looks to be running out of speed a bit too.
What’s the speedometer app you use called?
" Speedometer " found in the apple store for free, works great. Thanks for watching!!
#TRUEFAN
Love that, thank you so much and thanks for watching!!
Will the next name for the next tractor be "Major Modification?" Maybe do a completley unconverional build ? That requires.... You guessed it....modification
I like the name, what mods do you suggest? Thanks for watching!!
@@chud327 maybe a horizontal shaft engine used on a rider that's mounted in the rear Clock the transmission vertical instead of using a jackshaft shift the seat forward (maybe easy wheelie mobile). Hell maybe even take a blown up dirtbike engine and use the transmission from it in conjunction with the tractor one and have some ridiculous gearing. I don't know . I love your vids I just really CZcams was "CZcams" not algorithmtube. That way more people would see your videos more .
@@joshsimmons8178 love the suggestions and suggestions I agree major mods/ something different would get good views. Will try to spice it up a bit. Thanks for the feedback!! Currently trying to make my best hydro mud mower. Will try to make it more extreme for you.
@@chud327 it's funny you're working on a hydro mower build . I always thought that would be cool and now that you say that . I think I might have to try that build myself I have a scag walk behind carcass that has all the stuff for the hydro drives . Clock the cam for the drive a little more and should be a good time .
@@joshsimmons8178 sweet, let me know how it goes. I figure there are so many available that most people don’t want. Trying to see how hard it is to make them more useful …