DIY from a handheld tractor: how to make a mini tractor and mini-excavator from MTZ, NEVA and Kaskad
Motorized tractors are very useful in the farm. But it often happens that people do not use older models. The fate of such devices very often becomes the target stay in the garage and the gradual rusting. The problem is that many people do not know that you can also assemble the necessary equipment, such as a “do-it-yourself” mini-tractor, from old-style hand tractors.
area of application
This machine will be extremely useful in agriculture, as it can be used to perform various works, such as snow removal with a mini-tractor. Therefore, even old hand-operated tractors can be used very successfully to create mini-tractors that will be more than useful.
You can also make it out of a new hand-held tractor if you think you need a compact tractor.
Machinery plays a very important role in agriculture. It is both a means of transportation, a great helper, a tractor, and a strong man. So there is nothing better than a private home with a farm that has a full fleet of all the necessary devices. Tractors (for example, MTZ tractors) are especially widespread.
They do not have to be large and powerful, because even a small and compact tractor can provide substantial assistance, become a good vehicle and means of transportation. In short, the use of such devices is no less convenient than working on the ground, they can do almost all the “tasks”.
However, most often small tractors are used as vehicles and as mobile platforms on which various agricultural devices can be installed.
If you equip a mini tractor with a spoon, you get an analogue of an excavator (see, for example, excavator Hyundai), with which you can dig and loosen the soil, which is simply necessary in agriculture.
In addition, the mini-tractor can even comfortably graze cattle, because instead of walking, you ride your steel horse.
Is it possible to build a mini-tractor yourself? If you have no idea how you can make a mini-tractor with their own hands from a hand-held tractor, we are ready to reassure you: everything is easier than it seems. To get inspired, you can see how to make a mini-tractor from a hand tractor with your own hands. We also recommend watching a video about homemade mini-tractors – here.
Breaking and revising the technology is not the most difficult process. In addition, it is not necessary to do everything yourself. There are special kits, with the help of which you can easily convert one type of device to another in a short time. This kit contains the following parts:
- A frame with a special place to install the motor
- Pedals
- Seats
- Lever to disengage the axle lock
- rudder
- fender
- Front beam and rear power lift
This kit is perfect for those wondering how to quickly turn a hand-held tractor into a mini-tractor. But there are many people who want to approach this idea with real enthusiasm and so want to do all the work themselves without using off-the-shelf parts.
For you, we will tell you how you can make a mini tractor from a handheld tractor.
Instructions
You can easily create a mini-tractor from the tractors of different Motoblock manufacturers (for example, from the tractor “Losses in Camping”). So, if you have agro-technology, the tractor should be created according to the following instructions. You will need:
- Motoblock Agro.
- Steel sheets and profiles
- Car seat
- A steering wheel from any model car
- One or two wheelsets can be replaced and leave the “native” one.
In general, this “formula” is suitable for motorists, as the parts are not very different for production.
Features of designs
Making a ministepper with your own hands, you can feel like a real designer. Before you make a mini-section from a tractor for a walk, you need to choose the purpose of this equipment, because depending on this, the design of the machine is developed.
For example, if you need the tractor for agricultural work, and not for travel, then the best choice of body design will be a solid frame. However, if you need the machine not only for work, but also to move around on difficult terrain, it is better to choose a broken frame.
It will provide much better maneuverability and allow you to survive really difficult parts of the road. Another type of design of such equipment is the so-called “adapter”. This type of mini-transporter is equipped with a removable trailer. With a little effort, you can take the trailer for a ride with your own hands.
If you want to use the tractor for agricultural work, it is also better to place the engines in the rear of the structure. Of course, the front location provides better maneuverability, but also gives high pressure on the front wheels through the Chur, and the gearbox for such equipment will be a real problem.
The process of creating a modest tractor group
The very production of the minitractor is as follows: According to the drawing, steel profiles and sheets are welded and form the frame of the future tractor. This is really it. The following montage about the technology of making its “internal organs” of the engine, gearbox, running gear.
When installing and fixing these parts, it is extremely important to take all the work correctly and in full compliance with the drawings. After installing these most important parts of the mini-tractor, you should add the “cherry on the cake”: Install the seat, steering wheel and stops, as well as turn indicators when driving on the streets.
Usually the last item is not necessary, but you may want to make your machinery really perfect.
However, it’s worth considering some of the peculiarities of tractor walking behavior that show up when using a mini vector made from it. Agr o-Motoblocks are characterized by such a feature as a weak biddle-arch.
In the video you will find more information about the note of the agricultural engine:
Of course, this isn’t at all noticeable for hiking behavior – but it can be critical to Mini-Vector design, especially if you want to haul your machinery in heavy duty.
How do you make minirators out of different model motor blocks?
From Motor Bison.
If you need a very powerful minidrive, it’s best to take the bison prog as a basis. Blueprints, with which you can create a minitractor, contain the same details as the last version.
The procedure for making such a device is identical to the AGRO minitractor.
How to make with your own hands from NEVA
If you do not want to spend a lot of money to create a homemade terhnik, you can use the Neva MB 1 power tiller as the basis for it (see here how to make a snowman from this tractor, also here how to make a snowman here, also here how to make a snowman here How to make an adapter for a power tiller Neva drawings and dimensions) You can buy such a walk for pennies, and after your processing it will become an indispensable assistant in the household.
The only thing is that it will be difficult to find suitable new parts, as the paths of the MB 1 Walk have some design features.
Breakdown due to the cascade of engine blocks
If you are planning to use a new tractor for a new walk, but you are buying it for little money, then one of the best options is a cascade.
Buying an MTZ 05 will also be very profitable.
Cultivator from a Kentavr motoblock
Cultivator from the Kentavr motoblock can also be advised to those who appreciate maneuverability, power and the ability to perform the widest range of works. However, it is worth considering that he is quite expensive. But this base for the mini-drive can safely be called one of the best, as it works like clockwork.
As a starting material for making mini-Vectors with their own hands often use eye-rollers.
To make a mini-Vector, a Salthuk C motor-block is used.
Here specifically choose domestically produced motor blocks, as they are cheaper than their foreign counterparts. You are unlikely to spend extra money on a product that is updated and improved. Therefore, it is the above models that are ideal as a basis.
Pros and cons of a homemade mini-tractor
Now you know how to make a mini-tractor with their own hands from a walking tractor. But what are the benefits of such a conversion? First, the savings in financial terms. After all, compact tractors are expensive on the market, so it will be much cheaper to buy a walking tractor and modify it yourself.
If you follow the instructions and drawings, it is not that difficult. Secondly, you are 100% aware of the construction of your equipment, so almost any problem you can fix yourself. Which means you don’t have to go to services that save time and money.
Thirdly, you get a very useful experience, so you can rightly call yourself a cool specialist of our time. After all, not everyone is capable of such a change. So if you succeed, it can certainly be considered a well-considered reason to be proud.
To the disadvantages of homemade ministepper with their own hands can be attributed the fact that the ministepper with their own hands can hardly compare with the factory one in terms of reliability. Therefore, you should prepare for quite frequent repairs and further improvement of your own devices.
In addition, when replacing the tractor with migrating losses, you can injure yourself. What do you need to pay attention to when converting?
You should keep in mind that a power tiller and a mini tractor are different types of equipment by design. Therefore, some of the features that a mini tractor has, you have to convert to a different type of device.
Thus, you will be sitting on this type of equipment, which will make the center of gravity increase significantly. This will have a negative impact on cornering, as your tractor can simply flip over. To avoid this, you need to widen the drive axle.
Then the surface of the mini-tractor and stability are correspondingly increased. In addition, of course, it is necessary to expand the wheelbase. Especially for this you can find on sale bushings, which allow to make the mini-tractor more stable and wider without turning around.
In addition, small and medium tractors with a walker often lack a differential. To replace it, the easiest thing to do is to install ratchet wheel extensions.
It is also necessary to observe safety rules during the modification itself, so as not to injure yourself. Work strictly according to the drawings, because this is a guarantee that everything will turn out correctly.
Homemade mini-tractors from a running tractor become not only agricultural equipment, but also a real source of pride for every man.
Therefore, everyone who needs such equipment, it is worth trying to make it yourself. Fortunately, all the necessary information for this is available, and to buy materials is not difficult. Moto-blocks are very useful in business. But it often happens that people do not use older models.
The fate of these devices very often becomes aimless stay in the garage and the gradual rusting. The problem is that many people don’t know that even old-style tractors can be used to assemble the necessary equipment, such as a mini-tractor.
This machine will be extremely useful in agriculture, as it can be used to perform a wide variety of work. Therefore, even old tractors can be successfully used to create mini tractors, which will be very useful to you.
You can also make it out of a new hand-held tractor if you think you need a compact tractor.
What should you consider when converting?
You should keep in mind that a power tiller and a mini tractor are different types of equipment by design. Therefore, some of the features that a mini tractor has, you have to convert to a different type of device.
Thus, you will be sitting on this type of equipment, which will make the center of gravity increase significantly. This will have a negative impact on cornering, as your tractor can simply flip over. To avoid this, you need to widen the drive axle.
This increases the area of the mini-tractor and the stability. Also, of course, you need to lengthen the wheelbase. Especially for this, you can find bushings on sale, which make the mini-tractor more stable and wider without turning around.
In addition, small and medium tractors with a walker often lack a differential. To replace it, the easiest thing to do is to install ratchet wheel extensions. It is also necessary to observe safety rules during the modification itself, so as not to injure yourself.
Work strictly according to the drawings, because this is a guarantee that everything will turn out correctly. Homemade mini-tractors from a running tractor become not only agricultural equipment, but also a real source of pride for every man. Therefore, everyone who needs such equipment, it is worth trying to make it yourself.
Fortunately, all the necessary information for this is available, and to buy materials is not difficult.
About how to make a snowplow for the tractor “Salut”, read in this article. We also recommend that you read more about the mini-tractor “Scout”.
Small tractor MotoBlock Salyut. Instructions, schemes, drawings.
Almost every lucky owner of a power tiller at least sometimes thinks about whether it is possible to convert a power tiller Salyut into a tractor, albeit not a real unpretentious MTZ or a computer lord of the fields John Deere, but still.
All changes are ultimately aimed at making hard work possible, overwhelming convenience of labor and increasing productivity. It is believed that laziness promotes progress – indeed, there is nothing like getting on a mini-split from a Salutov motor-block to personally redo, conveniently and much more efficiently get the same job done instead of driving across the field! And life experience shows that all models are converted motoblocks – “Greetings”, “Neva”, “Agat”.
Excellent technical characteristics have converted from various modifications in the Salut 100 Thorn scooter.
Salut Honda GC-190 Salut-5R Salut-5L-6.5 (Lifan)
Honda and Salyut 5P power tillers with professional Japanese engines need at least some modifications. Mini-drive power tiller Salyut 5L-6.5 (Lifan) after conversion works steadily on large areas.
In most cases, light and medium motor blocks are converted, which are originally structurally not adapted to perform a number of works.
With the appropriate trailer attachment, you can do a lot of the necessary work with the mini MotoBlock. It can even be converted into a truck.
Compensation
Creating a homemade machine at home should begin with the study of the kinematic scheme and drawings, as well as with the preparation of appropriate assemblies, materials, parts and tools. You can prepare the circuit yourself or take this example as a sample.
If you do not feel very confident in matters of rework and fracture, you can buy a special kit, which has all the necessary parts for converting a walking tractor, namely:
- Hand-lift suspensions;
- Fenders, seats, footrests and pedals;
- Front wheels, brake discs, wheel hubs;
- Frame with necessary engine brackets;
- Steering with struts;
- Lever to disable half-wave locking.
Domestic manufacturer LLC “Selmash” offers kits to convert the tractor wal k-fehind in mini-excavator with different options of kits-Basic, hydraulic, brake system. The price of the basic kit is quite acceptable – in the range of 7 000 UAH.
Usually in the assembly of homemade tractor, with a large number of parts, there is no problem even for novice mechanics. Also, in many cities there are workshops that specialize in remaking Salyut motor-blocks to Min i-Actionors.
Of course, this option is not suitable for those who create a unique copy and, for example, want to save significantly 4×4.
In the case of modification it should be remembered that for non-standard adjustment of the tractor behavior of the undercarriage, it is necessary to make changes and modifications, many nodes must be made and connected in an unconventional way.
Important design points in the R e-Asquiped:
- Planting the driver on the equipment increases the focus, which means avoiding a steep turn to create a wider second steerable axle that is at least 1-1.2 meters.
- Extension of the tilt unit wheel strut. Today you can buy bushings, the installation of which increases the distance between the wheels on the front of the recreational tractor so much that you can safely do without the services of a turning point.
- If there is no differential, the problem of increasing maneuverability is solved in a homemade way – the installation of locking rotary extensions. At the same time you can increase the wheelbase.
Equipment and parts
Samodelkin can choose the type of chassis and method of movement himself. To convert a power tiller into a contract mini-vehicle, you need:
- 2 wheels,
- Steering,
- Elevator, chair,
- Trailer hitch,
- Pedals
You can use parts that have often been lying around in garages or workshops for years. This is where the imagination comes into play. Someone managed to make a perfectly welded frame from pieces of old water pipes, someone uses old truck tires.
A heavy tractor with a diesel engine going behind is the most expedient option for remodeling, the result will be a really sturdy technique, albeit homemade.
The frame of the mini-tractor should be “drawn” according to the drawing to fit the second pair of wheels. The towing platform can be sloped or all-metal.
You can use a grinder to cut the transverse and longitudinal members, joining them with bolts or electric welding. A combination fastener is used to give the joints strength: fasteners + additional welded joints.
The camber, consisting of two separate half-frames connected by hinges, significantly increases the stability, maneuverability and mobility of the mini-tractor.
The coupling device is mounted on the frame as shown in the figure. The welded coupling device further extends the capabilities of the mini-tractor converted from the walking tractor “Salut”.
Video review of mini-tractor frame design
engine
The engine is usually located at the front, this placement generally balances the design of the mini-tractor. The belt transmission is closed with a protective device, the position of the clutch pedal is determined.
The hydraulics are adapted to work with the necessary attachments. After this work is completed, the driver’s seat should be installed, headlights and sidelights, if necessary.
chassis
The native wheels from the unit are attached to the rear axle, the flanged wheels are mounted on the front axle. It is desirable that the tread on them is expressive, this gives good traction. Used parts can also be used as an alternative.
A new set of hubs with brake system, steering wheel, gearbox, tie rods, steering column are ideal for chassis installation.
In addition, the front wheels and wheel hubs are mounted with a metal tube. Then the steering rods are installed and aligned with the steering gear. Then – fixing the gearbox to the frame, installing the steering linkage and steering wheel, and adjusting the steering column.
Video overview of the running gear of the mini-tractor
brake system
In accordance with the layout diagram, the position of the brake pedal and the main brake cylinder is determined. The video of converting the “Salut” into a mini-tractor shows in detail the working process of correct installation and adjustment of the brake system.
Video overview of the installation of the brake system on the mini-tractor
The final stage is the connection of electrical equipment, the output of sensor readings on the dashboard.
Varieties of mini-tractors
In relation to what was originally taken as the basis, there are several variants of mini-tractors, remade from the walking tractor “Salut”:
- Self-made tractor with an engine identical in power to the engine of a walking tractor, successfully performs all agricultural work on an area of 2-3 hectares.
- Mini-tractor with a more powerful engine can perform all agricultural work on large areas – plowing, hilling, weeding, planting potatoes.
Thanks to the additional attachments the possibilities of home-made equipment are significantly expanded – snow clearing, haymaking over an area of more than 5 hectares.
advantages and disadvantages
Undoubtedly, the efficiency of the homemade minitractor from the Salyut tractor at hand in terms of functionality does not compare with the productivity of the working counter, but this is understandable. After all, the feasibility of using such equipment is at the domestic level, where homemade products show excellent results.
- Ease of operation, uncomplicated repair, almost everything is done from available parts with their own hands – the undeniable advantages of a homemade tractor. A big plus is that the cost of producing a homemade product is much lower than the factory mini-tractor.
- Among the disadvantages – the need for special knowledge, care and accuracy in the work, as well as finding the necessary parts. However, not everyone will dare to make such conversions.
Examples of conversions
In addition to unique samples of minitractors from the hand tractor Salyut, craftsmen produce such models that it is high time to allocate them to a separate classification – snowmobile, motobuchsivschik, marshmobile, motobuchsika with sled TV. Photos and videos show completely unusual units, which cause well-deserved admiration for the skill and talent of craftsmen.
Thanks to prefabricated tracked chassis for various models of hand tractors – “Favorit”, “Salut”, “Agat”, “Neva”, it is possible to re-equip a hand tractor until it is recognizable.
reviews
Ponomarev Vladimir, Volgograd region
“Initially, for a long time I worked with the motor-brushes NEVA MK-100, before that there was a mole, still Soviet. 10 hectares was more than enough. When I rented a plot, I bought a “Salyut-5 BS6” with “Brigs”. He is good in the field, but suffered from the cart with the cart on heavy dirt. Over the winter I converted the hand-powered tractor into a mini-tractor – I bought some of the equipment, mostly using parts from an old firefighting pump. Now uphill traction is excellent, even with a load the distance is not a hindrance at all. “
Semenov S., Poltava
“Maybe someone’s old tractor with a handle is rusting at idle, so it’s all in your hands. Anyone who is more or less familiar with mechanics and has a lust for it can rebuild a mini tractor from a single axle tractor, which is definitely in the realm of power. Personally, I used an off-the-shelf conversion kit that was urgently time-consuming. Now I decided to turn the Salu t-100 (Chinese Lifan 6.5 hp) into an SUV – I replaced the wheels with wide, took the tires from the SUV. Of course, a water-cooled diesel and an axle tractor would be better, but I think the Salut will turn out okay, too. “
