Grousers are attachments for a walk-behind tractor. Their purpose is that they provide improved traction. This helps the walk-behind tractor to operate at maximum efficiency.
If the machine is not provided with good traction, attachments for plowing, loosening and other soil operations will not be able to do their job well.
1 What is a walk-behind tractor lug?
Technically, it is a wheel with spikes or blades that bite into the ground. To figure out which lugs are suitable for a walk-behind tractor - purchased or home-made, you should choose from two options: universal or for a specific model.
In the first case, it is enough only to choose the size; in the second, it is necessary to select the characteristics for a specific brand.
Do-it-yourself grousers for a walk-behind tractor are made everywhere, this is a much less expensive option. Moreover, they are practically not made for heavy equipment, they can only be built by hand or to order.
The purpose of the lugs is as follows:
- improved traction;
- facilitating movement uphill and on soft ground;
- providing additional loosening;
- an increase in mass so that a larger number of equipment can be hung on the walk-behind tractor, and for the sake of stability.
1.1 Lugs for the most common brands of motoblocks
The following motoblocks are common throughout Russia, for which equipment can be obtained from manufacturers:
- Neva.
- Firework.
- Mole.
The most common car on agricultural land in Russia is. For her, lugs are made at the same factories as the walk-behind tractor. Construction Ф340 × 110, where the rim height is 340 and the width is 110 mm.
Models for the Neva with dimensions of 560 × 130 mm are also suitable for Favorite. This size can be called universal. On Salut it is possible to put wheels of a much larger size- 700 x 100 mm, they are delivered from Poltava.
2 Do-it-yourself lugs on the walk-behind tractor
When creating any equipment yourself, it is advisable to acquire drawings. They will simplify the work and will indicate the required dimensions. According to the data given above (or focusing on the tables of the technical passport of the walk-behind tractor) the required diameter and width should be selected. Only after that you can make grousers for the walk-behind tractor with your own hands.
There are two most common methods for constructing your own lug. The first is to use old discs from the car. The axle shaft is welded to them, and the spike blades must be welded to the disks themselves.
Their length should be at least 15 cm, the step between them should be 15-17 cm, the direction of the point in the direction of travel. In addition to welding, they can be partially bolted to the wheel.
The second method is an old gas cylinder. Two or three discs are cut out of it for the rim. The width of each disc can be different, so it is easy to adjust them to any type of walk-behind tractor. From a standard gas cylinder, lugs for a walk-behind tractor are obtained with a diameter of 30 cm.
The central rim of three is the main one for welding the teeth. It has a wheel plate inside it, through which a bushing passes connecting with.
The lugs cannot be used on a hard surface - they will break immediately and cause damage to equipment, wheels and road surfaces. As with other equipment, you must take precautions and remember that these are heavy metal wheels with spikes, extremely dangerous for the legs.
A walk-behind tractor is a necessary thing in the household, but sometimes there are situations when it does not have enough power to perform some work. If you are not a poor person, then you can buy yourself a new, more powerful model. But if the purchase threatens to make a huge hole in your budget, then there is another option, more economical - to purchase or make your own lugs for the walk-behind tractor.
Purpose and types of lugs
It is clear that hinged lugs cannot add power to the motor of your walk-behind tractor. But they will help to solve a number of important tasks:
- increase traction;
- give more stability;
- facilitate movement;
- increase the depth of soil cultivation.
In appearance, these are heavy metal studded wheels. There are two types of this equipment - universal and specialized, designed for completing one specific brand of motoblocks. It is definitely difficult to say which option is better to choose. Special ones are more functional, they have a higher efficiency. But the universal ones are more practical: they will fit you even when you decide to buy a new brand of walk-behind tractor, and to sell them, if there is no more need for them, is much easier.
When choosing universal lugs for a walk-behind tractor, you just need to choose the right size. When choosing special ones, you need to look for equipment that is fully compatible with the model of your walk-behind tractor.
How to make homemade lugs
Many owners of walk-behind tractors prefer not to buy lugs for a walk-behind tractor, but to do them with their own hands. This often comes from a desire to save money, but sometimes there are situations when the owner has no other choice but to make them on his own. For example, for heavy models of walk-behind tractors, such equipment is simply not produced, and their owners have no choice but to look for the necessary drawings and use them to make homemade lugs for the walk-behind tractor.
The most popular option is to make lugs from car rims. A metal strip is welded to each of the discs, to which, in turn, metal teeth-plates will be welded.
The key to high-quality work of any lug is reliable teeth. You will need a thick steel plate to make them. They are welded onto a disc with a pitch of 15-17 cm, and their length depends on the model of your walk-behind tractor. If everything is done correctly and efficiently, then such homemade lugs are no worse than factory equipment.
Another popular method is to make the equipment you need from a used gas cylinder. First, two rims with a diameter of 30 cm and a width of 8-10 cm are cut out of the cylinder. Further, the scheme is the same as with car disks: a metal plate is welded onto the cut-out disks, and teeth are attached to it. The length of the teeth should be at least 15 cm. It is possible and more, but you should not overdo it with the length either - if you make them too long, they will go too deep into the ground, and it will be difficult for the walk-behind tractor to rotate them.
These two methods are not the only ones that allow you to make reliable lugs for the walk-behind tractor yourself. But they all follow a similar pattern, differing only in the materials used for the rim. The requirements for these materials are minimal - they must be of the required diameter and strong enough.
Separately, it is worth mentioning the correct operation of the lugs. This attachment is intended solely for ground travel. It is strictly forbidden to drive on paved roads - asphalt, concrete or stone. And it's not just that the lugs damage the road surface with their teeth. When moving on hard material, a tooth may break off from the rim, and, obeying the centrifugal force, fly into the operator, injuring him. Even when driving on soft ground, the operator must be extremely collected and careful not to injure his legs with the teeth. But this is already a topic for another conversation.
If you have a special attachment for a walk-behind tractor, then it can show quite good results: reliability, durability and strength. The main task of any walk-behind tractor is soil processing. That is why the owners of such equipment simply need to know how to make a lug with their own hands.
What is the main function of a grouser for a walk-behind tractor
Of course, the main characteristic of such a unit, which helps it to be more reliable and durable, is its heaviness. To hang sufficiently heavy and functional awnings, you need a walk-behind tractor that is large and reliable enough. But this is not the main point. It is important that he can move well on loose ground, and for this you need to either buy or make lugs for
As a rule, lugs are metal wheels with a number of studs. They allow the walk-behind tractor to move perfectly in any conditions. What do you need to create a lug with your own hands? First of all, you must find a drawing or diagram. Their presence will greatly facilitate the work. Next, you determine the diameter of the canopy, select the right material and the necessary tools. Before creating, also think about their size, which should completely depend on the tasks that you set for the walk-behind tractor. Also, remember that the wheel must weigh at least 20 kg for proper grip.
The scheme for creating a lug
To keep your DIY grouser simple and inexpensive, you can take a few unnecessary discs from old car wheels. It will be necessary to attach a semi-axis to them using a welding machine, to which the bearings will then be attached. Also, you will need to weld square metal plates to the disks. They must necessarily touch the rim; they must be screwed to it with bolts. Now it's the turn to create special teeth that will go into the ground. To create them, you can use an ordinary metal plate, which is made in the form of teeth with a grinder. Place the obtained hooks on the rim at a distance of about 15 cm from each other.
How to make lugs: method number 2
To make a good lug with your own hands, you can use another method. You will need an old one for work. You can cut out two discs from it, which will play the role of rims. Their width should be about 7 cm, and their height - 30 cm. Next, you need to do the same as described above in the first method.
If you want the lugs made for the cultivator with your own hands to be more stable, then you can additionally weld one more tooth on top, and make the rest longer (up to 60 cm).
What sizes of lugs should be: description
It all depends on how heavy the walk-behind tractor is. Despite the fact that today they are very popular, because they can work on any soil, they often buy those that are wide and taller. Accordingly, it is more difficult for them to make a lug with their own hands. Sizes can vary from 310 mm to 700 mm (height), from 100 mm to 200 mm (width). Also here it is worth paying attention to the walk-behind tractor model.
We make lugs from old motoblock disks
If you already had a similar unit, but you decided to purchase a newer model for yourself, do not rush to completely throw out the old walk-behind tractor. Its parts can be used to upgrade a new purchase. In particular, for improvement, rims are perfect, on which you can hang lugs.
By purchasing a walk-behind tractor, the owner seeks to make it, as much as possible, more functional. For this purpose, various attachments are purchased for it, which turns this unit into a universal machine for farming.
The correct choice of lugs, which are also attachments, is of great importance. They are produced both universal and special, designed for a specific brand of walk-behind tractor. In addition, you can make homemade lugs for a walk-behind tractor from old car disks. In this case, you will have to spend time on work, but such equipment will cost much less.
In order to acquire quality lugs, you need to learn as much as possible about them and then make a decision - to make them yourself or buy ready-made lugs.
Functional purpose
The first thing to know before purchasing equipment is its functionality. Grousers are no exception. Grousers for a walk-behind tractor successfully fulfill the following goals:
- ... improving the quality of adhesion to the ground;
- ... an increase in the mass of the walk-behind tractor for greater stability and the possibility of using various attachments;
- ... additional tillage;
- ... facilitating the movement of a walk-behind tractor with a load uphill on soft soil.
Thus, it is immediately clear that it is necessary to buy lugs for a walk-behind tractor. Without them, the walk-behind tractor will not be a completely universal unit. In order to understand which lugs for which walk-behind tractor are required, it is worth studying their features by type of machine. Only the right lugs will perform well.
Features of choice
For those who purchase universal lugs for a walk-behind tractor, it is only important to choose their size correctly. For those who want to have lugs for a walk-behind tractor of a certain model, it is necessary to approach the issue more responsibly.
The most common among mini-farmers is the Neva walk-behind tractor, with lugs for which it is worth starting. The width of the lugs is 43 cm, and the length of the part burying into the soil is 15 cm, which is quite enough for high-quality movement of the machine. The same lugs are used for the Neva MB walk-behind tractor. It is worth noting the fact that it is quite possible to make home-made lugs for it, regardless of whether the Neva walk-behind tractor is marked MB-1 or MB-2.
Another type of common walk-behind tractor is Salute, which also needs grousers for itself. Lugs are primarily required to make the machine heavier, in order to increase traction, and the ability to use a wider range of attachments. The lug width is 50cm, and the deepening part is 20cm long. When it comes to grousers for the Salyut 100 walk-behind tractor, the dimensions will be the same.
For a heavy-duty walk-behind tractor, grousers are not produced, and if necessary, the owners make them themselves, using various video instructions. Given this, we can immediately say that making grousers for a walk-behind tractor with your own hands is quite simple and you only need accuracy, time and basic skills in working with metal. Only when there are high-quality lugs for the walk-behind tractor can it be called a full-fledged agricultural machine.
Self-production
In order to make lugs for the walk-behind tractor, first of all, you need to find drawings that will be a guide in the process of work. The easiest way is to make homemade lugs from car disks. Using a welding machine, a metal strip is fixed on them, on which lug plates are subsequently attached.
Further, in order to make lugs, it is necessary to make teeth for which a steel plate of sufficient thickness is used. The length of the teeth is selected depending on the model of the walk-behind tractor, and they are attached along the rim with a step of 15-17 cm. Such lugs for a walk-behind tractor do an excellent job with their functions and, with high-quality manufacturing, do not disappoint their owners.
Another way to make your own lugs for a walk-behind tractor is to use a used gas cylinder. In this case, it is necessary to cut out two discs from it, which will become rims, the width of which should be from 6 to 10 cm. Their height will be 30cm. Further on them, as in the case of car disks, a metal plate is installed, to which the teeth are mounted. Their length should not be less than 15cm. If necessary, you can increase it at your discretion, but the main thing is not to overdo it.
In addition to the two most common methods for making lugs shown here, there are many others that are very similar to them in their principle and differ only in the material from which the rim will be made. The main thing here is that the object from which such attachments will be made is of sufficient diameter and the required strength.
When operating lugs for a walk-behind tractor, one must not forget that they are intended exclusively for soil. It is not permissible to use this equipment to move on a hard surface such as stone, asphalt or concrete. This will inevitably lead to damage to the attachment and can damage the road surface. In addition, if iron wheels are used, the operator should be more careful when working to avoid injury to the legs.
By wisely choosing or making lugs, you can significantly increase the cross-country ability and functionality of your walk-behind tractor, thereby greatly facilitating hard work.
In this material, we will tell and show how to make grousers for a walk-behind tractor with your own hands from car disks and not only. Consider the drawings and videos, photos and designate the dimensions of the lugs for different brands of motoblocks. Of course, you can buy lugs, only who needs it.
As you know, not all types of work can be done with a walk-behind tractor, with wheels installed on it, lugs are needed for better traction with the ground, which means for faster and better processing.
Lugs for a walk-behind tractor from car disks
One of the easiest ways to make your own lugs is to take unnecessary car rims. We weld the semi-shaft to the welding machines, and later we will attach the bearings to it. Next, we make the teeth, i.e. the hooks themselves, a metal corner or a plate of unnecessary metal is suitable for this. We weld the resulting corners to the discs as shown in the video, at a distance of 10-15 cm.
In principle, lugs can be made from any piece of metal that has a rounded shape, the main thing is to choose the right width and diameter, since different brands of motoblocks have their own sizes.
In order to make do-it-yourself lugs from scratch, see the drawings and video below.
Lugs for the Neva walk-behind tractor
Lugs for the Neva technique are made according to the same principle as described above. You just need to maintain the correct dimensions. So the height of the rim for the lugs to the Neva should be 340 mm, and the width 110 mm.
Lugs for the Centaur walk-behind tractor
As we have already said, for different walk-behind tractors, the lugs have their own sizes, so for the Centaur walk-behind tractors, they will be larger than for the Neva, it is 450 mm in height, 110-120 mm in width.
Lugs for the Zubr walk-behind tractor
In the Zubr line of motoblocks, there are many heavy motoblocks for professional work, and therefore the lugs, need special ones. Here, the standard height of the hooks is 700 mm, and the width is 200 mm, this is due to the fact that they have to pull a rather large weight on themselves.
Grouser drawings
As you can see, there is nothing difficult in making homemade lugs for the same Favorite, you just need to rely on the drawings and observe the dimensions suitable for a particular walk-behind tractor. All information can be gleaned from the instructions attached to your walk-behind tractor.