ATV Speed Question

2LZ · 06-20-2011, 02:15 PM

Here's one for you atv folks.

My brother owns 7 acres of basically rolling hill farm land here in Nor Cal.
He's been beating up a lawn tractor (and himself) every few years dragging around his tow-behind mower platform. The land has been disked a couple times so the no-suspension ride of the lawn tractor is horrendous.....along with cracking and breaking everything off the tractor after a while.

He asked me about the Chinese ATV's and how I thought they'd work. I said that I thought a full-sized 150 ranch-style quad should be adequate but I wouldn't burn up a CV trans dragging it around at mowing speed.....or am I incorrect in this assumption?

So, you guys who have the manual clutch/shifting quads....do you think that first gear would be slow enough for this? He only knocks it down a few times a year, so it's not like he can cost-justify a used, 'real' tractor.

katoranger · 06-20-2011, 04:27 PM

You can always gear the atv down more. How about renting a real tractor/mower to do the job?

makenzie71 · 06-20-2011, 11:45 PM

I wouldn't even rent. I'd ask a neighbor to borrow theirs.

I wouldn't try to pull a mower with the 150...and CERTAINLY not with a CVT/auto. I wouldn't go any less than the 200's that are floating around, and then you'd have to find a HUGE sprocket. On my HiBird I'm currently running 15/38 gearing and, at idle, you couldn't pull the mower...there's no power at idle. You'd even have that issue with the CVT or auto.

If I had no other choice than to use my quad, then I would be looking a 90 tooth rear sprocket...and even then I would have to have it adapted because lord knows you can't find sprockets that bike in our bolt patterns.

Plus, for what it would cost to buy a quad to pull the mower he could hire someone to come and blade the entire property so that using a lawn tractor is feasible.

06-20-2011, 02:15 PM	#1
2LZ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Volcano, Ca Posts: 7,081	ATV Speed Question Here's one for you atv folks. My brother owns 7 acres of basically rolling hill farm land here in Nor Cal. He's been beating up a lawn tractor (and himself) every few years dragging around his tow-behind mower platform. The land has been disked a couple times so the no-suspension ride of the lawn tractor is horrendous.....along with cracking and breaking everything off the tractor after a while. He asked me about the Chinese ATV's and how I thought they'd work. I said that I thought a full-sized 150 ranch-style quad should be adequate but I wouldn't burn up a CV trans dragging it around at mowing speed.....or am I incorrect in this assumption? So, you guys who have the manual clutch/shifting quads....do you think that first gear would be slow enough for this? He only knocks it down a few times a year, so it's not like he can cost-justify a used, 'real' tractor. __________________ "Light a fire for a man, and you heat him for a day. Light a man on fire, and you heat him for the rest of his life." 2007 Suzuki DRZ400S (SM convert) 2009 Q Link XP 200 1967 BSA B25 250cc Starfire 2022 Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 2023 Royal Enfield Scram 411 1948 Royal Enfield Model G 350
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06-20-2011, 11:45 PM	#3
makenzie71 Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 412	I wouldn't even rent. I'd ask a neighbor to borrow theirs. I wouldn't try to pull a mower with the 150...and CERTAINLY not with a CVT/auto. I wouldn't go any less than the 200's that are floating around, and then you'd have to find a HUGE sprocket. On my HiBird I'm currently running 15/38 gearing and, at idle, you couldn't pull the mower...there's no power at idle. You'd even have that issue with the CVT or auto. If I had no other choice than to use my quad, then I would be looking a 90 tooth rear sprocket...and even then I would have to have it adapted because lord knows you can't find sprockets that bike in our bolt patterns. Plus, for what it would cost to buy a quad to pull the mower he could hire someone to come and blade the entire property so that using a lawn tractor is feasible. __________________ http://www.duncandesignsstudio.com/justinsoddprojects/
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06-20-2011, 04:27 PM	#2
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	You can always gear the atv down more. How about renting a real tractor/mower to do the job?
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