[FrankIII]

Westwood T1200 looks a lot like a MTD built lawn tractor. Vertical shaft engine, Peerless transmission. Personally, I would not try to pull heavy loads with a tractor like that.

Yeah, not great for pulling. But Peerless made some pretty decent transmissions.

 

[FrankIII]

I agree, looks like a keyed rear axle, I would prefer a 5 lug axle for pulling.

Seems like on at least some of the five lug hubs the actual axle is keyed.

 

[FrankIII]

Yes surprisingly it does have impressive pulling power but if the pulling power was better it would really help!

Kind regards

Main issue with lawn tractors is lack of traction. Put some grippy ATV tires or something on it and you could pull a lot more.

 

[FrankIII]

The tractor will only do grass cutting

I have a wooden homemade tractor I made a few years ago with a 3.5 hp engine. It drives fine but there's no way it could run a deck and

cut grass.

 

[FrankIII]

Hmm so a 7hp engine should be just enough?

How big is the deck? If it's only like 38" or maybe 42" and you take it slow and don't try to cut very tall grass it might work.

 

[FrankIII]

Honestly, the HP levels of older machines from the 60s and 70s give a good guideline of what a 'bare minimum' would be. Whatever they had, it's barely below that. I would say 10hp is the minimum for something running a small deck and going slowly, but if you had something goofy like those ancient 1950s ride-on mowers that looked like a pushmower with a seat and a steering wheel on it instead of a push handle, it's possible 7hp would allow you to cut at 'full speed'.

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I have one of those mowers!