In this material, we will tell and show how to make do-it-yourself lugs for a walk-behind tractor from car drives 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 most simple ways to make lugs with your own hands, this is to take unnecessary car rims. Welding machines we weld the semi-axle to them, 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 comply correct sizes... So the height of the rim for the lugs to the Neva should be 340 mm, and the width is 110 mm.

Lugs for the Centaur walk-behind tractor

As we have already said, for different walk-behind tractors, the lugs have their own dimensions, 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 motoblock line, 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 that came with your walk-behind tractor.

Soil lugs for a walk-behind tractor are reliable assistants for each owner of the unit, which can be made with high quality and without problems with my own hands... Grousers are fairly common options. attachments, allowing to increase the mass of equipment and improve the adhesion of the walk-behind tractor to the ground.

Despite the simplicity of their design (wheels with spikes), these devices are presented today in a variety of transformations, so you need to choose them wisely.

Grousers for a walk-behind tractor: what to look for?

The main factor in choosing a generic object is size. If a person wants to purchase lugs for a specific model of the unit, one should familiarize himself with the wishes of the manufacturer and follow them.

Since the Neva and Neva MB walk-behind tractors are especially popular among farmers and agronomists, it is necessary to use their example to outline the features of universal lug wheels. For the products of these manufacturers, options with a diameter of 43 cm are suitable, because they are laid in the soil at a depth of 15 centimeters. Such dimensions will ensure maximum adhesion to the ground and trouble-free movement.

For absolutely all Salyut walk-behind tractors, wheels with a diameter of 50 cm will be relevant, the spikes of which are immersed in the ground by at least 20 cm. Naturally, each manufacturer has its own requirements for the lugs, therefore, you should carefully study the operating instructions for a motor-cultivator that has a motor-cultivator and do not ignore the wishes of the manufacturers.

An important point: heavy equipment does not need such additions, because its weight is already a guarantee of stability on almost any ground.

How to make do-it-yourself lugs for a walk-behind tractor?

The skilled owners of motor-cultivators were able to think through all the features of creating self-made devices of the indicated plan, so it is not surprising that they got very practical optionsthat are not inferior to factory ones. Now we also need to learn about the most effective lessons.

Method 1

A fairly simple method is to use off-the-shelf car tires from old car... It is necessary to put on a special design that acts as anti-skid. How to do it?

• You need to take sheet metal with a thickness of 2-3 mm;
• Cut a strip out of it, which must necessarily be slightly wider than the tire profile;

• Having made a tie from bolt pins, the necessary tightness is guaranteed;
• The edges of the strip should be bent in order to get rid of possible slipping due to lateral loads;
• Then you need to find sheet metal of greater thickness (4-5 mm), because the lugs for the walk-behind tractor will be cut from it;
• Then they should be bent in the middle at an angle of 120 °;
• The next step is to weld the blanks to the strips at a certain distance.

An important point: the gaps between the lug teeth must be identical, otherwise the unit will walk from side to side. To avoid "unpleasant surprises", you should use the existing drawings and diagrams or develop them yourself.

Method 2

If the previous lesson did not come to the liking of a person and he had a question: "What to make the simplest lugs for a walk-behind tractor with even less effort"? Then the sequence below is just for you!

It is really very simple to create the specified device from car disks. You need to take:

• Car drive;
• Thick steel sheet for hooks;
• Welding machine;
• Grinder;
• High power drill.

A metal strip is welded onto the discs themselves, which is later supplemented with teeth. From a thick sheet, you should carefully cut out the hooks of a triangular shape and cut the corners with them. They must be welded strictly perpendicular to the strip. The very length of these teeth is determined based on the size and weight of the walk-behind tractor.

These options are the most common and will allow you to create really useful and practical lugs at home, with minimal time and financial costs.

Grousers are attachments for a walk-behind tractor. Their point 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 homemade, 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 lugs for a walk-behind tractor are made everywhere, this is a much less expensive option. Moreover, for heavy equipment, they are practically not made, 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:

1. Neva.
2. Salute.
3. 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 connects with.

The lugs cannot be used on a hard surface - they will immediately break down 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.

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 some studs. It is they that 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 some 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 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 they are very popular today, because they can be used 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 you should pay 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, rims are perfect for improvement, 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 particular 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 high-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. Lugs are no exception. The grousers for the 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.

Selection features

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, for which it is worth starting with lugs. The width of the lugs is 43 cm, and the length of the part buried in 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 homemade lugs for it, regardless of whether the Neva walk-behind tractor has the MB-1 or MB-2 marking.

Another type of common walk-behind tractor is Salute, which also needs lugs for itself. Lugs are primarily required to make the machine heavier, to increase traction, and to use a wider range of attachments. The width of the lugs is 50 cm, and the deepening part is 20 cm long. When it comes to lugs 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. Considering 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 elementary 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 to make homemade lugs is 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 spent 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 of 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 has a 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 such equipment to move on hard surfaces such as stone, asphalt or concrete. This will inevitably damage 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 permeability and functionality of your walk-behind tractor, thereby greatly facilitating hard work.