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Narrow front on 720 garden tractor

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    Posted: 29 Jan 2011 at 8:38pm
A year or so ago I dreamed of putting a snap coupler system on one of my 720 lawn tractors.  That's still on the list of things I want to do when I get around to it.  In the mean time, another nightmare (as my mechanic friend calls them) has come to mind...putting a narrow front end on a 720.  Don't think I've see it done on this large of a garden tractor.  I'd like to keep it a working model...not just a show piece.   Just one of my dreams???
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Are you thinking of putting larger rear tires on so you could keep the original size fronts and still have the tractor sit level?  Or? 
I like it.  Not sure what purpose it would serve being a narrow front, but when has that ever stopped us from doing something, LOL!

I know I have some "nightmares" in my mind too....
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Den, I have had dreams of owning a 720. Maybe some day if I get rid of some of the big stuff, I can go to smaller stuff.
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Jacob,
I was thinking that I would keep the same size rear tires but try to put some tires under the front that would be to scale.  It would look like a narrow front 190.  Den

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Originally posted by den/southern illinoi den/southern illinoi wrote:

Jacob,
I was thinking that I would keep the same size rear tires but try to put some tires under the front that would be to scale.  It would look like a narrow front 190.  Den
Ya, I'm with you on the 190 thing, but, just thinking out loud here, wouldn't larger rear tires/rims actually be closer to making a scale tractor than making the small front tires/rims even smaller?  I guess that's how I see it in my mind, maybe I'm off.

We need one of our fellow forum artists to draw us up some sketches....

Any thoughts on how to get the steering to work?
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When you get the narrow front put on. Post pics please. I'm rootin for ya, I think it would look really good.
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Remember that the tractor will be easier to tip on side hills with a narrow front end.

There was a neat looking scale model D21 built from a 720 rear end as well as a scale model 190 with a 720 rear end at the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion this fall.


Edited by 427435 - 29 Jan 2011 at 10:38pm
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Anything is possible with enough $$ and some determination. I've seen Cub Cadets and JD 140's customized like that. In both cases they had to give up using mid mounted mower decks.
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427435,
Thanks for the warning but I was driving narrow front WD when I was 3 years old thru the hay fields while the adults were loading the wagons.  Brought up on narrow front end tractors and always seek them out.  I have a narrow front end D 17 and made the mistake of letting a NF D 19 get away from me.  I do believe that when it gets too steep, I let my brother Ron get it with his WF D 19,  Den

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