Have everything to make my tumbler, and have read that there has been trouble with slippage with the Van Dykes mower wheel model, my question is what if I put air filled tires on one like that say about 10 inch has any one tried that? Thanks
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What I found was that the only reason the Van Dykes tumbler slipped was that only one of the two axles was driven. The other coasted. I fixed that within days by putting a pulley wheel on the second axle, adding an idler wheel in the middle to adjust tension and used a bigger V-belt to drive both axles. Never had any slipping after that.
Thanks and one other question I have a gear reduction box that I will run with motor they are seperate will I be ok running belt from motor to reduction box with lovejoy direct to shaft? or should I do belt and pully from motor to reduction and belt from reduction to shaft, had read on other larger models start up was pretty hard on the lovejoy Thanks again
Oh yeah I used to do mower repair for a few years and I have either solid tire or air filled which would be better, all are in good shape?
The only time I ever had a problem with the drive wheel slipping, was when I had a large heavy hide in it. I simply put a strip of 2" wide masking tape around the drum where the wheels run. It has not slipped since. That was 5 years ago. however it does look like I may have to replace the tape this year. fast, easy, cheep fix.