Lawnmower motor pickup truck

[Frank S]

Its not everyday you see someone decide to down size the engine in their truck, well maybe they might go from a big block V8 to a more modern smaller V6 but this young man took the idea to the extreme.
by installing a lawnmower sized engine in his 4 wheel drive Dodge ram 50

[VinnieL]

Darned wind made it almost impossible to hear his audio.

[Frank S]

Darned wind made it almost impossible to hear his audio.

I wouldn't know I usually don't listen to the audio on most videos

[Scotsman Hosie]

I never would have imagined anyone doing that. It's probably no longer street legal, but I wonder if he's ever picked up his girlfriend in it. (Her dad would probably be impressed.)

[Frank S]

I don't know why he selected a 6.5HP engine unless he did it just to prove that a small 1 cyl engine could pull the little truck, or because it only cost him 120 dollars.
He could have installed one of the V twin 24 hp engines then the little truck would have had enough power to have gone to a higher ratio chain drive probably could have made it run legal highway speeds

[JoeVanGeaux]

My initial thoughts were that he sure picked an involved way to get a rolling frame from one side of the road to the other, but it worked a hell of a lot better than I would have expected.

The only thing that surprised me was that he didn't use that hood release inside the cab to pull-start the engine. (Of course, that would mean bungies on the hood - but he won't be going fast enough for that to be an issue!)