repowering trucks w/farm diesels

[joneillautotech]

My Dad and I have a hobby, repowering trucks with diesel engines from farm equipment, mostly small tractors and older combines. Our best luck is with 318 Perkins from older Massey combines. The biggest obstacle is finding/making a bell housing to go on the engines to accept a standard transmission. I realize this is nothing new. However, on some 'bines, we take off a huge hydrostatic drive system. Instead of the bell housing issue, we were thinking of making the truck hydrostatic. Has anybody done this? What kind of power/speed motor would we need for the differential, and where would you find that info? Most motor catalogues only have flow capacity in their specs. Any help would be appreciated.

[trbankii]

I've seen some hydrostatic drives on off-road only vehicles, but you're not going to get something that you are pleased with if you are thinking about highway driving with such a setup.

[ARAMP1]

I have nothing to contribute, however would you post a few pictures of some of your converted trucks?

I'm currently building a 4-71 Detroit for my one ton Chevy.