I have an MTD mower with a Briggs 12hp motor/vertical shaft. I just took this out of an old Craftsman snowblower:
I plan on having the pulley vertical as well so it will line up with the motor pulley. My question is, can I run a centrifugal clutch on the motor shaft serving as the front pulley and run a chain to the rear pulley on the trans? Is there a centrifugal clutch that can hold a belt, not a chain?