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| vtsteam:
I was thinking about what to put on the bottom of the legs as pads. I don't have any heavy bar stock. I did have two lefover pieces of angle iron I'd removed from the pallet. These seemed just the right size to weld on as runners. I didn't even have to cut them. They also had some tabs and slots which I could have removed, but it also just worked out that they were in the right positions for possible lifting eyes. So I left them on. |
| vtsteam:
There was enough length to cut and bend one end of each into a sled like profile. |
| vtsteam:
Welded and ground a bit. I think this will work better for me on grass and sand than pads would have, and I don't have a paved place for casting. Maybe some day. |
| micktoon:
That looks like a rare occasion where something is actually ready to use without totally changing it ...............or it could be cunning design work making whats there do the job needed :thumbup: , it looks like it will do the job to me , you will have to watch you dont go downa dead end as no reversing by the look of things :D Cheers Mick |
| vtsteam:
Ha ha, thanks Micktoon! Ah well, all in Plan B, for reversing or turning I do have a 5 foot shifting bar that I remove boulders with. Tends to come in handy If I don't line up the tractor perfectly with an implement. (I have plenty of practice with stubborn objects!) Just before the rain I also worked on the doors: Drilled 1/4" holes on 1" centers. But I also realized the clearances in the hinge are too close. When it heats there may be some binding, so I'll have to grind those back. It would have been wise to put washers in the gaps before welding the hinges to the base plate. I ground the gap between the doors a little to prevent binding that way. |
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