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#142 ·
Frogmore said:
Looks good, what exactly did you use and how did you bend it?
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It's 2" x 3/16" flat bar. I heated it with and oxy acetylene torch to bend it.

The weights were wiggling quite a bit so I ended up putting a bungee cord through the weight handles and hooked the bungee to the tractor frame on both ends. Worked like a charm!
 
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#148 ·
Welcome to MTF.
That looks interesting. How well does it work?

It has several design changes from my Land Pride GS48. None of the changes look like they would actually improve performance, but probably make it easier/cheaper to build. In particular, your "blades" are much taller than the sides. One of the benefits of the grading scraper is the mixing that goes on as excess material flowing over the first blade mixes with the material the second blade is raising, which then flows over the second blade. Your design appears to eliminate both of those possibilities.

Also, no rippers, no adjustment at all. It looks like it might be fine if you have very loose material you just want to make a little smoother. But, if it is working for you and you built it yourself, that is great. It is much better than anything I have built out of metal in decades.
 
#150 ·
Mark_B said:
I switch out root ripper to a trenching bucket in under a min.
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Great stuff. I am considering trying to build my own quick change adapter as well.

Did you build the ripper? I took a chance on the one Northern Tool sells for $159 because it seemed like it would fit my Kubota, and it does! But it has the very basic curve design with no 'teeth' or hooking functionality so yours looks MUCH better.. although for the price i like mine quite a bit.
 
#151 ·
I ended up making a version 2.0 of my front forks. It's all 2x1x1/8 rectangle tube and a 5/8" bar for the mount. The vertical uprights have a 10 degree cut where they connect to the horizontal bar. This makes the forks flat when the quick attach is in float and it gives me a little better angle when the forks are all the way up. I also made the forks twice as wide for better stability.

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#152 ·
I haven't been on here in a while but just browsing saw this thread so I thought I would post a couple of things I have built lately.
The latest is adapting a Bradon style worm gear winch to a three point PTO powered winch for dragging firewood logs out with.
I also designed and fabricate clamshell style grapples and have sold a fair amount of them.
I'm not sure how to keep the pics in order so I apologize for that
 

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#153 ·
dave_dj1 said:
I haven't been on here in a while but just browsing saw this thread so I thought I would post a couple of things I have built lately.
The latest is adapting a Bradon style worm gear winch to a three point PTO powered winch for dragging firewood logs out with.
I also designed and fabricate clamshell style grapples and have sold a fair amount of them.
I'm not sure how to keep the pics in order so I apologize for that
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Cool attachments. How do you spool the winch out?

Do you cut the curves for the grapples with a plasma cutter or maybe have access to a laser table?


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bphillips921 said:
I ended up making a version 2.0 of my front forks. It's all 2x1x1/8 rectangle tube and a 5/8" bar for the mount. The vertical uprights have a 10 degree cut where they connect to the horizontal bar. This makes the forks flat when the quick attach is in float and it gives me a little better angle when the forks are all the way up. I also made the forks twice as wide for better stability.

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Nice work. Be gentle with those forks. Your tractor has enough oomph to easily bend them. I built a similar set for my 455.


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dave_dj1 said:
I haven't been on here in a while but just browsing saw this thread so I thought I would post a couple of things I have built lately.
The latest is adapting a Bradon style worm gear winch to a three point PTO powered winch for dragging firewood logs out with.
I also designed and fabricate clamshell style grapples and have sold a fair amount of them.
I'm not sure how to keep the pics in order so I apologize for that
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VERY nice grapples, and I LOVE the winch setup!

Mike
 
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turboaudi80 said:
Cool attachments. How do you spool the winch out?

Do you cut the curves for the grapples with a plasma cutter or maybe have access to a laser table?


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The winch has a lever which pulls the dogs out of the drum to disengage it, Impossible to do under load however.
I have the pieces cut on a laser table then I assemble, weld, paint and add the hydraulics.
Lot's of fun.
I'm working on a new version, I'll try to remember to get a pic of it tomorrow, it has longer bottom tines.
 
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I spent several years of pushing snow with my FEL and was frustrated by the amount of snow that goes out the sides of the FEL. I know a box blade would work much better, but could not justify the expense for my small driveway. I came up with an inexpensive add-on to the FEL that greatly improved the snow pushing capabilities. As shown in the video, I made two side panels out of plywood (could be different materials). The way I made mine was first making a template out of cardboard to get the fit right then using that to cut the pieces out of plywood. I used large clamps to mount the panels the first couple of years, but I'm going to try strong magnets this winter. You could also bolt the panels on. The side panels allowed me to push much more snow before having it come out the sides. I wanted to share this idea so other tractor owners could benefit.

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#158 ·
dave_dj1 said:
The winch has a lever which pulls the dogs out of the drum to disengage it, Impossible to do under load however.
I have the pieces cut on a laser table then I assemble, weld, paint and add the hydraulics.
Lot's of fun.
I'm working on a new version, I'll try to remember to get a pic of it tomorrow, it has longer bottom tines.
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I would be curious to hear more about the benefits of each design. I have been wanting a grapple for a while. I need to do some hydraulic work to add another spool first. Obsessing about the design can take a while.


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turboaudi80 said:
I would be curious to hear more about the benefits of each design. I have been wanting a grapple for a while. I need to do some hydraulic work to add another spool first. Obsessing about the design can take a while.


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Well to me the basic clamshell is a great all around design like the ones I build. For brush and logs and such. It's so nice to be able to hold a log up at waist height and cut like a gentleman. The new version has longer bottom tines , I'm hoping I can pick up cut to length pieces and perhaps splits too. I cut my wood 24" and use my grapple to load my flatbed (I'm old and decrepit) with the cut pieces to bring home and dump by the splitter.
 
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