finally painted my Electric F.E.L.

Looking good and a **** of a lot better than a shovel with wheel barrow.

cleatusj said:

Looking good and a **** of a lot better than a shovel with wheel barrow.

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:ditto: ...It turned out really nice! Good job man :congrats:

Mark

Good Job JV!:thThumbsU

Looking very nice!

That looks abso-fricken-lutely fantastic!

Since most digital cameras shoot video, what would be the chances of you shooting some of this in action (even if just cycle times) and upload it to youtube? I'd love to see it work!

Brett-JD3320 said:

That looks abso-fricken-lutely fantastic!

Since most digital cameras shoot video, what would be the chances of you shooting some of this in action (even if just cycle times) and upload it to youtube? I'd love to see it work!

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:ditto:

Would be great to see it in action....
Great job.

midnitetr8n said:

:ditto:

Would be great to see it in action....
Great job.

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I'll talk to my wife (the computer wiz) and see if i can load a link to a couple of videos i already have on my pc.
I'm ok posting pictures now, But I needed several courses on how to resize them, still most times i frigged up and cursed because my uploads were too big...

Working with metal is a lot easier than these computer things...:duh:

JayVee

Brett-JD3320 said:

That looks abso-fricken-lutely fantastic!

Since most digital cameras shoot video, what would be the chances of you shooting some of this in action (even if just cycle times) and upload it to youtube? I'd love to see it work!

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I'll See what i can do

now how long is it going to take you to mess up the pretty paint

That is a vantastic FELer. I like it WAY better than the Johnny bucket. Yours goes high enough to load into a pick up truck.

jayvee43 said:

I'll talk to my wife (the computer wiz) and see if i can load a link to a couple of videos i already have on my pc.
I'm ok posting pictures now, But I needed several courses on how to resize them, still most times i frigged up and cursed because my uploads were too big...

Working with metal is a lot easier than these computer things...:duh:

JayVee

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Very nice work on the FEL!

Easy way to do the pictures and vids is to upload from the PC to a free site like Photobucket or similar site.It's easy,you can do it yourself and don't have to resize anything.When you have stuff uploaded to the free hosting site,just copy and paste the IMG code with your mouse into the body of your post.Even I can do it,and I'm a genuine computer dummy.

http://s498.photobucket.com/albums/rr342/locknut-1/

Great job looks awesome!

gcbailey said:

now how long is it going to take you to mess up the pretty paint

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How true!!!
I haven't picked up anything with it since last sunday, 4 days ago...

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Thanks fellas for all your nice coments however, It feels nice and is rewarding. I did work a lot of nights and odd weekend afternoon on this loader.
I will make a video of it soon and post somehow. As far as i know i have a tripod somewhere to hold the camera still and make it a nice demo.

Now maybe I'll get it dirty when i dig the bucket into the dirt noze down and lift the front end of the tractor off the ground a foot.:i_praying

if you're like me you put all that hard work into making something that is going to get messed up look good, then you are too hesitant about using it, so you go buy/build another to keep your hard work looking good

gcbailey said:

if you're like me you put all that hard work into making something that is going to get messed up look good, then you are too hesitant about using it, so you go buy/build another to keep your hard work looking good

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Well I finally scratched the new paint. I was walking around the house with my wife hand in hand, on this nice saturday afternoon in the breeze, as we came upon my tractor. My wife stood inside the bucket and while holding her hand I lifted her gently up to about knee height when suddenly she says "OK now let me down please"

Then came my turn, I stood in the bucket as she lifted me up, till the stinkin tractor rear end started lifting off the ground and scared the bejesus out of me
(no one was sitting in the driver seat for counter weight)

Moral of the story is: If you paint it, you will scratch it, If you scratch it, may as well be with your wife by your side...:ROF

"now how long is it going to take you to mess up the pretty paint " :thThumbsU The sooner the better. Looks good

Great job. Wish I was that talented.

That looks really slick... nice Job.

Nice loader!

Just curious what actuators you used? What size and load capacity?