BX25D. Mod #1 and continued.

[bxbuggy]

I have been reading this thread with interest as I have a bx25. I even made some light protectors close to the same design. Now that the conversation has turned to aviation, Wow! Love the old warbirds!
I also started with r.c. followed that with getting my A&P and my private pilot license. Spend the whole week @ Oshkosh AirVenture every year. Have 2 Pipers in pieces in my garage. A Clipper and a Tripacer. Bx right next to them. Airplanes are addictive! Need to stay away from bx long enough to work on them though!

 

[3v0]

LOL BXbuggy that puts a big smile on my face! I wish this forum had a like feature!

 

[4shorts]

Have you looked at the cardstock models over at fiddlers green? A bit crude compared to other methods but they do have some interesting stuff. Like the Gigant for example. Some of them can be built to fly.
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Wow. Never even heard of the place. Thanks. :thumbsup:

I have been reading this thread with interest as I have a bx25. I even made some light protectors close to the same design. Now that the conversation has turned to aviation, Wow! Love the old warbirds!
I also started with r.c. followed that with getting my A&P and my private pilot license. Spend the whole week @ Oshkosh AirVenture every year. Have 2 Pipers in pieces in my garage. A Clipper and a Tripacer. Bx right next to them. Airplanes are addictive! Need to stay away from bx long enough to work on them though!

Ok. Lets see your light protectors I like seeing photos too! Had another guy on another site said he made made a set but never showed them. By looking at different designs we can come up with the perfect one.
I think my wifey knows that if I got my private license the next thing I'd have is the plane so she's smart enough to see a few steps ahead of me. Newfoundland is a very different place to fly small aircraft as well. My brother in law just retired from Air Canada and piloted Boing's for years and told my wife he wouldn't even fly small aircraft here so that kind of put the brakes on my plans BUT I'm not giving up. I ALWAYS have a plan "B"

 

[bird1968]

Here a photo that works well for us protecting the front light & hood... save me a few times.


I'm sure you will improve on this. Keep up the great work....

 

[4shorts]

Here a photo that works well for us protecting the front light & hood... save me a few times.


I'm sure you will improve on this. Keep up the great work....

It's hard to improve on perfection my friend. Looks great. That plenty of protection. :thumbsup:

 

[fordmantpw]

Here a photo that works well for us protecting the front light & hood... save me a few times.

I'm sure you will improve on this. Keep up the great work....

That looks good, but I don't know, that mesh may block too much light from the headlights for 4shorts, since, you know, he doesn't have much in the way of lights on his tractor! :laughing:

4shorts, that video of your lights is impressive!

 

[3v0]

Tell us about your cab bird1968.

 

[4shorts]

That looks good, but I don't know, that mesh may block too much light from the headlights for 4shorts, since, you know, he doesn't have much in the way of lights on his tractor! :laughing:

4shorts, that video of your lights is impressive!

Hey what can I say. Some guys like drink. Some like women and fast cars but for me I like LED's. Its the least expensive of the lot :laughing:

Glad you enjoyed the video :thumbsup:

 

[bird1968]

I do not want to hijack Paul tread... I really want to keep Paul going with this.

You can find my old post on the cab.. looks the link for the pics are getting to old..
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/104816-cab-bx24.html

Yes, Paul... LED is alot less expensive than.......

 

[4shorts]

I do not want to hijack Paul tread... I really want to keep Paul going with this.

You can find my old post on the cab.. looks the link for the pics are getting to old..
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/104816-cab-bx24.html

Yes, Paul... LED is alot less expensive than.......

Hey your not hijacking this thread. I'm happy your here :cool2: My work is done. The mods have ended (not really) I'm just not posting anymore of them so its a free or all :laughing:
Looking forward to using the BX with your wheel spacers :thumbsup:

 

[bxbuggy]

here you are 4shorts.

 

[bxbuggy]

Here is how I made them. Popped a lense off and traced it, and then oversized it approx. 1/4 inch overall. Transfered that to a piece of 2x6 lumber. Cut it out on the bandsaw. I clamped the flat stock to the plug and heated with torch. bent it around and blew out a few fires from the plug. welded together with my Hobart 187 mig. I have yet to paint them, need sand blasting. Pic in last post was just a test fit. Next is some skid plates made out of 1/8" diamond plate. Thanks for the ideas 4shorts.

 

[Kubotafan]

Hey what can I say. Some guys like drink. Some like women and fast cars but for me I like LED's. Its the least expensive of the lot :laughing:

Glad you enjoyed the video :thumbsup:

Does that stand for "Ladies Eating Donuts"?

 

[mjncad]

Newfoundland is a very different place to fly small aircraft as well. My brother in law just retired from Air Canada and piloted Boing's for years and told my wife he wouldn't even fly small aircraft here so that kind of put the brakes on my plans BUT I'm not giving up. I ALWAYS have a plan "B"

So many small aircraft pilots splatter themselves into Colorado's mountains because they underestimate the height of the mountains, the winds, and overestimate the performance of their planes. What works good at sea level doesn't always work so well here, especially on a hot day. The private pilots who have the most problems flying in Colorado are the ones from the flatlands.

Does that stand for "Ladies Eating Donuts"?

Oh geez...if I posted what I would say LED's (Ladies Eating D....) meant, Muhammad would ban me. :laughing:

 

[4shorts]

Here is how I made them. Popped a lense off and traced it, and then oversized it approx. 1/4 inch overall. Transfered that to a piece of 2x6 lumber. Cut it out on the bandsaw. I clamped the flat stock to the plug and heated with torch. bent it around and blew out a few fires from the plug. welded together with my Hobart 187 mig. I have yet to paint them, need sand blasting. Pic in last post was just a test fit. Next is some skid plates made out of 1/8" diamond plate. Thanks for the ideas 4shorts.

Great job! Looks great. Nice way of of doing it as well. There's no end to modding a tractor. I'm doing two more that got stuck in my head so I may as well get them done. Thanks for posting. Really enjoyed seeing them :thumbsup:

Does that stand for "Ladies Eating Donuts"?

Nope :laughing: More like "Long Evening Drives" and "Living Every Dream" Well almost :confused3:

So many small aircraft pilots splatter themselves into Colorado's mountains because they underestimate the height of the mountains, the winds, and overestimate the performance of their planes. What works good at sea level doesn't always work so well here, especially on a hot day. The private pilots who have the most problems flying in Colorado are the ones from the flatlands.

Much the same way up here flying Matt. Had a BIL killed in the mid 70's in a float plane. I was just a small boy then and he was like a best friend. The wind got him on take off and flipped the plane over. He and his passenger drowned in 3 feet of water when they couldn't get their seat belts off.

Had another friend who owned and piloted his own charter float plane die when he flue right into the side of a mountain. Usually I accomplish everything I put my mind to but this is the only time I had to sit back and access the situation and say " maybe wifey is right not wanting me to fly" :confused3:

 

[lorvig]

Impressive job,nice welding,excellent engineering.

 

[4shorts]

Impressive job,nice welding,excellent engineering.

Not sure who you meant so on behalf of BXbuggy and myself we thank you. He did a nice job on his guards :thumbsup:

Oh. Welcome to the site :cool2:

 

[3v0]

You guys impress the bleep out of me, rather inspiring actually. Nice job on the light guards BXbuggy !

 

[4shorts]

You guys impress the bleep out of me, rather inspiring actually. Nice job on the light guards BXbuggy !

Ah Nutten to it :laughing: hey BXbuggy. Did you weld those guards with the light in them? It don't look like the light can be removed due to the length of the threaded stem on the light.

 

[bxbuggy]

The lights were not in when welding. I considered trimming some threads off the length, but if I turned the light 180 degrees,you know small end of teardrop of light to large end of guard, it slips right in, well not quite 180, but goes in guard easily,with the lenses removed.