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I can give a partial answer. Rail is usually removed becaused it failed testing. The test cars cover a lot of gound in one day and the result is usually bad rail scattered all over. While one stick of rail might seem like a lot of scrap weight, it cost a lot of money to go pick up one piece of...

I have a spypoint celluar game cam set up to watch my deer feeder. I dont pay for the subscription so I only get the free 100 pics a month. When I am using the feeder, it can take 100 pics in just a few days. I also have blink wifi cameras. The infared isnt that great and the lens tend to fog up...

41 years experience messing with rail. Your 90lb rail doesnt weight 90lbs per ft, it weighs 90lb per 3 ft. Just supported on each end, it will bow like a sting under its own weight. Even 132lb rail will bend and flop when its hooked to a crane. Selling it to scrap yards isnt easy either. Most...

My 342 has 21 hrs on it. Where I have to park it in my shop, I have to leave the bucket up about head high. It has set for weeks and the bucket hasnt ever leaked down.

Yep. Whats worse I was talking crap abput buying a lemon tractor and buddy told me it was a lemon operator. o_O

Someone had put in a breaker box and 30amp hookup for a camper before I bought the house. I changed out the plug and now use it for when the power goes out. I have to flip the 200amp main breaker before pluging in the generator. Two years ago I was able to pretty much run the entire house off a...

Lots of merit to the dont do it comments. I built this trailer myself a long time ago. Built a few others before and since. My problem now is the actual physical labor involved, I aint 30 or 40 years old anymore. I cant run a weld bead without holding the stinger with both hands. Use coke bottle...

I hate to tell this, but there was nothing wrong with my lift. Somehow I had knocked one of the rear remotes out of neutral and it was robbing oil from the 3pt. shifted the remote into neutral and lift went back to working. A little embarrassing considering I hauled the tractor the 56 miles to...

LS mt 342h

Another bad news update. Tractor now has a total of 22.9 hrs on the meter. 6 hrs of that time was with the brush hog. Last hr of mowing was with the lift not working. I heard a loud pop and 3pt just dropped. Something broke internal on the lift. Taking back to dealer next Tuesday. No telling how...

Well, what should of been a easy day, fix flat, haul tractor home and unload. Nothing is ever that easy. got tire fixed and when I started to pull off, the brakes on the truck felt spongey. Blown brake line on front of truck., Unhook truck, put in brake fluid and drive home to fix the blown...

The axles are 3500lb. 7000lb total/ Tractor weighs 3900lbs without ballast, both back tire are filled. Loader weighs 780 with out bucket so call it 1000lb. Not sure on the bushhog weight, guessing around 1000lbs. Around 6500-7000lbs total. The trailer is double framed and will handle a lot more...

Blowed a tire on the trailer today, of course it ruint the fender. I have been thinking/leaning toward selling the trailer and buying one a little longer and heavier. I built this trailer several years ago and it has served me well, but I am just feeling my axles are a little light for the...

I was brush hogging a small field today and the lift on my 3pt just quit. Tractor only has 24 total hrs on it and only 6 of those hrs are using the bushhog. Field had been mowed for hay and all I was doing was knocking down the johnson grass that was in small clumps scattered in the field. I did...

Interesting concept. I need to think about that for a bit.

Biggest issue with tail wheel hanging off is it dragging when turning on and off the road. Of course the dove tail would drag also, but it wouldnt be tearing up my tail wheel. What I think I am going to do for right now is remove the bolt that adjust the tail wheel height and fold the wheel back...

Kind of what I have planed if I decide to move the axles. thinking about a 2ft dovetail, to keep the axles in the correct weight balance I would need to move the center point about 14 inches. New spring perches used to be cheap, I havent checked in a while. Flip trailer upside down, weld on...

Well, if I had your money$$$$. Spending $7-8000 on a new trailer aint worth it for something that hasnt been used in 2 years untill this week, and probably wouldnt be used more than a couple or three times a year in the future. But to be honest, I have already been looking for a bigger trailer...

Good suggestion. I can turn it over easy enough with the fel. I would probably just buy new mounts instead of trying to reuse the old ones.

That is how I placed the axles when I built the trailer. I have built several using that formula and they all towed well.

Thinking about adding a dove tail to my trailer. I build this trailer probably 10-15 years ago to hual my landscape equipment. Trailer has a 7ft bed and is 18ft long. Since building the trailer, things have change, I retired and no longer do any lanscapeing work, sold all the equipment. I...

Received the new cylinder today. Took about 10 minutes to install. It took a little time for the dealer to get the cylinder, I suppose supply chain is still the issue. I noticed the dealer still didnt have many tractors in stock, but he did seem to have quite a few of the smaller machines.

Nope.

I should of looked harder for the leak. After ordering a gland nut spanner wrench set I found It wasnt the gland cap or the hose or the fitting. The port for the fitting had a pin hole in the weld. Made a call to the dealer and he has ordered me a new cyl. I will most likely change the cyl...

Another day another leak. Walked around tractor and noticed oil in the floor. Looks like the gland cap on the bucket curl cyl is leaking. Wiped everything down, tightened the fitting, next day still a leak. 11hrs on machine. I ordered a spanner wrench to tighten the gland nut, should be here in...

Yea, the dealer said I could bring it back and they would fix it, but no free hauling. To be honest, I was sure I could fix it myself and loading it up on a trailer would have been more work than finding my 7/8 inch wrench in the tool box. (finding the wrench was harder than it sounds). I just...

Well, the first bad report on this tractor. 7 hrs total run time and parked in the shed. Was out there today and saw a puddle of oil under it. Called dealer before breaking out the wrenches, just to make sure I wouldnt void any warranties. Control valve was leaking. I rinsed it off with brake...

Well. I got to test out my New mt342 this past week. Its got a total of 5 hrs on it so Not a lot to report. I love the titan tiller that came with it. It came set at its deepest depth of till and I let that ride since I only had a small area to till. Didnt measure the exact depth but I know its...

Well, I got the call today, my m342 just arrived at the dealer. Got to fill the tires with fluid and install the 3rd function kit and will deliver sometime next week. Dealer said he got 4 tractors in and all of them are already sold. I visited a couple of other dealers, checked out all the...

I could only afford to buy one.

This thread just keeps getting revived. I will just say this about warranty work. I bought a new 4500 series truck at the local dealer. Transmission lines started leaking at 14000 miles. I took the truck back to dealer and the service rep said we dont work on that size truck. Wanted me to take...

I gave up on finding a mt342 hydro and ordered a mt347. Dealer said a couple weeks and that was almost 2 weeks ago. Dealer isnt keeping me up to date and if they drag around to long, I'll own a different color

Funny thing, people are talking about 35 and 57 hp tractors, but nobody has mentioned a 342. I have found gear drives and cab tractors, but not what I am looking for. The only difference between the 342, 347, 352 and 357 is hp and price.. I finally ordered the m347, hydro, dual remotes in rear...

That tractor would do 90% of what I want it to, but it wont do the one thing I need it to, which is load 2000lb pallets, and I dont need any of the attachments. Thanks anyways.

Looking to buy a LS mt342 or mt347, open cab. thought I had one bought this morning, but dealer is now telling me he cant get the one he thought he could. I have called several dealers in Tn, Nc, Ga, Ala and SC and nobody seems to have one and dont know when they will get one. If you are a...

Been trying to find a mt432 since Friday last week. Dealer didnt have any hydro in stock but said he could have one in 2 weeks. Called today and now wont promise me one. So I got on the net and started looking at other dealers. What I found is that nobody has any MT342h in stock in Tenn, Ga, NC...

Now, I knew when I started reading this thread, I would just have to comment. Growing up, we raised a few hogs and had a corn crib we kept the corn in. Rats would eat all the corn if not controlled. my brother and I used to set on the hill with a couple of 22 rifles and take turns shooting rats...

Jeff, dont know where you are getting your charts, but the numbers dont seem to matchup with the advertisements. Massey 2605h 3-Point Hitch Rear type II/I Control - Rear lift 2755 lbs [1249 kg] Front hitch - Front lift - Power Take-off (PTO): Rear PTO live Clutch - Rear RPM...

Been away since my last post. 45th year wedding anniverary and, well you can guess the rest of the story. Anyways, at least one person seems to agree with my thoughts on the JD and Kubota tractors. As for a dealer close to me. Nearest ones I know of are both out of state and they carry the exact...

I dont know the details on the l4240, it was a borrowed tractor. It did have ag tires and they where fluid filled. About all I can say about that. I didnt know the weight of the mf 245, but the low ground clearance and weight sort of explains the pulling ability. Just a little more comparison...

I can see it now, a ford 1210 with a loader with 2000lb pallet of fertilizer on the front. No thank you. And I already know what a L4240 with a 6ft bushhog will do on steep ground. You can try it and we will decide what you think about it when you hit the bottom, either on its wheels or on its...

Well, Jeff, I kinda figured that one out already. I am just tired of trying to guess which one will last the best, has the best ground pressure, and has the best part availability, wont turn over on a little slope, or ballhoot down a semi steep grade etc and able to turn around at the end of a...

First off, never heat the nut to red hot, doing so also heats the bolt and will cause the threads to gauld or strip. If you are going to use heat, just heat one flat on the nut, the nut will expand and it doent need to be red hot to do so. Have a long cheater bar on you wrench or ratchet and as...

Looking to buy a new tractor. I have a few basic requirements. Approx 40hp or larger. Dont need anything much bigger. Must be 4x4. Must have loader capable of 2000lb with forks. Prefer hydrostatic. Cab not necessary. Dont like those itybity tires on the front, but I dont need a set of super...

I have a bunch of small cyl off a old boom truck. I am trying to use these cyl's to build a small, (2000lb) crane for my dump trailer. The cyl I want to use for the boom has a built in counterbalance valve. I need the cyl to gravity feed down. I am just wondering if I remove the valve cartridge...

Has anyone done this. I have flipped the center section on a lot of pumps to change rotation direction, but i have never tried it with a log splitter 2 stage pump. Aways considered them throw away pumps and have never had one apart. I know they sell this type pump with cw and ccw rotation so...

Was getting ready to go buy the boom material but had to head back to the shop before I left. While walking around back, guess what I tripped over. I had bought a set of used log bunks a couple of years ago, thinking one day I would find a use for the metal. 4x4 sq tube. I was going to buy a...

axle is approx 1 3/8 dia and 1 1/4 long. It sticks out the end of the tube about 3 inches, more than enough to attach a swing arm.

I need to put some splines in a piece of 1/2flat plate. I know there are a thousand ways to do this, but I dont have any of those tools. So my question is, if I put the piece of flat plate in a forge and heat it and then use a press to push the plate over the splined axle stub, or axle stub thru...

I have decided to upgrade my wood splitter by adding a bigger rod into the cyl. The cyl currently is 5in bore and a 2in rod and I am wanting at least a 3in rod. Doing this to decrease return speed, as return load is minimal. Cyl uses a screw in barrel rod cap/gland. I need someplace I can buy...

I am trying to layout the driveway for my new house site and cant seem to get the grade right. the total lenght of the road will be around 1000-1100ft and is wooded and uphill. I have tried using my nuvii gps to determine the difference in elevation, but everytime I check it, it varies from 30ft...

before and after using a grinder,

Easiest way to sharpen the wedge is turn the metal up on it edge and torch it toward the wide part. I use my home made track torch and clamp the steel plate to the end of my table with the narrow edge turned up. Set the torch on a angle i want and then just cut. I mark a line where I want the...

Thought I would post a couple pics of my $16 hyd logging winch. The winch is a 8000lb off a mechanic boom I got in a trade a couple years ago. It came with about 125ft of that blue rope. The 4ft scrape blade I got gave to me. The blade had been turned backwards and welded. I had the hyd hoses...

Every try to do something you knew wasnt going to work before you even tried. Buddy brought over his aluminum ramps he had broken the end off of wanting me to weld it up. Ramps where greasy and oxidized so bad you couldnt tell what kind of metal it was. I knew this was going to be a challege...

my Nephew had his tractor stolen Saturday Night. Tractor was located in the Murphy NC area. A reward is being offered for information. sine we are located close to the Tenn and Ga state lines, I suspect the tractor could already be out of state. I appreciate if everyone can keep a look out and...

been trying to build a 4ft pipe burner to heat a oil barrel, cut in half long ways, to use to scald hogs. we have been using wood to heat the water, but when scalding, the smoke gets very bad in my eyes. I have been trying to get a propane burner made, but cant get it to work correctly. I had a...

I gave $800 for this one, The 4 lines, two control the rotation and the other 2 control another function, such as the cyl for a grapple. The ports should be marked for each function.

Got started back to my processor build after almost a year and half of surgeries and rehab. I had bought a box of hobart 1/8 7018 several months ago, but hadnot opened the box. Knowing I was going to be doing a lot of welding yesterday, I opened the box and laid them on top of my wood stove the...

Been doing a little shop clean up and had a ideal I wanted to get some feed back on. My welder is pretty heavy and even tho its mounted on casters, I seldom, actually never have, move it from its assigned location. It is close to the door and right next to the fuse panel. I have a 15ft #8...

Not sure how high my beam is, its below belt height. Doesnt really matter to me, I have a boom with a small winch I use to put the big stuff on the splitter. Dont hardly have to bend over at all. Never been a big fan of log lifts, You still have to roll the logs to the lift. My remote for my...

Went to look at a e70 cat trackhoe today and didnt like what I found. Not sure the year model early 90 something. Serial number is 3cg10421 if anybody can look it up. I knew the machine was old, but was told it worked fine the last time it was used, about 2 years ago. Been setting ever since...

Your first 6way is very similar to what I have on my splitter,.The difference is my whole wedge is height adjustable. I can leave the wedge lowered and use the top wings as a 4way, or raise it to use as a 6way. The wedge is raised and lowered with a hyd cyl using a lift arm. Since the wedge just...

Got a little boat welding project. Aluminum boat that is separating at the seam. Long crack, 18in to 2 ft long. Owner has been covering crack with silicon to stop the leak. Of course the crack keeps growing and only real fix is to weld. Anyways, I dont see anyway to get behind the crack to...

I drug out the miller 175 mig the other day to do a little patchwork. Welder wouldnt feed the wire at all. Swapped liner for a old one, and it still didnt feed. Why didnt I throw away that old liner when I installed the new one last time,Duh. Thats when I found the old liner had a kink in it...

I put this on one splitter. mini knuckle boom swapped it out for this

Spent most of the day working on a old bushog. brother bought one needing work and elected me to help him. First off, the 3pt frame was bent. No problem, just lifted the mower in the air and hung his fat butt on the end while I heated the bent parts with the torch. Few cracks in the mower deck...

The saw in the pic is one I built for my processor build. This motor is a 1.3cuin axlepiston type. The bar is 24in with a .404 full comp, full chisel chain. This saw is also untested as I developed health problems and have yet to finish my processor build. First off, I would forget trying to...

Never thought I would ever need a small welder. I have mig, stick and tig in my shop. Now I am thinking about a small tig welder to put in my basement shop. Needs to be ac and dc to weld thin aluminum. Would like a dual voltage machine, but it has to be able to plug into 110/120. I dont plan on...

For a vibrating soil screen, I think I might consider a cheaper option than vibratory hyd motor. I built a vibrating tater digger out of a troybuilt tiller. the tiller was to lite to pull the vibrating scoop thru the tater ridges, but the vibrating part worked really well. What I did was to take...

I have two section hyd pump, I want to mount on a 7.3 international engine. Pump is 75gpm combined. shooting for 3000psi, but might be able to get by with less pressure. Anyways, the engine is coming out of a old international truck, Tranny is shot before someone suggest using the transmission...

sometimes zhit happens

Every now and then I run across older 135amp mig welders pretty cheap. I have a Idealarc 250/250 stick tig machine, but it aint exactly portable. I am just wondering if it would be possible to remove the mig lead and replace with a tig torch like I use on my Idealarc. I realize I would have to...

Several years ago, I built a small addition to my house. This addition also included extending the basement. my house had rock laid around the bottom and when I extended the basement, I peeled all the rock off, which wasnt easy by the way. I had saved that rock all these years and since the only...

w hile my splitter build is currently on hold, here is a pic of the wedge I will be using. and the rams to push the wood thru it.

BIL called me up a little while ago to discuss building a windmill water pump to keep his stock tanks full of water. He had mentioned this project about a year ago and has already built the windmill. He used 8 plastic 55 gal drums cut in half with the halves stacked on top of each other and...

Cant really blame anyone other than myself. When I got out of the landscaping business about 15 years ago. I left a lot of my equipment sit around rusting. Since I have stopped working, I started dragging some of that equipment out of the weeds and seeing if I can get it running again. Cant...

I started this thread in the Ventrac section, http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/ventrac/367478-ventrac-42oo-tubo-diesl-driving.html. I thought I might get a little more feed back here. If you read thru the original thread, I was able to pretty much fix the electrical and hyd oil problems. My...

Multi split wedges require lots of force. My curret splitter has a 6way adjustable wedge and a 5in bore cyl. it will pretty much split anything I can put on it, includeing knots and forks. The big problem with a box wedge like the one you posted is wood jamming in the wedge. I fyou are wonting...

I have a very old, 4200 with the tubo diesel that I bought newback when they where unheard of. Not even sure of the model year I have had it so long. Anyways, a couple or three years ago the charging system stopped working. I figured it was the alternator and parked it in the shed until I had...

A buddy called me up this morning saying he was cleaning out a old shop of a deceased friend. Said there was a welding table, 3x4 with 1/2in top with a 8in Allied vise mounted on it. Said I could have it for $100. Of course I jumped all over it, even tho I havent seen it, and will be going to...

I have a 346xp husky chainsaw with a hole in the oil (chain oil),tank. It seems somewhere sometime, someone put the wrong screw in the handle and it wore a hole in the oil tank. If the tank was aluminum, I would just clean it up and tig the hole shut, but it is made out of magnesium or a...

I think you will have binding of your splits. My wedge is very similar to yours. To prevent any binding, I only sharpened one side of each wedge. The bottom wedge is sharpened on the bottom side and the top wedge on the top side. I also made the opening between the wedges wider in the back than...

I have ran across a manifold/accessory block I cant find any info on. The valve is a parker, cse c132a. Block has some sort of flow control and is used to connect hydraulic tooling to using QC. There are three connections, one 10gpm flow, and two 5gpm flows. currently on has the connections...

Looked for a pic of my slide, but didnt find one. I used 1/2 grade8 bolts to hold my slide down. 5 or 6 per side. Bolts are verticle so they hold in tension. I can and do stretch those bolts all the time. I have to keep check to make sure they are tight when ever I start splitting. My slide...

Not to easy to change design now, I would have to recut and grind every piece of steel I have. This is a pic of the wedge laid out on my welding table. all this metal is already cut to fit. Smart move would be to just go buy another piece of plate the right length, but cant today and that one...

Seems like the harder I try, the more mistakes I made. I was cutting out the blade for my wood processor, measured it a dozen times, and still cut it wrong. I was cutting 3/4 plate to use for the wedges and managed to cut one 1/2inch to short. Each plate is supposed to be 15in long and then...

Been trying to spot weld up a bunch of pieces on my wood processor build. Was having a terrible time and took me a while to figure out what was going wrong. Every weld was porous, wasnt getting any pentration, Wire sticking in the gun. Couldnt figure it out. Tried turning up the argon, (75/25)...

Went over to see the new house my brother bought today. Place had 3 shop buildings. Did a little looking around and found this in the weeds. Two all steel saw horses top is 2.5x4in Ibeam, legs angle iron. Dragged them out of the weeds and hauled home. Then made a little trip to the metal supply...

heres how I provide power to my dump trailer.

Of course the goal is to split everything that will go thru it. For something that started out as a add on to my current splitter. Opportunity just kind of threw itself at me. A couple of realizations I had with this build. One, you can build a big processor for about the same price you can...

Made a practice cut today As you can see, it cut pretty smooth, but cut with a slight bevel. You can also see I about burnt up my thrown together bench. Things kind of got smokey. I cut the torch loose and rewelded the mount, thinking I had it straight, but it still cuts with a slight bevel, so...

splitter is horizonal. There are two 4 1/2in bore cyl stacked above each other.. Here they are, but not welded in yet. They will be pushing the wood thru a 12 way adjustable wedge. If I just use the 42gpm alone it will give me a cycle time of around 11sec. Combining the 33gpm with the 45gpm...

I have two different Husco stacked valve bodies. Both 5000 series, 5005a. One valve came off a ditchwitch and is currently on my wood splitter, it has 6 spools and I am only using one of those spools for the wedge lift. Long story but anyways. The other valve is a new 10 spool I salvaged from a...

Made a little trip to TSC. I found a bushing that was a perfect fit .. I wanted to figure out a way to mount the plasma torch where I had my gas torch mounted. . After looking at it, I decided to just turn the mount around and figure out a way to mount the plasma on the opposite side of the...

Ok, I will admit, I am not the best hydraulic engineer. I have just enough sense to ask for advise. I just need opinions and suggestions on my proposed hydraulic setup. I was going to try and draw it out in Autocad, but the software I downloaded is buggy and wont display the symbols correctly...

This is a very simple homemade track torch. Just angle iron riding on angle iron and using a 3/4 all thread rod attached to a drill to move it. No simple way to add a height control. I have decided for now to just add another switch to activate the torch and use my hand torch by clamping it to...

I have one of the older miller 625 plasma cutters, 220v only. I have been thinking about getting a machine torch for it so I can use it on my home made track torch. Miller is proud of there machine torches, but I have found this torch, P 80 Panasonic Plasma Cutting Torch Complete Straight...

I have worked with hydraulic equipment all my life. I thought I had a handle on the basics. I learned how to trouble shoot and repair most of the equipment I worked with. I knew enough about those systems to know there was a lot I didnt know about them. The old equipment was pretty simple...

I am wnating to combine the flow from two hydraulic pumps to make one flow. P1 will provide flow, 30gpm, for one function before combining with P2 flow, also 30gpm to make 60gpm flow for another function. I Plan on running P1 thru a 4way control valve with Power beyond. I realize while operating...

JJ, you have to look inside at the bottom of the open port. It is hard to see in the pic because you have to look straight down the port. The same plug is visible if you look n the roof of the lower port. Page 4 of the file I posted in my above post shows the plug and explains how the valve works.

I have a parker v70, model v70-248-G, air shift and lever shift control valve. I got the valve out of a scrap bin but it is a new valve never been mounted on anything. Supposely the valve is open center, but i have been also told it is a closed center. Both fellows telling me this should know...

I have been thinking about getting a cnc plasma table for a few years now. When I first started looking the machines where $10grand and I just couldnt justify the purchase, but prices seem to be coming down quite a bit now. While i dont plan on making a business with the machine, it would be...

I thought i would just post a link to a little plasma cutter I found while playing oon the web. I dont know if this machine is big enough for anything, but I thought some might like to see it. PLAZMARC ESP150 DUECE PACK PLAZMA CUTTER SYSTEM 150HRS WELDER TORTCH CUTTER AIR - RAILIRON--USED...

Sitting around trying to research hydropower . My wife and I are about to start building our retirement home. Shes wanting a small house, 600sqft or so. I aint buying it and am thinking 900sqft or so. Anyways, we do have a small creek on the property with about 75ft of head. I will have to bury...

My son asked me to drill some holes in a couple of ferro fire starting rods last nite. I wish I had thought of taking a camera with me while doing it. Just to say the light show was impressive. I had reservations about doing this as I didnt know how well the drill would penetrate and would the...

Well, grabbed a few pics of boom and blade, plus what remaining parts I knew I still had. saw blade is 24in, 70 tooth, carbide tipped, 1 1/2in bore, with probably half the carbide missing. Hit some concrete I think. Blade can be retipped about half the price of a new blade. boom is about 12ft...

Ill throw up a pic of my cyl mounts.. Of course my mounts are for 2 cyl instead of one, but my pusher block is the same 20in tall as yours. Past experiences on a few other splitter builds and I found pretty much the same thing you have with high cyl mounts. The higher you mount the cyl, the more...

Well, today I decided to do a little maintenance to my splitter. The big thing I really wanted to take care of was opening up the ports to the cylinder. I had bought a 5in bore cyl from Northerntool a couple of years ago that was supposed to have 3/4" ports. Well the ports are 3/4, but when you...

My hydraulic saw. Using a 1.3 cuin axial piston motor/ with case drain and bearings on shaft, and 13 tooth sprocket and .404 chain. 30gpm@ 5331 rpm (motor rated for 4600rpm) chain speed of 4660ftmin at 17.25ftlbs torque and 17.5hp@1000psi

I have the opportunity to purchase a 1947 brown and Sharpe Vertical mill at a extremely good price. Problem is it needs 3phase power and of course I dont have that and couldnt even afford to have it ran to my shop. I contacted a manufacturer of one of those Box converters, which at first look...

just a pic of the chips,

been trying to figure out how to drill a 2in hole, 12inches deep in some round stock. I have a lathe, but no drill bit that size. Dont have a drill bit that will reach that far except for some aircraft bits, 3/8 I think being the larges size. Thinking about making a drill bit extender and...

I decided to go ahead and get the measurements. Got grease on my shirt, now catching heck from the wife. Oh well. First pic is the spindle. Its 3 1/4in dia at outer bearing and 3 3/4in dia at inner bearing. 4 1/4in between inside edge of bearing and 7in to outside edge of bearing, 13in from end...

got the Valby rotator yesterday. Its a R3 rated for 6600lbs and weighs 41lbs. I have decided to use 5x5x1/4 instead of using 4x4x3/8. The kips of the 5x5 is about 25% more than the 4x4x3/8 even tho the 4x4 is heavier in weight. I havent ruled out using a turss if it becomes necessary, but I...

another try at autocad drawing up the boom/cyl mounting points. Did I mention I hate autocad??

SA, charts like that just confuse me. I dont understand what they are saying, altho to someone in the business, they might make perfect sense. SoDo, here is a pic of a knuckle boom, Mine will be a much smaller scale. Take away the cab and downsize everything else, the root boom is pretty much...

Lets see if this screen shot stuff works. If this worked, you should see some multi colored lines. The sq yellow box is the side mounts for the base that the boom attaches to. The red lines are the boom in its upright and lowered position. The blue lines are the hydraulic cyl, light blue line is...

Been trying to figure out how much weight I can lift using 4x4x0.250 sq tube. All those online calcultors and formulas just confuse me so I will ask here. The tube is going to be used as the root boom of a knuckleboom loader. Tube will be 8ft long with a fixed pin at one end and cylinder...

Well, I thought I would post of pic of the hub, sprocket and base mount ready to start putting together. Sprocket is a double row 72 tooth #60 and the base plate for boom is 3/4 by 20"dia

For years i have pretty much did all my own welding. As age creeps up on me and old Arthur taking my mobility, I have been thinking about just hiring someone part time to help me finish a few of my projects. Now i aint never been a top notch welder, but I have been trying to come up with some...

New highway. 90ft of fill for the road to set on. and what it looked like last spring when it caught on fire

I am getting ready to build my knuckleboom and thought I had everything figured out, until I decided to actually start. My thoughts are to weld the cyl braceing to the hub of the 48,000rear axle and let the hub be my swivel point for the boom. Not sure what kind of metal the hub is made from. It...

1in scrap piece I was testing my home made track torch on. Made a pretty slick cut for minimal grinding. Only pic I have but cutting beats the heck out of grinding

I need to make a cutting table for my every growing desire to burn things up. I usually just hang what ever I need to cut up on some blocks, hang off the tail gate, or what ever. Been know to use a saw horses and a piece of plywood as a table. What I need help with is the size of the slats and...

I always wanted a track torch. The older I get, the more my hands shake, and the uglier my cuts get. I looked for a used one for a while but didnt like the prices of a complete setup. Looked for just the torch itself without the track, but was afraid of what ebay had to offer in the used torchs...

Easy answer, just get a pump with proper flow. Never one to do things the easy, or smart way, so here is the question. I have two identical pumps, same brand, same flow, same pressure. Neither pump is big enough by itself, but together they would provide the correct flow rate. Whats the easiest...

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Been fighting my elcheapo Carolina bandsaw for 2 days now. Havent had much problems with it cutting small metal, but I cant get it to cut straight on 8in stuff at all. Cutting a 1x8 piece of steel, steel turned edge up, It gets about a blade width out of square by the time it cuts thru. Watching...

I dont think he will have many problems with wood compression during splitting. The star design of his 6way has plenty of room between the cutting edges and the outside edge of the box frame. My 6way blades are angled to be wider at the back the the edge and the edge only sharpened on one side...

I am finally getting around to starting my firewood processor build but cant decide how thick of metal to use to build the 12way splitting wedge. Wedge design is similar to this one Huge Wood Splitter - 200 Ton - YouTube, but only a 4way split in the center section instead of 6way. I have 3/4x8...

I have ran across a 6068jd engine, only 150hrs on meter. engine I think came out of Katrina, but not certain. Anyways, the engine had the injector pump stolen and has set inside a open shed for several years. I tried to turn it over using a 4ft bar, but it didnt budge. Right now the engine is...

I am looking for plans on building a knuckleboom loader. I am wanting something like a Farmi or Farma to mount on a trailer. I have found only 3 on Utube and nothing searching the net. I was going to convert a backhoe attachment to a loader, but it weighed 3000lbs and a fellow drove in the yard...

I have ran across a 6068tf250 diesel engine, serial#PE6068T251002. Engine has 114hrs and came off a standby generator. Problem is, somebody stole the injector pump off of it. I can get the engine for scrap prices. It is complete, alternator, starter, turbo, muffler, everything but the injector...

Seems lots of folks, and I am including myself, need help sticking two pieces of metal together. Nobody wants to have to weld it twice, but just dont know what it takes to make a weld strong. This isnt limited to wire, stick or tig. And shouldnt have anything to do with 120v or 220v. Just a list...

Just wondering if anybody has ever ran a few feet of wire off there mig machines to do a small tig job. I ran out of regular tig rod and thought about trying some mig wire, solid wire not the flux core. Was running practice beads on 16guage carbon steel using 1/16rod, and 1/16 tungsten when I...

I had noticed my Kubota zeroturn,, 23.5hp, had been using some oil. It takes me 3 hrs to mow everything and it would always be down about a 1/2 quart when I finished. Mower is 10 years old, bought used and had a life as a commercial mowing machine. No telling how many hours on this engine, so I...

I have been thinking about buying a small 110v welder to make a scratch start tig rig out of. This will be used for very thin carbon and maybe some thin stainless tig welding. I have a 250amps stick tig rig already, but it isnt exactly portable. I just need something I can take with me, doesnt...

Had a little project to do today and needed a little heat. Turned on the tanks and was just getting ready to strike a flame and heard a little pop and air blowing. Oxy hose had blew a hole. Hose looked like it had a small burn spot in it and since these hoses are about 10-12 years old, I figured...

Looking at what I think is a commercial-hydraulics brand two section pump. Pump is on a old uh07-3 hitachi trackhoe, but I dont think it is the original pump. A lot of things are not original on this old machine. Anyways, the numbers on the pump are p75x342b1120 2bIL151, another number is 48403...

I have been looking for a valve with a return detent to use on my wood processor I am building. Plans are 2 cylinders and 40gpm flow. I found this valve, 3WAY DETENT, 4 WAY 4WAY (403D44PB) | Welcome to Buyers Products Company and am wondering if it will work like the smaller 25gpm prince valve...

I have been collecting parts to build a wood processor for a couple of years now. If I had stuck to my original plan, the darn thing would be built by now, But! Gathering parts on the cheap is sometimes hard to do, but patience and no urgency means I can wait to find all the parts. I am...

I recently traded for a older model Carolina bandsaw. It will cut 14x8 and uses 1in wide blades. I dont have much in it as i took it in on a trade, but I am having a problem with it cutting Sq. Cutting flat plate, laid flat, it does a good job, but widest thing I have cut has been 8in. I can...

Trying to figure out how to plumb this circuit. Will be pumping 30gpm, but wish to split this flow between a hydraulic motor (25gpm) and a hydraulic cylinder (5gpm). The 25gpm will come off the valve and go to a electric selenoid valve with a relief set at 1800psi. The cylinder will need to be...

Whats it worth. All I have seen is a picture. It appears to have the Onan 16-18 hp engine. 8000 watt generator, Supposed to only have about 250 hrs on it and stored in a basement. Pic isnt clear, but looks like some sort of small trailer, just big enough for welder to sit on and it has some...

I finally got around to hooking up the idealarc 250/250 stick tig machine a few wks ago. I Had the tig torch hooked up and had been practicing tigging some thin stainless. Anyways, I needed to stick weld a tator plow i was building for a friend, so I remove the tig torch and connected the stick...

Does anybody know of or where to find a auto cycle valve that is rated for more than 25gpm of flow. I am wanting 30-30gpm for a twin cylinder setup, 2-4inch cylinders working side by side, or maybe one 6in cylinder.

First off, My ventrac tractor does not have a pto or 3pt hitch in the rear. I am wanting to buiod some sort of wheeled tater plow to simply tow behind the tractor. My ideal is to mount a axle to a middle buster and just pull it thru the row to plow the taters out of the ground. I built a...

A friend offered me a 175 lincoln welder the other day for $150. Says he bought it from a guy that ran over the gun with his truck tire. Since buying it, he has replaced the gun and liner. The machine is supposed to look like new and he has been using it to run flux core. He does have the guages...

Buddy bought a dodge truck that refuses to run. While original owner was driving truck, oil pressure gauge started jumping from zero to 50, just bouncing up and down. Engine died, but would crank back. Took truck to dealeship and they claimed engine was blown, I am very sceptical about this, but...

JJ, you cant compare a chopsaw, table saw, or skill saw to a radial arm saw. I dug into the storage to get to my radial armsaw to take this pic. I dont know if you can read it in the pic because of the glare, but it says Do Not rip or plunge from this end. I trust the manufactor on this and...

A while back i was told about this machine. It used to belong to my SL dad whom passed away several years ago. I finally got around to taking a look at it. Welder did run, but has sat around inside a leaky shed for several years. It is a older machine, flat head engine. Currently the motor is...

Got a gift of a magnatek 40amp converter charger but dont really have a need for it. Since a buddy of mine has been trying to stick weld some very thin stainless with my borrowed tombstone, which only goes down to 35 amps, and seems to burn more holes than weld. I got to thinking why not try the...

I have a friend that wants to stick some very thin stainless tube together. Sheet metal thin. I thought about trying to tig it for him but since I aint really practiced to much with the tig, we thought we might just try silver soldering instead. Question is, what grade of silver solder to use...

I have been thinking about this for a little while so yesterday I stopped by the welding supply to find out if It can be done and what is needed to do it. Man I talked to was a good guy, but the person I needed to talk to wasnt there. Figured I could get the advise I needed here so here goes...

I recently swapped in a 5in cylinder in place of the 4in one I had on my wood splitter. I also added a 28gpm 2stage pump. My splitter valve is rated for 25gpm and hoses and fittings are #12jic in 3/4npt ports. So i know at max flow my valve is probably a little undersized but I dont run the...

I have been gathering parts for my firewood processor and am about to build the saw. The only pump I have available to test the saw motor with is my 28gpm 2stage on my current splitter. I eventually plan on purchasing a 30gpm pump just for the saw motor, but for now what I have is what I have...

Can anybody give me the full specs on the 22gpm pump from spliteze Hydraulic log splitter 2 stage pump I replaced the 4in cyl on my splitter with a 5in bore and of course this slowed down splitting speed considerably. I found the spliteze pumps for a pretty good price, but their web site doesnt...

I have been building a firewood processor off and on for about a year now. Buying used parts when i can find them cheap. Anyways, today i was at northertool and saw they had a 5inborex24inch stroke 3000psi cylinder for sale for $269. Its their nortrac brand. Anyways, I had planned on a 28gpm...

I have been looking for a cheap tractor to replace the one I sold a couple of years back. Last nite I was told of a MF165,with fel that is for sale.they are asking $1600. Tractor is running and all hydraulics work, but the clutch seems to be stuck. It will crank in gear and drive, but the clutch...

I am thinking about buying a air jack to use in the place of the pump handle jack on my pipe bender. I want to change my bender from and upright to the laydown type but dont know if the air jack will work laying on its side. Has anybody tried to use their airjack laying down instead of standing...

After reading this thread, http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/282805-potato-digger.html. I decided to see what kind of tater digger I could come up with. I have a old toybuilt horse tiller without and engine I think will be good to experiment with. the tiller tines are 21in wide...

This probably sounds strange since bushings are made to be replaced. What i have is a small swinging lift like you would find on the back of some service body trucks. Capacity is around 1000lbs. It has an electric winch for the actual lifting. Anyways, it was given to me after laying around in...

After a little cussing and a busted knuckle, I managed to get this thing loaded on my trailer. It was an impulse buy at a bargain price. My first intentions are to convert it to use aa a knuckelboom loader by removing the bucket and attaching a grapple. I am wanting something light enough to...

I ran across a old trencher with an air cooled deultz 4cyl engine. This thing has been sitting for a few years. I am wanting the engine for a project, but when I pulled the dipstick, it had a lot of grayish sludge on it. Since the engine is aircooled, I suspect the moisture is condensation, or...

I couldnt figure out the best place to post this, but figured you welders would have a good an ideal as anybody so here goes. I have located a 6610 ditchwitch that is going to be scrapped out. I looked it over and dont know why they are scrapping as it looks to have just been left behind with...

I have a rexroth hyd motor I need some more info on. There are 3 numbers on the tag attached to this motor. codice#7.003210001 serial# 1301569 028 data# w2311 Info I need is cuin displacment, max flow, max psi, and max rpms. I know this motor will run 3150rpms at 2150psi and 18.5gpm. This...

I am wanting to try to tig weld some copper pipe. It will be polished so i dont want to use anything like silver solder, or any of the other lead free solders or the phosphorous bronze rods. I am sort of new to tig and have been searching the internet for videos. What I have learned so far is...

I was on the Surplus center tech site trying to size a pump for my processor project. The calculator for force and speed gave me some weird numbers. The cyl is a 5.5in bore with 2.5in shaft. When I tried speed for 20gpm, I got extend of of 3.2sec and retract of 4.1sec and for 28gpm I got speed...

I am in need of flange or pillowblock type bearings, for a 7/8in shaft, that are capable of withstanding 6000-8000 rpms. I have been searching for spec's for the popular surpluscenter, tractor supply, northerntool varities and can seem to find a speed rating to go with the bearings they sell. I...

I have a friend that wants to sell his 1996 model Lincoln 250/250 stick tig welder. He bought the machine new but it hasnt hardly ever been used. Set in the corner of the shop covered for years. Machine looks like new. It comes with 50ft of welding lead, tig leads and air hose, foot pedal, some...

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I am looking for the proper name of a valveing system that will control 3 functions with just the pull of one lever. This type of valve is used on firewood processors to operate the logclamp, saw cylinder, and saw motor, with just the pull of the main controlvalve lever. The valve recieves full...

I have one of the first ventrac tractors made. Hydrostatic, closed system. Lately, it has started puking oil back out the tank vent tube while running and will keep dumping the oil until the hydraulic level gets so low it wont operate. I havent started to trouble shoot to see whats causeing this...

I have one of the first ventrac tractors made. Hydrostatic, closed system. Lately, it has started puking oil back out the tank vent tube while running and will keep dumping the oil until the hydraulic level gets so low it wont operate. I havent started to trouble shoot to see whats causeing this...

I am wanting to build a bandsaw mill to saw my own logs for my retirement home. I have watched about every video about bandsaws on youtube and its seems to me to be a pretty simple build, but I have a few questions. One of my concerns is chooseing the right wheels for the band to run on. I have...

I have been thininking about buying a plasma table for a while now. When I first started looking, a hobbiest machine started at around $10,000 for a complete system, including software. After taking a second look, it seems prices might be comeing down a little bit. Maybe now is the time to take...

I have a fuel tank off a piece of equipment I want to modify for another piece of equipment. The filler neck is thick wall steel, maybe 3/16, and has no provisions for a cap. Tank is welded steel, not stamped sheet metal. The original design used a rubber hose to connect of the cap. I am...

I am building a splitter and wanting to use valves I already have to reduce cost. What i have is a 25hp Kholer engine, 11gpm Vickers Vane pump, Log splitter valve, https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=9-1262&catname=hydraulic splitter valve with ¾ ports. I am putting a hydraulic cylinder...

I am in the process of building a splitter with a moveable wedge. The blade is 24in tall in the full up position. I intend to put the 4way where it will be below the hbeam flange when all the way down, but will be 12 in high when fully up position. This way, I can split small rounds in half, or...

I ran across a 5inch bore cylinder today I thought would be good for a wood splitter. The cyl is a tierod type with the 4 long bolts running down each side to hold the caps on. Since the cyl needed to be shortened by 16 inches, I dismantled the cylinder and discovered the tube wall was only...