bpence
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B7100 - It's there this time
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Re: B7100 - It\'s there this time
Bob -
Wonderful pictures. Now we can see your pride and joy and a little of where you live. I love it!
Don't see a driver on that fine machine, though. Seat belt problem? /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
Also, in that first pict, I was distracted by the tools hangning on the wall in the background. How exactly to you attach these to your 7100?
As for posting multiple picts in one post -- I cheat./w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
If you have disk space on a server somewhere, you can upload your pictures there and refer to them from your message using the "image" or "url=" markup tags that Muhammad provides. Don't worry about it, though. You're attachments come through bright and clear.
Bob -
Wonderful pictures. Now we can see your pride and joy and a little of where you live. I love it!
Don't see a driver on that fine machine, though. Seat belt problem? /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
Also, in that first pict, I was distracted by the tools hangning on the wall in the background. How exactly to you attach these to your 7100?
As for posting multiple picts in one post -- I cheat./w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
If you have disk space on a server somewhere, you can upload your pictures there and refer to them from your message using the "image" or "url=" markup tags that Muhammad provides. Don't worry about it, though. You're attachments come through bright and clear.
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Re: B7100 - It\'s there this time
Bob,
Indeed the B7100 working little mule. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
Did you have any problems like popping fuses when adding on the lights?
Oh I can still remember my grandfather sharpening the sickle like you have hanging on your barn.
I think those hand held sickles were replace with rotary mowers. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
Bob,
Indeed the B7100 working little mule. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
Did you have any problems like popping fuses when adding on the lights?
Oh I can still remember my grandfather sharpening the sickle like you have hanging on your barn.
I think those hand held sickles were replace with rotary mowers. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
Re: B7100 - It\'s there this time
Thomas, I really didn't have any fuse problems when I added the lights to the B7100. There was a thread either here or on the previous board that talked about generators, dynamos, and computing their output. I sat down with the electrical schematic for the B7100 and figured out that if I removed the origninal equipment head lights I'd have lots of power available to run the bigger lights I installed. As I recall I had amps to burn (so to speak). The rear light wasn't a problem as the tractor was already wired for that and I just hooked up. The dynamo output had me worried at first, although I've never blown a fuse or even had the lights dim during operation. The original plan was to insert the lamps into the holes the orignal headlights used, but I just couldn't find anything to fit. I tried to replace the original H/L bulbs, and that didn't provide the lighting I was really after.
The old tools hanging on the barn came from my folks place where I grew up. Funny you noticed the old sickle. I spent more than a few hours on the operator end of that beast. I remember being told that it would make a man out of me if it didn't kill me first. The long one-man cross cut saw is even more interesting to try and use.
Bob Pence
Thomas, I really didn't have any fuse problems when I added the lights to the B7100. There was a thread either here or on the previous board that talked about generators, dynamos, and computing their output. I sat down with the electrical schematic for the B7100 and figured out that if I removed the origninal equipment head lights I'd have lots of power available to run the bigger lights I installed. As I recall I had amps to burn (so to speak). The rear light wasn't a problem as the tractor was already wired for that and I just hooked up. The dynamo output had me worried at first, although I've never blown a fuse or even had the lights dim during operation. The original plan was to insert the lamps into the holes the orignal headlights used, but I just couldn't find anything to fit. I tried to replace the original H/L bulbs, and that didn't provide the lighting I was really after.
The old tools hanging on the barn came from my folks place where I grew up. Funny you noticed the old sickle. I spent more than a few hours on the operator end of that beast. I remember being told that it would make a man out of me if it didn't kill me first. The long one-man cross cut saw is even more interesting to try and use.
Bob Pence
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Re: B7100 - It\'s there this time
Bob, out of curiosity on your head lights, did you look at the aircraft landing light bulbs? I've got one non-worker on the front of mine, and the other is very dim compared to an automotive head lamp. Looking at the size of the lamps, I was thinking of comparing the aircraft lamps as possible replacements. We used to use them in spotlights when I worked law enforcement. Shucks, may be over-kill!
Bob, out of curiosity on your head lights, did you look at the aircraft landing light bulbs? I've got one non-worker on the front of mine, and the other is very dim compared to an automotive head lamp. Looking at the size of the lamps, I was thinking of comparing the aircraft lamps as possible replacements. We used to use them in spotlights when I worked law enforcement. Shucks, may be over-kill!
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Re: B7100 - It\'s there this time
Very nice looking tractor, Bob.
I was about to ask what you did to restore the paint and decals (which I need to do on my B6100) then looked at your profile and realized that you have a "reintroduced model (post 1990) B7100" not the 1978-80's vintage like my B6100.
Nice storage shelter, too. Is that T1-11 siding? If so, what is the finish; paint or solid color stain? I need to put a finish on mine and am looking for the longest lasting.
Bill
Very nice looking tractor, Bob.
I was about to ask what you did to restore the paint and decals (which I need to do on my B6100) then looked at your profile and realized that you have a "reintroduced model (post 1990) B7100" not the 1978-80's vintage like my B6100.
Nice storage shelter, too. Is that T1-11 siding? If so, what is the finish; paint or solid color stain? I need to put a finish on mine and am looking for the longest lasting.
Bill
Re: B7100 - It\'s there this time
Scruffy, I never even thought about aircraft landing lights. Where would I find such things? The lights on the tractor now can be easily removed.....I'm open to options. Any idea on the amps those lights would draw? I'd like to have extra gazillions of lumens out front for working at night.
WVBill, yep, that's good old fashioned T-11 siding. I built the building in November of '93 and stained it the first time in the spring of '94 with Olympic oil based solid color stain. In my humble opinion, it didn't hold up as well as I though it should and I stained it again in the spring of '98 with Behr solid color stain. The trim is also done in Behr solid color stain. So far, the Behr seems to be holding up better than the Olympic did after two years.
I sprayed the Olympic on when I did it originally, two coats. I used a heavy nap roller the second time and a 4" brush for the grooves, only one coat. Maybe there was a difference in quality of application based on the method used.
Bob Pence
Scruffy, I never even thought about aircraft landing lights. Where would I find such things? The lights on the tractor now can be easily removed.....I'm open to options. Any idea on the amps those lights would draw? I'd like to have extra gazillions of lumens out front for working at night.
WVBill, yep, that's good old fashioned T-11 siding. I built the building in November of '93 and stained it the first time in the spring of '94 with Olympic oil based solid color stain. In my humble opinion, it didn't hold up as well as I though it should and I stained it again in the spring of '98 with Behr solid color stain. The trim is also done in Behr solid color stain. So far, the Behr seems to be holding up better than the Olympic did after two years.
I sprayed the Olympic on when I did it originally, two coats. I used a heavy nap roller the second time and a 4" brush for the grooves, only one coat. Maybe there was a difference in quality of application based on the method used.
Bob Pence
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Re: B7100 - It\'s there this time
BobP, NAPA should stock them. (or most good autoparts for that matter). It seems as if that is where the P.D. used to get them from. Maybe Bird would remember what his department used also.
BobP, NAPA should stock them. (or most good autoparts for that matter). It seems as if that is where the P.D. used to get them from. Maybe Bird would remember what his department used also.
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Re: B7100 - It\'s there this time
Hey Scruffy,
Those off-road/aircraft lamps would be cool! But...
Most of the readily available off-road/aircraft lights, like the classic KC "Daylighter", are 100 or 150 watts per bulb. That works out to what, about 8 or 12.5 Amp pull, per light?
That's a lot more than our Kubota's like to supply
I have thought for a long time that it wouldn't be hard to slip the 1-wire alternator off a Chevy or Toyota under the hood for some real "power". I know every year the folks who plow snow in the early/late hours complain how pitiful the lights are on most of these small tractors.
Or... Put a Premier alternator/welder setup under the hood; 150-200 amp cabable... Yeehaw! You could stick weld, run lights, or a blender, drill, sawzall, ect... $1200 though for that setup!
http://premierpowerwelder.com/
RobertN in Shingle Springs Calif
Hey Scruffy,
Those off-road/aircraft lamps would be cool! But...
Most of the readily available off-road/aircraft lights, like the classic KC "Daylighter", are 100 or 150 watts per bulb. That works out to what, about 8 or 12.5 Amp pull, per light?
That's a lot more than our Kubota's like to supply
I have thought for a long time that it wouldn't be hard to slip the 1-wire alternator off a Chevy or Toyota under the hood for some real "power". I know every year the folks who plow snow in the early/late hours complain how pitiful the lights are on most of these small tractors.
Or... Put a Premier alternator/welder setup under the hood; 150-200 amp cabable... Yeehaw! You could stick weld, run lights, or a blender, drill, sawzall, ect... $1200 though for that setup!
http://premierpowerwelder.com/
RobertN in Shingle Springs Calif
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Re: B7100 - It\'s there this time
RobertN, Your thought on the Chevy or Toyota altenator has been bouncing around in my head for some time also. It should work just fine! I have been waiting for someone to try it. I will, but only when and if the stock altenator takes a dump, or I have a need for more 'juice', until then, it would be a waste of money, and my wife has THAT department pretty well tied up!
RobertN, Your thought on the Chevy or Toyota altenator has been bouncing around in my head for some time also. It should work just fine! I have been waiting for someone to try it. I will, but only when and if the stock altenator takes a dump, or I have a need for more 'juice', until then, it would be a waste of money, and my wife has THAT department pretty well tied up!
Re: B7100 - It\'s there this time
Scruffy, just for clarification, the little Kubota's run a dynamo, not an alternator. It took someone on this board a year or so ago to explain that in some depth before I understood how they worked, and trust me I couldn't explain it if I had to. I've heard that some people have actually installed alternators on little B series tractors, but I've never seen one of the setups. You might want to search the archives and see what could be found on this. If memory serves me (now that's funny) they talked about using a one-wire Toyota alternator from the late 70's or early 80's.
Bob Pence
Scruffy, just for clarification, the little Kubota's run a dynamo, not an alternator. It took someone on this board a year or so ago to explain that in some depth before I understood how they worked, and trust me I couldn't explain it if I had to. I've heard that some people have actually installed alternators on little B series tractors, but I've never seen one of the setups. You might want to search the archives and see what could be found on this. If memory serves me (now that's funny) they talked about using a one-wire Toyota alternator from the late 70's or early 80's.
Bob Pence
