Idea,Design and fabrication

[LBrown59]

Very nice work, SHORTS! (Not just one O-ring...2 O-rings!)

Interesting front wheel fenders you have there. I have never seen
these on a tractor. You must drive pretty fast.

JD Has front fenders on some of their X700 garden tractors.

 

[mjncad]

Maybe just a big driveway ornament? Yard art??

Yard art has to be rusty.

As for the French bread idea; wrap that loaf in tissue paper and Cheech & Chong will pay you a visit.

 

[flusher]

Thanks my friend. I've got the sports model which is super fast I haven't seen to many around with fenders. They came with the tractor. Appreciate your kind words guys.

Hey flusher. How does your caps work? Interesting indeed.

Here're a few photos showing the caps on the FEL tube

A wing nut holds the cap in place on the tube

The cap is actually the footpad on one of the support brackets. You can just see the threaded rod below the bracket for the wingnut.

Slick. I appreciate multi-purpose designs like this one.

 

[J_J]

4SHORTS,

Just pat yourself on the back. I have to ask, is that a work tractor or a show tractor. There is not a speck of dirt on it. Anyway, have fun with your toy, I mean tractor.

 

[4shorts]

Hey flusher thanks for the photo's. Great idea. I really like it. Those supports fold up on the outside of my Kubota so that's why I used the tube for storage. thanks for taking the time to post them pics. Enjoyed seeing them

Thanks J J. The tractor is only two weeks old my friend so that's why it's still clean but to be honest it will never see dirt because it's just for snow clearing. I got a couple of government parking lots to clear for the next three years and there just across the road from me so that's why the new tractor. I figured if these things can plow a field they should be able to push a bit of snow Thanks for your reply. Much appreciated

 

[Lloyd_E]

4shorts,

I bet a pair of those caps for my kioti, that you will get mud on your tractor at some point - just a matter of time.

My tractor was in for the 50 hour service and dealer asked if he could use it at a local farm exhibition for display - took a couple days out of my schedule but came back washed, waxed, polished and everything that needed to be repainted or touched up completed - looks new again.

Didn't know you guys have coyotes on the island. The sign guy made a typo obviously! !

Great fab job - good thing I don't live next door!

Lloyd

 

[4shorts]

4shorts,

I bet a pair of those caps for my kioti, that you will get mud on your tractor at some point - just a matter of time.

Lloyd

Lloyd don't even say that! Mud on my tractor. Man I got weak in the knees when I read that

Wow that was nice of them to do that for you. She looked awesome as she was. Glad that worked out for you that way.

Ya your right about the misspelling. We spell like we speak. Do you want a decal for your tractor like that? Would look good on yours as well. Bring over your tractor and we'll make a set of all aluminum caps for you.

Oh man I got to go get some air. Just about passed out thinking about the mud on the tractor

Stay well friend!

 

[POC]

I see you have two buttons on your joystick, and another one on the stick itself. Are they all fuctional? What do they do.

Great looking tractor BTW.

 

[4shorts]

I see you have two buttons on your joystick, and another one on the stick itself. Are they all fuctional? What do they do.

Great looking tractor BTW.

Thanks POC. I posted a detailed thread explaining it. Check it out

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/129489-3rd-function-valve-kubota.html

 

[Dave in NC]

Great looking workmanship! I stumbled upon the same basic solution...just not nearly as sexy. I had a couple PVC pipe compression plugs left over from house construction. The sizes I had on hand just happened to fit the tube between the loader arms (now chain storage tube) and the larger tubes low on the frame mount (pipe wrench and hammer storage). Mine requires a wing nut to be loosened/tightened but, hey, you do what you can with what you got! Wanna trade?

 

[4shorts]

Great looking workmanship! I stumbled upon the same basic solution...just not nearly as sexy. I had a couple PVC pipe compression plugs left over from house construction. The sizes I had on hand just happened to fit the tube between the loader arms (now chain storage tube) and the larger tubes low on the frame mount (pipe wrench and hammer storage). Mine requires a wing nut to be loosened/tightened but, hey, you do what you can with what you got! Wanna trade?

Hey Dave that was a great idea you had there as well and I agree, you do it with what you have to work with.

Since I did mine everyone said "how come you didn't make them for the other smaller tubes on the FEL"? Well they were a little more complicated to do considering the inside of the tube wasn't capped on the inside and I couldn't get back there due to not having enough room to do it but then I decided
I would make a cap with an O ring and push it through which I did and machined two more outside caps for those tubes. These tubes were smaller that the front ones as well by about 1/4 inch dia.

I'll have a place to store a few tools now and maybe a First Aid kit. Here's a few more pics to bore you with. Thanks for posting. Paul

 

[4shorts]

A few more pics of the finished product

 

[4shorts]

End cap installed

 

[mjncad]

A few more pics of the finished product

I like the "No Step" sticker Kubota put on your rig. Now you need a couple of "RESCUE" arrow stickers like they have on fighter planes.

 

[4shorts]

I like the "No Step" sticker Kubota put on your rig. Now you need a couple of "RESCUE" arrow stickers like they have on fighter planes.

It's funny you mention that. I have two sons and both of them are members of the Canadian Armed Forces. I wanted to take something and restore for them that they could have for the rest of there life. One son is Army while the other is Navy. The attached pictures is the items that I did for them. The idea of each vehicle is to add each time the boys go on tour or get a promotion to the vehicle and by the time they retire, the vehicles will be like a "Time Line" in there life.

When you mentioned the "No Step" I thought of the restorations I did. Oh by the way. These are both full size kids pedal cars. They were in rough shape when I got them but are nice now. The Jeep is from 1954 while the boat is 1966. I built the trailer for the boat as well. hope you like them.

Sorry it's not tractor related, I just found it neat when you mentioned the "No Step"

 

[Bill Barrett]

Someone else had the same thought. My new Mahindra 5525 has the ML250 FEL built by Buhler and distributed by BII Fargo, Inc. They use that tube to store the two legs used to support the FEL when its detached from the tractor.

You can see one of the end caps on the tube and one of the brackets on the far FEL arm for a support leg.

Same with my Woods 1009

 

[Bill Barrett]

That is beautiful work 4shorts, do you have a pic of your lathe & what kind of chuck is that?

 

[4shorts]

That is beautiful work 4shorts, do you have a pic of your lathe & what kind of chuck is that?

Thanks Bill. Glad you like the stuff. The old lathe is tagged as an Elliott but it's really manufactured by Sofia which happens to be in Bulgaria. It was made back in 1979 and I've owned it since 1996. It's been a great lathe for me. It's done a lot of work. Never cost me any down time. It's a 13 inch swing gear head lathe. It has a 37 inch bed. the chuck I'm using in the above pictures is just a common three jaw but with the inside jaws attached. I have a four jaw independent chuck for it as well along with some custom holding gear.

The lathe will cut just about any thread it needs to cut. Has it's own cooling system as well and weighs about 3000 lbs. I also have a mill/drill machine as well. I'm not a machinist as such but really enjoy using the lathe and it's ben great for me in my business. Thanks. Paul

 

[mjncad]

It's funny you mention that. I have two sons and both of them are members of the Canadian Armed Forces. I wanted to take something and restore for them that they could have for the rest of there life. One son is Army while the other is Navy. The attached pictures is the items that I did for them. The idea of each vehicle is to add each time the boys go on tour or get a promotion to the vehicle and by the time they retire, the vehicles will be like a "Time Line" in there life.

When you mentioned the "No Step" I thought of the restorations I did. Oh by the way. These are both full size kids pedal cars. They were in rough shape when I got them but are nice now. The Jeep is from 1954 while the boat is 1966. I built the trailer for the boat as well. hope you like them.

Sorry it's not tractor related, I just found it neat when you mentioned the "No Step"

Too cool for school!