oztractornut
New member
- Joined
- Feb 28, 2012
- Messages
- 12
- Location
- Mundulla, South Australia
- Tractor
- Kubota B6000, Bobcat 310, 1943 Ford 9N Industrial, 1953 Ferguson TEA, 1963 MF 35X, MF 38-15
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Thought i would share with you all my latest project.
It all started with the obvious issue of needing a loader to move stuff around, i spent alot of time planning a loader build for the B6000, which would have been a cool project but ended up looking at skid steers. I found a Bobcat M371 over a year ago at an auction but it went far beyond the price i would pay for it. But decided that was the sought of unit i wanted.
So recently it got the better of me and i put a post on a Facebook site wanting a small skid steer with a picture of a 310.
A bloke replied saying he had one like in the picture, he sent me a picture of a 310 and said it had a 'drive issue'. After all of my previous research i knew it was more than likely an issue with the 12v clutch. So we hit the road and took the 5 hour treck to Melbourne to find this little gem, didnt see it running but i knew it would. We winched it on the trailer, handed over some cash and drove out the gate, wife then asks, so what do you think? I replied that i would drive it off the trailer.
I then got that look to say your an idiot!
Got it home late that night, straight into it first thing the next day.
The bolt that holds the slow speed clutch on the crankshaft had come loose, which in turn made the clutch come loose, eventually breaking the holding tab, then a wire and thats where it all would have ended.
So with the help of a mate we fixed the clutch and refitted it.
Then onto the engine, there was no spark, got that soughted and drove it off the trailer to the obvious surprise of the wife!
This machine was imported into Australia about 9/10 years ago, it came from minesota beforehand. Its in pretty good condition for its age, came with a 42" dirt bucket and a 54" snow bucket (i cant see it ever handling snow again)
Thought i would share with you all my latest project.
It all started with the obvious issue of needing a loader to move stuff around, i spent alot of time planning a loader build for the B6000, which would have been a cool project but ended up looking at skid steers. I found a Bobcat M371 over a year ago at an auction but it went far beyond the price i would pay for it. But decided that was the sought of unit i wanted.
So recently it got the better of me and i put a post on a Facebook site wanting a small skid steer with a picture of a 310.
A bloke replied saying he had one like in the picture, he sent me a picture of a 310 and said it had a 'drive issue'. After all of my previous research i knew it was more than likely an issue with the 12v clutch. So we hit the road and took the 5 hour treck to Melbourne to find this little gem, didnt see it running but i knew it would. We winched it on the trailer, handed over some cash and drove out the gate, wife then asks, so what do you think? I replied that i would drive it off the trailer.
I then got that look to say your an idiot!
Got it home late that night, straight into it first thing the next day.
The bolt that holds the slow speed clutch on the crankshaft had come loose, which in turn made the clutch come loose, eventually breaking the holding tab, then a wire and thats where it all would have ended.
So with the help of a mate we fixed the clutch and refitted it.
Then onto the engine, there was no spark, got that soughted and drove it off the trailer to the obvious surprise of the wife!
This machine was imported into Australia about 9/10 years ago, it came from minesota beforehand. Its in pretty good condition for its age, came with a 42" dirt bucket and a 54" snow bucket (i cant see it ever handling snow again)
