mods or custom attachments

[Sedgewood]

kludge, what are those special boots you have for walking under the canopy? If I had some of those I could retire my step ladder. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Sedgewood

 

[J_J]

HI,

I HAVE A PT-1445, SURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ATTACHMENT DEVICE YOU MADE FOR YOUR MACHINE.

I CALLED PT ABOUT AN ADAPTER ASSEMBLY FOR PT, TOTAL CAME TO ABOUT $ 750.00 THAT WAS FOR THE QUICK ATTACH UNIT PLUS ONE ADAPTER .

J.J.

 

[marrt]

I agree with JJ. This adapter sounds very cool. Would love to see a picture of the adapter and the Hoe.

 

[kludge]

<font color="blue"> </font> kludge, what are those special boots you have for walking under the canopy? If I had some of those I could retire my step ladder.

<font color="black"> </font> The boot print came with the unit from Power Trac. I haven't taken the time to clean it off yet. Still trying to get my other modifications in place. Next up is an adaption of your mini-hoe thumb, but of a lighter duty style.

 

[Mark1445]

Sorry getting back took sooo long. My motherboard crashed and just got up and running tonight. pics. soon. Geez I have over a hundred emails to sort through! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Sedgewood]

Here's my latest mod: new wheels to replace the blankity-blank OEM handcart wheels on the rear of the roughcut mower.

Modifications/RoughcutMower

Sedgewood

 

[Charlie_Iliff]

<font color="red"> also want to see if anyone found a good way to move the knee lever for easyer use of the mini hoe </font>

One solution to the knee-lever on the mini hoe is a diverter controlled by a button on the joystick. See the thread below. It works well, but others have found that with practice the knee lever isn't really too bad without modification. (Sorry about the long URL. I can't get the URL markup to stay on my screen long enough to create a click-on word.)


http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=powertrac&Number=201712&Forum=All_Forums&Words=diverter&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=5&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=200406&Search=true#Post201712

 

[Charlie_Iliff]

John: Those wheels look fine. So far, my new rubber filled tires are staying on, but only 6 or 8 hours mowing.

 

[mckat]

I’m ashamed to show this because it’s such a Rube Goldberg, but it works so well I have set my pride aside to share the idea. This is a lever extender that cost about 4$ in parts from the Home Depot and requires 2 holes to be drilled on the PT. A 3/8” hole is drilled through the knee lever handle to allow a piece of 3/8” all-thread to be attached with nuts and washers (you might devise a better arrangement, I needed something fast). The all-thread is bent to place the handle end just under the left side of the steering wheel. This position allows the left hand to control swing and bucket curl. For an alignment free support point for the left side of the extender I removed the S hooks from a rubber tie down strap and slid (forced) it on the extender and secured it to the PT with a ¼ -20 bolt. This contraption can be installed / removed in seconds. My intent was to use it with the Mini Hoe only, but now I just leave it on. I did reverse the Mini Hoe’s connections to allow curl in / curl out direction to coincide with lever in / lever out which feels more natural to me.

 

[MossRoad]

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Did you install some pop-up blockers?