MT125 customization

[LS Tractor Owner]

I'm not lifting anything super heavy so I got mine at TSC, I think about $13 or 14 bucks. I was just at Harbor Freight and saw some bolt on hooks for $10 ea. I'm going to get 2 more of those. They also have the 1/2" shackles on sale for $5, the 3/4 shackles for $10. Can't beat those prices. I put the shackles on my mower and box blade so lifting them is a breeze.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I just remembered to take pics of the stabilizer "feet" that I put on the BH. The holes were there on the BH stabilizers, just had to drill the angle iron. Took all of about 30 min to do. Made a BIG improvement.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Oh, another maintanance tip.... If you look at the grease zerk on the stabilizer in the previous pics, it has a rubber "cap" on it. Every zerk on the tractor now has them. Keeps them nice and clean, ready for greasing. Only lost one, I think I brushed against one and knocked it off. Bought a pack of 50 for around $12 bucks on Ebay. They come in all colors, which helps to find all the zerks also.

 

[Diggin It]

My BH outrigger cleats are shown here: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...-did-you-do-your-post5357104.html#post5357104

When greasing, note that the Zirks for some of the FEL points are recessed inside the ends, making them a lot less obvious.

 

[traderfjp]

I just remembered to take pics of the stabilizer "feet" that I put on the BH. The holes were there on the BH stabilizers, just had to drill the angle iron. Took all of about 30 min to do. Made a BIG improvement.

That is a great idea. The angle iron must act like cleats. I need to learn how to weld but nice that you didn't have to drill the stabilizer feet.

 

[traderfjp]

Oh, another maintanance tip.... If you look at the grease zerk on the stabilizer in the previous pics, it has a rubber "cap" on it. Every zerk on the tractor now has them. Keeps them nice and clean, ready for greasing. Only lost one, I think I brushed against one and knocked it off. Bought a pack of 50 for around $12 bucks on Ebay. They come in all colors, which helps to find all the zerks also.

Another great idea. Do you use a regular grease gun, air powered,cordless??

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

That is a great idea. The angle iron must act like cleats. I need to learn how to weld but nice that you didn't have to drill the stabilizer feet.

You don't have to weld for these. You can get a 3-4' stick of angle iron at pretty much any hardware store. Just cut it to length, drill matching holes to the stabilizer feet and bolt on.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Another great idea. Do you use a regular grease gun, air powered,cordless??

The first time I lubed everything, I used my cheapie manual one. Went and got an air powered one at O'Reilly's auto parts ( Lincoln brand). Never looked back! Made it much, much easier. I use a coiled air hose, so it reaches all the way around the tractor w/o any problem.

 

[traderfjp]

I have all Dewalt cordless tools. I may try their cordless grease gun. Plan B is the air powered gun. Hopefully it's better than Dewalt's cordless caulking gun which is very messy to use.

 

[Mustangjames]

Where did you get the wheel spacers?

I致e been making a few 奏hings for my 125 and will be adding, such as this storage dolly for the MMM.

 

[Mustangjames]

Since the MT125 didn’t have a quick attach, I had to cut the brackets and modify a Titan forklift attachment to work. Really get a lot of use out of this.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Nice job on both projects. Did you make a quick attach or is it still a pin on?

 

[Mustangjames]

It’s still a pin-on. I thought about building a QA plate but in the end decided I couldn’t think of another loader implement I really needed so just duplicated the attach structure on the back of the bucket. Also with this Titan forklift setup, you can remove the forks and insert other things into those brackets if i wanted to mount something.

 

[Mustangjames]

Had some vacation time so I built a quick attach for the FEL to fit the original bucket and the new forks. Not as smooth as a SSQA setup but it works pretty well. No comments on the welding.. some of these were work in process shots that got cleaned up later.

 

[mslisaj]

Nice job! Great ingenuity for sure.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Had some vacation time so I built a quick attach for the FEL to fit the original bucket and the new forks. Not as smooth as a SSQA setup but it works pretty well. No comments on the welding.. some of these were work in process shots that got cleaned up later.

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Very nicely done! Do you just pull 2 pins? Looks pretty easy to use.

 

[Mustangjames]

Yes. Top two pins stay in the bucket and you drive up, hook in, tilt back, then climb down and wiggle the bottom two pins in. Saw this design used on the small Kubotas and copied.