Archive through October 04, 2010

[vthomley]

Are the forward and reverse check valves on the Hydro from my 125 the same? After reading and studying the FAQs I am thinking they are. Maybe I missed something. I have 2 extra hydro transmissions, and I am thinking I may borrow and check valve from one to get my 125 going.

Paul, very nice 560 and mini 560!

 

[dfrisk]

PAUL - Not sure I'd run a 50+ yr old tractor with ONLY 14.3 hours on it any more. Even more so if it still only had ONE operating hour on the meter.

It does have the vintage correct 15.5 x 38 GY 45 deg. bar tires. Hope that's the factory paint still. Be many many more years before that tractor will need paint.

Nice picture of you and your Mini-560 with the 560. Thanks for sharing!

 

[kmcconaughey]

Vince, yes they should be the same. For starters, just swap the two side to side, if you have reverse but no forward then the one valve is bad.

Paul F., great photo! Neat story on the 560. If that were mine I think it'd soon have way more hours on it...

Kent, I'll dig out some photos of mid mount blades to post for you later today.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Kent, I'll start off with these photos of the ihcubcadet forum founder Bob Necker on one of his Originals. Not the best photos of the grader blade though. I have better that I post soon.

 

[dfrisk]

KENT S. - Don't think I've ever taken any pic's of my home-made center blade.

KRAIG has pic's of some Dan H made.

My blade just bolts on the mule drive with four 1/2" x 2" hex bolts. Two 1/4" thk steel plates, the one with the four little pieces of angle iron that bolts to the mule drive, the other is a circle the blade iteslf is welded to so it can angle L or R. My blade moldboard is a broken section of a full size grader blade cutting edge, 1/2" thk x 6" tall high carbon hardened steel. Pivot bolt is 3/4" dia if I remember right. Been using it a L-O-T doing some re-landscaping around the house. In bare dirt I can peal 1" of packed dirt with the old CC#70 idling in first gear.

On loose unpacked dirt it's amazing how fast you can move & level dirt.

I've used mine a lot actually, been on the CC 70 for about 1-1/2 yrs now. Scrape snow & ice off my driveway in winter, regrade landscaping during summer. Back in about '87 I took my #72 with the center blade to my Father-in-law's to grade the dirt around his new swimming pool. We'd move 3-4 single-axle dump truck loads of fill dirt around the pool and in maybe a half hour I'd have it all graded & packed while my F-i-Law & Brother-in-law got cleaned up for lunch.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Kent, here's some more:

I think this one pictured above is the one that Dan H. made that is pictured more extensively in the series of photos down below.

Here's some of the one that Dan Hoefler made:

 

[kmcconaughey]

Here's some photos of one that Lonny B. built:

 

[kmcconaughey]

Denny, Umm, I'm gonna need some photos of your grader blade for the archives, as you know...

 

[kshultz]

WOW!!

That should do it! Thanks for the pics guys!

 

[dtanner]

Well I`am finaly getting started on my dump trailer. I`am cutting off the welds and moving the axel back to get a better dump angle. I will add the hyd cylinder later today. More later

 

[dfrisk]

KRAIG - O-K, I still owe you some pic's of the decals on the sides of my QA36 too. Guess I better charge up the camera.

SON started his new job a week ago today. He's hanging road grader attachments on new full size graders. They are "kinda" 483 yellow. For the most part, these center blades should be "PULLED", not pushed. The mule drive is a natural place to mount them. Speeds up installation & removal. Only problem is without those BIG 15-16" tall tires Lonnie B used, My blade only clears the ground about the same maybe two inches that Rev. Bob's does. Have to be real careful going over rough ground and the edges of concrete!

I forget exactly when I made my center blade, pretty sure I was still working at FARMALL, so had to be sometime in '81, summer or early fall. I know I made all the bits & pieces and had Dad weld them all together. It was my second attachment, after the 38" deck included with the #72.

 

[dtanner]

Ok here is what I did, I have no idea if this will work and lift using the rear ports on my tractor. I will take it and have lines and see

You guys got any ideas

 

[kmcconaughey]

Kent, here's two more. Not sure where I got these photos, might have been across the street...

 

[daweber]

Donald~
It is hard to tell from the pictures, but you are probably going to need more angle on that cylinder for it to lift right. From the pics it looks like it is going to be parallel with the ground.

 

[dfrisk]

DONALD T. - Yep, move those wheels back as far as you can. My dump trailer dumps at about 46-47 degree andle and IMHO that's not enough. Damp dirt still won't slide on the steel floor at that angle. Most of the dirt empties but not all. I think something around 55-60 deg would work.

I'd like to modify the cylinder mounts and replace the 3" x 12" cylinder with a 14" or 16" long cylinder, and maybe a 3-1/2" dia too. I can dump full loads of rock just fine, but full loads of dirt are a problem....and by full loads, I mean heaped and running over the sides of the 6" tall side boards. I had a load like that ten days ago, hit the wrong hyd. lever on the 982 & dropped the 3-point hitch & drawbar. And even at fast idle the hyd. would NOT raise the 3-point back up. Had to move some dirt around towards the back of the box by hand.

 

[digger]

Here's pics of my Daly blade,

 

[digger]

Kraig,
That bottom pic is Eric Lewis's.

 

[dfrisk]

CHARLIE - That DALY blade looks to mount on the frt?

 

[digger]

Noper, it's a belly blade.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Charlie, yep, Eric Lewis, I could remember his first name but was trying to remember his last name to post. I gettign old and forgetful...

I believe the bottomn 5 photos in that post are Eric's. I was going to post the photos of your Daly blade next. Thanks for saving me the trouble.