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01-04-2013, 11:04 AM #11
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Re: Inventing a new attachment
That's exactly my idea as well about the wings so i do not mind cuttting it down. What I need to be careful with is that as these plows get wider, they get taller and as a result weight goes up. The one I saw for sale last week was 6' wide which would have been perfect. If I could just remember where I was. Wherever it was it was only 15 minutes away from home
Tiverton is about an hour away. Thanks LD
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01-04-2013, 11:32 AM #12
Re: Inventing a new attachment
I didnt think RI was that big
Anyway...what is your lift capacity??
I am guessing in the 800# range. Take the bucket off and now you have 1000#+ capacity.
Most 8'6" plows are in the 700-750 range. Shouldnt be a problem if you remove the bucket and keep it in close.
Even dropping down to a 6.5 or 7' plow, you only drop ~150lbs, but then you still have to add the wings. Whereas the 8'6" plow, you can make the wings out of what you cut off. All in all, I dont think the smaller plow is going to be THAT much lighter when all is said and done.".........there is only one way to find out."
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01-04-2013, 11:46 AM #13
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01-04-2013, 10:35 PM #14
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Re: Inventing a new attachment
Yah, driving in NE is comedy to us in the plains/midwest... When EVERYTHING is 4 hrs away and counties are bigger than NE states, a 1 hr drive is like a drive to a store... I've been in RI a few times, and it always made me chuckle "we're there ALREADY?!?!?" :-)
Not sure what you really want to do, but the gist of life, in my years of experience, is "do it right, or do it over". You got by with the (rather ingenious) fork attachment for years, but anything beyond that means you really need a SSQA. I bet you can weld a plate onto the attachment brackets on that bucket to convert it. And probably not a huge deal for an experienced welder. You will not be able to believe how much flexibility a SSQA gives you.-Dave
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01-06-2013, 12:11 AM #15
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Re: Inventing a new attachment
Why not do something like this - http://www.mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=173377
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01-13-2013, 09:00 PM #16
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Re: Inventing a new attachment
I wrangled this sketch to show what I had in mind. This is the all around bucket I'd probably use the most as I hardly use a bucket for material. This bucket would only be 4' wide with the ability to attach 1' wide sides to make it into a snow pusher. This bucket could roll tree stems and curl them up for piling. I'd never take it off as it would even suffice for a makeshift materials bucket. Have seen buckets close to this but they are over $1000. I could probably build this for half that with 1/4" stock
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01-22-2013, 01:07 AM #17
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Re: Inventing a new attachment
that looks like a rock bucket but that should do what you wont it to.
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01-22-2013, 08:37 AM #18
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01-22-2013, 08:55 AM #19
Re: Inventing a new attachment
If you are starting from just the one attachment (bucket), do yourself a favor and convert to SS type quick tach. You will appreciate the wide variety of ready-made attachments that fir the SS type attachment. And if building your own, the SS basic building block is available. Also, you could rent or borrow (or loan out) attachments easier if you were set up with the more universal SS type system.
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01-22-2013, 04:57 PM #20
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Re: Inventing a new attachment
It does but there are things that need to be changed on my design. For one the teeth need to be curved upward about 30*. This makes flipping a log into the bucket much easier. The second thing is if wanting to also use this as a snow pusher, provisions for extensions of about one foot per side are necessitated along with the extensions themselves.
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