Recent content by wldrbob

did a bit of pushing works good

blade pic

i saw these on youtube and thought i would tell you what i have used for traction aids for years a piece of light chain and a carabiner and apiece of wire ,, feed the wire and attached chain through your spokes on your drive wheel wrap around tire and hook up carabiner sometimes i use just...

this is the stabalizer 2x3x.250 the gussets are cut with a milwalki metal cut saw best buy ever makes plate cut like plywood

hi i used 1045 shaft 1.5 inches and 2 pillow blocks and ran the shaft through the frame wall inside 2 inch dom with 2 angle braces and welded on hubs to make a drive axle the grease helps keep out water i was going to cut an inside grove to put in an o ring but got in a hurry and hadto...

15x24 bucket teeth are cut out of 1 inch mildsteel and hardsurfaced bucket is 1/4 plate as are all the wear plates

the chain drive system going to change the final drive chains to 100 roller as i broke one of the heavy 60s when i had a set of tire chains on so they might give trouble when i put on the tracks no trouble without the chains on though

this is the hyd thumb

this is the slew 100 r0ller chain and 2 hyd 2.5 x16 single acting cylinders i can pick up the skidhoe and move it around very easily from side to side the swing works a lot smoother when its not minus 24 lol

pic of my homemade skidhoe