OP
Utah Bison
Bronze Member
Well I found a serious problem with the Bison.
The 3 point hitch mounting pins had been ripped out of the cast iron mounting,cracking the castings.
Then somewhere some one attempted to fix it. Welding bolts to cast iron is never a strong option.
And his welding skills were below 7th grade level anyway.
So I dreamed up a plan and started drilling, cutting and welding some heavy metal.
This is what I came up with. Do you think it will hold? 6 bolts on the main mount 2-16mm in the back
and 4-14mm up the bottom holding the plate and draw bar. Then extra support on the ends of the pins
from the chain mounts. I also had to extract 2 broken helicoiled bolts in the left axle housing and grind out the coils. Then rethreaded the housing to 9/16 course for some big bolts.
I'm pretty happy with it and it added a extra 45 pounds of weight in a good spot.
The carnage
The plan
I started on this tractor in the front and the back is almost done.
A wheel is on order from Town&Country (I found a bent cracked one on front) hope to see it this week.
Then I want to get it out and raise **** in one of my fields. Why? because I can is a good enough reason for me.
Lee
The 3 point hitch mounting pins had been ripped out of the cast iron mounting,cracking the castings.
Then somewhere some one attempted to fix it. Welding bolts to cast iron is never a strong option.
And his welding skills were below 7th grade level anyway.
So I dreamed up a plan and started drilling, cutting and welding some heavy metal.
This is what I came up with. Do you think it will hold? 6 bolts on the main mount 2-16mm in the back
and 4-14mm up the bottom holding the plate and draw bar. Then extra support on the ends of the pins
from the chain mounts. I also had to extract 2 broken helicoiled bolts in the left axle housing and grind out the coils. Then rethreaded the housing to 9/16 course for some big bolts.
I'm pretty happy with it and it added a extra 45 pounds of weight in a good spot.
The carnage
The plan
I started on this tractor in the front and the back is almost done.
A wheel is on order from Town&Country (I found a bent cracked one on front) hope to see it this week.
Then I want to get it out and raise **** in one of my fields. Why? because I can is a good enough reason for me.
Lee