Tractor backhoe - homemade

[Renze]

Uh, Wut?

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[ericher69]

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Very interesting

Thanks

 

[BFreaky]

Installing the hoses...

 

[Herkypilot]

I like the hose bracket, simple and clean.

HP

 

[ultraglide62]

I wish the world would appreciate the fantastic skills that so many people have that go unnoticed and unappreciated. I worked a white collar job and retired at 59 three years ago. I have always be somewhat a do-it-yourself type guy that is somewhat mechanical and not afraid to try most stuff. I have quite a tool collection and a very nice shop that I hope to have organized someday! I am in the process of building a new cabin on 20 acres using some of my own trees for timbers that I have milled on a Woodmizer LT 40 mill that I own. I put in my own septic system that was permitted and that was an interesting exercise politically with the local health dept. I think they feel the common individual does not have the intelligence or know how to do such a project. Back to the point I am trying to get across! On the new cabin I got to the point of the siding. I like nice stuff and I know my limitations so I found a retired siding guy with 25 years experience who I hired to run the job and I would be his helper. He knew his stuff and I knew he took great pride in his work when he started yelling at me for cutting a cedar siding board a 1/32nd short which did not allow it to exactly snap in place! Never quite understood why even though we were caulking all of the end corners where the 1/32nd would never be seen he was upset with my cutting!
He was a professional with what he was skilled to do and took great pride in his work! What I see through TBN forums are very many professionals that have skills in many areas. I have learned from my siding experience, met a new friend and became a much more skilled DYI er! My hat is off to all you skilled tradesman and women.
Keep America strong and appreciate the trades.
Ultraglide62

 

[ThomasH]

Hey BFreaky -

Can you tell us the nifty way that you made the hydraulic host strap? It has the appearance of being die bent, but that's all I can see.

Tom

 

[ThomasH]

Hey BFreaky -

Can you tell us the nifty way that you made the hydraulic host strap? It has the appearance of being die bent, but that's all I can see.

Tom

 

[BFreaky]

Hey. I made 6 of them. First I made a 2 part die and then I installed it on a a manual hydraulic press and bent them

 

[b7610hsd]

Is there a reason you did not paint, prior to installing the Hoses ?.

 

[BFreaky]

Yes. Since this is a prototype, one can not predict all the little details, so I solved most of these things along the way. I decided not to paint the parts until I'm sure that they are completed and will need no changes. After I mount all the hoses and their straps, all the labels and name of the machine (got one for it ) then I will disassemble the whole thing, clean the parts up, wash them with a nitro thinner and paint them.

It's just the way I like to do it because earlier when I hurried to paint something there were multiple ocassions where I had to do some adittional welding or drill some holes etc, so that ruins the color around it and the parts don't look so good...