DIY Mini Digger

[Densleigh]

Hi Cheshire east or west? then north or south?

I am very near to proposed HS2 hub station

Also cheshire based and following with interest.

 

[Colcreate]

Hi Cheshire east or west? then north or south?

I am very near to proposed HS2 hub station

Also cheshire based and following with interest.

I'm North of you nearly as far as you can go and still be in Cheshire then a bit to the East...

 

[Colcreate]

Pivot bush cut to length, pilot bored ready to be test fitted.

I will bore it out and ream it to suit a 30mm EN8 pin once I have made the cross member and support bushes.

 

[Eric Salop]

Hi Cheshire east or west? then north or south?

I am very near to proposed HS2 hub station

Also cheshire based and following with interest.

I'm North of you nearly as far as you can go and still be in Cheshire then a bit to the East...

In tbn world terms, you two are practically neighbours. I'm down the A49, half a mile South of the Cheshire border.

Some neat work there Colcreate. :thumbsup:

 

[Densleigh]

Stockport/ Disley/ High peak way? Plenty of rocks up there

lovely Crewe for me!! soft sandy loam

 

[Colcreate]

Few more bits.
I spun up a bit of steel plate on the lathe and made an adapter to mate the Suzuki transfer box directly to the Land Rover rear axle.

With the Suzuki box in place and the Range Rover propshaft pointing forward I can now position the front cross member.

 

[Colcreate]

Here's the chassis layout!

The front axle is just hanging from a temporary pin while I chopped out the chassis rails to give travel clearance and yes that's a cable tie holding the transfer box.....

I've part drilled through the cross member with a hole saw both sides so I can finish it off properly when I've made the bushes and pin. Just wanted to get it set up temporarily to see what it looks like.

 

[boggen]

subscribing to your thread. so i can make sure i catch updates as you work through the build.

going to be intrsesting to see how ya manage to hook up the engine to the setup you have going on there.

 

[Colcreate]

subscribing to your thread. so i can make sure i catch updates as you work through the build.

going to be intrsesting to see how ya manage to hook up the engine to the setup you have going on there.

Oh yes I forgot to mention at the start, this will be driven by a hydraulic motor!
It won't win any races, I calculate around 7mph but it will have 2wd, 4wd and low ratio with loads of torque.
As long as it can move around at walking pace while carrying/towing a load I will be happy.

 

[farm boy00]

Oh yes I forgot to mention at the start, this will be driven by a hydraulic motor!
It won't win any races, I calculate around 7mph but it will have 2wd, 4wd and low ratio with loads of torque.
As long as it can move around at walking pace while carrying/towing a load I will be happy.

Sounds like a dueable speed. But you may not want to put it on the road at all. My tractor that Goes 10mph or so is still too slow for the roads