What have you done to your Branson today?

K5lwq · Mar 3, 2020

ptsg said:
Finished the rototiller today and it's back up and running again.

Some pictures:

Both seal journals all welded up and read to get machined with the new seals ready to go in:

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The rotor on the lathe. Had to stretch every millimeter out of this lathe. The tail-stock was hanging halfway in the bed ways and still had to get fancy with the tooling to be able to machine this.

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And the finished journals all polished up and shinny.

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Didn't take any pictures of the finished tiller but it still looked like a tiller and had no extra spare parts.

Great Job as always! It is a real pleasure seeing your projects. :thumbsup:

LouNY · Mar 3, 2020

Nice looking work, and no left over parts.
Making it harder for the rest of us.:laughing:

ptsg · Mar 4, 2020

Thanks! Oh the tiller still rotated forward after the repairs :laughing:

Granthol · Mar 4, 2020

Moved a pretty big boulder yesterday. Tractor handled it like a champ. The weight of the Branson made it possible. A lighter tractor would not have handled that behemoth. I didn稚 have a nice 3pt attachment for it, so in the loader carried in reverse while basically dragging the loader, at least just touching the ground. I found it in an unexplored little corner of my property. I put a bucket in for scale.

Branson Bob · Mar 4, 2020

Granthol said:
Moved a pretty big boulder yesterday. Tractor handled it like a champ. The weight of the Branson made it possible. A lighter tractor would not have handled that behemoth. I didnç¨š have a nice 3pt attachment for it, so in the loader carried in reverse while basically dragging the loader, at least just touching the ground. I found it in an unexplored little corner of my property. I put a bucket in for scale.

**** that's a lot of rock. Is that the "final resting place?"

Granthol · Mar 4, 2020

It is. My wife plans on spring flowers around it, but still a little early here. It was only slightly off center by weight in the loader. Without the loader down I was afraid I’d bend a loader arm. :shocked:

Orebonder · Mar 6, 2020

I have a 5220c
I have a backhoe attachment I use from time to time. I presently use a stand alone PTO hyd. Pump to operate the BH but I have recently been considering using the live hydraulics that are on the tractor. What set of rear ports are everyone using for their backhoe attachments....have any problem, ideas, thoughts???
Thanks

Orebonder · Mar 6, 2020

Zork said:
I hope that this thread will continue as others perform maintenance or adjustments on their tractor. Century included.

My tractor seemed to be struggling with HP lately. The tractor did not roll on a slight incline as it did in the past. It turns out that the brakes were sticking.

I pulled the rear wheels and the levers to the brake assembly. There was rust between the levers and the brake housing assembly. I pulled the levers, cleaned and lubricated the area, moved back and forth several times, and reassembled. I also adjusted the linkage out because there wasn't much free play. Anyway, it is disengaging correctly and the brakes aren't sticking.

Added backhoe attachment to my 5220C