Tractor backhoe - homemade

[Xfaxman]

Good picture of the self leveling linkage on the loader arms :thumbsup::

 

[BFreaky]

Well, I will not build my own tractor, I'm happy with this one.
Yup, here you can see the whole geometry. FL is almost done, I hope to paint it in a few days...

 

[Oldpath05]

Almost seems like your FEL is closer to the front tires then most tractors with FEL, good for digging but will loose in reach.

 

[BFreaky]

You're right it's 25 cm closer then the previous one and also 12 cm lower main pivot point. This way I get lower center of gravity and better control of the bucket

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

 

[BFreaky]

Finally I found the time to clean up the loader and paint it...so here it is in primer.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good to see you have it nearly done. Looks heavy duty.

How have you been doing? Has the virus been horrible over there?

 

[BFreaky]

Arm profiles are high but not very thick, only 6 mm so it's not really heavy but has to withstand all the loads with no sweat.
I'm fine...too much other work, no time to relax...so my personal projects always have to wait...
Today they say we have 100 new positive patients, that's nation wide. We almost have no feeling it exists...when you go to a store etc, you gotta disinfect hands, few older people wear masks and that's it...

 

[BFreaky]

Painting is done, now I have to wait 2 days till it's dry enough for assembly

 

[Oldpath05]

Bet the front part was hard to paint near the floor.