Recent content by MadDog

In connection with my log splitter project, I'd really appreciate some input from any welding gurus: I am using a 5" cylinder which can generate up to 60,000# of ramforce so I want the cylinder anchor welds to be as strong as possible. My beam being 8x8 and the cylinder cross tube almost 6"...

OK, I'm starting a new thread on this, since I picked up the steel today. I have a 6' 8x8 .51"web H beam sitting in the back of my truck downstairs, along with various pieces of 1/4", 3/8", 1/2", 3/4" and 1" plate and some 2" and 4" 1/4 angle iron and 2" square tube. The hydraulic pump...

Has anyone else noticed that the site is not functioning as it used to in several ways? 1. When you open a thread by clicking on the thread title, it used to take you to the first new post since you last logged in (or possibly out). Now it takes you to the first post on the first page. 2...

I bought myself a Husqvarna 357XP chainsaw for Christmas and, since it wasn't going to be a surprise anyway, the weather was nice today and I had four trees to cut up, I tried it out early. BTW, Norwalk Power in California has 'em on the 'Net at $538 w/ 18" bar and 3 chains. The best price I...

This fall I sold my Honda 928TA (pretty much the king of the walk-behinds) and bought a Pronovost Puma-64 for the 3ph. Well, I had just finished setting up the chute and deflector hydraulics and put a set of new chains on the rear wheels last weekend, so yesterday's mini-blizzard in Eastern...

I have been excavating for a smallish (15x80) landscaping pond. In addition to the usual variety of rocks and small boulders that my B7800, FEL and toothbar can handle without too much trouble, I have encountered three or four simply humongous boulders. The latest was significantly over 1 cu...

I am planning on creating a fairly large vegetable garden (about 3/4 acre) using land that has certainly not been used for growing any crops in the last 50 years and probably closer to twice that. The neighboring land is pretty sandy and rocky. I must be sittin' atop a glacial morraine...

This was my Christmas gift to myself and it arrived the Tuesday after Christmas in a palletized crate slightly larger than a casket (which I downloaded from the truck w/my FEL/pallet forks). During the last week I have used it extensively to sink the holes for the rafter-end anchors and...

After reading several threads on TbN (plus wrestling with refilling my tractor using a 5 gal jerrican filled with on-road diesel from my local gas station ), I decided that it would be more economical, and also more convenient, to find a better way. As suggested here, I got a 30 gal. poly...

About a month ago, when I was trying to determine what chipper to get, I posted some inquiries about this chipper and apparently no one had any experience with one. I requested and got some references from the manufacturer, Vandermolen and they checked out OK, so I bought one. Last week I set...

Last night the "light duty" bucket forks that I ordered for my B7800 FEL from Payne Tool were delivered. They are rated, according to Payne's website, for 800# but they are HEAVY and look and feel like they could handle more. I think that they will fit over the cutting edge of my FEL...

Herewith a link to my tractor pics. The last eight pics (begining with DSCN0268) show the tractor 3ph hookup and the changes in sidek-to-side and front-to-back implement attitude that can be made w/out leaving the tractor seat: Kubota Tractor The single joystick, which controls both...

Last weekend I took the BH off my B7800 preliminary to attaching the 3ph and doing some tilling and boxblade work. Hooked up and used the 3ph and TCC system for the first time and this is a preliminary report. 1. 3ph setup: This is actually no more complicated with the TCC than re-installing...

I am interested in buying a PTO-driven chipper or chipper/shredder and am trying to get some information on the Wood Pro AVP Model 30QP3. It is apparrently manufactured (or distributed) by Vandermolen Windmill Power Equipment Corp, out of Livingston, NJ. They also make bug zappers, blowers...

Last week I ordered a 58" CCM gear-driven tiller from Carter & Carter and it was delivered today. ...could have been a couple of days earlier but I asked for today because this was a day when I could be at home to receive it. The Tiller arrived on a pallet. A very robust looking piece of...