Chainsaw and chain holder

[Smokeydog]

Gleaned lots of good ideas from this site. Building what hopefully works for me given skills and materials around most farm shops. Going to document as it evolves. Comments welcome.

Plan is to attach a steel tube to the loader upright. 6x6x26.5” drop from scrapyard. Chain hook and drain holes cut.

0.5” plate cut and notched for bottom.
3/8” plates cut to sandwich around the loader upright. The inner plate cut long and going to bend to make a bash/skid plate for some lower hydraulic lines.


Progress so far. Will update as it goes.

 

[Gordon Gould]

A good project for sure. It will be interesting to see how you make it all work for you.

gg

 

[Smokeydog]

Time spent fitting the lower mounting parts. Usually I would weld instead of using bolts. With all the hydraulic lines and maybe needing access later making the attachment bolt on and removable. 3/4” bolts, notching and heavy plates for when trees or stumps might challenge the attachment.

Bottom plate. Notched to loader upright.


The back plate took some cutting and notching to clear a hydraulic mounting valve block on the back side of the loader upright. Then I was getting fancy and welded the nuts to the plate because of limited space for wrench. Senior moment...welded the nuts on the wrong side! Two steps forward, one step back.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Aah - now I see what you mean by bash plate to protect hydraulic lines. Good idea. If that is the drain hole and it were mine I would need it bigger. There is no end to the debris that ends up in the bottom of a vertical tube exposed to the elements. You might need to get a screw driver or pick to get up in there to loosen it and you want the stuff to come out the bottom hole maybe. We also have ice. Just something to think about.

gg

 

[Smokeydog]

GG you are exactly right. An open container is a magnet for debris in the woods or bush hogging.

The 6” tube has three 1” half circle drain holes where it will be welded to the base plate. The pneumatic radiator cleaning wand hopefully can blow out stuff that collects inside.

Making another back plate. Hope the nuts get welded on the right side this time. Made the bash plate 4” longer.


Several of the tools used.
Tapered bolt to clamp and center nut on hole for welding. Modified speed square for plasma drag cutter. 911 MotorSports hole template for plasma cutting holes. The 3/4” bolt holes are plasma cut.

They make this wash tub plasma cutting topper too. Makes cutting and shop cleaner.

Welcome to 911 Motorsports -

 

[Smokeydog]

Had a little time to test fit and adjusting parts for best fit and function. Taking time to think before final welding. The bash plate to help protect the front hydraulic lines worked out. Might weld a plate, fin, to the bottom plate to better protect lower sheet metal guard? It’s about a 6.5” drop.


Going to use two existing 10Mx1.25 threaded holes for the top mount. Not sure their intended purpose.


Lower mounts and chainsaw bar scabbard pieces.

 

[Smokeydog]

Another weekend to work on this project. Some job scope creep is adding some features. Ground defense guards, fuel/oil container mount, bucket hook, etc.
Checked the bolt up one last time before welding tube to base.

 

[dieselcrawler]

Nice work... build quality is far beyond the average 'cobbled together' stuff like I build most of the time.

Coming together nicely.

I'm sure you have your reasons, but personally, I would not like the 'have to remove saw to access chains' aspect. But, I keep chains and saw on the tractor at all times, using either one or both at any time.

 

[Carl_NH]

Diesel Crawler - You mean like this cobbled together setup on my B21 - it works though!

 

[Smokeydog]

Dieselcrawler makes a good point on chain access. While checking bolt up yesterday tried the saw 180* around. This would have the tube open. Had some tight interference with the ROPS. This could be improved by cutting the bottom of the tube at angle and cant the tube back for the needed clearance. Downside is that it is raining all day and the tractor can’t fit in the shop. Would like to reassemble the pieces before welding to check. Have several other clearances to check.