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Time for some more pics!!
I got the wiring done last weekend. It's all run in PVC electrical conduit, so it can't get snagged and ripped off, hopefully...
I switched my Goodyear G614's to the new wheels too. Well, after trying to dismount one by hand and failing, I took them to a tire shop and tossed them $40 to do it, actually. I really need a tire machine.
I didn't have them air them up at all, so when I got them back to the shop, I poured 6oz of 28g airsoft pellets into each tire, and then aired them up. I've so far had good luck with the airsoft BB's to balance the tires on my wife's Comanche pickup, and not so good luck with weights eventually going out of balance, so figured I'd give it a try on the trailer too.
With all lights working, I headed out Wed to the lumber yard and picked up the decking. $260 worth of the crappiest pine (well, Doug Fir, actually) I've ever seen, and that's after we sorted the pile for good boards. Still cheaper than HD or Lowes, and it's just going to get beat up on my trailer, so it'll do. I've been treating it in the shop, eight boards at a time, with Thompson's Water Seal Solid. I wanted Gray, but you have to order and buy 4 gallons at a time. I only need one gallon, so it gets cedar, which is the lightest color I could get locally.
I spent Friday evening and Saturday all day decking the trailer so we could use it today to haul the tractor up to our property in CO and get started on the driveway. Got all but the center and outside boards on, but that was enough to use it today. Here it is this morning, loaded up for the trip. Might not be quite legal yet, but I plan to fix that Monday right after lunch.
It towed wonderfully. No shaking or bucking, no trouble at all, really.
In Colorado
This will hopefully be our view by the end of next summer... Looking East at the La Plata Mtns.
And since this is a tractor forum, I'll add that the MF did great at getting our driveway roughed (really rough!) in. We could get a truck up to the house site now if we wanted. I was worried that the R4's would be horrendous, but it crawled around just fine.
I got the wiring done last weekend. It's all run in PVC electrical conduit, so it can't get snagged and ripped off, hopefully...
I switched my Goodyear G614's to the new wheels too. Well, after trying to dismount one by hand and failing, I took them to a tire shop and tossed them $40 to do it, actually. I really need a tire machine.
I didn't have them air them up at all, so when I got them back to the shop, I poured 6oz of 28g airsoft pellets into each tire, and then aired them up. I've so far had good luck with the airsoft BB's to balance the tires on my wife's Comanche pickup, and not so good luck with weights eventually going out of balance, so figured I'd give it a try on the trailer too. With all lights working, I headed out Wed to the lumber yard and picked up the decking. $260 worth of the crappiest pine (well, Doug Fir, actually) I've ever seen, and that's after we sorted the pile for good boards. Still cheaper than HD or Lowes, and it's just going to get beat up on my trailer, so it'll do. I've been treating it in the shop, eight boards at a time, with Thompson's Water Seal Solid. I wanted Gray, but you have to order and buy 4 gallons at a time. I only need one gallon, so it gets cedar, which is the lightest color I could get locally.
I spent Friday evening and Saturday all day decking the trailer so we could use it today to haul the tractor up to our property in CO and get started on the driveway. Got all but the center and outside boards on, but that was enough to use it today. Here it is this morning, loaded up for the trip. Might not be quite legal yet, but I plan to fix that Monday right after lunch.
It towed wonderfully. No shaking or bucking, no trouble at all, really.
In Colorado
This will hopefully be our view by the end of next summer... Looking East at the La Plata Mtns.
And since this is a tractor forum, I'll add that the MF did great at getting our driveway roughed (really rough!) in. We could get a truck up to the house site now if we wanted. I was worried that the R4's would be horrendous, but it crawled around just fine.
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