Johnny D got a little work out today

[Chris2520]

Well Johnny D got about a 5 or 600 pound workout today.
after my bucket hook project some of you ask what was i going to do for a center hook. as not to pull on just one loader arm. Well a 3/8 chain ran from one hook to the other and i hooked a chain in the center. worked perfect.
My new BB2060 5 foot box blade came in today. Johnny through it around like it was nothing. But My poor S-10 did not like it at all. when it was in the bed. his butt was on the ground.. That thing is heavy. once on the ground. i am a pretty big dude. and i could hardly buge it. as always. a few pics of the days event...

Chris

 

[Chris2520]

What kind of bushing do i need to hook the box blade to the I-Match.
the bushings i bought 2 sets . and there like go on the balist box. that fit on pins sticking out. the box blade wont use the big bushing it wont fit. i need some kind of sleeve to go over the pin. now i cant use it, unless i dont use i-match. i ant doing that , that thing is to heavy to move.
So what do i need to make it work with I-Match.

 

[thcri]

Can't help you on the I Match. But you do have a nice looking rig there. Any reason why the ROPS is down??


murph

 

[Chris2520]

Can't help you on the I Match. But you do have a nice looking rig there. Any reason why the ROPS is down??


murph

Thanks murph. The rops were down cause i was takeing the box blade into the garage. and the tractor wont fit through the garage door , if the rops are up...

if i was working thay would be up..

 

[B8FISH]

I would ask the dealer to supply the correct bushings--it was the same dealer who sold the tractor and iMatch, right? They should have known what you had and delivered it with the correct bushings. If not--TSC has everything you need. Just take out the pin, take it with you and the correct size bushings to fit inside the "slots" on the BB.

 

[Chris2520]

is it the same bushing that is suppose to come with the i-match cause i did not get any. there going to give them to me this week. i know the i match comes with one set. i bought 2 sets of the big ones that go like on the balist box.

 

[B8FISH]

nope--it is more like the "inner" part of the one that comes with the iMatch. It looks like you only need the shorter section--not the big "nub" end. Clear as mud?

 

[BTDT]

Nice looking rig, but why/who routed the hydraulic hoses below the right step and sticking out right in front of rear tire like that? You may want to rethink that set up.

 

[Chris2520]

Nice looking rig, but why/who routed the hydraulic hoses below the right step and sticking out right in front of rear tire like that? You may want to rethink that set up.

It was that way when i got it. i think i am going to reroute them.
I never liked that way. did not look right to me.

 

[BTDT]

What kind of projects do you have planned for your tractor now that you have your equipment? Be sure to post pics

 

[ducati996]

Nice looking rig, but why/who routed the hydraulic hoses below the right step and sticking out right in front of rear tire like that? You may want to rethink that set up.

Good eye - and you are correct

Should be tucked in much more -

 

[Chris2520]

Well , after yall gave me a hard time about my loader hoses being twisted backwards. . I fixed it. i knew it was not right.
the guy that put that mess together must have been a moron.....
all the 45 degree ends were put on to face away from the tractor.
I took all the loader hoses off , i dont mean unhooked. i mean i unbolted them . took them off out of the weave. stratened them all up . put them in the right order. and put the weave back on. and reinstalled everything. it was alot of work... But now there nice and strate running perfect right beside the floor boards. and hoses are nice and even. I am pretty **** about things. if its not perfect , it ant worth doing...

here is the pics of the hoses fixed . i pulled the weave back a little on the top of the loader. i wanted to be able to see the fittings. if i ever had a leak.
tell me if it looks right now.

 

[B8FISH]

Ahh--much nicer looking. And from another **** retentive person--I always connected the plastic caps above the hoses so that they wouldn't get snagged on stuff while bushogging etc. Figured that sooner or later one would get wrapped in a vine or something and get ripped off.

 

[Chris2520]

That sounds like a good idea....

 

[BenderKC]

Ahh--much nicer looking. And from another **** retentive person--I always connected the plastic caps above the hoses so that they wouldn't get snagged on stuff while bushogging etc. Figured that sooner or later one would get wrapped in a vine or something and get ripped off.

Boy there are some sharp dudes keeping us all in line on this board. Extremely valuable for those of us in the lower part of the class.