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CDN Farm Boy
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Yes, that's right. Perhaps I should have been more clear in the title......
LPGS build
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Yes, that's right. Perhaps I should have been more clear in the title......
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CDN Farm Boy
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To make it better, it's lined on both sides with 80 yr old trees
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The view out my windshield this morning leaving for work:
jenkinsph
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That is a nice view from your windshield, obviously you take pride in your home. Wish more people would show landscape shots like this.:thumbsup:
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Thanks. Its been a slow process. We bought the place 4 yrs ago from the bank. It had been neglected and run down by half a dozen different owners over the last 25 yrs or more. One of the main reasons we bought the tractor was to clean the place up. Well, that and I wanted one :-D
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Got a little more work done today. Not on the LPGS itself but in preparation to use it. All I need it do to complete it is cut out the hitch brackets and weld them on but I have to sort out why my plasma cutter won't work first.
I don't have T&T, nor do I have a valve with float to run it. I needed a way to let the one side link float to follow the contours better so I made a telescopic one.
3/8 x 1 1/2 flat for the clevis ends
3/4 x 1 1/2 x .065 wall for the outer
1/2 x 1 1/2 flat ground to fit as the inner
Took 1/8" off the side of the inner
First clevis made. Left it attached to the length so I had a handle at the drill press. Lower clevis end was built the same way.
Top is the left side link
Center is the new link in its fixed position
Bottom is the original adjustable link
New link extended
New link retracted
There is a total of 4" travel, 2" either way from neutral. I have room to extend travel about 3/4" on each end if I felt I needed it. Simply pull the pin to let it float, insert pin to lock in neutral. This link will also make life much easier hooking up attachments, at least until I get a quick hitch.
I don't have T&T, nor do I have a valve with float to run it. I needed a way to let the one side link float to follow the contours better so I made a telescopic one.
3/8 x 1 1/2 flat for the clevis ends
3/4 x 1 1/2 x .065 wall for the outer
1/2 x 1 1/2 flat ground to fit as the inner
Took 1/8" off the side of the inner
First clevis made. Left it attached to the length so I had a handle at the drill press. Lower clevis end was built the same way.
Top is the left side link
Center is the new link in its fixed position
Bottom is the original adjustable link
New link extended
New link retracted
There is a total of 4" travel, 2" either way from neutral. I have room to extend travel about 3/4" on each end if I felt I needed it. Simply pull the pin to let it float, insert pin to lock in neutral. This link will also make life much easier hooking up attachments, at least until I get a quick hitch.
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Closer pic of the new link
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:thumbsup: Watching with interest, my need to copy your design. 
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After a few calls to the Everlast tech line and a bunch of continuity testing, isolated the plasma issue to one of the spring-loaded contacts under the torch cup. A big thanks to Jean at Everlast Canada for getting me replacement parts quickly. Put it back together tonight and sparked it up. Cut out the lower hitch mounts just to test it out. While I was able to get them cut, I've got a lot of learning to do to use the machine well.
Got to drill the 1 1/8" holes for the pins and clean them up a bit with the grinder but getting closer to being able to hook up and try it out
Got to drill the 1 1/8" holes for the pins and clean them up a bit with the grinder but getting closer to being able to hook up and try it out
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Finished up with the hitch brackets tonight. Realized I needed 7/8" holes not 1 1/8" after I'd done the first one with the plasma cutter. D'oh! Hole looked like crap anyway. Cut out a replacement then put the hole saw in the drill press.
Clamped them with 2 1/2" spacer blocks and a piece of solid 7/8" as an alignment bar. Tomorrow night I'll hopefully get them welded and can give it a try. Timing is about perfect, we got 1/2" of rain today which will soften things up nicely.
Clamped them with 2 1/2" spacer blocks and a piece of solid 7/8" as an alignment bar. Tomorrow night I'll hopefully get them welded and can give it a try. Timing is about perfect, we got 1/2" of rain today which will soften things up nicely.