<font color="blue"> We've got a few more projects to come. We're planning a PHD and a winch that will share the same hydraulic motor, hoses and valve. The motor is here, and the hoses, valve and fittings are on their way from Surplus Center. We may also be able to use the same motor setup for a wheel trencher.
Nearly all of the steel we use is salvaged from various sources.
We're trying to figure out a way to counterbalance some of the weight of the 60" mower in an effort to control the uphill wheel lift issue. Some sort of removable pring mechanism attached to the lift arms is our best current guess.
We also think a side boom heavy duty string trimmer might be possible. The design concept is for a hinged, lightly spring-loaded arm and fairly long skids at the cutting head to allow for a good bit of movement.
We've got the same plowshare from TSC that another TBN member (was it MossRoad?) used as a slitter, and plan to work on the cable-laying idea with it.
We also plan to shamelessly steal a bunch of JJ's engineering work for a grapple, although ours will be set up more for rocks and logs than for brush.
You might not know it fron this series of posts, but we like operating Kermit every bit as much as we like making attachments. Both my wife and I generally have big grins on our faces after ripping out some boulder that's been bending mower blades for years, or getting that wet patch of ground to actually drain, or effortlessly carrying a log that two men and a boy wouldn't be able to lift out of the woods , or...well, you get the idea.</font> /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Nearly all of the steel we use is salvaged from various sources.
We're trying to figure out a way to counterbalance some of the weight of the 60" mower in an effort to control the uphill wheel lift issue. Some sort of removable pring mechanism attached to the lift arms is our best current guess.
We also think a side boom heavy duty string trimmer might be possible. The design concept is for a hinged, lightly spring-loaded arm and fairly long skids at the cutting head to allow for a good bit of movement.
We've got the same plowshare from TSC that another TBN member (was it MossRoad?) used as a slitter, and plan to work on the cable-laying idea with it.
We also plan to shamelessly steal a bunch of JJ's engineering work for a grapple, although ours will be set up more for rocks and logs than for brush.
You might not know it fron this series of posts, but we like operating Kermit every bit as much as we like making attachments. Both my wife and I generally have big grins on our faces after ripping out some boulder that's been bending mower blades for years, or getting that wet patch of ground to actually drain, or effortlessly carrying a log that two men and a boy wouldn't be able to lift out of the woods , or...well, you get the idea.</font> /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
