Taylortractornut
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- Joined
- Mar 27, 2002
- Messages
- 2,770
- Location
- Iuka Mississippi USA
- Tractor
- 3550 Fard Backhoe and a 1948 Farmall Cub,
Moss Road\'s mini hoe
A while back I got to thinking of building a version of a mini hoe that PT offers for their machines. I onnt have access to any PT or similar machine so I asked MossRoad if I built one if he could test it out for me and if it survived he could have it. Ive been meaning to post a few pics of it the last few weeks but ive been side tracked with my job and all. At the moment its mocked up with a linear actuator to simulate a 10 inch ram. I first started to use a ram attached diretly to the bucket to provide the bucket forces but it didnt suit me so I made it like a regular hoe and excavator with a radius link. Ive been using my drafting version similar to CAD which is HBTEE or Hill Billy Trial and Error Engineering lol. I made mock ups of the pards with 1/4 inch bolts and salvaged 3/8ths plywood and an oak strip from work. Iused these to make the wire patterns for the tracer torch to cut out. I plan on making a kit for others that want to make their own mini hoes. I used the tracer torch to cut out the side plates for the bucket. I have almost all of the parts ready for final assembly but still making a few adjustments. Its hard to imagine all the movements of a machine ive never seen before in person. The bucket is 9 inches wide and made from 1/4 inch plate. Im trying to get a few bucket teeth from the local boxblade plant to finish adding the cutting edges and teeth. Ill use grade 8 bolts for all the pins on this outfit. I did have to use som backhoe force from my TLB to shape the bucket shell but if I had a Power Trac . I could have mounted the sides then used the crowd function to roll the plate. Now for the questions for Moss Road, is this enough of a curl angle in this picture?
A while back I got to thinking of building a version of a mini hoe that PT offers for their machines. I onnt have access to any PT or similar machine so I asked MossRoad if I built one if he could test it out for me and if it survived he could have it. Ive been meaning to post a few pics of it the last few weeks but ive been side tracked with my job and all. At the moment its mocked up with a linear actuator to simulate a 10 inch ram. I first started to use a ram attached diretly to the bucket to provide the bucket forces but it didnt suit me so I made it like a regular hoe and excavator with a radius link. Ive been using my drafting version similar to CAD which is HBTEE or Hill Billy Trial and Error Engineering lol. I made mock ups of the pards with 1/4 inch bolts and salvaged 3/8ths plywood and an oak strip from work. Iused these to make the wire patterns for the tracer torch to cut out. I plan on making a kit for others that want to make their own mini hoes. I used the tracer torch to cut out the side plates for the bucket. I have almost all of the parts ready for final assembly but still making a few adjustments. Its hard to imagine all the movements of a machine ive never seen before in person. The bucket is 9 inches wide and made from 1/4 inch plate. Im trying to get a few bucket teeth from the local boxblade plant to finish adding the cutting edges and teeth. Ill use grade 8 bolts for all the pins on this outfit. I did have to use som backhoe force from my TLB to shape the bucket shell but if I had a Power Trac . I could have mounted the sides then used the crowd function to roll the plate. Now for the questions for Moss Road, is this enough of a curl angle in this picture?
