westbrooklawn
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Nice job!! you will wonder how you ever got by without those hooks... I use mine constantly...
My bucket hook install
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joes_427_vette
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I can't believe you can buy that 3/16 wall pipe that cheap. Here we mainly used square or rectangular tubing with various wall thickness. While it is great to work with it quickly equates to a small fortune.
Do the salvage yards have this in stock or where can it be bought ? I have a neighbor that runs to Texas a couple times a year for car parts. I would like to try some for a few projects.
Do the salvage yards have this in stock or where can it be bought ? I have a neighbor that runs to Texas a couple times a year for car parts. I would like to try some for a few projects.
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wushaw
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joes_427_vette said:
My local steel place in Ennis had it in two different configurations...clean or has surface rust (used) sold in 31' sticks or just whatever you wanted it cut to, I purchased the used stem and just took a wire cup brush to it and clean the rust off.
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Where in Texas does your friend visit? If is in my neck of the woods, midway between Austin and Waco, I can give you the contact information of a few places. They advertise all the time. Try $1.38 per foot for 1 1/2 ID. It comes in 20 foot lengths so you'll need a trailer.joes_427_vette said:
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wushaw,
Nice job on adding those hooks and the added reinforcement for them. You will love being able to use them for pulling or lifting or whatever. They are one of the handiest and most inexpensive additions to your tractor. I'll bet I've used mine about 50 times since I put them on last year!
Nice job on adding those hooks and the added reinforcement for them. You will love being able to use them for pulling or lifting or whatever. They are one of the handiest and most inexpensive additions to your tractor. I'll bet I've used mine about 50 times since I put them on last year!
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wushaw
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Thanks for the kind words guys.
I have been meaning to install hooks for awhile now since I needed them on my last tractor and could have used them a few times on this one, I now have them and don't have to worry about bending the top lip with the added reinforcement.
I have been meaning to install hooks for awhile now since I needed them on my last tractor and could have used them a few times on this one, I now have them and don't have to worry about bending the top lip with the added reinforcement.
crbr
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Nice job. I saved the pics for future reference.
As for your welding.....?? I can appreciate your humble comment. In my younger career, I was an AWS certified visual welding inspector on nuclear power plants. I can appreciate these as well, although you are very frugal in saving the ink and paper for writing home... LOL..... (please bear in mind, I can't weld worth a crap
).
Good job indeed on the project. Thanks for the details.
As for your welding.....?? I can appreciate your humble comment. In my younger career, I was an AWS certified visual welding inspector on nuclear power plants. I can appreciate these as well, although you are very frugal in saving the ink and paper for writing home... LOL..... (please bear in mind, I can't weld worth a crap
). Good job indeed on the project. Thanks for the details.