robstaples
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Uncle Hukla, in the 4th picture above, is it hose or pipe going under your machine? Some great ideas here. Well laid out!
My Mahindra is ready for winter!!!
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Uncle Hulka
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A major design requirement was that I had to be able to remove the blower, the pump/tank AND the loader from the tractor, while leaving the main hose in position year-round. Luckily, the 2555 has a pretty open design, which allowed us to route the hoses so they are located above the lowest point of the tractor without interfering with any tractor components.
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Uncle Hulka
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The 3rd and 4th pictures are of the rear setup for the pump/tank. Here's what we did.
We mounted an angled bracket to a brace on the tractor. I made two, 1.5" diameter holes and welded in appropriately sized pipe unions. Onto the front side (toward the loader) I threaded 45 degree quick connectors. this allowed the hoses going forward to be parallel with the horizontal centerline of the tractor.
On the back side of the bracket, we installed 18" lengths of black iron pipe with quick connectors at the tank end.. This allows me to easily connect and disconnect the pump/tank hoses.
To prevent any unwanted movement at the ends of the 18" pipe section, Bob designed and fabricated a brace to hold the pipe ends in place. This brace ties into the left and right flanges where the fenders meet the rear panel (behing the seat) and extends down to a bracket that secures the pipes with U-bolts.
I'm really pleased with the results. There's a huge amount of satisfaction when you see an idea from from conceptual pencil sketch to something that actually works as intended.
We mounted an angled bracket to a brace on the tractor. I made two, 1.5" diameter holes and welded in appropriately sized pipe unions. Onto the front side (toward the loader) I threaded 45 degree quick connectors. this allowed the hoses going forward to be parallel with the horizontal centerline of the tractor.
On the back side of the bracket, we installed 18" lengths of black iron pipe with quick connectors at the tank end.. This allows me to easily connect and disconnect the pump/tank hoses.
To prevent any unwanted movement at the ends of the 18" pipe section, Bob designed and fabricated a brace to hold the pipe ends in place. This brace ties into the left and right flanges where the fenders meet the rear panel (behing the seat) and extends down to a bracket that secures the pipes with U-bolts.
I'm really pleased with the results. There's a huge amount of satisfaction when you see an idea from from conceptual pencil sketch to something that actually works as intended.
robstaples
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When you take the loader off, do you have a picture of that hose junction? Or do the "loader hoses" go back to the bottom of the iron pipe?
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Uncle Hulka
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No pictures, but here's the overall layout, from back to front:
Hoses From pump to Quick Connect (QC) at end of black pipe [this is where I will disconnect to remove pump/tank]
Hoses from QC at bracket end of black iron pipe to QC located under tractor [this is where I will disconnect if I am need to remove loader from tractor]
Hoses from QC under tractor to loader. These hoses go up the vertical loader arm and follow the horizontal arm to a QC on the back side of the bracket mounted to the loader arm.
On the front side of this bracket are QC [this is where I will disconnect the blower from the tractor]
Hoses from the QC directly to the Blower.
An electrical cable goes from the blower to an electrical box mounted to the front grille guard [this is where I disconnect the blower's electrical connection]
An electrical cable goes from the electrical box to +12VDC and to the pistol grip controller mounted onto a gooseneck, flexible mount that is secured onto an access plate on the right-hand side of the operator's platform. This allows the operator to control chute rotation and deflection.
Whew! That's about it.
Hoses From pump to Quick Connect (QC) at end of black pipe [this is where I will disconnect to remove pump/tank]
Hoses from QC at bracket end of black iron pipe to QC located under tractor [this is where I will disconnect if I am need to remove loader from tractor]
Hoses from QC under tractor to loader. These hoses go up the vertical loader arm and follow the horizontal arm to a QC on the back side of the bracket mounted to the loader arm.
On the front side of this bracket are QC [this is where I will disconnect the blower from the tractor]
Hoses from the QC directly to the Blower.
An electrical cable goes from the blower to an electrical box mounted to the front grille guard [this is where I disconnect the blower's electrical connection]
An electrical cable goes from the electrical box to +12VDC and to the pistol grip controller mounted onto a gooseneck, flexible mount that is secured onto an access plate on the right-hand side of the operator's platform. This allows the operator to control chute rotation and deflection.
Whew! That's about it.
robstaples
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Thanks soo much. I struggle with layout because of my mmm and vacuum. I see with more QC's maybe I can copy your idea and use less tie wraps.!!
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Uncle Hulka
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A MMM and/or a vacuum would definitely complicate the install, regardless of the tractor in question. What if instead of running lines under the tractor, you ran them low, along the side of the tractor?
robstaples
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I have an orange B3350 with cab so side mount would be worse. I should relook at steel pipe from bow to stern but it would end up like a pretzel to stay close to the body. Did you use xxs black pipe? It's nearly 3000 psi working pressure. Regular black pipe is just 1000 psi working presure , but 8000 burst pressure.
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Uncle Hulka
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Well, we didn't hardly get anything compared to some, but I've been straining at the leash to try out my snow equipment. 8+" of light, fluffy snow is not much of a test, but I still had a ball. Of course after the first face-full of snow I was wishing I had gotten a cab model, but it's no problem.
The inaugural use of the Mahindra 2555 / Erskine ES2400 combo was a complete success!
The inaugural use of the Mahindra 2555 / Erskine ES2400 combo was a complete success!
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Ok, someone has to go off subject, I'll go ahead and be the one. Is that a "Skylark" or "Cutlass" behind the tractor? It appears to be in good shape. Is that a future project?
