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shanehobson
Silver Member
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2011
- Messages
- 109
- Location
- New Zealand
- Tractor
- Ford 3000 (x2), Kubota F1900, Kubota B2150HST, IH434, Same Minitauro 60, Zetor 6745 (x2)
It's been a month now since my last update, during that time my mighty 6745 has stamped out around 1000 hay bales and performed well.
The poor brake problem was solved by fitting a drivers seat. I should explain that a bit more, the tractor had a crappy plastic seat when it arrived, so I removed that and sat on a folded up blanket in the space where the seat goes. It seems the foot brakes don't work well when the seat you're sitting on slides backwards as you push down on the brake pedals.
Since properly mounting a new seat the foot brakes work better (not amazing, but still good) and the handbrake seems to work ok now as well. At least it's safe to use.
It's doing a good job of pulling my hay baler around (Welger AP71) and I've also added another seat onto the left side mud guard. That seat faces directly out to the right hand side of the tractor. Sometimes I will sit on this while baling. It's a nice high position that allows me to look forward and backward without twisting my back. I found I was hurting my back sitting in the normal drivers seat and twisting around to watch the baler.
I've added a roof to protect me from sun burn. It's a combination of 100mm x 40mm timber and a sheet of plywood. Cheap & adequate. Also makes it easy to fit other stuff.
A few days ago I added a 120w LED light bar to the front and back (screwed onto the timber roof). This means I can safely keep baling even in darkness (yes, I've done that twice this hay season already.)
The next task is to get the air compressor working and plumb it through to my hay baler. I'm going to set up a small tank and some air lines to blow compressed air onto the baler knotters to keep them clean. That will likely be a winter job along with, fit the used hydraulic pump, overhaul the brakes properly.
The poor brake problem was solved by fitting a drivers seat. I should explain that a bit more, the tractor had a crappy plastic seat when it arrived, so I removed that and sat on a folded up blanket in the space where the seat goes. It seems the foot brakes don't work well when the seat you're sitting on slides backwards as you push down on the brake pedals.
Since properly mounting a new seat the foot brakes work better (not amazing, but still good) and the handbrake seems to work ok now as well. At least it's safe to use.
It's doing a good job of pulling my hay baler around (Welger AP71) and I've also added another seat onto the left side mud guard. That seat faces directly out to the right hand side of the tractor. Sometimes I will sit on this while baling. It's a nice high position that allows me to look forward and backward without twisting my back. I found I was hurting my back sitting in the normal drivers seat and twisting around to watch the baler.
I've added a roof to protect me from sun burn. It's a combination of 100mm x 40mm timber and a sheet of plywood. Cheap & adequate. Also makes it easy to fit other stuff.
A few days ago I added a 120w LED light bar to the front and back (screwed onto the timber roof). This means I can safely keep baling even in darkness (yes, I've done that twice this hay season already.)
The next task is to get the air compressor working and plumb it through to my hay baler. I'm going to set up a small tank and some air lines to blow compressed air onto the baler knotters to keep them clean. That will likely be a winter job along with, fit the used hydraulic pump, overhaul the brakes properly.
