NH TC40A Brushguard Buildup "Mad Max" Style
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heymack
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- Home Sweet Home, Texas
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- Ford 8N, Ford 555A, New Holland TM120, New Holland TT60A
Yes indeed, very impressive...nice jobs.
Oh, and like 1bush2hog, I need one for my TT60A while your at it.
This frontend design is a disaster just waiting to happen, especially with all the S. Texas brush we have around here.
Oh, and like 1bush2hog, I need one for my TT60A while your at it.
This frontend design is a disaster just waiting to happen, especially with all the S. Texas brush we have around here.
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Mcfly89
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thanks for all the compliments and input. if we had other tractors here for a pattern, i didnt mind the build...but it was very custom and each bend has to be built on the tractor to keep it from looking like an afterthought. a couple of contours on ours ended up differently than we had intended, but RR and I are the only people that will ever know
the pics i see of your front end would be FAAAAR easier to build to. ours was a serious headache from the word go. ever tried to bend 5/8" solid rod around a basketball?
the pics i see of your front end would be FAAAAR easier to build to. ours was a serious headache from the word go. ever tried to bend 5/8" solid rod around a basketball?
Mcfly's right - the rounded shape of out TC40A had us scratching our heads - the FEL follows the contour pretty close as it raises, too, so you don't have much room to work with. We like the 40 too much to be satisfied with a half-**** job, so went pretty far out on a limb to get the look and function we wanted. The steel used is pretty strong, and we were sure it would take quite a lot, but when it was all welded together into a basket, it's unreal! Mcfly bounced a house trailer frame off of it the first day out, which would've put our hood in our lap .... you couldn't even see where it hit ! We've just gotta find a latch mechanism that suits us, so we can get rid of the Mad Max rubber strap!
And on the plasma torch question - if I had my way, the new Hypertherm 1000 would be landfill! The Fly hates to let a machine beat him, so he'll keep tinkering with it to see if he can get it sorted out.
Me, I'm thinking dynamite!!!!
And on the plasma torch question - if I had my way, the new Hypertherm 1000 would be landfill! The Fly hates to let a machine beat him, so he'll keep tinkering with it to see if he can get it sorted out.
Me, I'm thinking dynamite!!!!
Offy
Silver Member
Real nice job on the tractor guard. It suits the tracror well and the craftsmanship is more hot rod than tractor. I think you have made it more than adequately strong for its intended use. Ya ought to chrome it!
