One thing leads to another

[TxJack]

Thank you sir! What's even better is they are close by me!

 

[BillinTX]

Last one of the fork project. This shows the forks attached and the unit painted. I think I have a few welds to grind down and need to apply some grease to the T-1 plate to make fork width adjustment easier.

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When you adjust the width of the forks tilt them down so that the weight of the forks is pulling away from the back plate instead of pushing against it. Less resistance that way.

 

[BayouMan]

Hey BillinTx,

Thanks for the idea. That makes a lot of sense. Think adding the grease will help at all?

 

[BayouMan]

Hey BillinTX,
Tried your idea of tilting the forks forward. Worked great! I went on and put some grease on the front plates as well. That made the adjusting process that much smoother. Thanks for the tip.

Mike

 

[BayouMan]

It has been a few weeks since I posted any progress reports. Since I just turned 59, I decided to make it easier to get on and off of my tractor. I decided to add a step. Attached are the before pictures.

 

[BayouMan]

The next pictures show what I welded up for the step support. I used some 1/4" aluminum diamond plate for the step surfaces.

 

[BayouMan]

While I was finishing up the step install, I needed to find a spot on my tractor to remount my toolbox. I had the toolbox on the side of the tractor, but had to remove it for the loader install. The only solution I came up with was mounting on my fender on the step side. So far, it seems like it will work out in this location.

 

[BayouMan]

My next project is to make some repairs to the skid plates on my Bionic blade. I didn't realize that after about 11-12 years, that the skid plates had worn through and had worn some sections of the 1/4" plate that supported the skids. Attached are photos of the damaged skids. Man, that FEL really made getting that blade up to the back of my shop a breeze!
This Bionic blade was a project that my brother and I took on about 12 years ago. Never got any paint after we fabbed it, since it has been in use from the day we mounted it to my tractor.

 

[mjncad]

It has been a few weeks since I posted any progress reports. Since I just turned 59, I decided to make it easier to get on and off of my tractor. I decided to add a step. Attached are the before pictures.
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I can see why you wanted to add a step as carrying that floor jack around everywhere to use as a step had to be getting old.

The step turned out good and should make life easier.