tacticalturnip
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I'm about done with winter.
Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons
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I'm about done with winter.
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Yeah, but is winter done with you? Jon
tacticalturnip
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Winter will never be done with me, it is my penance for being foolhardy enough to come back to Maine. I will never be rid of it.
Gordon Gould
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Gordon Gould
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Been too busy plowing to look here until tonight. We were almost 2 feet behind the yearly average to date. But had three storms last week that put us slightly ahead now.
Glad I don't live in the San Benardino Mountains !
gg
Glad I don't live in the San Benardino Mountains !
gg
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Rustyiron
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This past Saturday's storm was when I had some pretty severe metal fatigue show up.
This is my grill guard - bumper the I use the reciever hitch to mount the lower end of the plow lift cylinder.
That's a 5x7x1/4" tube that everything up front is built on. The reciever was welded to a 3/8" plate with 4 3/4" bolts holding it to the tube. All my welding held up but after 8 years or so with the heavy 9'6" v blade bouncing up and down while traveling the roads, this is result looking at the bottom.
I'm cutting out and welding back in a piece of 1/2" plate, this time with a little bit of additional gussets.
To understand what the pictures are, this was the day before in working condition.
This is where I left off this afternoon.
It took a couple of hours just to get it off of the tractor.
This is my grill guard - bumper the I use the reciever hitch to mount the lower end of the plow lift cylinder.
That's a 5x7x1/4" tube that everything up front is built on. The reciever was welded to a 3/8" plate with 4 3/4" bolts holding it to the tube. All my welding held up but after 8 years or so with the heavy 9'6" v blade bouncing up and down while traveling the roads, this is result looking at the bottom.
I'm cutting out and welding back in a piece of 1/2" plate, this time with a little bit of additional gussets.
To understand what the pictures are, this was the day before in working condition.
This is where I left off this afternoon.
It took a couple of hours just to get it off of the tractor.
Gordon Gould
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It all looks so rugged who would have thought the lift cylinder mount would let go - until you think about a 9-6 V-plow bouncing along. Looks like it started a while back. Get it fixed before the snow gods see it apart.
gg
gg
Rustyiron
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I think I got it. Replaced the 1/4" wall of the tube with 1/2" and a couple of gussets.
I find it amazing how the 1/4" almost "ruptured" before the 4 bolts that held the receiver on failed.
You're right Gordon, there's a little rust on the front edge, not really old looking but not bright like the back side.
TractorTYMe
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Wow Rustyiron, no problems when ya got fabskills like that when it breaks.......nice job. Now send me some snow, I feel like Montana winters have turned wimpy.........oh wait....I got a tractor.....never mind.
Gordon Gould
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We still have plenty of winter left here.
Yesterday I pushed last weeks snow out of my little log landing. On the way out there I tidied up the road edges and broke an access hole thru the snow bank into where I am cutting. I mounted the camera on the front of the ROPS just for fun.
gg
Yesterday I pushed last weeks snow out of my little log landing. On the way out there I tidied up the road edges and broke an access hole thru the snow bank into where I am cutting. I mounted the camera on the front of the ROPS just for fun.
gg
