Loader "Polish" Bucket Level Indicator

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Blento

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Location
Cleveland,,Ga
Tractor
Massey-ferguson GC1705 2017
Being 100% of Polish heritage I made my own bucket level indicator

Bill of Material
8" 1/4-20 threaded rod
3 1/4-20 nuts
2 1/4" lock washers
1 1" x 2" x 1/4" aluminum pointer

Tools Required
9/32" drill
13/64 drill
1/4-20 Tap and tap handle
7/16" wrench

Drill and tap 1/4-20 in flange of bucket
Drill 9/32" hole in pointer
attach threaded rod with nut and lock washer
Bend as necessary to clear hose fitting
Attach and adjust pointer with 2 1/4 nuts and lock washer

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Total cost of materials $4.75
Total labor 45 minutes
Total Engineering (including trips to house & beer drinking) 12 hours

That's what 75 year old retired Polish machinists do when they are bored!
 
   / "Polish" Bucket Level Indicator #2  
Nice job!:thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
   / "Polish" Bucket Level Indicator #3  
Interesting idea, and simple and easy. KISS, right?
I was planning to copy the leveler from the larger series tractor. Basically they remove the bolt that holds the bucket pin in, install a longer bolt, bushing, and the end of a rod that extends up along the cylinder. Then fasten a guide to the cylinder for the rod to pass through with a plastic bracket, I was going to use steel. It requires a slight bend about a foot from the bucket end to clear everything when bucket is in dump position. That will probably be the second thing I do, the first being swapping the lights to the inside of the ROPS.
 

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