Marveltone
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2010
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- Location
- Somewhere north of Roseau, MN
- Tractor
- Fordson Major Diesel, McCormick Deering W4, Ford 1510, John Deere L111
I'm not sure if this is considered customization, but it does involve welding hunks of metal to an implement, so here goes:
Why is it when I loan stuff out to my dad to be abused, it usually comes back in better shape than it left?
My retired father was using my tractor to blade some trails through hid woods, when he snagged it on a root, which bent the blade and the mount. Now, granted, this is a light duty Bush Hog RBC60, so it doesn't take much abuse to bend it.
Well, he looked at the inherent weak points of the implement and proceeded to weld up some stiffeners to make it stronger and heavier. A piece of 3" angle iron was added to the full length of the blade, along with a couple of vertical stiffeners. He then noticed that the metal used to form the frame which holds the lower link pins is quite thin, so he then proceeded to weld a hefty chunk of angle iron across the front of the frame. Add a little paint, and VIOLA! Better than new!
Rear blade pictures by Marveltone - Photobucket
I think I'll let him continue to borrow my equipment as long as he keeps improving it.
Joe
Why is it when I loan stuff out to my dad to be abused, it usually comes back in better shape than it left?
My retired father was using my tractor to blade some trails through hid woods, when he snagged it on a root, which bent the blade and the mount. Now, granted, this is a light duty Bush Hog RBC60, so it doesn't take much abuse to bend it. Well, he looked at the inherent weak points of the implement and proceeded to weld up some stiffeners to make it stronger and heavier. A piece of 3" angle iron was added to the full length of the blade, along with a couple of vertical stiffeners. He then noticed that the metal used to form the frame which holds the lower link pins is quite thin, so he then proceeded to weld a hefty chunk of angle iron across the front of the frame. Add a little paint, and VIOLA! Better than new!
Rear blade pictures by Marveltone - Photobucket
I think I'll let him continue to borrow my equipment as long as he keeps improving it.
Joe
