CDN Farm Boy
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All the work going into this, I hope you find a better operator seat :laughing:
Self built Mulcher .
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All the work going into this, I hope you find a better operator seat :laughing:
tonyoz
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Nah Mick I on sold it.:laughing:
kiwi mulcher
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any updates?
I have tack welded the Plasma cut front plate to the machine . This 20mm thick plates takes all the loads the mulcher , chipper and backhoe arm transmit to the machine . I am bidding on a 500amp 3 phase mig welder on ebay at the moment as my current welder isn't big enough to weld 20mm steel .
I bought a marine transmission that can handle 650hp that I am fitting to the rear of the engine . It will give me forward , neutral and reverse .
I can also spin my swinging hammer mulcher in both directions which will allow me to mow light scrub in one pass like a flail mower with the bottom of the rotor forward and in the other direction for heavy scrub in a two way pass method as per the usual method .
The woodchipper has been loaded on the Boat and will be here in 3 weeks .
The fixed tooth mulcher I have decided on is a dual drive Ferri which is extremely well made .
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hddnis
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Really enjoying the build, you are doing a great job.
Just a bit of a nit pick.
Your hp going through a transmission will be the same (minus gearbox losses)
It will roughly double your torque.
Just a bit of a nit pick.
Your hp going through a transmission will be the same (minus gearbox losses)
It will roughly double your torque.
Fitted the transmission this afternoon , just need to drill the bell housing bolt holes and bolt it up . Thats another job done , that makes today the 20th day I have worked on it . I would have it going by now if I didn't have so many other things to do , as well as running a business .
I have some fiddly bits ahead of me , I still have to wire up the ECU from the donor truck to get the engine running . I am hoping the donor truck also had cruise control as I will hook that up too . If I put a tone wheel on the output shaft flange on the transmission , I will be able to set the output shaft speed from within the cabin . When the machine hits a tough patch of bush , the cruise control will sense the shaft speed decrease and it will throttle the engine up the same as it would have on the road when the truck hit a hill .
I have some fiddly bits ahead of me , I still have to wire up the ECU from the donor truck to get the engine running . I am hoping the donor truck also had cruise control as I will hook that up too . If I put a tone wheel on the output shaft flange on the transmission , I will be able to set the output shaft speed from within the cabin . When the machine hits a tough patch of bush , the cruise control will sense the shaft speed decrease and it will throttle the engine up the same as it would have on the road when the truck hit a hill .
I decided to stop putting off the making of the cover for the aircon evaporator unit I mounted to the ceiling . I made an Aluminium base and covered it with 1/2" foam and Grey vinyl . I mounted the original interior light and the fan/temp control panel in it so it looks pretty stock . UHF radio is mounted on it's right and a small reversing monitor will be mounted on it's left .
