I know that it's green, but...

hodge · Sep 3, 2015

Once I got caught up on the stabilizer list, I focused my attention on my dad's tractor. He's waited 10 months for a set of telescoping stabilizers, and he's been very patient.
So, I built a set for his JD 5065E. These were a prototype- I wanted to make the lift arm bracket removeable, so that the turnbuckles could be put back in service, if necessary.

Lil Foot · Sep 3, 2015

They look great in any color!

coachgeo · Sep 3, 2015

hodge said:
.... These were a prototype- I wanted to make the lift arm bracket removeable, so that the turnbuckles could be put back in service, if necessary....

??? Does anyone have pics of similar before conversion? Trying to decipher what on the lift arm bracket created a conflict that could prevent the turnbuckles to be put back in service. never having seen a JD lift arm...

Very sound fabrication!

hodge · Sep 3, 2015

Nothing prevented the turnbuckles from being used. They attach to the triangle-shaped bracket welded to the lift arm, with a clevis pin. I needed to use a ball pivot, but I didn't want to cut the bracket off of the lift arm. So, I made a bracket that slides over and bolts to the factory bracket. Otherwise, I would have had to alter the lift arm. I didn't want to do that.

In this photo (from Tractorhouse- not our tractor), you can see the plate bracket and the clevis attaching the turnbuckle. I wanted to retain the ability to return to that configuration, if necessary.

skeets · Sep 3, 2015

Ya done good ....Yes sir ya done good

ShaunBlake · Sep 3, 2015

Oh, Hodge, you are a marvel!

hodge · Sep 3, 2015

I just thought about it- I should have painted them Kubota Orange, for a touch of elegance.

Kennyd4110 · Sep 3, 2015

Great job Mark, when you get back into the full swing of things I know a few guys on the GTT forum that would like them also...

ShaunRH · Sep 3, 2015

hodge said:
I just thought about it- I should have painted them Kubota Orange, for a touch of elegance.

I think your Dad appreciates the green more. However, you could have painted them NEON green for color fun! (add in some glow in the dark paint and really make them stand out!)

olthumpa · Sep 3, 2015

hodge said:
I just thought about it- I should have painted them Kubota Orange, for a touch of elegance.

Midnight graffiti run.

Some of those welds look questionable,

maybe you "need to fix them".

Seriously, they look great!

Every time I use mine I wonder how I managed without them.

Thanks again.

coachgeo · Sep 3, 2015

hodge said:
Nothing prevented the turnbuckles from being used. They attach to the triangle-shaped bracket welded to the lift arm, with a clevis pin. I needed to use a ball pivot, but I didn't want to cut the bracket off of the lift arm. So, I made a bracket that slides over and bolts to the factory bracket. Otherwise, I would have had to alter the lift arm. I didn't want to do that....

ahhhh... I see now. Didn't know what a JD arm looked like. It is something like THIS:

So you made a section to fit over the triangle JD manufactures as part of their arm. With all of it same color green could not tell what was JD and what was Hodge

85Hokie · Sep 4, 2015

hodge said:
I just thought about it- I should have painted them Kubota Orange, for a touch of elegance.

Like ol' Henry Ford said, "you can get em in any color you want....as long as it is Kubota orange".......

that was Ford wasnt it ???

Nice job Mark.

tcrote5516 · Sep 5, 2015

They look great but it really would have been funny if you painted them Orange!

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