Wildfire
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Equipment
Kubota L5740 HSTC3 and a Kubota ZG222Z, 2013 BX25D,Custom Toyota fork lift.
Over the last year I've made a number of custom modifications' to my tractor and before I found this site I posted some of them on other sites and everyone like some of the ideas so I thought I would share some of these mods with you fine folks.
Everything starts with an idea. My head is full of ideas and the wife says I'm nuts and she's probably right.
Anyway my Kubota Grand 4240 had this tube on the loader attachment. I said to myself that seemed to be a terrible waist of space and seeing I needed a place to put a tow sling I decided to use that space for it.
I had to have some way of capping the ends of the tube so this is what I did.
To do this project I used all scrap aluminum. I machined and then cut covers for the pipe and then Tig welded them and machined it again.
I wasn't to particular about the appearance of the weld because I knew I wanted to machine it again anyway.
The O rings were used to keep the caps in place but the grooves had to be machined just right or they would be either to tight or to loose. The O rings also kept the water out of the tubes. After that was done the parts were etched primed and painted. Here's a few pics to show you the process from start to completion.
Everything starts with an idea. My head is full of ideas and the wife says I'm nuts and she's probably right.
Anyway my Kubota Grand 4240 had this tube on the loader attachment. I said to myself that seemed to be a terrible waist of space and seeing I needed a place to put a tow sling I decided to use that space for it.
I had to have some way of capping the ends of the tube so this is what I did.
To do this project I used all scrap aluminum. I machined and then cut covers for the pipe and then Tig welded them and machined it again.
I wasn't to particular about the appearance of the weld because I knew I wanted to machine it again anyway.
The O rings were used to keep the caps in place but the grooves had to be machined just right or they would be either to tight or to loose. The O rings also kept the water out of the tubes. After that was done the parts were etched primed and painted. Here's a few pics to show you the process from start to completion.