Recent content by aeronutt

It's a bit worrisome when a factory weld that hardly needs any real strength fails. This looks to me like a classic case of a cold weld. No penetration at all on one side, but it looked perfectly fine under that pretty orange paint. This is the pin that holds the loader kickstand up when it's...

Your fix is probably safer than mine. I used 8 inches of tie wire to make it think the seat is planted all the time. I find that standing up while doing delicate loader work with pallet forks is much easier because I can see what I'm stabbing better. I'm sure the safety police wouldn't approve...

Thanks for those good pics. I'm going to use some of the ideas in this thread to make some hooks for my MX5200. I've gotten by with clipping a chain to the edge, but I'd like to adjust where on the chain I pull from rather than only pulling from the end. I'm pretty good with a welder and I have...

I have had mine for about 12 years. Never had a problem and it has welded everything I've asked it to, including some deep cracks in my Bobcat lift arm that required heavy v-notching and multi-pass welds. If you are planning to go portable with it where 240v power might be hard to get or if you...

I installed septic systems for many years and dug up more than a few to perform repairs. My dad owned an excavation company so it was one of our more common jobs. I don't recall ever digging up a leach field for repairs due to someone driving over it. A freshly installed leach field required...

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Do a quick search on here for recent similar threads. You'll find a lot of good advice on choosing a trailer. Previous replies above are spot-on. You will never regret having a 16 foot utility trailer with brakes on both axles. You might look for one with stake pockets that take a 2x4 so you can...

I doubt it. Neither my 660 or my friend's 661 have primers. Just the traditional choke setting with the thumb lever. I did notice that his 661 feels like it has more compression. It takes a pretty good yank to pull it over. Maybe that's just because his is newer...

This subject has a lot of threads already. The overall rule is to always have more trailer than you need. You'll never wish your trailer was 2 feet shorter or had 2K lbs less capacity. When you're panic braking after some jackwagon pulls out in front of you, there's no such thing as too much...

I like the idea, but once the batteries are full the solar cells would just sit there doing nothing. I think it would be better to have the solar panels stationary and charge the batteries via plug. That way you could have enough surface area to charge at a meaningful speed and could use the...

I like the idea of trying some ramps for the front axle. Cut a 3-foot long section of 6x6 with a ramp on both ends so the tractor does a bit of a wheelie right as the ROPS gets to the door and then it's back down to ground level before the rear tires get to the ramps. Stop, kick the ramps aside...

Reach isn't a problem for me. I'd have to look up to see your neck. I suggested the 18 inch blade more for balance and weight than any concern for being able to pull a longer chain. That saw would have no problem pulling a 20 or even 25 inch chain if that's what you want to use for extra reach...

Not knowing anything about your welding skills, please keep in mind that this is going to save your life if you ever roll the tractor over. If you feel comfortable with that responsibility, take a good close look at the folding mechanism on a tractor that has a folding ROPS and copy it. For the...

Once the rough spreading is done with the FEL, pretty much any straight, flat bar would work for final smoothing. Good results would be easy to achieve with a length of angle iron bolted to a simple tongue and set so the trailing edge was pointed down. You could build this yourself for under...

Welding skill is easy to rent. Print that picture, take it and the bucket to a professional welding shop, write a check. Done. That's a 30 minute job for a professional and you're pretty much guaranteed that it will be done right.