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We just made a box beam from 2x lumber, supported it w/ chain and straps and used it to hoist trusses onto our new shop.

I remember doing the calcs for hydraulic steering in a Ag engineering hydraulics course I took 40+ years ago.... but I'd forgotten some of the details :). I found this on scribd; it rings a bell. The assumptions are for a car, but you can change them as needed...

I use a pair of 3M 30 dB ear protectors... these work well, and are less than $25 at Home Depot w/ free delivery.

I converted a B219 Kubota loader that was in pieces to fit my B5100. Basically I had to make a new subframe, and devise a drive for the hydraulic pump. The arms, bucket and towers are from the original loader.

I used 3/8" line (about 4' long) from the pump to the spool valve; 1/4" lines everywhere else on my B5100 w/ a converted B219 loader from a B7100. Like yours, I used a 4 gpm pump, driven from the front PTO. I am sure I could have used 1/4" line from the pump to the spool valve; I very rarely...

The shrink disk will compress a sleeve that is solid; it doesn't need to be be split. The shrink disk has a very shallow internal taper that develops a very substantial compression force; of course, this means that the tolerances are pretty tight on the internal and external sleeve dimensions...

If this setup is similar to the one used on the B5100 tractor, I was able to make a sleeve that just slides over the male splines in the front of the crankshaft, and then transition to a 5/8" drive for a hydraulic pump. A shrink disc anchors the sleeve over the splne; it's been in service for...

A roof panel made from polycarbonate roofing over a steel frame would work and be relatively reasonable in cost....

The problem w/ these buckets for me is that they use a good part of the lifting capacity of the tractor.

thanks!.... I used a 4"x6" generic metal cutting band saw.

The loader on our B5100 is actually one (B219) for a B7200; I built a new subframe to fit the B5100. Tying the towers together would definitely make things a bit sturdier; I re-used the towers from the B219 which were not tied together. I definitely need more clearance at full wheel...

There's a difference between a butt dial and a booty call.

I got really tired of breathing diesel exhaust while mowing w/ our B5100; i rotated the exhaust vertical and added a flapper valve. Big improvement.

The sleeve has no taper; the shrink disk consists of two parts w/ a shallow matching taper. As the bolts that connect them are tightened, the inner diameter of the disk contracts, clamping down on whatever the disk is placed over. Since the taper is shallow, the amount of shrinkage is small -...

Here's a link to our album of B5100 pictures, taken over the last 10 years. https://photos.app.goo.gl/hk1nJCWyZ7EzguYdA There are pictures of the pump drive, including the shrink disc I used to grab hold of the oddball spline on the front of the crankshaft.