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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.

You can think of the loader as trying to tip the tractor forward so that it's balancing on the front wheels. W/o a subframe, the only connection between the front wheels and engine and the rear wheels is the transmission, so the top bolts would be in tension and the bottom ones in compression...

Yup... the B219 will lift about 500 lbs; w/ the 2" cylinders @800 psi there's plenty of lift force. When I put the B219 on our B5100, I added a pump on the front of the tractor, and added a gauge next to the loader valve so I could figure out what was happening.

I built a subframe to fit a B219 loaderonto our B5100. It's a matter of figuring out where everything neededs to be:

The factory loader on a B6100 has its relief valve set right about 800 psi ( I've adapted one onto a B5100). This may well be more than the PS valve can handle.

When I made a canopy for our 19' steam launch, I bent 1/2" EMT into 3D curves; that's really not needed here. I followed the design of commercial awnings, using a lacing rail set back from the edge underneath and grommets in the cloth edge; the fabric is laced on w/ 3/16 paracord between the...

I try to balance the load as best I can; clearly here it wasn't that great. These logs had been left in a big pile along with fir logs too twisted to mill into siding. I spent some time cleaning that up; the B5100 didn't have enough pull to disassemble the pile, but my 4x4 F250 managed with a...