coachgeo
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Equipment
L225 w/woods Few Mowers & Back Blade, D722 in Motorcycle (Triumph Tiger), LMTV
Did a search and there is ton of threads.. all with good tips in each. Hope to get this to grow with all the tips etc. in one place.
. How long should the shaft be to mate "your" tractor and implement? One can cut them to fit. They need to be Short Enough so inside and outside of telescoping shaft will not be binding against anything when they are at shortest point in the travel of raising and lowering the implement. This will be when shaft is horizontal to ground when attached to tractor and implement. You can measure for this and cut to fit. For more on this See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vBFJcvs5SE
..... Also keep in mind that to maintain appropriate strength for longevity of shaft, safety etc. When looking at modifying your shaft to fit... make sure to have 6" minimum remaining shaft telescoped together when at working length. Some implement manufactures may want more so check. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INC0Tm4kI20
..... If your sharing same shaft between two implements... (saves a good bit of coin) for Safety consider adding an additional Safety plastic tube or some other form of skirt (affix with Duct Tape or??) to overlay any area not covered by plastic tube on the shaft when using it with the one implement that spreads it open the furthest leaving exposed actual shaft. Method too affix the extra piece must itself not create a hazard though... For example hose clamps might not be so good.
PS- I'll update first post with tips as they are added below.
. How long should the shaft be to mate "your" tractor and implement? One can cut them to fit. They need to be Short Enough so inside and outside of telescoping shaft will not be binding against anything when they are at shortest point in the travel of raising and lowering the implement. This will be when shaft is horizontal to ground when attached to tractor and implement. You can measure for this and cut to fit. For more on this See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vBFJcvs5SE
..... Also keep in mind that to maintain appropriate strength for longevity of shaft, safety etc. When looking at modifying your shaft to fit... make sure to have 6" minimum remaining shaft telescoped together when at working length. Some implement manufactures may want more so check. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INC0Tm4kI20
..... If your sharing same shaft between two implements... (saves a good bit of coin) for Safety consider adding an additional Safety plastic tube or some other form of skirt (affix with Duct Tape or??) to overlay any area not covered by plastic tube on the shaft when using it with the one implement that spreads it open the furthest leaving exposed actual shaft. Method too affix the extra piece must itself not create a hazard though... For example hose clamps might not be so good.
PS- I'll update first post with tips as they are added below.
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