Talk About Anything Thread V4

I cannot express in words how careful you have to be to not snap off bolts in an 820. Impact driver is a godsend, but it can't save them all

Oof. What kinda impact you got?

Rebuilt the exhaust on the ranger, sorry for the poor audio

Hammer/hand impact.

Spoiler:

I would. On a low torque setting. Turn it down and let it hammer

Drilled out this bolt and knocked it out with a center punch. A bolt threads in there nicely now. All 3 brake caliper bolts I broke off threaded out with the help of vise grips.

That's several "oh thank god" moments there

@MightyRaze U know when the 2k19 Build Off will start?

@SebastianAlbrecht feb 1

Buck wrote:

@SebastianAlbrecht feb 1

What Buck Said.

Or click the Build-Off Rules or entry instructions top right.  LOL

Hay People,
Looky what I got. My kid grabbed it like at 2 o'clock, takes a pic and sends it to me, I'm indisposed at the time while I'm at work when I get the text. Looking at the text I see the tracks on it and send him a text back "Bring it home" LOL. I was planning on fixing up the junk I had already for clearing the driveways but this is way cooler. From the pic he sent me it looked bigger but the size it really is, is way better. Just a wee bit bigger then my biggest snowblower that I have now. It's missing a couple things too, like the shoot and I'm sure other things too but I got enough junk laying around to make this thing work.


So this thing will go on the back burner until summer time for a rebuild and an overpowering. It has a 3.5 or a 5 hp Tecumseh on it with no compression now, pull it for later and I have a 10 hp Tecumseh I can rebuild just for it.

Even if the tracks are busted somehow, I can make my own set that are all steel too for it, LOL.

Too cool, Later!!

Cool! When I was in high school there was an old snowblower just like that one in the auto shop. Said "Eaton Viking" on the front of the control panel. It was a pretty neat looking unit. I never got to see it run or anything though, the engine was missing some parts and I think there was something wrong with one of the tracks.

Ide like to get my mitts on a snowblower with tracks... build a tracked minibike with a ski on the front.

MightyRaze wrote:

Buck wrote:

@SebastianAlbrecht feb 1

What Buck Said.

Or click the Build-Off Rules or entry instructions top right.  LOL

Thank You and excuse my dumbness xD

A while back @Doug was talking about adding a section called "Tractor attachments" for trailers, plows, furrows, stuff like that. What happened to that, because I've got a build to go in there? Or do I just post it in Off Topic?

When I built the lift hitch and the disk harrow wheel frame for my Allis B-110, I just covered it in the tractor thread. So if it's just something you made for your JD you could do that. Otherwise posting in the "Off-Topic Project Builds" would be fine.

Well, I wasn't doing the linear actuator just yet. I was actually talking about a bunch of mods I plan to do to a yard cart (storage, ball hitch, chainsaw mount, tires, etc.).

Oh okay, well I have a couple modified trailer projects in the Off-Topic section, so that sounds like a good place for yours.

Okay, I just hope it's not too much of an insult to put my lousy store-bought thing in the category with your awesome suspension trailer.

Haha, I can't tell wether that's hardcore sarcasm right there, but either way I'm pretty sure you'll be fine.

No I'm serious! Mine I bought in a store and bolted some stuff to it, yours you built from the ground up and put suspension under it. It's really awesome.

Double W Cross Ranch wrote:

A while back @Doug was talking about adding a section called "Tractor attachments" for trailers, plows, furrows, stuff like that.  What happened to that, because I've got a build to go in there?  Or do I just post it in Off Topic?

I seen the thread and there was 100% support for that. I will create it. That happened about the time "life" happened with Doug.

Section and sub-forum added. Please read the details of each section!

Nice job Mighty! I moved both my trailer threads into the new sections.

How bout this cold weather eh? Actual temp here is -6 with windchills reaching -37 Fahrenheit

I hear it is pretty brutal up there.  We have family and friends up that way.

Yeah I really do love having my nostrils freeze together when I'm just breathing in the air, it's a blast.