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My wife better cash that lottery ticket before I do, cause ya'll are thinking small.....

Been there, done that... I felt similar when getting my L2501. The backhoe was nagging me. I originally ordered it without the BH by saying things like "well I 'll just rent a better one when I need it" or some such other justification...... but in the end I realized that the voices in my head...

Another thing I learned was how much of a PITA it is to change from cutting blade to grinder to wire wheel. Then the solution popped into my head.....Just buy 2 more angle grinders...simple. So to the computer I go and 24 hours later the Stork drops one off at my door. (next month another one...

Thanks Mike, Yea, I want one too. It's on my list to make a small one to fit in my Horror Freight Press. Unfortunately thats a very long list..... Paul

Again with the bed liner material for top coat. Install is a little easier with a third hand from the hoist. 4th pic shows the top bolt fits perfectly with those floor board mats...... (Love them floor mats!!!) Then the final product. Paul

Again there was no way I could stand the having 'no side protection' so I do pretty much the same thing I did with the fuel filter guard. (This time I checked for interference BEFORE I welded it up...LOLOLOL) All was good, and it fits like a glove. I was in a bit of a hurry for some reason...

So its off to the lathe with my mystery metal. I indicate it, then spot drill it, drill it (this is where I think I'm in trouble).......then try to tap it (now I KNOW I'm in trouble) That mystery metal was stupid hard. I didn't even get 2 threads into it when I was sure I was gonna break the...

First pic is of the pre-welded piece bolted up. Everything appears to be good. Second pic is the result of my brain nagging me to make that rear part taller. After looking at these pics I probably should have filled in that notch too but when I was looking at it in person, it did not appear...

Using C clamp Vice Grip and the hoist to hold it in place I was able to use my deep hole marker to mark the forward attach point hole. I also decide to use a bolt that goes through the existing hole in the floor board for the rear attach point. I just don't have a long enough bolt in stock to...

Here are some pics of the relief cuts. The last pic shows that I purposely left the bends slightly obtuse in anticipation of the shrinkage that will occur when welding begins. The hope is that it will shrink into a 90'ish degree angle.

I wasn't really able to control the depth, but I was unconcerned with it because I had planned on welding them afterwards, so I just did it by feel. I would run into a problem with the width being too narrow and then when I bent it, the edges would touch before I achieved the a 90 degree...

Boss is coming....more tomorrow.

After some work with the grinder and files I radiused the corners and it seems to be shaping up nicely. The first pic shows one of the relief cuts I had to make in order to get "miny brake" to bend it. I sure do miss the Tennsmith 'box and pan brake' that I used to have access to at work.

Here is the trailing side that I "thought" needed to be cut out.

I then proceeded to hold it up to the tractor and lay out the places I could see that it was going to hit and freehanded a radius with the plasma cutter. The radius turned out ok, but then holding it up again I saw that the hoses were going to hit still, so I had to go back and make another...

So in the spirit of protecting my new toy I've been making the guards for the filters and hoses. Here is the Hydraulic filter guard from soup to nuts. So looking at it, my initial thought was to try and protect the filter and the lower parts of the exposed hose (at least the stuff below the...

Not a Battery Terminal puller (but commonly mistaken as one)

Very nice mod. Seems well thought out.

Welcome, and nice tractor.

I don't have one yet, but these seem OK. https://www.gearhaul.com/