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I guess i never saw this thread the first time around. That's a nice looking loader. I have a B219 and there's actually not much about it that bothers me, other than the fact that the pin holes are not great nowadays because they are nothing more than holes in some ~3/16" or so thick material. I...

I am surprised BXpanded would not build one to your pin spacing.. it seems most attachment builders will but they might be too busy or just concerned that their ripper wouldn't stand up to a b26. I have a ripper from Northern Tool which is basically a 1/2" plate cut to a shape, but with no...

Putting the relief after the loader valve would fix that particular issue at the expense of a few more pieces and connections, but seems like the easiest thing to do here. The only weakness it presents is the loader dropping (even if little by little) when hitting bumps while loaded. Probably a...

Im a slight stickler for terminology but even I see the names of the 3pt arms as a little too 'unsettled' to expect everyone to have it down. You hear things like draw arms, lift arms, lift links, side links, 3pt arms, drawbar, etc, and there are several of those that have overlap with some...

The great value of this as a learning experience for the rest of us is that people splitting these tractors for clutches or whatever else can now be aware of the POSSIBILITY of a bent 'motor plate' which could cause issues down the line. I know i said my loader subframe should make this failure...

I guess i skipped a week but the caveat i would add to cutting a hose off is you can also score and cut into the neck/barb if you push too hard, so i try to resist the temptation to cut all the way through a hose in one pass of the blade. I usually make 3-5 passes with the blade cutting a bit...

Ive actually never heard the term cotter pin puller but i have a whole pile of the tools! I just call them picks. They actually make a ‘hose pick’ for the job. It’s got a particular set of angles on it that make a bit hetter for that task. But any large right angle or hook pick will do...

Woah, took a couple days off and this got way more interesting.. picture is worth a thousand words as they say. That last pics showing the clutch destruction is NOT the normal type of failure i had been thinking about.. and of course the fact that no damper springs were actually broken, just...

Well that’s it then. Need more weight/pressure on regular old scrape blade. Unless you’re saying that surface is still crap?

So again, im in South Texas and i barey know what this “ice” stuff even is but since people are already used to buying expensive gas engine powered machines for snow/ice issues anyway.. how do you think one of those plate compactor/tamper things would do, with a spiked bottom? Could probably...

Glad someone else mentioned it so it’s not pure conjecture from a South Texan… but i kinda figured a landscape rake with perhaps some weight on top would do a good job adding some texture to ice. Probably extend the top link all the way to make the tines more bitey. 😂 If you want to try...

I have had about 4 different sets of front tires on 6100s with loaders. The only one with a serious tire interference issue was a particularly tall set of 6-12 tires, Titan brand i believe (but older). I fixed that one by running the front wheels swapped side for side to space them out further...

That flywheel looks great. Keep in mind the damper springs themselves are not the area that would be flexed by a flywheel runout issue. That’s extremely unlikely anyway, and if you did have notable axial runout you would probably experience it as a noise symptom while cranking because it would...

Those pics are instantly familiar.. design looks like 95% of every car/truck clutch disc ive ever replaced in the last 20 years. Same design, same problems, same old story. At least you haven’t beaten Fried1765’s “record” of a 2.5 hr service life! I wouldn’t worry too much about alignment...

I think they actually far predate the common ‘fronthoe’ attachments you see more often on skid steers these days. Predate mini excavators as well, those being the reason these arent common anymore. I plan to build one for my small skid steer. I am still a WAYS off from being willing to spend...

So as an auto tech ive replaced a lot of clutches and other than wearing out the lining (best case scenario) the 2nd leading cause of clutch replacement ive seen is damper spring failure. So im here to tell you, they’re probably going to break regardless of how you treat it. On cars you can be...

Here in San Antonio the coldest ive ever started a tractor was about 21f just a couple of days ago. My little B6100 cranked a little slower but didnt take much glow plug. Any time the cranking is slow i pull the compression release and let it spin up to full speed and then close it. Ive got a...

You can get small heating pads for plant growing that should work for a large battery. There are ‘pipe heater’ thermostatic plugs that turn on at 32f and off at 40-something, for about $15. Im sure some are adjustable and have timer features or you could plug it into a $6 mechanical timer...

Cool. Have you loaded it up yet? I would get some shaft collars and weld them to the holes in that middle bracket (torch? plasma?) so it doesnt put nasty marks in your round bar and make it not want to slide out the end when you try to remove it. 👍

well this is successfully reminded me to look under my tractors.. 😂 I honestly don’t have use for mid PTO for any normal reasons but I know on my B 8200 the mid PTO spins much faster than the rare PTO so I have considered either driving a hydraulic pump off of it. I have a couple of PTO driven...