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Nice work! The best part is always the self satisfaction you get when it is up and running. Make sure you do not skimp on safety guards. Nice lathes as well, I just have an older Myford but does everything I need only slower.

That sure is one sweet attachment. I have been toying with fabricating up forks to go on the bottom pins of my loader arms and then making up a similar upper grapple operated by the existing curl cylinders. The third cylinder operation certainly makes it more functional but I was thinking of...

Here is a couple of photos of items that I have restored. Sorry that the first one is a Ford but I like all old cars. It is the same as the first car I ever purchased so you could say that I am trying to get my childhood back. 1971 Torino GT / 429. This is a Ditch-Witch trencher. A...

They must have changed to the ring style that you have later on. When I was looking for drive shaft components when attaching the blower to the front of my tractor I could only find the ring style. Fortunately the spline was the same so I just ground a groove into the mid pto spline on the...

Yes the key would be to keep the electric motor protected from the snow. On my small walk behind, the snow would settle onto the top of it and the heat of the engine would melt it. The moisture would then leak into the gear drive and freeze before I used it again. It had a cover on it but not...

I think he (OP) is talking about installing a hydraulic motor to turn a shaft that he is presently turning with his hands which requires next to no torque or effort. The hydraulic motor will see next to no pressure unless his chute has an end stop at which if hit, the motor then has the...

I have a 6' blade on my B7200 HST that I mostly use for grading my 4000 foot long driveway and generally use it turned backwards. I have tried to use it to move loose soil to the side with an angled blade facing forward. It will work to a degree but to move any amount of soil the tractor is...

Here is a picture of the end of the driveshaft that attaches to the mid-pto on my 7200HST. As previously stated it has a pin with a cotter pin on the end. Just remove the cotter pin, slide out the pin that the cotter pin was in and you can now push the shaft forward to unhook from the pto. My...

I just checked the shaft tube on mine and it is just 1/16" away from hitting the pan. I am certainly going to check my pivot bushings before I use it again. I would think that this is a major wear point as all the weight of the front end including the loader is on these two bushings. There...

I have slightly more than 1300 hours on mine and the dealer says it is just broken in. I have seen these engines with over 3500 hours and still running fine. Why they only put three digits in the hour meter is beyond me.

The one advantage with a hydrostatic tractor is that you can creep into the work as opposed to a gear transmission. My B7200 only has 15 hp at the pto and I have a 48' tiller. When shopping for one the first question they asked was what type of transmission I had. Mine works just fine but you...

Back in the day before retiring from the air-conditioning trade I frequently used both the silver solder brazing rod and wire type. The rod has the flux attached to it similar to a stick electric welding rod while the wire has to be used in conjunction with a separate white paste flux that...

I agree that a hydraulic motor is the best option for your (OP) situation given that you have the teeth on your chute versus the cable system that I have. I was also intending on using a hydraulic motor originally as I happen to have one kicking around and would not have had to purchase a...

+1 Any good hydraulics' supplier should be able to provide the proper tubing and flare less fittings such as Swagelok.

If you do not know the manufacturer of the loader you could just take the cylinder off of the loader, open it up and take all parts to a bearing supply or preferably a hydraulic shop if there is one close to you. A good supplier might be even able to recognize the make and be able to obtain the...

Hard to imagine all the snow that far south but you obviously have it. A buddy of mine has a house outside of Phoenix and was there when they had to postpone a golf tournament last year due to a storm. My cousin is in Denver where they get their share of snow but of course they are quite high...

Do you have wood in Arizona?:) Last time I was in Sodona all I saw was cacti and red rocks.

Here is a picture of my blower with the rotator that I made up when attaching the blower assembly to my tractor. It does rotate quite fast and one direction is faster than the other since the effective area on one side of the cylinder piston is less than the other side. I could put in a...

That is probably a power window motor. I frequently see them when I am in the store. My 10 1/2 HP White (MTD) walk behind blower came with a similar window motor on the chute rotate which constantly froze up from moisture getting inside. I eventually removed it and bought the manual parts for...

I will be able to say that this March. I learned to drive a Ford 8n when it was under 10 years old.