Wildfire
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Kubota L5740 HSTC3 and a Kubota ZG222Z, 2013 BX25D,Custom Toyota fork lift.
OK. Here's another project I've done with thew little beast. when you all start getting bored with this I'll stop. Promise!
Everything starts with an idea and this little machining job was no different. My head is full of ideas and the wife says I'm nuts and she's probably right.
Anyway my Kubota Grand 4240 had this tube on the loader attachment like all the loaders have. I said to myself that seemed to be a terrible waist of space and seeing I needed a place to put a tow sling I decided to use that space for it.
I had to have some way of capping the ends of the tube so this is what I did. It was all made out of scrap aluminum. I machined and then Tiged and machined the caps again. I wasn't to particular about the appearance of the weld because I knew I wanted to machine it anyway. The O rings were used to keep the caps in place but the grooves had to be machined just right or they would be either to tight or to loose plus this system would be waterproof as well. After that was done the parts were etched primed and painted. I actually ended up doing the rear FEL pipes as well.
I try and do all the changes to the tractor so they will look like they were always there. I have asked folks who visit our shop to look at the tractor and tell me what I've added and they can never tell me what don't belong. I keep a small number of tools in one of the pipes. I keep a First Aid kit in another pipe and the large one I keep my tow sling.
Everything starts with an idea and this little machining job was no different. My head is full of ideas and the wife says I'm nuts and she's probably right.
Anyway my Kubota Grand 4240 had this tube on the loader attachment like all the loaders have. I said to myself that seemed to be a terrible waist of space and seeing I needed a place to put a tow sling I decided to use that space for it.
I had to have some way of capping the ends of the tube so this is what I did. It was all made out of scrap aluminum. I machined and then Tiged and machined the caps again. I wasn't to particular about the appearance of the weld because I knew I wanted to machine it anyway. The O rings were used to keep the caps in place but the grooves had to be machined just right or they would be either to tight or to loose plus this system would be waterproof as well. After that was done the parts were etched primed and painted. I actually ended up doing the rear FEL pipes as well.
I try and do all the changes to the tractor so they will look like they were always there. I have asked folks who visit our shop to look at the tractor and tell me what I've added and they can never tell me what don't belong. I keep a small number of tools in one of the pipes. I keep a First Aid kit in another pipe and the large one I keep my tow sling.
