Rain gear for the tractor

[Lowlysubaruguy]

I bought the canopy off Craigslist. Some assembly required. If you look close at the lower support brackets for those aluminum tubes. Im struggling with using a couple hose clamps or drilling and taping the loaders tube and putting a bolt in them. It will only need one bolt. I curled that piece of aluminum to fit that tube snug. Reality it may never need either but sometimes I get a little aggressive and have been known to be bouncing around more than I should. I had all the materials and fasteners laying around. I think the hardest part was I had to re locate the joystick valving about 3/4” and had to re drill the holes for its support brackets.

Heres my three point PTO driven cement mixer relocated to the loader and powered via my third function via a hydraulic motor. I already y feel tired just thinking about concrete.

 

[GeoHorn]

Do you actually mix that much cement..? and for what purposes..? Thx.

 

[Lowlysubaruguy]

Do you actually mix that much cement..? and for what purposes..? Thx.

Unfortunately that was a yes and is about to be a yes again. I have 1600 feet of fencing going in with no less than three wide gates each with a personnel gate with a post every 75 to 100 feet and then gate supports and its piece meal meaning I will do a few posts at a time. Bringing a concrete truck in isnt cost effective.

I bought that mixer a long time ago for a series of small concrete jobs. Ive rented the large gas mixers on towable trailers and the small mixers, the large towables mix large loads but the effort is still horrible. The small mixers I always felt like driving over them with the tractor.

This mixer was hopefully going to make some of it better. But the origonal design worked from the three point hitch which was great in theory but horrible in function. The three point lifts only so high, then you have to uncouple the top link even with hydraulic cylinder it will only tilt enough to dump 50% of the drum then the PTO shaft pops out. We had to scrape the concrete out with a shovel to get it all out. We mixed a couple loads and rinsed it off and piled it in the farthest corner from anything and I abandoned it. To state it was worse than mixing by hand is about right.

But the upcoming project spurred me to try and make it functional. It was not a cheap mixer so i was buried in it financially. I think it’s going to be worthwhile now. I can control RPMS, make a complete dump from a tractor seat and really where it will be the most labor saving will be driving the tractor over to the pile of concrete bags put that drum in position to where all we have to do is slide a bag into it cut it open then drive it to the spot I plan to dump the mixed concrete and the loaders reach is a good 5 to 6 feet or more in front of the front tires cutting down on wheel barrow work.

 

[Chanceywd]

I bought the canopy off Craigslist. Some assembly required. If you look close at the lower support brackets for those aluminum tubes. Im struggling with using a couple hose clamps or drilling and taping the loaders tube and putting a bolt in them. It will only need one bolt. I curled that piece of aluminum to fit that tube snug. Reality it may never need either but sometimes I get a little aggressive and have been known to be bouncing around more than I should. I had all the materials and fasteners laying around. I think the hardest part was I had to re locate the joystick valving about 3/4” and had to re drill the holes for its support brackets.

Heres my three point PTO driven cement mixer relocated to the loader and powered via my third function via a hydraulic motor. I already y feel tired just thinking about concrete.

I made an axe holder I mounted to that loader support area on 525 loader. It turned out to be a perfect fit for a 5" muffler clamp. I did one on the other side to add a guard I made to protect my filter and hydraulic block area and a ammo box to hold a chain.

I thought I had pictures but couldn't find just now.
If I can remember I will take a couple and add them later.

Bill

 

[Lowlysubaruguy]

I made an axe holder I mounted to that loader support area on 525 loader. It turned out to be a perfect fit for a 5" muffler clamp. I did one on the other side to add a guard I made to protect my filter and hydraulic block area and a ammo box to hold a chain.

I thought I had pictures but couldn't find just now.
If I can remember I will take a couple and add them later.

Bill

Thats a lot better idea than a hose clamp. I will get a couple of them and not drill holes in that tube. Its possible ill have to remove the canopy when im hauling it around so it needs to be a simple removal. Thanks

 

[GeoHorn]

Looks to be dangerous in a roll-over.

 

[jyoutz]

I’m wondering why the front mounts are necessary. All of the canopies I’m familiar with just mount to the ROPS.

 

[Lowlysubaruguy]

Looks to be dangerous in a roll-over.

While I did take that into consideration it’s more likely to fold sideways out of the way. Another factor is this tractors headed to a freshly bull dozed property with a faint and I mean very faint smooth slope the risks of rollover are minimal. And given that I spend my time loading broken cars an d trailers on busy high

I’m wondering why the front mounts are necessary. All of the canopies I’m familiar with just mount to the ROPS.

This is a pretty heavy canopy. It actually is designed for a front support. I Do not think it or its mount would survive long without it. Most likely the first snow or branch hitting it int he right spot would break the mount or rip the canopy from it.

 

[Lowlysubaruguy]

Looks to be dangerous in a roll-over.

Not to make light of this.

I did in fact take that into consideration but theres other factors. Starting with the fact that myself and my son have a lot of steep angle tractor hours in the seat and are very cautious about roll over conditions. The main property this tractor lives now is very steep and textured has washed out trenches and loose soil on steep banks so we are skilled and careful. The other is this tractors going to a location that is being graded out with a D9 cat right now very little loose material hardly any dirt it will have one smooth continuous grade and very few if any real hazards. I Think it would be complex to even lay a tractor on its side, let alone a full roll over which is really what it would take for the front supports to be something to make a rollover worse than it already is. Hopefully I will never find out.

 

[GeoHorn]

Not to make light of this.

I did in fact take that into consideration but theres other factors. Starting with the fact that myself and my son have a lot of steep angle tractor hours in the seat and are very cautious about roll over conditions. The main property this tractor lives now is very steep and textured has washed out trenches and loose soil on steep banks so we are skilled and careful. The other is this tractors going to a location that is being graded out with a D9 cat right now very little loose material hardly any dirt it will have one smooth continuous grade and very few if any real hazards. I Think it would be complex to even lay a tractor on its side, let alone a full roll over which is really what it would take for the front supports to be something to make a rollover worse than it already is. Hopefully I will never find out.

I apologize if my goofy sense of humor was not obvious. I was thinking the hazard from that axe would be one of the least concerns in a rollover…. and thought the comment would be taken as ludicrous. Again, sincere apology for being so cavalier.

 

[Lowlysubaruguy]

I apologize if my goofy sense of humor was not obvious. I was thinking the hazard from that axe would be one of the least concerns in a rollover…. and thought the comment would be taken as ludicrous. Again, sincere apology for being so cavalier.

it was actually a good point. Two of my neighbors died in small tractor roll overs. Old tractors no ROP or seat belts. One went out hard no one found him for a long time and he didn’t go quickly.. one of those front supports I put in there folds up in a roll over and pokes a hole in my sons chest I will have regrets. But we both do our best to control roll over. And I do not think you could actually roll one on its top on the property it’s going to. But you never know what the future holds or what’s actually under you.

I work on cars. People put thick lower engine covers on Subarus to protect there oil pans. Totally ruins the cars crash designs.

I work my loaders to the edge of there limits. I see those Temu tractor loader pictures with them bent up welds ripped off and really don’t want to drill into that tube which is the loader support. Being a Kubota its probably not an issue but I like the idea of a pipe clamp.