Thanks guys. I gotta confess, a pic from any other angle would show how shitty it is.
I've always been impressed by Joe/red97's work. This loader job is like 1/1000th of difficulty of the work he does.
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I've always been impressed by Joe/red97's work. This loader job is like 1/1000th of difficulty of the work he does.
Z bar, so that's what it's called?
It was like that when I bought it. It seems a 1/4" plate was added on top of the original block at some point. I'm not sure my fix will be permanent. It's seems like the linkage goes over-center and all the mass and inertia of the attachment and load hammers against the block on the loader arms when dumping. I'm gonna put a thicker block in it but I feel like I'm overlooking something. I wish I could look at an identical loader and compare.
T1 dated a girl like that....
wish eye had some fat chit to dump some '18 in.
'stead of this light mag n alum showin up lately...
'stead of this light mag n alum showin up lately...
Same exact stuff I do, just smaller. Don't sell yourself short. I'm just a hack
Any reason not to box or plate the outside?
Looks good
I'm not sure if there's room inside to box it. There are hyd cylinder ends and other linkage using some of the inside. I'm thinking a thicker block like 2" won't bow. Hadn't considered plating on the outside. Hmm, good idea. Thanks
yeah, i'd say that came from side load. some one was doing some thing silly at some point. i don't think that damage came from the load banging straight down. i doubt you will ever have it happen again cuz your not silly. but you could plate the outside like Joe said.
I think I'll hold off on boxing and plating. If it lasts half as long as the original, I'd be good with that.
Today I worked on plumbing new hydraulic tubing. It had originally had one line run down each arm and 1 quick disconnect on each side. Most attachments I've seen are set up for both QD's on the left side. At some point a previous owner had moved them to the left side but did a cheezy job of it. They removed the tubing and ran hose, clamped with P clamps. The QD's were anchored on a cheezy cobbled bracket.
1/2" tubing would've worked but I had 5/8" squirreled away.
In other news, I'm picking up an excavator tomorrow. Daewoo S55, 12,000lb machine. She's rough but in my price range.
Today I worked on plumbing new hydraulic tubing. It had originally had one line run down each arm and 1 quick disconnect on each side. Most attachments I've seen are set up for both QD's on the left side. At some point a previous owner had moved them to the left side but did a cheezy job of it. They removed the tubing and ran hose, clamped with P clamps. The QD's were anchored on a cheezy cobbled bracket.
1/2" tubing would've worked but I had 5/8" squirreled away.
In other news, I'm picking up an excavator tomorrow. Daewoo S55, 12,000lb machine. She's rough but in my price range.
sounds like my buying criteria....
or one of T1's dates
Yeah. The plan was to post stuff about workhop improvements and stuff. I've been too busy trying to make a buck. I got one more year of daughers college to pay and then maybe I can slow down a bit.
Yeah, I thought the same thing 10 years ago. You never financially get rid of daughters.
