Tractors, Mowers, Chippers, Trailers, Chainsaws, Generators, Boat Engines, Flood Control, & Census.

I am not a cat person but I have thought about getting a outdoor cat. Plenty of stuff in my woods for it to eat.

 

She is in and out every day.
She sits in the chair with me almost every night, I read TW and she sleeps.
She is a good little hot water bottle in the winter.

 

I got my 3205s driveshaft barrels in the mail and put them in. It's a strange system but lets the driveshaft float in the plastic barrels. If overloaded they shear off to save driveline parts.


Plus my best friend and I got hats today.

 

Are they little pieces of plastic? Seems like you could order a stick of Delryn of the diameter you need and cut your own.

 

Sort of. They aren't soft but are pretty firm. A little softer than cutting board. They are shaped like a barrel. No more than they cause problems it isn't worth messing with plus I have no idea how firm they are supposed to be.

 

I believe you said they were $20 -- I wouldn't mess with alternates at that price.
This is the first set you have broken too isn't it?
For the amount of work you do with your machines I would say you got your $20 worth.

 

Yep, first set in 4 tractors. It was $20 for each end but one of those things I feel like they got right. The rears were OK so I put them in a parts bag and stapled it shut and put it in my parts cabinet in case I need some in a pinch.

I think 20 years/1000hrs of service and the engine heat degradation played a part in them failing. Plus me using my stuff like a SCUT

 

I'm thinking a 4x6 trailer for the splitter. Basic design, if I don't it when doing a layout, I could easily chop down the front before I mount the tongue and/or move the axle forward. I am also considering mounting the cylinder on one side and the tank/engine on the other to make it less of a reach to put rounds on.
But this is the basic idea before I get the tank and engine/pump to do a layout to see how it all fits.
I was looking at a 60" axle, 2x2x1/4 frame, 2x3x3/16 tongue/backbone, 1x1/8 angle cross members for engine and tank placement, foldable/removable tongue, 2x12 PT deck with Behr Deck-over. Will add catches to the side of the splitter to prevent any split wood from dropping off and onto feet. Engine is going to be a 9hp pull/electric start with 16gpm two stage pump, tank is probably going to be 15gal with filter on the return line. I think 15 is close enough to the 1gal capacity for 1gpm flow rate to keep it from getting too warm. Other option would be a 20gal.

 

I think Axle needs to be more forward and a spring over so smaller wheels can be under the frame. I wouldn't want reach over tires on the outside.

 

That's one of the things I was thinking about. The pivot point is right at the back of the rear crossmember. Plan is to make it so the height match so the foot of the splitter will be on the ground when in the vertical position.
I could offset the splitter to make it easy to access the control valve, or I could mount the splitter in the middle and move the valve to a bracket next to the fender. Either way, the only reason to lean over the wheel would be to pull the pin to pivot the splitter. Loading and operation would all be behind the back of the trailer.

 

14 acres - hardly any of it flat.

 

Bad starter solinoid and battery.

Back firing out the carb when dribbling gas down the intake. Hope not another broke keyway.

1100 hours, Kawasaki 19 hp.

 

The plot thickens...

 

Hopefully just lack of maintenance--never checked valve lash

 

Uuuuh someting wong

 

Hopefully.

It's been sitting a long time. I do believe i next need to take the carb apart. I got as far as checking the float solenoid, but ran out of time to pull the bowl to see if any fuel at all is making it past the needle.

Both plugs bone dry after extended cranks. Fuel pump checks out, just don't think fuel is getting past the carb.

It was nice of them to put a hole in the shroud. I was able to rotate the crank and check to see if both connecting rods were in one piec.

 

Wasn't that the name of that Korean airline pilot? They actually ran it on the National news?

 

Oops! Forgot pic.

 

yup