In the Procrastinators Guild.
Over
the last couple weeks I sealed up the hydraulic tank on my garden
tractor loader project. I got the machine back in 2017, you guys might
have forgotten about it. Checking back it looks like I haven't written about the loader since 2017 which is weird, we've come a long way...
Heres a shot from back when I got it:
Last
week I reinstalled the tank, it had leaked where I added the hose
fittings so I slathered the inside with POR15 gas tank sealer. It didn't
leak overnight so yesterday I fired it up. It did NOT want to run but
finally got going, smoked a lot but I'll be darned if it didn't work
pretty good.
I moved some snow out of the shadows on our yard over to the storm drain which gets more sun.
Everything was going great until:
That's
the upper bucket cylinder mount, or rather there should be a mount
there. Apparently I'd only tacked it on and the tacks broke. I wanted to
move the mount a little higher anyway.
While I was working I finished cutting the bucket down:
I
took 3" off each side of the bucket, bringing it down to 38" which is
still about 2" wider than the machine. Took probably 25# off the weight
of the bucket making it much more manageable for the machine. There's
still some more to come off but it's much improved.
I'm
going to take it over to buddy Ben's house for final welding, he's got a
big stick welder so I can really burn in the mounts, my MIG works okay
but doesn't really have enough heat for the job...
