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Posted by Janicholson on October 23, 2006 at 18:42:42 from (66.173.50.158):
In Reply to: I wish I had a camera today... posted by PJBROWN on October 23, 2006 at 16:02:34:
My neighbor (when I lived in Ohio) had one mounted on a 4000 Utility style tractor. It was/is a fine loader.
STORY TIME: His son of 14 at the tme was roto tilling in road gear at about 15 mph. one end of the field was a little bit slippery. The front end would "push" a bit making the corners in that area. He never throttled back. on the last corner he made that day, he turned early to clear a bunch of bushes and old farmstead remains sticking out in the field. He did not make the turn. The loader clipped a concrete watering trough by about 10" (a glancing blow). The loader was absolutely unharmed. But it jerked a football sized chunk of the touque tube/transmission housing right out of the side of the Ford. I spent the next weekend grinding and prepping the area to be welded. Ford wanted 3000 for a new housing, and 2800 for labor. I preheated with a rosebud ahead of the weld, Used Ni rod, and short strings of bead spike peening the devil out of it between beads while heating. The casting was from 5/8 to 1" thick where the break was located. The weld was good and we ground it down to contour it to the shape of the outside of the casting. It took about 15 rods. We painted it, and reinstalled the loader, all has been well with it for these many years. Fun stuff. JimN
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