Hello Howard, doesn't seem to matter what you talk about, you always make it interesting, thank you. It's all very well welding chain hooks on everything but you won't have any chains left to hook on to them. Obviously you leave your chains lying around the yard because I often see them wrapped around your tractor wheels. You're just lucky I'm observant enough to point these things out to you. Go well buddy and say a big hello to Coral for me.
Hey Howard I'd like to send you a picture of my reinforcement I welded up and installed on my Saw Mill for when I lift heavy logs. Like you I had twisted my frame on my Saw Mill. I have an HD36 from Norwood. I now have mine frame nice and straight and everything is set where it is supposed to be and it cuts like a dream again.
Got the pics - thank you. Nice work! Glad you got the frame back to straight. Thanks for sharing. I've now sold the Norwood and have a Woodmizer LT15. Just don't cut the volume that I used to and having to replace the entire electrical control box (>$2,500 plus having to purchase and rig a temporary control for the carriage lift) after only 33 months, with no recourse or assistance from Norwood on top of everything else, kinda tipped me over. haha.
Howard, I could see the gears turning in your head as you were describing some of the weaker points of those implements. I find that the more I work with any given tool or device, I think more and more about its longevity and functionality. Next life..... I'm coming back as a "dirt engineer"!
I love it. Dirt Engineer. You definitely hit the nail on the head. For mere pennies and just a bit of thought about how folks are likely to actually use the attachment, it would be so easy to incorporate a feature or two that would truly differentiate the manufacturer and greatly aid the end user. Hahaha. Dirt Engineer. That will be a new term in my vocabulary.
I have a Frontier back blade too and it's just as bad as yours. My blade pivot weldment was so deformed (like yours) that I bought a new one. It was deformed almost as bad as the old one. Looks like the "flat" pivot plate on the weldment deforms to convex as it's being welded at the factory (located in China). I ended up with a 1/8" gap around the new plate that will allow the blade assembly to rock as I use it and make the gap larger; just like yours. Good luck. Dave
Seems to be a total mixed bag with Frontier implements - ranging from 'great' implements to just plain terrible - as in badly engineered and badly built. I figure that blade should not be attached to anthing with more than about 20 horsepower if that . . . We'll see how the fix holds up - although I suspect well as I'll be using that blade as little as possible in future. Hope all is well at your end Dave . . .
All is OK here. I was going to add a brass ring around the outside of the pivot plate to take up the gap and also act as a "bushing". Never did it though.
Hello Howard, doesn't seem to matter what you talk about, you always make it interesting, thank you. It's all very well welding chain hooks on everything but you won't have any chains left to hook on to them. Obviously you leave your chains lying around the yard because I often see them wrapped around your tractor wheels. You're just lucky I'm observant enough to point these things out to you. Go well buddy and say a big hello to Coral for me.
Thanks for that - and Coral says a big hello back! As always - huge thanks for brightening my day with your observations and wit!
Hey Howard I'd like to send you a picture of my reinforcement I welded up and installed on my Saw Mill for when I lift heavy logs.
Like you I had twisted my frame on my Saw Mill. I have an HD36 from Norwood. I now have mine frame nice and straight and everything is set where it is supposed to be and it cuts like a dream again.
Got the pics - thank you. Nice work! Glad you got the frame back to straight. Thanks for sharing.
I've now sold the Norwood and have a Woodmizer LT15. Just don't cut the volume that I used to and having to replace the entire electrical control box (>$2,500 plus having to purchase and rig a temporary control for the carriage lift) after only 33 months, with no recourse or assistance from Norwood on top of everything else, kinda tipped me over. haha.
Howard, I could see the gears turning in your head as you were describing some of the weaker points of those implements. I find that the more I work with any given tool or device,
I think more and more about its longevity and functionality.
Next life..... I'm coming back as a "dirt engineer"!
I love it. Dirt Engineer. You definitely hit the nail on the head. For mere pennies and just a bit of thought about how folks are likely to actually use the attachment, it would be so easy to incorporate a feature or two that would truly differentiate the manufacturer and greatly aid the end user.
Hahaha. Dirt Engineer. That will be a new term in my vocabulary.
I have a Frontier back blade too and it's just as bad as yours. My blade pivot weldment was so deformed (like yours) that I bought a new one. It was deformed almost as bad as the old one. Looks like the "flat" pivot plate on the weldment deforms to convex as it's being welded at the factory (located in China). I ended up with a 1/8" gap around the new plate that will allow the blade assembly to rock as I use it and make the gap larger; just like yours.
Good luck.
Dave
Seems to be a total mixed bag with Frontier implements - ranging from 'great' implements to just plain terrible - as in badly engineered and badly built. I figure that blade should not be attached to anthing with more than about 20 horsepower if that . . .
We'll see how the fix holds up - although I suspect well as I'll be using that blade as little as possible in future.
Hope all is well at your end Dave . . .
All is OK here. I was going to add a brass ring around the outside of the pivot plate to take up the gap and also act as a "bushing". Never did it though.