MX 5400 What Would Make A Good Counterweight
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- Опубліковано 9 кві 2024
- The focal point of today's video is the repurposing of an extremely heavy counterweight off of an old salvaged Baker forklift to fit the three point of a new Kubota MX 5400 tractor. The old forklift was a 3,000 pound two stage machine from the late 50's or early 60's. I have the original flathead Continental engine from the same forklift stored for future use as well.
At any rate, heavy materials are used to make the adaption to fit the category 2 three point lift only to find near the end of the project what I built was not ergonomically compatible with the tractors lift. A few minutes of thought remedied the situation and will be explained right after the video ends ebruptly....because of data loss. I recorded an addendum with the explanation just this morning, the day of uploading this video.
Enjoy the vid... #salvage, #Kubota, #welding - Розваги
That should do the trick! You just never know when you will need something you almost got rid of. Great job Wendell😊
Oh gosh...you are SO right about that Ladyfriend. Btw, how's Mike these days. All is well I hope. I'm glad I didn't haul it to the junk yard now for sure !!
Gold to me ! Love seeing BRILLIANCE!!!
Now c'mon Mike. Don't pull my leg THAT hard !! You gotta remember that necessity is the Mother of invention. I DO enjoy you guys and your comments though.
Another great viedo I enjoy watching you work in the shop
That's why I like bad weather...I get a lot more shop time in the winter than in the summer. I'd rather be in the shop than actually working Keith. Thanks for the cool comment.
Nice job Wendell. That should definitely hold it down.
Well Rick, if it doesn't I'm thinking there's too much on the loader !! (-; I am hoping to be able to weigh it just so I know.
Nice job Wendell 😁👍 That will work great! 🔧
Well Zane, you know what they say....Poor boys have poor ways. LOL. All I had to buy was the paint, but that's in the next video.
Never throw anything away until you are positive it's junk. I'll move something around for years before I decide it's junk. Nice use of an old counter weight. 👍👍👍
Oh how I know that from first hand experience. Another thing I do is throw something in the junk trailer then two weeks later pull it back out as I drive by. Countless times too. This weight is just right for a tractor this size. Thanks for watching another one my friend.
Yeah, I got that disease too. Trouble is, I don't know where the line is between good junk and real junk. The line is just too blurry.
@@SK-tr9ii Hahahaha....its not a bad affliction at all though. LOL
You don’t see Morse taper too often. It’s actually pretty cool 😎
I have several MT machines. Even the lathe has an MT3 for the tailstock. I think one bigger drill press is an MT4... Yes, the tapered shank has little drawbacks except the cost associated with the bits.
Great job my friend. I am looking forward to the next part. As always I liked and shared. All my very best to all.
Good Morning Bobby...the next part will bring it all together...even with a coat of paint !! LOL. Thank you for watching and sharing buddy.
Anoter genius fabrication job by te master...
Well Raymond, one thing for sure it certainly IS heavy !! Thanks for watching ol' buddy.
Nice fab work Wendell
Good Morning Dave. Unfortunately the best part should have been right where this one stopped. But at least you'll be able to see what the finished project looks like.
Nice work! You can always use anything one day! Just a matter of the day you will need it. Of course if you throw it away it's the day you will need it! Thanks for sharing.
Boy Howdy Jeff !! You said it right, right there !!
Now that project looks like it was a bunch of fun! Very impressive so much so that I’ll be Tippin and Sippin extra in the morning! Kind Thanks Ole Friend and always Squeezez Pleeze!
Well the next portion of it will even be better DaveyJO !! I've been sittin' anna tippin' and playing catch up for a couple hours already....Some good ol' JO the Missus has for me today. Take care and stay safe my friend.
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Good working, Wendell. Love to see it!
How ya doing today. Thanks for watching another one buddy !! Take care, I hear its still a little cold for Yoopers yet.
@tractorman4461 doing great. Been busy, yes , and lots of rain!!!! Ugh! ;-)
Another great Job thanks for the videos.
Thanks for watching Tony. It's already in the field and doing a good job too.
Wendell, Great Vid! I enjoyed it very much. I was thinking where have I heard that saying before, "adapt, overcome" lets see, Possibly San Diego, "adapt, overcome, close with and destroy", yep! Hahahaha farmers have the unique ability to overcome and destroy any problems we are faced with. Great Vid! Semper Fi.
Hahahaha....That's funny Michael. What's real funny is I started out in Diego and ended my last 14 months at Parris Island in Base Maintenance as a crew chief on 24 hour shifts. I had a really fun 4 years by accident. Even though it was during the Viet Nam debacle. The two full years in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii was the kicker for me. Semper Fi my brother.
Thats gonna work real good buddy looking forward to the finished product i wish i knew half of what all you have forgot lol id be settin pretty good have a good one buddy
Hahahaha....I don't know if I deserve that good of a compliment Jeffry, but thank you anyway !! The next video will bring it all together.
Howdy Wendell
That should work out well for you. I am like to save almost every thing.. Then when I do decide to get rid of it not long after that I dream up something and kick my self for tossing it out.. Can’t tell you how many times this has happened…
Just today I was out moving sum old stumps with my forks to toss over a ravine out on my property I have out back. I had two that made me drop them down FAST.. hahahah
Both rear tires are loaded but I forgot to swap my weight box from one tractor to the other.. You know exactly what happened.. hahahahah
Oh well nothing happened but I will not be in that much of a hurry next time.. I still got the chore done.. hahahaha
Thanks for sharing your new fab build with us.
Cheers my friend
Hahahaha...well Gus, Grandpa said there'd be days like that. LOL I've done the same thing getting in too big of a hurry. Thanks for the cool comment my friend. A little weight is good for a fella....on the tractor though, not on our belly. (-;
Very nice work buddy that will keep the Kubota balanced when picking up something heavy take care see you on the next video
Good Morning Tom. Yessir I can verify that it does in fact hold it down. I've already moved a 26'' x 11' wet pine log with awesome stability.
@@tractorman4461 wow that’s awesome that would be quite a lift for sure take care buddy
What a great idea. I was looking on market place for another set of wheel weights. I may look for a plate like yours. Thanks
I was planning on ordering wheel weights for this one Tim, but the man on the counter said they were too hard to get. So I went with the filled rears. I'm thinking this weight is gonna make a BIG difference in the front end handling heavy loads.
That's pretty much the way I sharpen bits.
Lot's of practice over the years.
I'm the same way with buying new for home use. I have but I try not to. At the auction I could buy a five gallon bucket of bits for what a single 1" bit with a #2 taper shank would cost new.
I have problems when the battery goes dead the file doesn't close. Without the checksum on the file the computer can't verify that the file is good so it won't read it.
There are ways to recover the file but after going through all the steps and spending several hours trying to recover the file, I figured out even if I was successful. Which was only about 3 out of 4 times I could just do what you did. Explaining what happened will get you by.
If I think it is worth the time I will just reshoot parts and pieces so I could do the voice over while showing the locations and point out problems.
Most of the time it is just, "I put in the oars and started rowing."😁 😎
Oh I know. I've bought tons of bits for literally pennies on the dollar myself. Then last year a buddy had me help him with drilling a block on a '39 Chevy for adding an external oil filter. When finished he gave me a set of 31 out of 32 MT2/3 bits that were NOS. It was only missing the 1''. I think they started at 3/16 and had a few 64th's interspersed in the middle.
Data loss is usually my fault. Actually all of it is. I couldn't re-do the video because of all the welding etc. and I'm sure the problem was having not pushed the button correctly. I've done that before. Its got a ridge around the button that's bit me in the butt before.
You're birds sound beautiful
They are really making a racket out here every day. Early morning is crazy sometimes.
@@tractorman4461 always reminded me of machine guns talking when them birds get going responding to each other
We had an old tractor with just a junk box mounted to the three point and filled with scrap iron. We also when I was a kid, had an old water barrel mounted to the back of an old 8N but I'm not sure how good that worked.
Well Rick, any added weight to the rear is a benefit. We had Fairbanks Morse fywheels as wheel weights on one of the 44's. About a 5 or 6 horse make and break.
Take care buddy . Remember SAW in the WOOD 🪵 and RUBBER on the Road . 😊
Hot dang Leonard, that's good advice !! This ought to keep the rubber where it belongs. At least I HOPE so.
Winging it a lot of times means skills
Hahahahaha....yeah, but I still think I get lucky a lot. LOL. Thanks for stopping in today.
Nice work, Wendell. That thing looks to be a bit on the heavy side.
Yessir it certainly is. The 3 point capacity is over 2700 pounds so I know its well under that amount, but my money is on 1500 pounds or close to it. Just a guess though.
Not bad, is my parking place still available? There is about a 5% chance I will come through you neck of the woods in mid summer. I want to see your mill and have a couple of ideas that you might run with.
Have a GREAT day my friend.
We will be gone sometime this summer. She hasn't given me the exact dates yet so make sure you let me know in advance. I'm supposed to be getting a good pile of cedars this spring. So that'll be good. Stay safe and enjoy the day my friend.
@@tractorman4461 As of yet I have not idea when I might be coming through. Heck, I don't even know I AM coming your way. BUT just as soon as I know I will let you know.
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Good Morning, good to see you stopping in for another one. Thank you.
I've been toying with making a counterweight for my Kioti tractor as I use forks on the loader end. I don't want to carrying my rear snowblower around all summer to act as a counterweight.
So I think I'll wait a while and see what you have done, provided ( that is ) that you have learned how to use a camera by then. LOL hahahaha.
( aww that's a dirty dig at you Wendell,... I'm only kidding of course I apologize for that one. )
I'm editing the second video right now Reg. I've already had it put to good use with a nice reasonably green pine log 26'' x 11'. The tractor was really stable.
@@tractorman4461 I must say that 'Baker' counterweight is ideal. I was thinking of making a weight for my tractor with some concrete, and considering an average weight of one cubic foot of concrete weighs approximately 150 pounds, I can get a good idea of the size of a 'form' I'll require.
I'm looking forward ( as I always do ) to the next video from you.
@@regsparkes6507 My SIL made an angle iron frame and attached plywood forms around it. He added a couple 4" pvc pipes to leave a tower for hand tools or to drop chains into....of course he left the pvc up a little to hook the chain to. He then used pre-mix to fill the forms. Almost perfectly 800 pounds is what his weighs for his L3301.
@@tractorman4461 Sounds like a good job then.
So, what you are saying is that by clamping down the work piece when drilling, we can no longer count on using blood as a drilling lubricant?
Hahahahaha...oh, if you only knew... !! LOL. Man, I've barked my knuckles too many times to count with a quick hole to drill. I DID have a near miss with this project though. Actually it didn't really miss. But it coulda been bad !!
A couple of my old girlfriends 😂😜
You get the gold star for the comment of the day !! Dropped a bomb there for sure !! (-:
I can never sharpen my bits good enough to cut , sucks
All it takes is two things...well three. 1: technique that works. 2: time. 3: a grinder. I pick up bits all the time at industrial and/or farm auctions that are in really bad shape. So practice is the biggest thing. I have a real old video, its one of my first and not real good, but it might get you going in the right direction: ua-cam.com/video/oLqDns_8lVI/v-deo.html. Good luck.
With all this work, when do you plan to just TAKE IT EASY and mabeya DO NOTHING BUT FISH,HUNT,ETC ?????
Well Tom, I spend all day fishing for the right thing to say to the Missus to make sure I get supper as I hunt for the next project to keep me busy !! So heck, I fish and hunt so much now I need to find something else fun to do. LOL
Wendell talk SAFETY because young u tube guys don’t break a fingers or bones 🦴. 😊 us old buck are all right lol .
Heck yeah Leonard. I DO have a good story as a result of this project and it was a crazy thing I just wasn't careful enough about. All is good though !!