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Some of you have seen my messy shop and know of several projects which were
half baked when you were here.
The snow blower has taken its toll on me, but it is finally working, and will
blow a five foot swath of 8 inch snow over the top of my shop roof unless it is
too wet.
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Blowing snow Feb 05 in front of the shop |
Version 23 as of Nov. 05 note the Red-Green style cab |
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The articulated Kubota
full time all wheel
drive, 10 degree axial
roll on rear axle.
Now I need to rebuild
the hydrostatic
transmission pump
which I didn't know
needed to be done till I
got done!
This was made from the
tractor driving the snow
blower above by joining
two Kubota F2000
tractors together,
haven't figured out what
to do with the extra
parts yet..... |
Last revision before
the gear box on the blower broke. Just need a tougher right angle gear
box perhaps a small differential from a junkyard would do, at any rate the
blower is done till next year, and it was doing so well too! |
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Jan 2008 Well it now blows snow, most of the serious drive train
problems have been resolved, and I am satisfied with a few exceptions with
the way it works. More details later when I have time to write them.
Shown in about 4 inches of very wet snow. It really looks impressive
with dry snow. 5 foot cut, blows it about 25 feet away!
Last photo of the old Kubota
The tractor is shown here dragging a log up a hill to be stacked, cut, split and hauled to the house about a half mile away thru the trails in the woods. These are the logs I pulled up the hill waiting to be cut. Having cut, split and loaded the fire wood its time to go home, note the additional load in the front bucket. Trailer works well with its "walking Beam" axle arrangement. I am in the process of redesigning the whole tractor to incorporate all the things I have learned over the last several years. I have used two of these assemblies to make the articulated
tractor. The engine drives the axial piston HST variable
pump, on the front axle only, that pump then supplies up to 4500 PSI to the hydraulic motors on each axle. Pump flow proportional to tractor speed and direction.
The tractor is shown here dragging a log up a hill to be stacked, cut, split and hauled to the house about a half mile away thru the trails in the woods.
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The tractor now banished to spend the winter
in the woods I have decided there are too many things that don't work
right, don't look right or are just plain broke, this summer I intend to
do a completely new design with the engine placed over the rear axle to
improve weight distribution front to rear, and to shorten the wheelbase.
This will also permit separate hydrostatic drive units for each axle
giving true 4wd really a requirement in winter or when working in the
woods. CAD system on the shop computer is fired up, the horizontal
mill, drill press, lathe, surface grinder and power hack saw are ready to
make chips, and by the way, one can walk thru the shop without breaking a
leg tripping over things!
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