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Aaand then a gust of wind took out one of the doors. Definetely NOT what I was planning to do this afternoon.. 

 

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Note: yes the door, what's left of it anyway, is in horrible condition and I would love to replace it. Some hurdles to take before that can happen though.

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First official upgrade to the Case International. It needed some front fenders badly. Took the tractor out in the rain a few times, last time together with one of my  nephews and we got plenty of water and mud flung onto our faces.. no bueno.. although my nephew did'nt seem to care :lol:

 

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Gathered up some flat bar stock and started puzzeling. Turns out nothing is flat, square and/or plumb on a front axle like this so there were quite a few tricky angles to get right.

 

My dad rolled a hoop which I used to make part of the main frame with.

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Looked at some pictures on the interwebs for inspiration and (imho) improved the design to my liking. Top bolts onto an exsisting bolt which I replaced with an longer one. The bottom wraps around the wheelhub with an exhaust bolt (if that even is a word in English).

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Bolted the fenders to the brackets with some carriage bolts and self locking nuts.

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Done! Don't know why but I always really like the look of front fenders on 2wd tractors.

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Have been busy the last couple of weeks. The Inter is running well until it did'nt.. fuel issue.. the tank was al plugged up with dirt and debris. I unclogged it and installed a see though pre-filter along with new fuelfilters. Runs much better now.

Still have to properly clean the tank though.

 

Also carried out maintenance on the entire machine, changed all the fluids and filters minus coolant.

 

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Also fixed both leaky PTO seals.

Bearings are excellent, shafts do have some minimal wear but nothing a new shaft seal won't fix.

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Now no more leakage detected.

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After that it was time for the first 'real' test.. cleaning up years of accumulated dirt, grass, weeds and what not to uncover the concrete slabs that were hidden underneath.

I thoroughly enjoyed this little job and the tractor did excellent. I'm kinda getting why all you guys are always going on about 'seat time' :D

 

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Gave the Inter the 'ol greasy @peter lena oil rubdown treatment, shined her right up!

 

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peter lena

@sjoemie himself  as you know , a lubrification rub down / recovery  , is so simple  / easy to do , once its in  place , its steadily  gaining  / correcting  neglect .  usually do that first on , any  mechanical pick up . forget about it , get on with the serious stuff , then  rub it down , re apply  you're good . have to mention , obviousely  do not  personally know you , but back in the day , having you  as a solid work partner , would be my first choice  !  always thinking out of the box , adapting to any issue , think  i would turn those carriage fender bolts over,  have nuts top side , reduce nut crud pick up . thank you for your regular , idea sharing  , pete   

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Thank you for your kinds words Peter, much appreciated! 

I agree with you that the bolts turned the other way around would pick up less junk but in this Case (pun intended) I chose form over function, I just like the shiny smooth side up better.

I will however, after you pointing this out, give the bolts a proper coppergrease/neversneeze coating when I definitifely install the fenders, still gotta get them painted or powdercoated after some final tweaks.

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Played in the dirt today. The goal was to loosen the paddock so that it would dry quicker. Looking promising so far and had a BUNCH of fun ofcourse.

 

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After playing in the dirt last time I found that the cultivator/implement was a little long for my liking. Especially in the corners and near fence posts this is not ideal.

So I decided to shorten it and re-mount the tines on the two front rows of the cultivator. 

 

Before, five rows of tines:

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After, two (and a half) rows of tines:

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Before:

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After:

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Also added some reinforcements on the upper lifting point since it was showing some cracks.

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Still some room for improvements but I like it a lot better now. Much more nimble and less rear swing (don't know the right word) when working close to the fence.

Still want to add a roller of some sorts to 'crumble' the clumps a bit more.

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ebinmaine
3 hours ago, sjoemie himself said:

less rear swing (don't know the right word)

 

That's a perfectly fine word assortment to me. Nice work on that implement.

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On 3/15/2024 at 9:33 AM, sjoemie himself said:

 

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Seeing this makes me remember the headaches from sanding, all the dust, and the smell even with a mask on!  I hope your vacuum attached to that is able to keep up!

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The itching and the headaches from the smell were something else, I might have lost a few braincells in the process :scratchead:

 

One of my el-cheapo shop vacs gave up the ghost during sanding, kinda says something about the nasty dust. To be honest though it was on it's way out before this job..

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So since I've got a 3 week break from work I got some time to do some hobbying again.

 

One of the things I did last week was to install a side plow on the cultivator used to clean up the horse paddock. This side plow allows me to get a nice crisp edge on the sides of the paddock. The horseriders get up to the fence and ride on what's called the "hoefslag" in Dutch.. don't now the right word for it. This creates a kind of trench which is undesireable for the riders. 

The plow acts as a small dozer or grader and the cultivator teeth take care of the rest.

 

It raises out of the way when I don't need to use it.

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Height or depth is fully adjustable.

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It sticks out about 20cm/8" past the tire.

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Simple but effective. Thinking about maybe welding up the leading edge with an abrasive resistant material like Stellite or Hardox.

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Stay tuned. More updates to come.

Greetings from the Netherlands, Mark 

 

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Very slick!

 

I would call the place they ride, that you are leveling out with your new gadget, the “hoof path"

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11 hours ago, Handy Don said:

Very slick!

 

 

Absolutely agreed! 

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peter lena

@sjoemie himself  as usual , good  insight into a problem , nothing  sarcastic , those rusty  hitch mounts , need some lubricant , for easier  movement / follow , like the  idea of leading edge enhancement , might even  think of an angular change , for  easier release .like  this face set up   https://www.amazon.com/Respirator-Reusable-Polishing-Woodworking-  for  questionable clean up , might even add a multi holed flange , on the top of that bottom plow , allowing you to easily , enhance slide off , think the build strength of that , would show you what it likes in discharge , regularly look for effects on any mod I  make ,  thank you for the insight , pete

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39 minutes ago, peter lena said:

rusty  hitch mounts , need some lubricant , for easier  movement

Notmally I'm all for lubrication but in this case I would have to politely disagree with you. This is a semi permanent connection which has lots of play (pin to the swivel ball thingy) in it from factory. Any grease here would attract dust and dirt and would probably do more harm than good.

 

On the angle adjustment on the plow however I totally agree. I thought about several ways to incorporate that but could'nt find a solution that was stupid simple so I made it like it is now.

The angle could be a bit sharper (or less shallow) so the dirt slides off better but for now I'm reasonably pleased with how it works.

Another thing I might do is polish the inside of the plow because it's pretty rusty at the moment. I think this might help in evacuating the dirt aswell.

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Keen eyed viewers may have already noticed that besides adding the 'hoof path' plow I also made some changes to the rear of the cultivator.

Originally it had two guide wheels in the back to (help) set the working depth on the machine.

Since the cultivator is used to maintain a horseriding arena I was looking for a way to break up the soil a bit more after the cultivating tines did their job.

So I started searching for a crumble roller or tube roller but found out that these were highly sought after and about $300-400,- used. You know me.. better make something myself then..

 

Since I have a CNC-plasma machine why not use it? Made a design in CAD and started cutting.

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Some time later I had four disks on my workbench and started assembly. 8mm/~1/4" rebar was used to make the "crumbler".

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Welding everything up. The main challenge is to keep everything square and true. With use of the CNC-plasma track and some Fireball Tools this went fairly well.

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Bearing blocks were added on each side.

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Eyeballing what the attachment of the roller to the cultivator should look like.

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Almost done here. I cut off the wheels and used the now leftover round stock to extend the original depth setting axle. The roller is wider than the old guidewheels.

Some flat stock leftover from shortening the original cultivator was used to make the new arms to which the roller attaches.

Not pictured here but I added a gusset from the arm to the depth setting axle for more ridgidity.

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Time to test. I'm happy to report everything went about as good as I had hoped.

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The cultivator now leaves an even and almost fluffy bed for the horses to ride on.

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