Trail machines/Horses offroad?

[ebinmaine 67,267]

4 minutes ago, slim67 said:

Is that helpful having your splitter setting up higher Eric? Are those 14s? 15s?

Yes it sure is. For several reasons. 

It has better ground clearance for going over our rough terrain. 

It's more stable because of the wider stance. 

It rolls far far easier than it did with the itty bitty tires. 

 

But maybe most important, it gets the main work beam up off the ground maybe 12 to 14 inches higher and is a real back saver when working with it. 

 

They are 15" (205/70R15 ?). 

 

Absolutely a worthwhile modification. 

 

 

[slim67 2,735]

4 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Yes it sure is. For several reasons. 

It has better ground clearance for going over our rough terrain. 

It's more stable because of the wider stance. 

It rolls far far easier than it did with the itty bitty tires. 

 

But maybe most important, it gets the main work beam up off the ground maybe 12 to 14 inches higher and is a real back saver when working with it. 

 

They are 15" (205/70R15 ?). 

 

Absolutely a worthwhile modification. 

 

 

I know the feeling . My Didier is almost ground level with the 4.80-8s and it strains my back after awhile.

[ebinmaine 67,267]

44 minutes ago, slim67 said:

I know the feeling . My Didier is almost ground level with the 4.80-8s and it strains my back after awhile.

This splitter has several mods by both us and the PO to make it more powerful, handle much larger logs, and be more user friendly. 

[slim67 2,735]

10 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

This splitter has several mods by both us and the PO to make it more powerful, handle much larger logs, and be more user friendly. 

Lol so is mine. The cylinder is a rod type now and I've replaced the old B&S with a clone motor. Im sure Ill replace something else in the future.

 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,267]

9 minutes ago, slim67 said:

Lol so is mine. The cylinder is a rod type now and I've replaced the old B&S with a clone motor. Im sure Ill replace something else in the future.

 

 

 

 

Nice. 

 

One of the things I'd like to do to this one is put a better front jack/forward leg on it. 

We've also talked about welding horizontal splitters onto the vertical part to do twice the cutting. 

That would be a major time saver because we split ALL our firewood to half the size of most. 

[slim67 2,735]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Nice. 

 

One of the things I'd like to do to this one is put a better front jack/forward leg on it. 

We've also talked about welding horizontal splitters onto the vertical part to do twice the cutting. 

That would be a major time saver because we split ALL our firewood to half the size of most. 

Good idea. If you do that, please start a thread. I'd like to see how it works out.

[ebinmaine 67,267]

10 minutes ago, slim67 said:

Good idea. If you do that, please start a thread. I'd like to see how it works out.

Oh absolutely. 

 

 

[Pullstart 62,785]

“Poppy” likely fits in this thread.  Stock pulley setup and only 7 smoky horsepowers, but the tires are more than capable of climbing with zero air pressure in them!  I need to drain and flush the transmission, it does the Classic “get stuck in two gears” trick quite often.

[slim67 2,735]

10 hours ago, pullstart said:

“Poppy” likely fits in this thread.  Stock pulley setup and only 7 smoky horsepowers, but the tires are more than capable of climbing with zero air pressure in them!  I need to drain and flush the transmission, it does the Classic “get stuck in two gears” trick quite often.

Pretty sure Poppy would float on water if given the chance.

[ebinmaine 67,267]

9 minutes ago, slim67 said:

Pretty sure Poppy would float on water if given the chance.

Sumboddy gotta get the monstah tires and try it!!

[slim67 2,735]

19 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Sumboddy gotta get the monstah tires and try it!!

its been done!

[Pullstart 62,785]

Maybe with helium in the tires... but they are SUPER heavy!

[ebinmaine 67,267]

3 hours ago, slim67 said:

its been done!

Seen it with full size trucks. Been tried with a garden tractor??

[slim67 2,735]

10 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Seen it with full size trucks. Been tried with a garden tractor??

There's a new holland on youtube outfitted with terra tires that floated . No garden tractors yet that would be considered garden tractors by our standards but the Mow Money Bolens floated and there is the crypt keeper that tried . Their on youtube also. A kid that ive sold some parts to has a tractor he trail rides on a went into a creek too deep. He floated after the tractor flipped over

[slim67 2,735]

2 hours ago, pullstart said:

Maybe with helium in the tires... but they are SUPER heavy!

My advice is start in the shallows!

[Pullstart 62,785]

As a kid, I succeeded to float the creek with the Honda 110 three wheeler and balloon tires, but I’m a couple inches bigger now.

[slim67 2,735]

1 hour ago, pullstart said:

As a kid, I succeeded to float the creek with the Honda 110 three wheeler and balloon tires, but I’m a couple inches bigger now.

I remember those 110s. Couldn't kill them.

 

[Stormin 9,981]

4 hours ago, pullstart said:

Maybe with helium in the tires...

 

 That'd be a laugh.

[Pullstart 62,785]

5 minutes ago, Stormin said:

 

 That'd be a laugh.

The only body of water deep enough to try in... is the pool.  I think I’d be exiled for a while!  

[Tractorhead 9,064]

3 minutes ago, pullstart said:

The only body of water deep enough to try in... is the pool.  I think I’d be exiled for a while!  

 

Maybe the pics it will be worth the discuss after.. 😂

[Pullstart 62,785]

Just now, Tractorhead said:

 

Maybe the pics it will be worth the discuss after.. 😂

Maybe since I do all the pool vacuum work... nobody would notice?

[slim67 2,735]

18 minutes ago, pullstart said:

Maybe since I do all the pool vacuum work... nobody would notice?

Then I say you deserve to be afforded the opportunity to try. That's the perks of being the pool guy.

[Stormin 9,981]

 

29 minutes ago, pullstart said:

Maybe since I do all the pool vacuum work... nobody would notice?

 

Go on! You know you want too.