Project "Snow Drift"

[Oldskool 6,643]

I was reminded of snow and ice build up in the chain guards so there was a last minute design change.

[19richie66 17,500]

Steampunk style... love it

[ebinmaine 67,432]

4 minutes ago, 19richie66 said:

Steampunk style... love it

Yeah me too. 

Giving me ideas for my big tractor. 

[Oldskool 6,643]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Yeah me too. 

Giving me ideas for my big tractor. 

Whatcha thinkin?

[SylvanLakeWH 25,535]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Giving me ideas for my big tractor. 

 

24 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

Whatcha thinkin?

Oh... in about... ya know... couple years... maybe... I don’t know... a Big...uhm... you know...

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,432]

10 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

 

Oh... in about... ya know... couple years... maybe... I don’t know... a Big...uhm... you know...

 

 

 

Sooner. Barring unforeseen stupidest-ness of course. 

Been fiddlin with it and gathering parts again lately. 

@OldWorkHorse Steve is bringing me an adapter plate he made up. 

Hoping to have it on 4 wheels very soon. 

 

10 hours ago, Oldskool said:

Whatcha thinkin?

Nothing specific though I do like the belt guards. .

I'm leaning towards making mine out of nothing but 2 pieces of 1" x 1" C channel. 

 

I like the general appearance of your machine.

I get poking around online and see other interesting things. 

 

[Oldskool 6,643]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

I'm leaning towards making mine out of nothing but 2 pieces of 1" x 1" C channel. 

 

I like the general appearance of your machine.

I get poking around online and see other interesting things. 

 

What ever works...works. It's easy to go overboard on such things. I almost didnt make any chain guards.

 

You get looking around on line long enough you will find alot of interesting stuff....even stuff not so interesting

[ebinmaine 67,432]

23 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

.even stuff not so interesting

There's a little. But at least it's on the interwebbs so it's ALL true. 

 

[Pullstart 62,837]

23 hours ago, Oldskool said:

Oh I'm painting. Go big or go home. Right? I've had a couple thoughts on the color scheme and changed my mind a few times.

Maybe instead of a WWII bomber shark painting... you should slap on a fillet-o-fish...

[Ted Gardner 36]

I have Read All the way through this post From page 1 to page 32 and I can say I think that this is probably 1 of the most Interesting Builds I have seen in A long time any where. At one point you were talking about weight. I looked again at the wormdrives on the old fordson. That tractor was all cast iron and very heavy and still floated over the snow pretty well. I wondered if you might be to light to get good purchase on the snow. Pounds per square in down pressure on the fordson Versus your built.

 

 

 

 

 

[Oldskool 6,643]

16 minutes ago, Ted Gardner said:

I have Read All the way through this post From page 1 to page 32 and I can say I think that this is probably 1 of the most Interesting Builds I have seen in A long time any where. At one point you were talking about weight. I looked again at the wormdrives on the old fordson. That tractor was all cast iron and very heavy and still floated over the snow pretty well. I wondered if you might be to light to get good purchase on the snow. Pounds per square in down pressure on the fordson Versus your built.

 

 

 

 

 

You may be right. Although the worm drives on the Fordson were alot bigger in diameter than mine in size comparison to the machine they are on. When I do the final assembly I will try and get a better handle on the weight and should have a better idea of the lbs per square inch

[Ted Gardner 36]

I have Read All the way through this post From page 1 to page 32 and I can say I think that this is probably 1 of the most Interesting Builds I have seen in A long time any where. At one point you were talking about weight. I looked again at the wormdrives on the old fordson. That tractor was all cast iron and very heavy and still floated over the snow pretty well. I wondered if you might be to light to get good purchase on the snow. Pounds per square in down pressure on the fordson Versus your built.

 

 

 

 

 

[Oldskool 6,643]

After spending so much time making the front axle I really didnt want to cut it. But, for the greater good I did. Ugh!. Some drilling and tapping and the first side will be done.

[Pullstart 62,837]

You’ll be glad you did some day!  Are those body mounts and bolts in a pile?

[Oldskool 6,643]

We have touchdown. 1 screw is on. I have to say it went on alot easier with the removable end.

[Oldskool 6,643]

1 minute ago, pullstart said:

You’ll be glad you did some day!  Are those body mounts and bolts in a pile?

Nope lol. Those are the wheels off a box roll track. I removed all those to use the 1/8 x 2" strips in the center to make the chain guards. The outside pieces were 2" formed channel iron. I already used those on another project.

[Tractorhead 9,064]

7 hours ago, Oldskool said:

We have touchdown. 1 screw is on. I have to say it went on alot easier with the removable end.

 

Love the outlook.

definitely Steampunk, especially with that optic.

 

[71_Bronco 1,072]

Any concern with the side-load on that rear universal joint? Rear end will be pushing down and the only thing supporting it is the universal joint. Unless I'm missing something.

[Oldskool 6,643]

28 minutes ago, 71_Bronco said:

Any concern with the side-load on that rear universal joint? Rear end will be pushing down and the only thing supporting it is the universal joint. Unless I'm missing something.

Oh ya, alot of concern with that universal joint. I'm not sure if the joint will fail or the yoke. The joint is hardened steel soooooo it should be ok and the yokes combined steel around the caps should be strong enough......but.....There has been times I thought I should have gone bigger u-joints

 

 

[Maxwell-8 4,275]

7 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

Oh ya, alot of concern with that universal joint. I'm not sure if the joint will fail or the yoke. The joint is hardened steel soooooo it should be ok and the yokes combined steel around the caps should be strong enough......but.....There has been times I thought I should have gone bigger u-joints

 

 

I don't think you gone use Yeti all the time, so i think you should be good for a while. Only time will tell.

[Oldskool 6,643]

5 minutes ago, Maxwell-8 said:

I don't think you gone use Yeti all the time, so i think you should be good for a while. Only time will tell.

No I probably wont, but retrieval will be tough if/when it breaks

[19richie66 17,500]

I believe you should have support at the rear of the auger. There is nothing to stop it from wanting to move around.

[Oldskool 6,643]

29 minutes ago, 19richie66 said:

I believe you should have support at the rear of the auger. There is nothing to stop it from wanting to move around.

Any further thoughts on that? Also keeping it so it will articulate?

[DennisThornton 4,769]

I too see an issue!  Can't have a rigid support on that UV joint but maybe something with some flex while still offering some support.

I don't yet see a solution.  CV joint?  Don't know.  But I do have concerns for that UV joint.

[Oldskool 6,643]

26 minutes ago, DennisThornton said:

I too see an issue!  Can't have a rigid support on that UV joint but maybe something with some flex while still offering some support.

I don't yet see a solution.  CV joint?  Don't know.  But I do have concerns for that UV joint.

It concerns me as well. I will take all the input I can get. I dont really want to drag it back into the garage broken on the test drive. My thinking on it originally was I looked at it like a drive shaft in a vehicle. The bearing pack being the transmission end, the screw being the driveshaft itself then the front bearing being the differential. I realize a vehicle doesnt rest on the driveshaft but considering the torque of a 4x4 in off road conditions or a drag car launching off the line this is light weight. Also a driveshaft being supported on both ends doesnt just sway around.