Michiganmobileman Posted April 18, 2011 Posted April 18, 2011 Completed the little things and reinstalled in time for a test drive Easter day. Well mostly finished anyway, just a few minor touches and she will be ready. Met my original goal of using up some of the scrap I have around, only bought a few bolts and nuts,welding rods, and cut off wheels. On the "Allis-Grader" which now has a matching set of rear tires. Close up of the lift chains and custom brackets Backside of blade Will swivel any position right or left(need to add my stop bolts yet) Hangs off front axle attachment points Weighs about 130 pounds together, slides around OK on cardboard, I cant lift it more than a little:( Looks like it might belong in a Star Wars flick:D Taken apart to show some of my innards, the hanger circle with front bracket The underside with my three ring circle Which I made by welding up three two inch steel strips together around the rotor I used See my MOACC in that picture? (Mother of all C Clamps);) Rescued from my oldest brother when he was going to throw it away. Attached to the blade swing arms I took a bunch more pictures but this gives a good idea of what I ended up with. Now I need to add welds to my tack welded joints. Modify the running boards and reinstall. Reconfigure the down position just a little so the circle sits a little straighter with the blade down so my tips don't dig in when the blade is angled. Add my angle or swivel stop bolts through the side of the circle, this will let me stop at any angle short of hitting the tires. And add one more piece of angle iron across the front of the blade bracket to catch the front hole in the brake rotor (last picture, line new iron up with small holes in side angles, drill hole in center), this will take some of my front to back play out when blade is down. (On edit 4-24-2011 did not do this figured stop bolts will secure the front.) Not real pretty will look better with paint, if I get around to it, but I believe it will work as well or better than my original. Not near as hard to lift as I expected, but a hydraulic cylinder per side will be the ultimate. Greg PS Got lots of welding practice and actually think I have improved:D
Talntedmrgreen Posted April 18, 2011 Posted April 18, 2011 That thing rocks...nice engineering! I have to get up that way and drive that beast...
Burntime Posted April 18, 2011 Posted April 18, 2011 Wow, pretty cool. Gotta see that thing in action. Are you going to hang some weight off the back to offset the push of the blade? Does it even need more weight with the second rear end?
lampoulos Posted April 18, 2011 Posted April 18, 2011 Great fab work. I'm impressed by your engineering of the swivel. How are you going to keep that big blade from cocking the entire assembly to the side when blading on an angle? Are the lift chains spread wide enough to accomplish this? Once you get the blade figured out I challenge you to engineer a tilt-steer front axle!....
B10Dave Posted April 18, 2011 Posted April 18, 2011 dOd Coming together very nicely Greg. What did the cutting edge come off of? It looks perfect for a grader blade I would like to build in about 40 in. width. Dave.
MPH Posted April 18, 2011 Posted April 18, 2011 Your swivel is a work of art, really impressed with that one. What is keeping you from getting higher lift?
comet66 Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 quote:Originally posted by MPH Your swivel is a work of art, really impressed with that one. I love it!! And to think in the last year I've thrown out a dozen rotors. What a dummy!
gwiseman Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 wow - darn good engineering going into this beast:drl. looks like that rescued moac has found a good home too. thanks for sharing your talent w/the club
gwiseman Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 wow - darn good engineering going into this beast:drl. looks like that rescued moac has found a good home too.
Michiganmobileman Posted April 19, 2011 Author Posted April 19, 2011 Thanks to all Josh, most anytime:D Michael, I will get some action shots after I get it finished and back on. I can still get the tires spinning with the blade down and full, want to add fluid to the tires first and see how much that helps. Craig, I never had a problem with my other blade, but it will be real easy to add a guide down from the original axle pivot point. Picture # 4 shows how the 2x3 tube fits up into that recess when it is all the way up. Can weld up some angle iron and bolt it to the pivot point to go along both sides of the tube. Will see how she does. Have thought about that tilt axle, will need to think lots more on that though:D Dave, I think the edge is off a snow plow or similar, it is 60 inches long. Marty, the blue circle gizmo is pulled tight to the frame when up all the way. I want to cut, shorten and reweld the running boards to run even with the bottom of the frame to keep this height. Plus I can swing the blade up to the rear and get a little more that way. John, they are not just scrap anymore are they?;):D Thanks again to all, will post pictures in action as soon as the SNOW GETS THE HECK OUT OF HERE. Greg
stevenj Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 Very Nice. It looks like a lot of thought went into the design and fabrication. What is the blue disc from? Looks like a steel frisbee.
Michiganmobileman Posted April 19, 2011 Author Posted April 19, 2011 Thanks Steven, I think I spent more time thinking about it than building it! I am not sure what disc was for, came from my father in laws garage when we cleaned it out, my brother in law wanted to take it for scrap, NOT!. Very heavy "Frisbee" shape and the center hole has threads tapped in it. Maybe a base for a stand of some sort? Greg
Brettw Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 A most excellent contraption!! Hats of to you!! dOd:D
Michiganmobileman Posted April 24, 2011 Author Posted April 24, 2011 Thanks to all who are interested in my contraption8D Running boards back on after some re-bending and sawzall action:D. Chains go through the existing holes pretty good but I think I will open them up a little more. Added two bolts to the circle to act as swivel stops. And the boss was nice enough to take these action shots Seems to work just finedOd Greg Ooops should have put on a hat;):D
JimH Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 Greg, nice action shots. You look like one happy camper.............
JohnMBerst Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 One very nice machine, which I'm sure was never on the drawing boards, or CAD files, at Simplicity. Looks like it does a great job. Great fabrication and design.
Talntedmrgreen Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 That's so cool Greg....makes me proud to be a Michigander! }:)
Michiganmobileman Posted April 28, 2011 Author Posted April 28, 2011 Thanks again for all the kind words. Next on list is to finish the hood, I picked up a second one from John Holcomb earlier this month, lets see if I can cut that one in the right spot:D. Also have a "scarifier" from a drag my brother had, want to figure out how and where(front or back) to mount this up for those real hard spots. Will keep everyone up to date as I progress. Happy Spring (although very wet) Greg
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