Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

thebuildist wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 7:52 pm I've got no hex, but I have 15 or so feet each of round and keyway shafting. Stop by some time and I'll share the bounty!

Bob

Don't touch that dial, my leer jet is fuelling up!

Eugen wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 5:55 pm Lucky him who has 1" round or hexagonal stock. Because around here you have to pay $75 for two feet of hex

I get mine scrapping old snow blower drives .

Yes sir. Everything I have here is scrap. When I rebuilt the front axle I think I ordered 18 linear inches of 2 and 1/2 in round bar. And a couple times I've ordered some water hardening rod. And one time Amazon of all places had a 6-in by 24 in by 1 in plate steel for $20 including shipping. I had to buy that!

But other than that I've never purchased steel in my life!

Yes, buying metal can be costly. That's why if I find a good deal on metal, I pick it up for future projects. Many times people throw good metal in their garbage. I've been known to brake for metal I see along the road. My Dad always told me if you pass it by, when you come back it will be gone. I've found that to be true many times.

Keep the
Harry

I've been on the lookout for metal for the last couple of years, just rods isn't something I have, but that's ok. It makes sense to make your own fittings and it's great to have the specs and procedure here, so thank you Bob!

The good news is, my hydraulic fittings all work perfectly.

And my hose routing, which has to connect from the third function QD's to the center cylinder on the grapple, and has to accommodate a 24+ inch movement/displacement when the bucket gets curled forward, has been worked out.

I had built a spring-loaded hose keeper along these lines: That looked like this:
But when I went out to play with it, I was stymied: The first thing that became obvious was that I need to flip flop the hose ends. One end has integrated 90 degree bends, the other is straight-on. So I flipped those. Then I hooked them back in, and the hose now loops outboard, hanging in mid air to the right side of the tractor.

I looked for where to grip the hose with the keeper, and where to mount the keeper. And I couldn't find a place that seemed like the hose would be "happy" with the bucket both retracted and curled forward.

And then I realized that now matter what I did with the bucket or the grapple arm, that the hose just hung out to the right side. It never snagged, it never pinched, it never overstretched.

And that's the whole point. So I'm just going to leave it just like that.

And then I went and picked up some stuff. And it works!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uuu3LJhJfc


Bob

That would quite a handy tool to have, a loader and grapple. Neat.


Noel

Nice work Bob, and a useful function, something I would like on my 644 very much!