putting the loader to work

[propane1]

I’ve wonder about those poor man’s power steering upgrade. Just my opinion, I don’t think it would do much. But I’ve never tried it. I have a few tractors I’d like to try it on. But. Has anybody ever tried it. Does it help ?

Noel

[MattA]

Big engine hp in that unit.

Noel

Yeah. Most standby generators I looked at were about 2HP/1000W. This ones 2.67HP/1000W.

[MattA]

I’ve wonder about those poor man’s power steering upgrade. Just my opinion, I don’t think it would do much. But I’ve never tried it. I have a few tractors I’d like to try it on. But. Has anybody ever tried it. Does it help ?

Noel

I've had poor man's power steering installed on my 4016 for a few years now. It's a lot easier to turn. It does still require some effort with my 48" snowcaster or 44" berco snowblower.

Back to Bob's topic...

[thebuildist]

Good idea, @Eugen . But I designed those needle thrust bearings into the new axle.

I think it's a side effect of the wide high-floatation tires.

If I recall, the ps relief is set down around 275 or 300. I think I can double it. Or close to it

It's not at all unworkable. But it is a bit frustrating.

Bob

[DavidBarkey]

I’ve wonder about those poor man’s power steering upgrade. Just my opinion, I don’t think it would do much. But I’ve never tried it. I have a few tractors I’d like to try it on. But. Has anybody ever tried it. Does it help ?

Noel

Yes they do help . I have it on the snow blower 446. and like Bob built load bearings into the new front axle on Frankie.

[Timj]

We put a similar 15000w on the fire station. They use quite a volume of gas. We had to have a larger gas meter installed.

[Harry]

I installed thrust bearings on a 444 and they worked terrific, but had on load on front tires other than the tractor and mowing deck. I also installed them on the 644 lbh. They seemed to help when moving dirt in the loader bucket but haven’t moved anything heavier yet. I also have a set waiting to install on the 646 and would like to put some on the 446 with snow caster. Harry

[thebuildist]

Big news! I got the gas piping changes completed, and the generator hooked up to it. Threw in the battery, flipped the master function switch to "manual", and she started right up. Stumbled for a couple seconds getting the air bled out of the line, and came right up on speed, no issues.

I went and grabbed my meter, made sure the output wires were resting in a safe/insulated position, and closed the main breaker.

Put the meter on the leads and got 244 volts across the red and black, and 122 volts across either of them and the white (neutral).

Success!

I still need to anchor the unit to the concrete pad, and finish up the process of wiring in the new transfer switch/breaker box. But all those were on hold, pending proof that it actually works and I'm not wasting my time.

And now I know that I'm not. Woo Hoo!

Bob

[Eugen]

That's awesome!

[Harry]

Great job Bob. I know you will be enjoying the generator when the power goes out. Harry