JR's Tractor n trailer thread

[JR]

Oh, you can add the QA ears to almost anything. They go for under $100.

[Bigdave_185]

That bucket looks like it’s four feet wide.  That pretty big for your cub isn’t it?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[JR]

Looks wide, yes but off a 50hp excavator. Probably make a smooth edge for that one.

The 2 of us rolled em onto pallets I brought pretty easy.

Got a line on 12in bucket in Bakersfield that I am going through Friday.

[JR]

So I drug my new buckets (kubota style) and the tracks for DUG up to the ridge this weekend. Had a car on the new trailer too, but got no pics of it on there. Little rice burner given to neighbors kid that had belonged to his son who dies a couple years back.

Thought I had measured right, but the tracks are to wide for the skid. Would hit the frame pretty bad and don't think spacers will do the trick. Need some 1in narrower.

Before the trip I cut the little "widow makers" off the trailers rear deck.

[JR]

So I got the adapter and new pins for kub. Went on great, even used the shims form the old bucket for the new kabota adapter.

Old bucket and adapter came off easy too. Thought it would be a chore, but not bad.

[JR]

Then is happened, the new quick change does not fit the buckets. Seems the buckets are 13in center to center and my adapter is 11in.

Didn't try to hook up, but am looking into it now.

At least I have the old bucket if I need one.

[KensAuto]

That stinks.

On the tracks, can you flip the tires around to offset them outward? Saw a guy on utube do that. He gained 2".

https://youtu.be/Rax6LzNJZB0

[JR]

Mine are centered, I checked. A little slop is fine, but think 1.5 is to much.

[KensAuto]

Chop saw and a welder...