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Redneck - that RV Mansion of your probably wouldn't make it all the way down the horse path, err...."drive".....on my way out, I almost removed my steps on natures "curbs" err...boulders! Just had some excellent barbecue at the barrelhouse barbecue in Lynchburg Tennessee-great stuff
Don't forget to affix that dangling light on the garden tractor too-Can't thank you enough Don- Ray n I thoroughly enjoyed our time with you!
Well, my JD tractor buyer crapped out on me. I paid the repair bill on the thing today and afterward talked once more about a trade. It would be flat out stupid to trade, so without a solid sale, I'm proceeding with a few days of major maintenance on the green machine.I have already pressure washed the thing, removed a lot of stickage, rocks, started straightening lines and what is now a list of 26 items. I figure If I jump on it hard, in 3-4 days tops, I can have it fully repaired, armored up with a lot more steel to protect against sticks tearing it up, and I plan to modify the bushhog by opening the rear end up so that a little bit of the spinning blades are exposed. I plan to reshape the aft end so that I can slowly back into trees of a small diameter and hack the dog snot out of them like with a tree saw. I checked, and I have a 150HP gearbox on the hog, so I should be able to tackle things with great success.I'm adding LED lighting, as in a lot of them, a weapon carrier, tool box carrier, a steel-over on the grill, change all fluids, and a total service.
Quote from: Flyin6 on June 13, 2016, 11:10:09 PMWell, my JD tractor buyer crapped out on me. I paid the repair bill on the thing today and afterward talked once more about a trade. It would be flat out stupid to trade, so without a solid sale, I'm proceeding with a few days of major maintenance on the green machine.I have already pressure washed the thing, removed a lot of stickage, rocks, started straightening lines and what is now a list of 26 items. I figure If I jump on it hard, in 3-4 days tops, I can have it fully repaired, armored up with a lot more steel to protect against sticks tearing it up, and I plan to modify the bushhog by opening the rear end up so that a little bit of the spinning blades are exposed. I plan to reshape the aft end so that I can slowly back into trees of a small diameter and hack the dog snot out of them like with a tree saw. I checked, and I have a 150HP gearbox on the hog, so I should be able to tackle things with great success.I'm adding LED lighting, as in a lot of them, a weapon carrier, tool box carrier, a steel-over on the grill, change all fluids, and a total service.I'm thinking its doing things like this that keeps causing the breakdowns of your machine. Just saying, if you keep pushing the unit beyond its design limits your going to keep finding the weak links. Maybe the gear box holds up but in my experience the gear boxes aren't the weak links.
So your typical oil change then?Should this be it's own build thread? It is sounding worthy. I am curious to see your LED lights. I just purchased a 20" one to mount on my roll bar. Bench testing proved it was way brighter than I expected, which is awesome. But it also showed the pattern is very focused on a small area. I was looking more for a flood type output, so still debating whether to use it on the tractor.
Except those skid steer one run off fast hydraulics not a gear box. You were a pilot so I'll refrain from covering the basics of that difference assuming you already know where I'm going.....Where's Duane when you need him? ???
Solar panels and controller are easy. Just go 2 panels and a 24v controller. Mono panels are more eff in different light, Poly work better in direct light. Don't use the cheap amorphis(?) panels. If mounted on a poll, you can add a tracker for about $100.I found this pump, no idea on quality but it does the lift you need on 24v. http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Farm-Ranch-Solar-Powered-Submersible-DC-Water-Well-Pump-24V-230FT-Lift-/251939546464?Personally I would run the pump down a PVC tube to keep the system isolated.
I guess this question is for JR...How does the 12v controller 'buffer' the voltage output to the pump, with capacitors? What happens when a cloud shades the panel for a few minuets?I assume there is minimum voltage cut off for the controller to the pump, but would not a set of 12 volt batteries wired in series, as in Sarge, not be the best banking of reserve amp hours at 24 volts?My thinking says this gets you hours of pumping after the Sun has gone down or reserves during partly sunny days.I don't know much about these systems, obviously, so curiosity made me ask.FLI'm not going to be getting into the battery business. First of all, I won't need to pump after dark. If the system can raise 600 gallons a day under normal conditions, and I store up, say 10,000-15,000 gallons, then I wouldn't have any need to be pumping all the time. Say after I get 5,000 or so gallons, I am ready to party. I'm talking city style showers, and who knows, maybe even pull the Sarge down there and hose it off!
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I'm curious to see if the main will draw from the aux. I would have thought sealed main and gravity feed from aux with a vent. Now where's that popcorn emojiSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Great idea with diy. I have seen kits that are stupid $$$.Good idea on the quick connect, maybe a 90* on it?