Fixer UPer

[etk300ex]

Can you make us a list of everything you own that has wheels? lol


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[mr.mindless]

Wheels easier than engines for sure.

Especially if limited to self propelled.

But....

[mr.mindless]

Moves a dead 571 solo with ease.

[mr.mindless]

Also moves axle-less trailers with bad fenders nicely.

Could really stand for some fork extensions.

[M]

whats the plan with that trailer? rebuild?

[mr.mindless]

Yup. Brett found. Right by me. FBM.

Axles and fenders rotted, rest seems good. Ramps and jack and lights present.

Axles are more $$ than the last time I bought but still worth it.

[mr.mindless]

FB showed me some longer forks. I really want them but I don’t think 72” forks are worth $400 to me. Change my mind, I guess?

I think I’ll outclass my counterweight trying to move whole cars if I get forks like that.

[M4wdFab]

12' of 2x6 box steel cheaper than 400 (maybe not with steel price now lol?) to make extensions like Nick has for his. 

real forks that are long weigh a ton and might be a hassle to move around and swap on and off. 

chances are the interface is wrong and will need to be reworked on one end anyway

[mr.mindless]

yeah I was thinking about how relatively easy these 42" forks are to R&R and how something twice as heavy won't be.

I've seen a lot of fork extensions get bent moving cars at Monster Jam but that's with tele handlers that can pick 10k no sweat. I probably don't have the picking force at the tips to do damage like that. But they sure are impossible to try and straighten well if it turns out that I do.

[mr.mindless]

$275ish at Uline, $180 on FBM for new extensions advertised with questionable grammar.

Uline notes that OSHA says 150% of fork length is the max for extensions, that means 72" is over limit for my ~42" forks.

[TrailTamer]

FB showed me some longer forks. I really want them but I don’t think 72” forks are worth $400 to me. Change my mind, I guess?

I think I’ll outclass my counterweight trying to move whole cars if I get forks like that.

You have a backhoe... I'd like to think it'll make more sense to move a whole car with it instead.

[mr.mindless]

Kinda doubt I’ll keep that long-term. Too big.

[mr.mindless]

Would love to make this charge it’s own battery. Has 2 poles on the alt/gen that are just open to one another. I was hoping to see AC or DC voltage between them or chassis when spinning.

12v positive ground now. No idea if originally 6 or 12 volt.

There’s a large three terminal solid state thing mounted next to the gen. I assume it’s a regulator. Factory wiring is abandoned but in place. Checking continuity on this things now, maybe I’ll be able to figure more out from there. No readable markings I’ve found to help ID things.

[mr.mindless]

This might be a reasonable guide. http://fergusontractors.org/nfs/wp-content/uploads/electrical/TO-30-6V.pdf

[M4wdFab]

Throw all of that away and just grab a 30$ gm 1 wire alternator