On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:38:24 -0600
"Terry Coombs" wrote:

Leon Fisk wrote:
Came across this stuff from Struck/Magnatrac the other day. Looks like
a lot of good ideas you may be able to use for making some stuff for
your tractor:

STRUCK - MAGNATRAC - RS1000 - COMPACT CRAWLER TRACTOR (~60mb)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCsrhcC7c_0

This doc has nice diagrams for their attachments (~50mb):
http://struckcorp.com/downloads/rs19...structions.pdf

If you watch the youtube video you can see how some of them are
used/work...

Excellent links , and ideas are now sprouting from my ears . I like the
front box setup with the trip lever to dump it , and those rippers on a
manual 3 point hitch would be very handy . I did notice he was spinning the
tracks a few times ... traction is still my biggest problem .

Thought that was the kind of stuff you were looking for. The trip box
looks like a decent/simple way to add a sorta bucket to your blade.

I have a do-it-yourself neighbor with small John Deere garden type
tractor. A bit bigger and newer than yours. He has added a weight box
to the back for plowing snow using his front blade. Heavy snow last
week gave it a work out. He has to plow/push cross-ways in the deep
stuff but he does get his long driveway cleaned out eventually...

Their kit machine (RS196k) only uses two rippers. The prebuilt RS1000
can use three, or so they think. Cute machines but way out of my price
range... I do like the simple implement designs though

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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