MF 1450
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Took the rectifier out and cleaned up the contacts and the mounting areas. There is no ground wire to either bolt, but I'm guessing that this grounded through the bolts and rectifier body? It was too hot yesterday after work to start it and test the AC voltage, and it was too damm cold after work today---LOL!
Instead of drilling that to bypass the float, I think the MF8E will get the yard cart duties as it was before the 1450 came along. The 12G can do it too. I would imagine anything else that will be hooked to it will keep enough weight on the 3 point to keep it from flipping up!
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone!
DAC
Instead of drilling that to bypass the float, I think the MF8E will get the yard cart duties as it was before the 1450 came along. The 12G can do it too. I would imagine anything else that will be hooked to it will keep enough weight on the 3 point to keep it from flipping up!
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone!
DAC
Didn't get to work on any tractors after work tonight. I borrowed the measuring wheel from work and measured our acre property lines, driveway and a couple other areas, and met with a gravel hauler with a 6 axle 20 ton dump truck. In a couple weeks he's going to haul in around 30 tons we figured roughly to put fresh on the existing gravel, and add gravel over grassed areas I want covered. The hauling will be the cheap part. I haven't gotten a price on the materials yet. pretty scared to find out! My poor little tractors, especially the MF8E, may not survive spreading it! Going to try to get an attachment made for the 1450's 3 point that will help with this chore, for leveling and smoothing. Will want that to "float" so no sense thinking about locking the float out of the 3 point at this time.
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My favorite rig for levelling gravel was these two 5' sections of spring harrows attached to a 10' length of 3" pipe... this works very well, easy to pull and I could drive alot faster than with any blade. Diamond harrows work well also but these sprine tines can also be used to aerate the grass.
Did these tests after work tonight, Noel. There was continuity on the "B" wire, and the stator is putting out 38 volts ac at full throttle. Amp gauge showing about 4 amp discharge though. The connector itself could be the issue. It didn't feel like a good connection plugging into the rectifier and one of the stator wires tries to push out of the connector. Thought there was another issue as it sounded like the starter drive was kicking in when the switch was moved to "run". Finally saw that the front pto switch was on. Turning it off didn't affect the charging test since I saw that before the test. The noise was gone at least---LOL! I may order a new rectifier and amp gauge, and go to individual spade connectors on the wires.
DAC
I appreciate the info, Lance! That's a good looking setup! It might be a pretty small chance of finding small spring harrows out here but we do have a possibility. My wife has an aunt with a large ranch. There is a lot of junk laying around there and we have helped her son move some of the junk and even hauled a bit home. Seems like I remember seeing something like that there.
DAC
I imagine that's possible, Noel, but when I switch on the electric pto it shows 7-8 amp discharge. No, didn't test battery voltage while running. I'll try that one too.
DAC
the pipe does most of the levelling, the harrows help hold it down so it doesnt just float over the high spots... the harrows also groom the finish and bring the gravel up after its been packed down buy other vehicles.
I got a couple hours in the shop today, and built a sleeve hitch attachment. It will stick in the female receiver to adapt those type of attachments.
Started with one of these $11 HF clevis hitches.
cut those tabs off and ground the surface flat. Will be able to use the tabs on the implement hitch.
Notched the hitch and welded nuts for stops, then welded an old 270 GMC wrist pin to to the face of it for a pin.
I forgot to take a pic while welding on the wrist pin but here's after I squirted some paint on it. It's still outside since it was hot when I painted it.
Might break those nuts right off, but for what I'm doing they may hold up! Need to go buy a few 5/8" bolts for the stops. Have plenty of nuts for jam nuts.
This old grate will be what gets a hitch welded to it. As you can see, it has been used as a drag. Have used it in the driveway and even on the old go-kart track for many years. It's darn heavy!
Didn't get to work on the charging issue yet.
DAC
Started with one of these $11 HF clevis hitches.
cut those tabs off and ground the surface flat. Will be able to use the tabs on the implement hitch.
Notched the hitch and welded nuts for stops, then welded an old 270 GMC wrist pin to to the face of it for a pin.
I forgot to take a pic while welding on the wrist pin but here's after I squirted some paint on it. It's still outside since it was hot when I painted it.
Might break those nuts right off, but for what I'm doing they may hold up! Need to go buy a few 5/8" bolts for the stops. Have plenty of nuts for jam nuts.
This old grate will be what gets a hitch welded to it. As you can see, it has been used as a drag. Have used it in the driveway and even on the old go-kart track for many years. It's darn heavy!
Didn't get to work on the charging issue yet.
DAC
Be sure to put the mat down over the grass before you add the rock. Grass will grow right up through the rock.
Don't know where I can find one quick right now but it would work great I bet!
I may have to fight it with roundup like the rest of the gravel. Going to get 2 15 ton piles here on Friday afternoon, and a neighbor with a bobcat will be spreading Saturday.
Thanks for the advice, Roger!
DAC
Was able to get argon this afternoon, and since some of the pieces were already cut last night, I got the grate mount welded up and installed on the 3 point.
I need to adjust those stop bolts yet, but it seems like it will be good to level gravel Saturday!
Also want to mount that ammo box on it somewhere for some tools.
When I ran the tractor, to see how it lifts, I checked running battery voltage. It seems fine to me so maybe messing around with those connections helped! At idle voltage was 13.4 volts and full throttle was 16.4 V. Is that a too big or reasonable voltage swing?
DAC
I need to adjust those stop bolts yet, but it seems like it will be good to level gravel Saturday!
Also want to mount that ammo box on it somewhere for some tools.
When I ran the tractor, to see how it lifts, I checked running battery voltage. It seems fine to me so maybe messing around with those connections helped! At idle voltage was 13.4 volts and full throttle was 16.4 V. Is that a too big or reasonable voltage swing?
DAC
