Home built equipment

Which sprockets did you use to make the 1000 pto to 540?

This is kinda of a home made project since I’ve now done more welding to this rock digger than the people who built it.

First picture is a before picture.  Our digging teeth were getting worn and not digging rocks as well as it used to.  They were 11" shorter than when there were new.  New teeth were $1600 per tooth so I decided to try fix them.



Second picture shows rebuild progress after the first box of 7018 rods was done.  



Third picture is after the second box of 7018 rods and 2 layers of Lincoln Abrashield impact resistant hard surface so about half a box of them.  Most of the time consumed was the chipping and wire brushing while I let it cool down between passes. I've got quite a few hours and $100 of welding rods into this but it sure digs rocks a lot better now.

Yes, I would almost certainly know that guy too.
Do you mean first yard up from the ferry or just in the area? I’ve had coffee a couple times at Neelie’s but I haven’t crossed paths with him now for quite a few years.

Looks good. I want to convert an old grain truck into a pull behind wagon we can use around the farm for silage/dirt/manure/gravel. Etc. only have to worry about tires then and not the whole truck.

Questions about the top link and sprockets. I made an adapter that hooks to the pin mount on the tractor and then to the top link I borrow from my FWA tractor. On the reduction for the PTO its actually just a big 1000 to small 1000 adapter with a sprocket welded on and on the other end it is what you would find on the bottom of a Farm King auger with a larger sprocket welded on. Local dealer had converted a chain drive swing auger to gearbox and had this laying around for cheap. Just made a bracket to hold it in the right spot. Because that chain spins a lot I would oil it a few times a day and worked great. I think I ran tractor at like 1300RPM or so, just need to do the math.

.     hopefully this is a better picture