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14th Sep 2019, 09:13 PM #46Senior Member
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14th Sep 2019, 09:28 PM #47Most Valued Member
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16hp, ST2 engine manufactured in 1979 from what I can work out.
Not sure what the KG ratings on the chassis plate mean.
Steve
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14th Sep 2019, 10:57 PM #48Senior Member
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I cannot really say I`d assume one is machine weight, the other maybe load. Load use to be on its own plate.
Is it rear wheel steer or articulated ?
Tony
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14th Sep 2019, 11:33 PM #49Most Valued Member
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Just rear steer.
Articulated would have been nice - a backyard mini-Franna!
Steve
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15th Sep 2019, 12:01 AM #50Senior Member
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Mini Franna would be nice.
It might be earlier than 79. Rear wheel steer was pretty much old hat by that stage.
Still an interesting piece of equipment.
Tony
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15th Sep 2019, 12:15 AM #51Most Valued Member
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15th Sep 2019, 02:06 AM #52Senior Member
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Throw in the right valves and you could have 4 wheel steer and a 4 wheel crawl option.
Tony
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15th Sep 2019, 01:44 PM #53Most Valued Member
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Set the Lister up with hydraulics, a couple of hydraulic motors on the inputs of the diffs and you'd have 4WD and steer. Hook a ram onto the jib and you have the ULTIMATE piece of moving stuff around the yard machine.
Sneek a few hydraulic rams in and build yourself a dozer, while your at it, fit a mower deck to it, and she will be happy as only one machine is needed for everything in the back yard
If she's into planting stuff, mount a post hole borer to save her digging!!!
KrynTo grow old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
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15th Sep 2019, 02:58 PM #54Philomath in training
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Not so fast there...
That thing was originally designed for carting concrete in a tub sitting between the wheels. As soon as you start putting on dozer blades, hydraulic jibs and the like, you need to be careful that the extra weight won't tip it over, especially on a slope.
It is a cool little vehicle though.
Michael
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15th Sep 2019, 03:20 PM #55Most Valued Member
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Our place is flat, so side slopes definitely aren't an issue.
Already has hydraulics Kryn, tested this morning and good for at least 750kg, likely close to 1000kg (but not sure I'd want to remove my 100kg counterweight from the drivers seat at that load though!!)
Steve
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15th Sep 2019, 05:20 PM #56Most Valued Member
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COOL Didn't see the ram on previous pics.
KrynTo grow old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
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15th Sep 2019, 06:23 PM #57
It don't have to look pretty to do the job.
You will find uses for it you haven't even dreamt up yet.
Best thing about the old stuff, no damn computers in it!!Frisky wife, happy life. Then I woke up. Oh well it was fun while it lasted.From an early age my father taught me to wear welding gloves . "Its not to protect your hands son, its to put out the fire when u set yourself alight".
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16th Sep 2019, 08:16 PM #58Banned
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17th Sep 2019, 12:09 PM #59Most Valued Member
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Following on from that, the old rule still applies - carry your load as low to the ground as possible at all times and travel slow and steady when loaded. Ideally all moves with the load raised should be straight fore and aft and at a crawl. Make sure that you are on good solid ground too. It gets real hairy really quickly when a wheel sinks with an elevated load.
Brilliant little tool though. A valuable upgrade may be the addition of a load check valve to protect against a hose bursting and dropping the load and also hydraulic creep.
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17th Sep 2019, 01:13 PM #60Most Valued Member
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Thanks Karl. I was already thinking about the age/condition of the hoses, particularly the one on the raising side of the ram as the previous owner has already had to replace the pressure hose between pump to control valve. All the other hoses look like they could be original in which case they may be close to 40 years old!!
I don't want to fork out the dollars to replace all hoses but think its prudent I do that main lifting pressure one. It reminded me of my father having a hose burst on the ancient International tractor he had.
He was lifting a pallet of brand new faux stone cladding off the delivery truck when they built their current house. Thankfully the only things damaged apart from the stone were his pride and wallet.
I hadn't heard of load check valves, but just did a quick search to find out about them. If I've got it right the valve goes in the pressure line for the load lift, but needs pressure input from the lowering side of the ram to allow it to open?
Steve
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