Post by mstjhamfarms on Dec 9, 2012 17:34:46 GMT -5
This was a common setup here it the Dakotas in the 50s and 60s. Most of them used a press wheel drill instead of this. Well I got commissioned to build a setup like this for my wife's uncle and I am finally finished.
First, don't mind the Cub missing the steering wheel. Its my son's tractor and its the smallest 1/16 scale tractor I have to stage with. He busted off the steering wheel. I have it somewhere
It was an interesting project but took way too long for me to complete. Being super busy this year and being in a building slump set this project back.
Here are some building notes:
The project is finished. It looks good from a distance.
The packer is not the right weight and with the disk harrow wheels it actually cocks itself sideways while being pulled on the carpet.
Up close the drill looks fair. The drill is from SpecCast and was relatively easy to disassemble however, a bunch of the seed springs got wrecked while trying to disconnect them. I did get most of the grass seed spring hoses back on.
The grass seed box is not the best but functional. All of the lids do open.
The splice seam is visible on the left side but I did retain the entire Van Brunt decal in the back.
As you can see I took the liberty of installing a hyd cylinder on the drill. Most pony drill use to have a pull rope, I could not see that working in this application. Hoses came out well. There is a splice at the drill hitch if you want to disconnect the drill.
First, don't mind the Cub missing the steering wheel. Its my son's tractor and its the smallest 1/16 scale tractor I have to stage with. He busted off the steering wheel. I have it somewhere
It was an interesting project but took way too long for me to complete. Being super busy this year and being in a building slump set this project back.
Here are some building notes:
The project is finished. It looks good from a distance.
The packer is not the right weight and with the disk harrow wheels it actually cocks itself sideways while being pulled on the carpet.
Up close the drill looks fair. The drill is from SpecCast and was relatively easy to disassemble however, a bunch of the seed springs got wrecked while trying to disconnect them. I did get most of the grass seed spring hoses back on.
The grass seed box is not the best but functional. All of the lids do open.
The splice seam is visible on the left side but I did retain the entire Van Brunt decal in the back.
As you can see I took the liberty of installing a hyd cylinder on the drill. Most pony drill use to have a pull rope, I could not see that working in this application. Hoses came out well. There is a splice at the drill hitch if you want to disconnect the drill.
