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Maurice

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« on: December 28, 2009, 06:55:47 PM »
I met Spec on another board, he thought this might be interesting here.

I aquired 3 Dodge trucks, all three have a NP435 transmission, 2 have slant 6's (one runs) and 2 are 4x4.  I made up an adapter to mate the output of one tranny to the input of the next, and here's where I was in June:


Lets see if I can post this...

edit: that picture is supposed to be above, I got something wrong.

Edit:  I added your picture.  You can hit modify and see what I did.  I just copied the image location that you added as an attachment in between the image brackets.  It is a two step process, first attach the picture, then right click on it and hit "copy shortcut", then modify the post and paste the shortcut in between the image brackets.  Or you can start an album and attach them there then just add the image into the post.  -  Engineer
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Re: Maurice's Tructor
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2009, 07:19:52 PM »
Welcome. :) This IS DesertTrailSandfab. ;D I'm sure it fits in there somewhere! ;D ;D Post up a closer pic of that adapter and tell us more! 8)
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Re: Maurice's Tructor
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2009, 07:35:22 PM »
Yup Maurice is a friend of mine from another site
We are an off road building site
and I think we can all learn from eachother....
after all the less time we spend doing chores...the more buggy time we have ;D
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« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2009, 07:47:02 PM »
How do I post a pic in the body of my post?

I then made a bracket to support the flange bearing.  I'm looking for my file of pics.
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« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2009, 08:03:22 PM »
Quote from: Maurice on December 28, 2009, 07:47:02 PM
How do I post a pic in the body of my post?

I then made a bracket to support the flange bearing.  I'm looking for my file of pics.
Hell if I know!  rofl
Well cool! So simple it hurts. ;D ;D I like it! 8)
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but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
loyalty to the American people."
Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2009, 03:56:08 AM »
I'll ask Yummi or Dragon I always just add them at the end :-[
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« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2009, 06:01:55 AM »
What's the end purpose of this creation?
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but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
loyalty to the American people."
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Re: Maurice's Tructor
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2009, 11:28:56 AM »
Quote from: Spec on December 28, 2009, 07:35:22 PM
Yup Maurice is a friend of mine from another site
We are an off road building site
and I think we can all learn from eachother....
after all the less time we spend doing chores...the more buggy time we have ;D
And what is the forum? Just wondering what creations they come up with, thats all
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Maurice

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« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2009, 07:01:53 PM »
The other forum is www.machinebuilders.net  They are having server problems or something for about a year.  We can still get on, but pages sometimes won't load, and pictures won't load.  Great group of guys and gals, tho.

The purpose of my machine is to replace a tractor.  I plan to mount a 6' mower on front using a modified lift.  Also plan to put something like a FEL(front end loader) on the back to lift 1500# hay bales.  The counter-balance of the motor+double trannys ought to be awesome.

Here is where I'm at now:
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« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2009, 07:13:28 PM »
Well hell,invite them here. We'll give them their own section if we get enough of you here regularly.
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« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2009, 07:18:56 PM »
This frame had been sitting for about a decade, the brake lines were rotted.  I got the rear brakes working (replacing all the lines from master cyl to both rear wheel cyl).  But for the time being, I'm putting the front disc brakes on hold 'cause I can't get the caliper bleeders loose.  The seat is temporary until I can find a bench - hoping for future grandkids who can ride this with me. 

With double trannys, I can go very slow or at original speeds of the truck (not that it is safe to do...)  I suppose that might be helpful for some of you running on trails?  The gearing multiplies torque, but ya'll probably know that, I haven't hade time to read the whole site!  The low gearing also seems useful on sites about "rock-crawling".

Wanting to power the mower with hydraulics, probably about 30GPM, which is about 30HP.  So I'm looking at ideas to power a hydraulic pump. Either powered by belt or chain from the front crankshaft, by an add-on pto box at the transmission, or by a separate engine.

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« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2009, 07:28:30 PM »
IMO the PTO option with those trannies are the way to go.They do have a PTO "port" on them  don't they?
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« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2009, 07:29:15 PM »
Oh ,I was wondering about that seat thing!  ;D ;D
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but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
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Re: Maurice's Tructor
« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2009, 07:38:32 PM »
Yes, mine have a pto port on the left sides.  I've been looking for one.  I'm finding that pto's can have a hydraulic pump flange, or a shaft that can run a driveshaft (like for a winch.)  I could make either one work.  But it's difficult finding one on ebay or craigslist to match the gears in a NP435.  One down side of a pto-driven pump is that the pump stops when I clutch the engine, such as when mowing.
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« Reply #14 on: December 29, 2009, 07:59:15 PM »
Quote from: Maurice on December 29, 2009, 07:38:32 PM
Yes, mine have a pto port on the left sides.  I've been looking for one.  I'm finding that pto's can have a hydraulic pump flange, or a shaft that can run a driveshaft (like for a winch.)  I could make either one work.  But it's difficult finding one on ebay or craigslist to match the gears in a NP435.  One down side of a pto-driven pump is that the pump stops when I clutch the engine, such as when mowing.
Good point. What real choice is there though for 30 GPM? Ain't getting that from an electric pump. I guess it wouldn't be too hard to run it off the engine but you'll have a pretty inconsistent flow and pressure with the throttle use.
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but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
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Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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