bk1991
Well-Known Member
You could shorten the bottom of the crowd rams where they mount to the frame, looks like the last bit is solid steel so wouldn’t be a big job. Just be careful welding a ram, extend it fully, drain it of oil and have hose removed so it can vent gas/heat.
Yea i have to get them shortened and im getting new bushes made up to fit them properly and greeseable pins like the ones i got for bottom.
My issue is the two plates at the bottom of the loader where i shortened the arms are comeing against the cross beam i measured too short:scratchhead:
So iv bit of figureing out to do.
You can see it in therse photos .
First off cut two pieces of plywood the same size as your plates, screw a spacer between them and drill the same holes.
Disconnect the ram hoses and cycle the ram. See how big a notch you need to take out. By if you want to see the effect of shortening the ram replace it with two pieces of 3x1 clamped together. You can clamp them at your proposed open and closed lengths and then raise/lower the loader to see the angles involved
Ye il have to do a bit of figureing out