Arthur
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If they solve the problem and see the light...nonsense , sure there,s no point in being hopelessly devoted to axle brackets
If they solve the problem and see the light...nonsense , sure there,s no point in being hopelessly devoted to axle brackets
sure its greased lightningIf they solve the problem and see the light...
Just on the armsAnyway, getting back to axle brackets how have you got it now @johndeere6920s just sat on the arms??
Could you draft a mcconnel subframe on to it, the ones they use to convert 3 point linkage to axle brackets? The arbocut system looks way too complicated to hook up, it may take all season to get it on the tractor!!:sweat:Just on the arms
I'd say I could.Could you draft a mcconnel subframe on to it, the ones they use to convert 3 point linkage to axle brackets? The arbocut system looks way too complicated to hook up, it may take all season to get it on the tractor!!:sweat:
I wouldn't think they'd be too bad, but can't say I've took a lot of notice of how its fixed on tbh, be a few bolts each side I guess.I'd say I could.
I asked a guy thid evening and he said there very easy to put on and off.
Are the mcconnel subframes hard to put on and off?
Sounds like some proper BS that. Whole point of axle brackets is to take the weight off the linkage.Talking to a friend the other night who has just put a subframe on to convert his McConnel to brackets, the guy who supplied the subframe said you need to carry 20% of the weight on the arms. I was always led to believe you drop the arms right down so there's no weight on them, well that's what I've always done anyway. So which is right and how do you know when you have 20% of the weight which obviously changes depending what position the arm is in??
Axle brackets place the loading further out so take all the stress off the half housings, I'd drop the arms to the point where the kingpost was vertical with the McConnell so a bit of weight also on the link arms.Sounds like some proper BS that. Whole point of axle brackets is to take the weight off the linkage.
And as you say, you don't exactly get a readout of what weight the arms are carrying!!
Not many of them about is there
It’s the design I like best,I couldn’t ever buy the real deal,would have to fabricate it in house,could be made to suit any hedger.As good as it might be it's just too uncommon for people to take a chance. You'd end up with a friend for life
Can't see why something similar can't be built with the tractor link arms still able to lift the impliment?It’s the design I like best,I couldn’t ever buy the real deal,would have to fabricate it in house,could be made to suit any hedger.
It’s the design I like best,I couldn’t ever buy the real deal,would have to fabricate it in house,could be made to suit any hedger.
Because it rockes about like a rowing boat in a stormWhy would you need axel brackets on today’s modern tractors that can lift tons more than any Hedgecutter weighs? I have always used 6.5m+ Telescopic machines and only ever on 3 pt linkage. No ballast in wheels or weights and no repairs to tractor.
Got to be a right humpty to break the top link on my pa65tBecause it rockes about like a rowing boat in a storm
Also you never see an axel bracket machine lying on it's back with a broken top link
Been on axle brackets for longer than I care to remember, first was a McConnell 2050, 5 metre reach with a 1.6 metre head on a 2 wd DX 3.90, axle brackets were a great job even stepping up from the previous 1.2 metre head PA 95, went onto a 4wd tractor after that and if you are doing a decent few hours with a 5 metre and upwards machine axle brackets are a far better setup, horses for courses I know and lifting the machine isn't the problem but serious up force on the RH side with a linkage machine and stress on the LH half axle at full reach.Why would you need axel brackets on today’s modern tractors that can lift tons more than any Hedgecutter weighs? I have always used 6.5m+ Telescopic machines and only ever on 3 pt linkage. No ballast in wheels or weights and no repairs to tractor.