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jhama78 said:
Got a full rack of 6 up front already, guess I should start working on getting the ballast in the rears... :grinpimp:
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Might try moving some of the weights to the back.

My 790 has a loader so no weight on the front but I definitely will spin the rears when then bucket is loaded.
 
Bought this for clearing some property of mine, mostly white pine stumps and slashing. Its a 1955 Cat HT4 Traxcavator (D4). Everything was rebuilt by a college diesel program in the 70s. It has street tracks on it but does great in the dirt. I built a cage from 4" sch.40 and added some hood bars. Fixed some leaks and broken welds and other general maintenance and have been using it quite a bit. The UC is what it is, pins, rollers and rails are worn. The sprockets have been replaced and are in great shape though. I gave $4500 for it after looking at a bunch of junk and overpriced machines. Just spent the last 3 days stumping a big area, probably 200 stumps or so. I like the machine a lot.
 

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back woods said:
Was editing that in the post. Yeah they are "street" tracks, came that way.
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see a lotta them with those slick pads
suppose they don't tear up the yard as much, and you don't need as much traction to dig as you do to run a dozer blade
 
Muckin_Slusher said:
Do you need freezing protection?

On my friend's Mahindra rears, we took the wheels off, then I broke the bead on one side and held the sidewall down with a fork. We opened forty 1 gallon jugs of washer fluid and poured them in between the tire and the rim, then aired back up.

Definitely worth while! Ballast is most effective the lower it is to the ground, and you can't get lower than the bottom of the tire.

I think you can add other stuff in there as well (like sand or steel shot) since the washer fluid is less dense than straight water (which is less dense than salt water or rimguard).
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I definitely will need to worry about freezing temps nothing crazy but it can get below freezing and stay there for a week or more.
 
JR4X said:
Antifreeze if you can get your hands on used in the bulk you want. Antifreeze is corrosion inhibited and safe for both steel and rubber. Any auto shop is going to have a waste tank with antifreeze in it. My grandpa used to have me go get used antifreeze in totes from a wrecking yard. Probably even test it with a tester before you get you some.
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got a close friend and owns and operates a repair shop, shouldnt be too hard to go get a drum of old antifreeze... :beer:
 
jhama78 said:
Now that this 790 is starting to prove itself... I am thinking about adding some liquid ballast to the rear tires so Im now trying to figure out what I want to fill them with. Most all of the DIY people are using some form of washer fluid or RV antifreeze and water. I noticed the other day that the tires would spin super easy in loose gravel or dirt so I think adding some ballast to the rear tires will be worthwhile.

The rimgard charts have a 75% fill of the tires on this tractor (12.4-16) at around 250 lbs per tire with ~ 24 gallons of fluid. Rthat might be a bit much for this little thing with the lighter duty work it will be performing. Stepdad has a similar size JD wth a FEL and has his filled @ 50% with RV antifreeze and has been happy with the performance.

I guess my question for the group is would it be worth my time to add 12-15 gallons of washer fluid to each rear tire adding 100-120 lbs to each? I am thinking it would but have no rear world experience with it.

Thanks for any useful input. :beer:
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You will always wish you had more weight on that thing. Fill the tires all the way up and figure out how to weight your implements.
 
[486] said:
see a lotta them with those slick pads
suppose they don't tear up the yard as much, and you don't need as much traction to dig as you do to run a dozer blade
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Also doesn't dig big ruts when the tracks spin. Would like to replace the chains and rollers one day but for now it works good for my usage. From what I have read they use a pretty popular chain pitch.
 
Captain Call said:
When you say chain do you mean rails? And when you say sprockets do you mean segments?
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No.

The spoinglie doingulators are the spoingliy doingulaters no matter what captain pedantic says

ETA: oh wow you got captain in your name I didn't even plan that
shh act cool like you meant to do that
 
[486] said:
No.

The spoinglie doingulators are the spoingliy doingulaters no matter what captain pedantic says

ETA: oh wow you got captain in your name I didn't even plan that
shh act cool like you meant to do that
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Tell me you don't know shit about fuck without telling me. :lmao:


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Guess it's a regional thing.
 
Needed to move my ford 4000 about 15 miles, but it doesn't fit on the trailer. From the little I'd driven on the road the handling sucked, measured the alignment and had 1.5" toe in, drag link connector also had slop at the clamp. Apparently most people don't worry that much about alignment, because the TRE's only have bolt slots every inch or so... Ground the bolt slots wider, aligned it, then glued everything in place. Handles like a lamborghini now. :grinpimp:


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What am I getting myself into??

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All I know is, it's a diesel, it hasn't been run in years, looks like it's got a flat tire, there's some attachments, and it's free :eek:

Maybe a half hour away. Going to try and get it Thursday. I dunno what it weighs, hoping it's not over 7k.
 
reptillikus said:
What am I getting myself into??


All I know is, it's a diesel, it hasn't been run in years, looks like it's got a flat tire, there's some attachments, and it's free :eek:

Maybe a half hour away. Going to try and get it Thursday. I dunno what it weighs, hoping it's not over 7k.
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Looks similar vintage to the early 70s Ferguson 150 I drove as a kid on the grandparents farm... guessing its at least 5500 -6500 for just the tractor and another 1500-2k for the FEL
 
Round here, we fill tractor tires with beat juice. Used to use chlorine. I wish we did not, since my deere is gonna need new rims soon because of it. Tires will probably need replaced as well.
 
Thats wild. Im hoping theyre not filled with water or antifreeze but i dont know.


I was hoping it wouldnt be over 7k. ive got a 10k deckover to haul it on

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Its about a half hour away, mostly backroads so its not like ill be doing 65, probably 45 is the speed limit most of the way.

I havent seen this thing in person yet, it belonged to a buddies dad who passed and they just want it gone.



Plan is to bring a couple gallons of diesel, some ether, a battery & jumper cables. Engine oil, water, and some hyd oil. I still have all my tools packed from wheelin Saturday so ill just leave the bag in the truck.

Im hoping itll run. Ive got an 8k winch on the trailer i could use a snatch block with to get it up there. Worst case i could tow the big bronco up there, use it to help load the tractor and then my bud can drive the bronco back.


I know its a long shot, but any idea what fuel filter it might have??
 
reptillikus said:
I know its a long shot, but any idea what fuel filter it might have??
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Kinda need to know model or serial number to know... looks to be a ferguson 165/175 sized tractor but thats just my WAG... you could google fuel filters for both of them and maybe get lucky...
 
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