Recent content by ryantowry_81

looks like I messed up on the picture links lets try this again.

so the wife asked me to add a hose bib near her garden to water her plants easier, well it takes about 200' of hose to get to her garden from the hosue right now so I don't blame her. since I would rather build something than dig a bunch of trench by hand I looked through the scrap/ steel...

you know I actually saw that engine at HF the other day and was wondering about the reliability. Good to know it has worked well for you. being my machine is only really for home use and helping friends it would probably last a good long time . I know I could build the mounting adapter for under...

yeah I tried the oil trick and it did not help. I have a bore scope I stuck in there and tried to look and I saw what looked like some good wall scoring. also the exhaust manifold has a crack I have had to repair multiple times, the points on that thing are a PITA to keep right and the wiring...

so I have realized I have been spending more time tinkering and fixing the old Kohler motor in my 530 than I have running it and I have decided to start looking into repowering options as one cyl has very low compression and I don't feel rebuilding the old motor is the best option with the hard...

Yeah chloride sounds tricky. I was thinking my tires are getting older and somewhat cracked I wonder if filling all 4 tires 95% with something like tire slime and then pressureizing with air would work. Keep them from leaking if they get worse and not as detrimental to the steel rim. I could...

Anyone ever looked at water filled or weighted tires on a smaller bobcat like my 530? I was thinking the weighted tires would give a little extra counterweight for lift and help with traction without disrupting the balance of the machine. I feel like even with an empty bucket all the way up my...

I really like your design and how it hides the ram. good to know it works decent on the small machine as well. I really want to build one for my 530

looks like you got it all figured out now but if you need any info I bought the service manual for my 530 and it is for the 533 as well.

so i went and picked up that bucket from Cragslist last night and it looks good besides the cutting edge cracks. Just ordered a new cutting edge from titan to weld in. I will probably grind out and weld up the cracks for now and put that bucket on and start by narrowing my toothed bucket. the...

Good call on the wasps. I hate those little buggars. Only thing I hate more is rattle snakes! I called and left a message hopefully he will call back.

What area are you in? yeah i have resigned myself to finding a cheap 60" or whatever and cutting it down to 48". I think i am going to go look at that CL bucket, see if i can talk him down some. anything else to look out for on used buckets?

yeah i have been looking on Titan attachments site. they have some really cheap heat treated cutting edges too. i really was contemplating building another bucket but steel just seems to be so expensive it almost makes more sense to find a cheap one and modify it. I recently found this on the...

yeah after running some calculations i figured a normal brush cutter might be a bit much but a smaller cutting deck of a riding motor with triple blades would be alot shorter and require less torque to keep spinning under load and still be wide enough for my little machine. the grapple is...

sounds good. I look forward to it!