Posted by jon f mn on March 23, 2013 at 08:39:05 from (70.196.33.205):
If you look at the deck you can see a slight twist, the front near corner is lower. I suppose I'm being nitpicky here, but to me that sticks out like a sore thumb every time I see it. lol. What happened was I had the frame on the stands with the main frame, crossmembers, and side rails all ready to weld. As I came around the front to start welding I hit the front corner of the side rail with my thigh, HARD. After I got done cussing, dancing, crying and got back from the doc's office with 3 stitches in my thigh and a 6" diameter bruise, I forgot that I had knocked it out of square. So I proceeded to weld the entire main frame together FAR out of square. I didn't see it til I came to put on the beavertail and the sheet didn't fit. I was MAJOR bummed. lol. So what I did was cut the horizontal welds on the crossmembers at the outer rail, completely removed all the main crossmembers in the main frame, then put a come-along corner to corner and pulled it til it was square. My shop had some anchors in the floor so I was able to use those to keep the twist out. Then I re-welded the whole thing going over the old welds as well as redoing everything I cut and re-installed the main crossmembers. I also put 2 1 1/2x 3/16 flat bars at a diagonal over the crossmembers to make sure it stayed straight since because I didn't cut the crossmembers free from the main rails they were now a bit s shaped. When I was done and the floor was on you couldn't see it, but over time the stress eventually gave it the twist you can see. I know most people don't even see it, but since it was a mistake I made to me it's an eyesore. lol
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - What Oil Should I Use? - by Francis Robinson. I keep seein this question pop up over and over again in discussion groups all over the web. As with many things there are often several right answers and a few wrong ones. Some purist I'm sure will disagree to no end with what I will tell you but most of us out here in the real world don't really care do we ? Some of them only bring their noses down out of the air long enough to look down them anyway. If you are like me you are only doing this old tractor stuff because you enjoy it. You
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
Oliver 550 Diesel runs like a watch three point hitch pto engine gone threw about two hundred hours ago nice clean tractor
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
