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since everyone seems to enjoy lookin at pictures.. figured id post the latest project i did
we use this on a kubota tractor at work for snow removal.. its originally a baltimatic seeder/spreader but we use it as a salter instead.. wanting to be able to use it just for sidewalks at times and then as a broadcast spreader for the parking lots.. boss had me design this skirt .. 2" X 1/8 angle .. corners were cut at 45's and welded together.. rear struts are just 5/8" threaded .. and front struts are 2" flat that i notched with a 2" hole saw at one end and welded the 90 into the crotch of the angle.. rubber matting is just bed liner material cut .. squished between a 2" flat plate and fastened with 1/2" grade5's the upper bowl has 7 of SS carabineer style clips around the rim,,(2 per flank, 3 for the large rear section), when you want to spread on a parking lot.. all you do is lift the skirt/s
(all 3 or just one..what ever you like for any situation) and fasten the d loops onto some eyebolts i have fastened to the lower edge of each skirt sheet.. painted it with some Kubota supplied enamel, and yea I know, I missed the underside, boss rushed me. And as you can see in one of the pics, one of my colleagues has already ran it into something as a back section is already bent. Since we use halite in it, I’m assuming we will be doing yearly upkeep and maintenance on it regardless, ill touch it up and fine tune it after the season.
wanted to use a flexible skirt since we have 15 guys on snow duty, and all of them will eventually drive it, if the 3 point was adjusted to a level where the rubber touches the ground.. if the skirts were .. say, plywood,,,(how our neighboring facility used on there spreader ) they would obviously break apart,,, not to mention what it would do when we hop up and down on curbs and sidewalks..(approach and departure angles)
the Kubota dealer came down the other day and was making some adjustments on the machine and noticed my design and felt compelled to take pics of it and send it to his Kubota rep.. wondering if I should file some papers super fast..
was unable to use my MM210 because we don’t have 220 50A in the boiler house.. mainly 110, 208, 480. So I used the shops Lincoln 120V machine, It worked alright, not as nice as my MM though. .35 lincoln flux wire.. (ran out of gas) I did grind down my top welds since the we will be rubbing up against it to load it with salt, didn’t want anyone getting hurt on the sharp corners. All the welds underneath are still present and resemble much like the close up pic
im pretty proud if it, especially since it looks very factory/oem. (the paint does help that a lot) hope you guys enjoy! Lemme know what you think!
we use this on a kubota tractor at work for snow removal.. its originally a baltimatic seeder/spreader but we use it as a salter instead.. wanting to be able to use it just for sidewalks at times and then as a broadcast spreader for the parking lots.. boss had me design this skirt .. 2" X 1/8 angle .. corners were cut at 45's and welded together.. rear struts are just 5/8" threaded .. and front struts are 2" flat that i notched with a 2" hole saw at one end and welded the 90 into the crotch of the angle.. rubber matting is just bed liner material cut .. squished between a 2" flat plate and fastened with 1/2" grade5's the upper bowl has 7 of SS carabineer style clips around the rim,,(2 per flank, 3 for the large rear section), when you want to spread on a parking lot.. all you do is lift the skirt/s
(all 3 or just one..what ever you like for any situation) and fasten the d loops onto some eyebolts i have fastened to the lower edge of each skirt sheet.. painted it with some Kubota supplied enamel, and yea I know, I missed the underside, boss rushed me. And as you can see in one of the pics, one of my colleagues has already ran it into something as a back section is already bent. Since we use halite in it, I’m assuming we will be doing yearly upkeep and maintenance on it regardless, ill touch it up and fine tune it after the season.wanted to use a flexible skirt since we have 15 guys on snow duty, and all of them will eventually drive it, if the 3 point was adjusted to a level where the rubber touches the ground.. if the skirts were .. say, plywood,,,(how our neighboring facility used on there spreader ) they would obviously break apart,,, not to mention what it would do when we hop up and down on curbs and sidewalks..(approach and departure angles)
the Kubota dealer came down the other day and was making some adjustments on the machine and noticed my design and felt compelled to take pics of it and send it to his Kubota rep.. wondering if I should file some papers super fast..
was unable to use my MM210 because we don’t have 220 50A in the boiler house.. mainly 110, 208, 480. So I used the shops Lincoln 120V machine, It worked alright, not as nice as my MM though. .35 lincoln flux wire.. (ran out of gas) I did grind down my top welds since the we will be rubbing up against it to load it with salt, didn’t want anyone getting hurt on the sharp corners. All the welds underneath are still present and resemble much like the close up pic
im pretty proud if it, especially since it looks very factory/oem. (the paint does help that a lot) hope you guys enjoy! Lemme know what you think!
true not a MM210 but it got the job done, thats what pays the bill's right.
feel free to shoot me an e-mail direct i have time to chat.
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