John Deere F935 rebuild

[woodchucker]

Nice. that was fast work of a tank, and a great re-use.

 

[f350ca]

Thanks Jeff. They're a great source of cheap sheet metal, lots of them available, the insurance company's up here won't insure you if the tank is over 10 years old. Think they hold shares in the tank companies. I've never cut one apart that had any internal rust.

Greg

 

[Firestopper]

Nice work repurposing the tank, looks great.

Paco

 

[f350ca]

Somehow spent 3 or 4 hours making a telescopic compass to cut the hole for the lower housing. Then about 2 minutes to cut the hole.

Could cut the top half of the hole as setup then angled the torch head to cut the bottom of the curve.
Clamped the guide rod to the overhead crane to get it plumb


Not a perfect hole but close enough to get it welded.



Cut the back plate out, need to check shaft alignment to the gearbox and centring before i weld it in.
The plasma table saves hours on parts like this.


Thanks for watching

Greg

 

[Firestopper]

Clever setup Greg with great results.

Paco

 

[f350ca]

Trimmed the blower tube to match the auger housing and added an angle iron stiffener / wear bar to the bottom. The blower housing isn't quite round, out about a 1/4 of an inch but looks like I can push and pull it into shape with a jack and pipe clamp.

Greg

 

[f350ca]

The housing pulled nicely to the end plate / output chute.


With the housing sitting the proper way.


Greg

 

[Firestopper]

Hey Greg,
Thats looking great man, hard to believe that was a tank in a former life.

 

[f350ca]

Thanks Paco, the question is wether it will through snow efficiently though. We're getting unseasonably mild weather here, may not get a chance to try it out this year. BUT that wouldn't bother me a bit, bring on summer.

Greg

 

[f350ca]

Started building the mount for the tractor. The Blower rear baring will be mounted to it as well as the pto inpt and chain reduction.
The mount uses 2x2 square tube with sleeves for the lock pins.
Drilling the holes for the sleeves. The bigger press makes short order of big holes, the Delta's belts slip bad and I don't like using large drills in the mill, not what it was meant for.


Made plates to reduce the stress on the housing where the mounting bars attach.
Made this roller about 15 years ago when I was building the other snow blower.


The arms welded to the blower


Greg