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Post by MX588 on Mar 25, 2005 23:47:51 GMT -5
As soon as the snow fully melts I am gonna start building my track. Anyone have any tips on what equippment would be the best.
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Post by shakes_nig_rig on Mar 26, 2005 0:06:39 GMT -5
The best pece of equetment is a shovel. I know it dosnt sound good but it works and anyone can use it. but if you want to use power equeptment (and who dosnt) i would sugest a 4x4 loader tractor or skidloader. The reson i say at least 65 HP is that you can have a 8 foot wide bucket and be able to take out a 3 inch deap swathe in one pass even in hard clay. Another tool that you can use with the loder would be a chizle plow or a skarefire. they brake up the ground and make nice lose dirt to build jumps with and git ride of moisture(unlike last year at the founders day race in cal).
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Post by MX588 on Mar 26, 2005 0:08:32 GMT -5
yeah well the dirt down there is black
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Post by shakes_nig_rig on Mar 26, 2005 0:17:20 GMT -5
The hardest dirt and best for tracks if you keep it lightly waterd is clay becous it hooks up very good. Although you have to ripit up or drag it so it dosnt become hard pan which dosnt make for good cornering. Then it is black dirt. Black dirt is probably the best becous it stays prity whell nomater what you do to it or mother nature does.
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Post by greasemonkey on Mar 26, 2005 8:08:37 GMT -5
you dont need 65hp ive ogt a 45 horse power tractor that will rape a 65hp traactor anyday. the reason i say that is because the tractor has alot of manurability(sp). out tractor has a 6ft bucket and will handle an 8ft dozer bladein the back..yeah we push that tractor cuz you can with diesel equipment...
tayz..if you are builsing a track ill help. i cant bring the tractor cuz im movin but if ya need sumone to operate equipment give me a buzz ill do it no problems all you hav eto do is rent the bobcat or the tractor.. but a bobcat will be better
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Post by MX588 on Mar 26, 2005 11:36:14 GMT -5
I got a really nice John Deere skidloader. This will be built on my grandpa and grandma's land
I already have everything cleared out and its ready for the to rip it up with the skidloader.
Brian..should i take a chizzle plow around the whole track and then take a skidsteer down there so that i can just scrap dirt or what?
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Post by greasemonkey on Mar 26, 2005 12:12:33 GMT -5
well a chisel plow goes into the ground 13 inches. i would use a disk and go thru it like 5 times to make it powdery then it will be better to work with kinda.. were in mn are you located??and are ya gunna get soem ppl to help ya build it?
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Post by MX588 on Mar 26, 2005 14:39:59 GMT -5
yeah prolly...i am about 30 minutes from lacrosse wisconsin
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Post by track on Mar 26, 2005 21:22:23 GMT -5
hey what state is your track in mx 585
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Post by MX588 on Mar 26, 2005 21:25:27 GMT -5
Minnesota..where are you from? Do you have msn or Aim?
my msn is tayz250@hotmail.com and my AIM is boost585
sign up on the forums
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Post by greasemonkey on Mar 26, 2005 21:25:41 GMT -5
i beleive he s in minisota(sp)
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Post by shakes_nig_rig on Mar 26, 2005 23:56:33 GMT -5
On the tracter note the reason i say 65 is because you are going to shorten the life of your tranny if you are going under 2mph and working the snot out of it. Tayz yes you should take the chizzle plow first and then disk it like greasemonkey said. now on his about saying a 45 hp tracter can handle a 8 foot dozer blade that i'm assuming is on loose dirt only about 1-3 inches deep but if you want to get sh!t done i suggest turning up the injection pump so it kicks out about 52hp if the 45 hp is the factory rating and having a straght pipe with a bend at the top that is non constrictive if it has a turbo. We have a rated 85hp tractor and we have it kicking out 100hp .
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Post by MX588 on Mar 26, 2005 23:58:26 GMT -5
see greasemonkey...he cannot be beaten for obsession...its his life.
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Post by shakes_nig_rig on Mar 27, 2005 18:49:29 GMT -5
Ya i woda posted more but old man needed to use the phone. I would sugest if your turn up a decle you have the deler do it and dino it so you dont messs up the pump or turn it up too much. if you turn it up too much it will through a rod or bust your crank. we have no problem bulding the Cal. track with my unkles 6070 which is 80 hp and a dozer a grader and a skidloder. If you think you are haveng problems with not being nimble enough try using the brakes for steering. That is unles it is a newer one that only has one brake pedle.
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Post by greasemonkey on Mar 27, 2005 19:26:19 GMT -5
straight pipe do NOTHING on diesel exsept for more noise. and dealers do not know how to boost up diesels between me and my dad we have suouped up alot of diesels 2 dodges and 2 of our farm tractorsout one dodge was 165 hp stock but when WE tweaked the fuel pump ourselves we bumped it up to 250hp then add 100 more hp with new injectors. just with them mods the truck puts out aroud 350hp and about over 900 ft pounds of torque. and i can prove that cuz weve gone thru trannies in that truck ever sinced we nbeefed her up..well that tractor with the blade will do about 6 inches at a time but only if she has a slight angle she cant do it all when shes straigh and o yeah it would be able to do more if it wasnt a ford..the other tractor is nasty i dont kno wut mods dad did to it cuz i wasnt here when he did to her all i ko is that she was 62 pto hp stock
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Post by shakes_nig_rig on Mar 28, 2005 15:32:52 GMT -5
Yes straght pipes do more than add noise. they might not on add very much hp on a un turboed diesel.Like he double hocley sticks they dont add more hp on turbocharged diesel. My uncle has a 1973 aliis chalmers 200. It has a A-C Model 2900 turbocharged diesel. Its a 6-cylender 301CID in factory testing it was producing 100Hp. He aded a chrome straght pipe to it after the muffler had started to carbon up. That alone increased the buset the turbo 10 lbs and the HP up forme 100 to 125 HP.
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Post by MX588 on Mar 28, 2005 15:54:45 GMT -5
we aint gonna talk about engines now..make a new topic for that...stick to the subject.
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Post by greasemonkey on Mar 28, 2005 18:33:07 GMT -5
ok we can try that
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Post by shakes_nig_rig on Mar 29, 2005 0:09:35 GMT -5
whell any whay the skidloder is used for the turns and tight areas 99% of the time and the loder is used basikly every where else. like on the straghtes and big junps and whoops. i wold sugest if you want big jumps that dont seetal very much you go and git culvert sectons or big concret drain tile peces( the ones that are 3 foot diamiter.
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Post by MX588 on Mar 29, 2005 0:29:13 GMT -5
that would be a little hard to truck in.
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