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Alan
02-27-2007, 05:10 PM
My son has a JD 332 garden tractor with a humongous snowblower. 47" (or so) two stage blower weighing roughly 300 lbs. It was obvious it was going to need some serious rear weight if it was going to get any traction.

I built a skeleton frame that bolts to the rear of the tractor frame and he got a section of junk railroad rail. Rail is spec'ed by weight per yard, this particular piece was 115 lb rail. The box holds five, 36" pieces so there's 575 lbs of rail and about 40 lbs of box. With two link chains it will push the blower quite nicely.
atgreene
02-27-2007, 05:19 PM
I thought you were going to say you bulked-up down at the local eatery. lol:D
ratlover
03-02-2007, 10:57 AM
wered you get the rail at?
95zIV
03-06-2007, 06:42 PM
The job I had was for a contractor who did a lot of railroad work. So I asked my boss and he let me have the pieces that I needed. It also helped that I had a truck to handle the rail with.
Chuck Smith
03-06-2007, 07:11 PM
They also make a great anvil. I cut a couple off a section of old track last year. Handling them is not easy, especially in full 21' lengths. Helps to have a boom truck like Ray.

~Chuck
Mark Oomkes
03-07-2007, 06:19 AM
wered you get the rail at?

Train hadn't been through in awhile, so he figured might just as well pull it up. Not the thing to do?

I need a bunch of that for my truck, Alan. Either that or have atgreene eat some maple syrup and pancakes and come sit on my bumper. :p
apik1
03-07-2007, 04:11 PM
Is that to much weight for a small tractor? Wount it put to much stress on the drive line? I put 450# in my truck for plowing and I can feel how that effects my 3/4 ton ext. cab chevy.
atgreene
03-07-2007, 04:31 PM
Mark, your fud's wouldn't be able to handle me.:D
CGSI
03-08-2007, 03:02 AM
Alan
what do you know about Marks Fuds...... :eek:
Mark Oomkes
03-08-2007, 04:01 AM
Alan
what do you know about Marks Fuds...... :eek:

Look at that, for once it wasn't me taking a thread off track and well on it's way to the gutter. :grinz
atgreene
03-08-2007, 06:44 AM
Train hadn't been through in awhile, so he figured might just as well pull it up. Not the thing to do?

I need a bunch of that for my truck, Alan. Either that or have atgreene eat some maple syrup and pancakes and come sit on my bumper. :p


Me? Huh? Look above brother!:popcorn2 :rolleyes:
CGSI
03-08-2007, 02:34 PM
Mark
You sound disappointed that you did not start it this time....:wink
Chuck Smith
03-08-2007, 06:12 PM
Here's one of the anvils. This is the small one, about a foot long. I cut it with a torch using a demo tip. I ground a lot of it smooth there at work with a 3 phase 12" pedestal grinder :eek: If not for that it would take me a month to get the cuts smooth. I ground all I could before my arms got tired.

~Chuck
CGSI
03-09-2007, 02:29 AM
A good old piece of 128 rail makes a great anvil... Even 107 rail works well