Hello Here are some pictures of me building up the sprockets on the track loader.
Hello Some more pictures of building up the sprockets and putting the tracks on, they are steel tracks with rubber on them. mjt
Sprocket build up procedure Here is the old cat procedure on building up sprockets. mjt
CTL Backhoe Working Pics Here are some pics of it working. mjt
Venieri Backhoe, Kubota CTL Backhoe and Komatsu PC01 Ex pics Some more pictures with other machines. mjt
CTL Backhoe working pics More working pictures. mjt
Looks like a good little machine mate, Love the pic of the PC01 on the forks
Video of Kubota digging a hole. Hello Video link of Kubota digging a hole. The machine is only 17hp, with a 2 cylinder engine approx 750cc in size. https://www.dropbox.com/s/3sez80g2acgeiio/Kubota digging hole 1-8-15.mp4?dl=0 mjt
why did you change to steel tracks
Hello I changed the tracks to steel with rubber pads because the rubber ones rubbed on the final drive housing. The rubber tracks take more hp to run as well. The steel with rubber pads are tougher, you can drive over rocks, trees and things like that. When you drive a rubber track machine you are to scared to do that because you will wreck them. I did not want tracks that fail. I have been driving a new Cat 259D ( Rubber Track.) you have to be so careful when you turn or drive on rough ground, with these tracks it does not matter. Can still run over concrete and roads and not hurt them mjt
Very cool little machine. Looks very handy.
Hello Here is a link to a video using the machine using the backhoe. You can drive facing backwards when using the backhoe. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ibwk8yx10mlvqq4/Kubota using backhoe.mp4?dl=0 mjt
Wow...three machines I've never seen in one thread! That Kubota looks pretty handy.
CTL backhoe Pushing timber Here are some pics pushing timber out of the way and a link to a video. https://www.dropbox.com/s/6s12jyvyxtk515w/Kubota KD 15 Pushing up Wood.mp4?dl=0 The link will last for 4 days.
CTL Backhoe Shed site. Hello again Have been doing a shed site and grading up a driveway. Pushed over the trees with the CTL, the ground was steep and there was broken stumps, concrete and steel on the ground. Could not use the Venieri backhoe because of tyre damage until it was cleaned up. The steel rubber tracks are realy good, do not have to worry about rubber track damage from steel and cut off old stumps in the ground. The Venieri has a grader on it. mjt
So, what you use to move your equipment?
Isuzu truck and triaxle trailer. Hello I use a Isuzu truck and triaxle trailer. mjt
Yair . . . mjt . Interesting to see some of the old ways are being preserved . . . we used to use split sections of suitable sized pipe to rebuild sprocket's if they were gone too far to re-profile with weld. Idlers and rollers were rebuilt to size and I have even rebuilt track chains and of course track plates were relugged and new ones fabricated from Assab or similar if needed. All these practices are rare now in a world of mass production but necessary in remote areas back in the dark ages. (big grin) I must say you have some uncommon and interesting machines. Cheers.
Hello, old i know but im looking at one of these machines.... wondering how it does in rocky desert ground, dry as can be but rocky/gravelly sand. not boulders or bedrock, alluvial deposits of ancient riverbeds