"drujinin" wrote:

I watched your video finally! Dig you get the bank dug down? With a Loader, you normally would tear in, scoop and carry. Pushing it like you are in the video is more of a Dozer operator style.
IMO

yes got her dug down and moved back about 10 feet

the loader pushes good

hi all
just as normal im in the middle of a project hehe

i have acquired a dump truck to pull my lil cat around f600 85 model gas 370 engine .i know its a gas model but thats how i got it so cheap .on the flip side im looking at a trailer
with some 5 lug 10.00 20 tires .the guy says it has widow maker split rims on it.
i need to figure out where i can get some more wheels the same size and bolt pattern to run 10.00 20s heres a few pics

"CHARLESCAT933F" wrote:

hi all
just as normal im in the middle of a project hehe

i have acquired a dump truck to pull my lil cat around f600 85 model gas 370 engine .i know its a gas model but thats how i got it so cheap .on the flip side im looking at a trailer
with some 5 lug 10.00 20 tires .the guy says it has widow maker split rims on it.
i need to figure out where i can get some more wheels the same size and bolt pattern to run 10.00 20s heres a few pics

It might be a bit of a stretch to find wheels like you are looking for. I looked for some a few years ago unsucessfully. Might be an option to get a set of axles out of an old semi trailer and stick under it.

"old-iron-habit" wrote:

It might be a bit of a stretch to find wheels like you are looking for. I looked for some a few years ago unsucessfully. Might be an option to get a set of axles out of an old semi trailer and stick under it.

i was thinking the same thing lol, if i can get it for a good price ill just run it like it is for a while ,im mostly running back roads to farms and rural areas
doing a lil dirt pushing and clearing land

How about a better photo of the rims.
there is a lot of confusion around about what a suicide rim really is.

"Andrew" wrote:

How about a better photo of the rims.
there is a lot of confusion around about what a suicide rim really is.

The ones in the picture are not suicide rims but rather the retaining ring ones. If they were not rusted so badly they would probably be fine. Just need to air them up in a cage after changing the tire using a hands free air chuck. Still hard to find them 5 hole wheels with the big studs.

I use to run those retaining ring rims on a 1965 Ford N600 with a 390 gas engine. I think I had 8.25 or 8.5 width tires on them? I think eventually I had 9.00's on the back but they did wear more in the center of the tires. I had some God awful loads on that old Truck! I remember scaling 36,000 lbs gross a few times with it!
20,000 lbs of pipe with a 16,000 empty weight. This used to drive the pipe buyer nuts because he couldn't believe the truck would haul it! Thank God, it had 10 gears as I used them all more than a few times!
The suicide rims split in the middle as I had one for a spare. We used to wrap log chains around it while airing it up. Actually we log chained the Ring rims also just in case!

heres some quick photos Andrew




im seriously thinking about passing on that trailer ,just on the fact it has split rims .if it had lock ring rims i would be fine with it
but the widow makers i don't like .even the tire shops wont change them . danger!!

the widow makers lock at the center of the wheel with a 5 degree taper as i understand ,if they get rusty and dont have this minimal interference under as little as 10 psi they can come apart at a very violent and rapid rate

No sense in buying it "cheap", then putting a ton of money into new wheels and hubs or axles! Better to wait and search for a better trailer!