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Truck Makeover

Last time I was in Oklahoma and Texas was in 1983. 5 college buddies and I spent a week in each state. Good times.
 
3500GMC said:
Thinkin' Leo just called your bluff there, Leroy...!

Might just be worth it.. ;)
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Its just a short drive, I'll pitch in 20 bucks for gas.
NVW said:
Last time I was in Oklahoma and Texas was in 1983. 5 college buddies and I spent a week in each state. Good times.
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But you liked Texas better and our women are purdy with all their teeth :thumbsup::kidding:
 
3500GMC said:
Care to elaborate on the Machine you use to do all those 'sissy tacks' :D
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Sorry not getting back sooner but just got home.

It's a Miller XMT 350 CC/CV DC welder with a Miller A22 wire feed. Actually I prefer my old Miller 250 welder and wire feed but I fried the circuit board in the wire feed a couple years ago doing something I knew not to do.
 
Just finally catching up to this thread. You do some mighty nice work there Leo. :thumbsup:
The bale unwinder beats the hell out of a bunch of bales gettin' pissed, shit, and stomped on.
 
Thanks Mike, I didn't invent it, just looked at one and made some improvements to it. There are a lot of different versions of the same thing out there.

The last one I built for one of my brothers would lift the front wheels off the ground with his Cummins, needless to say I had to turn his pump pressure down.:eek:
 
bison said:
Ain't it a PITA trying to get the twine off with the bale right behind the truck?
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I cut the twine between the bale and the truck 1/2 way from each side, then pull it from the back side of the bale.

My brother cuts it from the back and pulls it from the back, from one end of the twine.

It's fairly easy either way. Just a matter of preference.
 
Yes, there are spinners at the ends of the arms, you just drive and the bale rolls.
 
NVW said:
I cut the twine between the bale and the truck 1/2 way from each side, then pull it from the back side of the bale.

My brother cuts it from the back and pulls it from the back, from one end of the twine.

It's fairly easy either way. Just a matter of preference.
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Wouldn't work up here when the twine is froze in after freezing rain or a day of melt.
On my bales there is right now a patch of ice on the shadow side,i got to cut the twine on both sides of that in order to pull it off.
 
bison said:
Wouldn't work up here when the twine is froze in after freezing rain or a day of melt.
On my bales there is right now a patch of ice on the shadow side,i got to cut the twine on both sides of that in order to pull it off.
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You're just a wuss:D. Our bales have ice on them too.
 
Actually we've had snow lately, if I feed late enough the ice is rotten, but then the ground is soft.

What works good is to set the bale on the ground and roll it a couple revolutions to break up the ice.
 
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